this is actually a really great microcosm of Polymarket- a sausage fest filled with dudes who desperately wish they were somewhere else but nobody sent them that invite

everyone who has lived in a small town knows that like the no. 1 topic of conversation among young ppl is about getting tf out of the small town

these articles all make a ton more sense the moment you realise when they say "the economy" they actually mean "the owner and his friends"

This is Paolo Zampolli, Trump’s close friend whom he also appointed to the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees. This is also one of several men who owned a modeling agency known for bringing girls from Eastern Europe into the U.S. under suspicious visa arrangements. We’ll let you connect the dots.

left top: nazi checkpoint commandant in Oscar bait WW2 movie right top: Kingsman villain right bottom: demented killer who kidnaps a scientist left bottom: the scientist's pet android

"In a letter to employees on Friday, Kirby said United is planning for oil to hit $175 per barrel and stay above $100 through the end of 2027." yeah don't fucking listen to the news but do listen to the airline ceos because they get the real data

The NCAA’s core argument: DraftKings’ unauthorized use of its trademarks creates the false impression that the Association has authorized or endorsed a gambling platform — something the NCAA says is flatly contrary to one of its most deeply held institutional values.

NEWS: The NCAA is suing DraftKings. The NCAA has filed for an emergency restraining order against DraftKings in federal court. The ask: stop using MARCH MADNESS®, FINAL FOUR®, ELITE EIGHT® and SWEET SIXTEEN® in connection with its sports wagering products. This is a significant escalation.

A study of AI psychosis and what actually happens during these lengthy delusional spirals—based on analyzing actual chat logs—seems all too applicable about why so many billionaires are going off the deep end. Especially when the latter are effectively immune to the consequences of their delusions.

Spite is such a fantastic motivator. During the darkest moment of my life, my partner said 'Don't do your enemy's job for them by ending a trans life.' Fair enough!

Keep America Beautiful is a classic corporate front group, created to advocate for industry interests (consumer packaged goods companies) while hiding their true aims and funding When I taught my undergrads this, they couldn't fathom firms being responsible for waste. Totally changed our culture

You succeed in your career and meet your role model. "I really enjoyed chatting with you" you say. "Huh?" they're confused. "You were probably talking to Claude." you bolt awake in the mountains of Carthage. It is 217 BC. You are the general Hannibal. The future cannot come to pass. Rome must burn

This happens all over, but it's especially insidious in the US because it fits our cultural narrative of individualism. Corps encourage us to fight our own individual battles. Then we wonder why we're "losing". Answer is because these are system/society problems, not individual problems

This is a fabulous interview with @tkingfisher.com! Everybody should read it. (And I saw whut you did thar, mon ami. Thanks very much!) ☺️ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/books/review/t-kingfisher-wolf-worm.html

I don't "feel" my work has been stolen. I know it. This kind of language use by the NYT is part of the problem. Framing it as some kind of emotional woo woo instead of a clear copyright breach...

#GNUPeterMorwood (in the Butlers Chocolate Cafe in Wicklow Street, Dublin: hat by the pre-Gap Banana Republic)

Good. MAKE THEM PAY.

Oh, I like this: state law requiring ICE to waive supremacy clause immunity if it wants to contract with local agencies?

I suppose people destroy or damage art for the same range of reasons we do other acts of random violence and destruction, but it feels so wasteful, life-denying, saddening. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

think it's interesting that the whole political media basically all operate under the (correct) assumption that all anyone in this admin ever reads is the headline

All joking aside, it's a tough life being a shark. www.vice.com/en/article/s...

If you are not impressed by the picture of a Black Hole, clearly you do not understand the gravity of the situation…

Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia

To everyone out there who defends and encourages reliance on generative AI: I want you to explain to me how software systems that do this is not just defensible but something good and to be encouraged. Go on. Explain it to me, right now. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Donald Trump has always been a racist thug. He was sued for refusing to rent to black tenants way back in the 80s, for Christ’s sake. Problem is, White America admires Trump’s racism, but pretends otherwise.

Marty is one of the few people consistently reminding us of global heating. It's unmistakable, but we're ignoring it. Trump gives us a lot of other things to deal with, but he's also aggressively trying to increase global heating. One more reason we must stop him. I think a lot about this too.

IMO, I think Bluesky is leaving serious money and good will on the table by not rolling out a stupid-easy to use and intuitive custom-feed-builder tool. I think people would really love this feature if it was just made fall-off-a-log simple to use - AND adequately publicized.

Why does that sound so familiar...

Remember when ICE raided that Hyundai plant in Georgia and detained all the Koreans who were here on work visas? Imagine that at every airport, plus shooting passengers in the face.

There are no Iranian sleeper cells in the US. Are their Iranian not for cover personnel? Most definitely. Just like every other ally, partner, competitor, and adversary has their own not for covers in the US, as well as, often, covered personnel. That’s how things work.

Wife just told me this one: What’s the difference between Iran and Vietnam? Trump had a plan to get out of Vietnam.

The fundamental problem is that people like Trump and Weiss have two roads to victory: successfully corrupting an institution or destroying the institution. People who want to preserve institutions have only one victory path.

this is completely insane: since when is it acceptable for a tech company to rewrite news outlets' headlines without their consent? especially at a time when audiences are sensitive to how stories are framed in headlines? (ie Israel/Palestine, the Trump admin, ICE) www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...

Oh my God. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...

If the federal criminal justice system becomes a vehicle for war by other means — a mechanism to use military force for “criminal justice” against foreign leaders for regime change, as in Venezuela — then aren’t federal prosecutors and judges military targets? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/n...

So... the actual story reported here is that the administration set up a dedicated task force to document EU censorship and THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY. Not that you'd know that from the headline. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

The Temu Torquemada of Harvard Law is at it again.

BREAKING: Federal judge tosses out provisions in Pentagon’s new press policy — which most longtime reporters refuse to sign on to — as violations of the First and Fifth Amendments. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/doj-is-bar... Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

At the end of the day it doesn't matter whether you're doing the work for the regime out of loyalty or fear. What matters is what you do, which is the same.

i have no inside knowledge but this has the vibe of the villain in a thriller executing one of the hostages just to discipline the rest

Palo Alto? The “average house price is $3.6M” Palo Alto? Who’s the audience for this?

Just the story of his name is one of the coolest things of all time

Eid Mubarak, New York.

every day I discover a new way AI will screw people over

Our health care to fund Trump's war

I spoke to Michael Berk from The Ink about concentration camps, why they're happening in this moment, and how for more than a hundred years, people have had a really hard time believing their country would really do that. the.ink/p/american-g...

Remember Perry is a former brigadier general who is only NOT in prison because he claimed the speech & debate clause covered his part in planning the 6 January attack & because Merrick Garland’s DOJ & a federal judge accepted that argument.

Companies in government contracting have complained to officials in Trump's inner circle that Corey Lewandowski, as a special gov't employee, has directly or indirectly stood to personally profit from the DHS contracting process. "He wanted payments — what some people would call a success fee."

Religious leaders are denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility - WBEZ Chicago