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my hot take is that I don't think it's this website specifically that's toxic. the Circumstances are toxic and nobody really knows what to do about it so they come online and scream. and if I may offer an alternative: actually going outside and screaming feels better.

With the notable exception that Pete Hegseth is allowed to visit.

I look forward to hearing about Miller explaining the principle of might makes right to Bubba, his 280 lb rapist cellmate, after Stephen is tried and sent to prison.

Freak

No, Melania, I cannot imagine FDR dancing in ANY way, given that he was PARAPLEGIC. Ignorant gold-digging putz. 🙄

At the end of the day, successful politicians are incentivized to run for, win, and stay in office. If Trump is tainted, they will start inching away and he will lose support. No cure for the diehard MAGA morons, though.

The last picture is [chef’s kiss]. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Brigading is never good, but I think some people need to have stiffer backbones for this kind of stuff. Social media is a contact sport.

LEGOs: Keeping thousands of kids busy away from their smartphones (and probably seeding another generation of aerospace engineers in the process).

Well done, Senator. 👍

Just a little thing. A minor adjustment. But it has improved countless lives for decades. Kudos and RIP Jim Moylan.

Myst

The answer, as usual, is “(b) and (c) only.”

This is the top

“Whatcha readin’, TED?” “Nothing, really. I guess you could call it fan fiction.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-...

Can I suggest a guy living in a big house in Palm Beach? He’s not that far away.

Wherein I attempt to kickstart a new column called Relative Value Trade: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

omg

I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.

New Mayor of New York cuts back on moonlighting job.

I get the very real sense that Trump is spiraling out of control. His hand picked lackeys can or will do nothing to stop him. What happens next is anyone’s guess.

It me

Last repost: This season’s screenwriters are getting a little heavy handed with the metaphors. 🤨

i am losing my mind over this listing that staged a condemned philly trap house with AI

Honestly, after a day like today I’m not going to pay attention to any of this bullshit until I see soldiers coming back in body bags. There is no relevant or interesting waypoint between today and that day, and everyone involved has already picked their side.

Our fearless national defense complex wheeling out the big counterintelligence guns: X.

Fair warning to any hostile regimes who want to kidnap and try the sitting US President: go ahead, we won’t stop you. But don’t expect us to pay you ransom or try to get the POS back. You grab him, you own him.

President Trump abducted a Foreign leader the right way By Ezra Klein

If he really wants to convince people he should use a headshot that doesn’t make him look like an insane weirdo.

Conservatives may want to rethink this. California *was* an open carry state until the Black Panthers carried rifles & shotguns into the state capitol in 1967 in protest. The Mulford Act was rushed through the legislature and Gov. Ronald Reagan signed it immediately. Beware of what you ask for.

Suggested @Grok prompts for X cross-posters: 1) Show Elon Musk in a micro bikini 2) Show Elon Musk in the gimp suit from Pulp Fiction (face showing) 3) Show Elon Musk tied to a chair with a ball gag in his mouth #whatssauceforthegooseissauceforthegander

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Since we all seem to be declaring our allegiances, I’ll go next: I love apple pie. 🥧 There, give me a hundred million dollars. 🇺🇸💰

I have exactly zero interest in having a “daily conversation” with a bunch of pluperfect morons, thanks. Fuck off.

A lot of journalistic slop flooding social media is *not* AI-generated. Rather, it’s cut & pasted by non-native English speakers with minimal editorial supervision and rushed to print before anyone with sense can review it. (Check out the credits at the end of the piece.) h/t @ivanthek.bsky.social

Pet food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Sushi & sashimi $10,600 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

Can magnetic fridge poetry show contrition. Do dice feel pain. Is this calculator my friend.

“DEFEND THE HOMELAND”

I guess Harvard hasn’t named enough buildings for him… 🤔

just in case you needed another reason not to be long 'digital drivel':

I bet he’s very proud of his PSAT and SAT scores. It sounds like they were the highlight of his academic career.

For now, though, on the last few days of this terrible year, let’s rest assured: matters may have looked unclear in February and March, but as things stand, Trump has a very weak hand for a successful authoritarian consolidation. Let’s all do our best to make it even weaker. Happy New Year.

Not really discussed that often but one of the secondary & tertiary reasons Israel's public image has so rapidly declined among the youth in countries like the US, UK and Germany is because of behavior like this. Petulant, circular, nonsensical, extremely whiny. It doesn't make *Mamdani* look bad.

Just saw this. Pretty good summary, IMO. open.substack.com/pub/jacobnaw...

Huh. I had no idea Zohran Mamdani was running a Premier League football team in addition to New York City. That’s gotta be a helluva commute. 😳

There have been no good reasons for staying on Twitter for years now, but at this point you will have to follow up any of your remaining excuses with “…and I don’t care about the child pornography.”

And yet, an incredible number of our academic, policy, and media colleagues continue to spend all of their time there, every day. One cannot but help draw conclusions.