SpaceX IPO demonstrating, among other things, that under political capitalism (or what we might call 'late political capitalism') Keynes' metaphorical beauty contest becomes increasingly literal, financial power apportioned to the most popular Capital Boy

the reason why the grave-digger made music must have been because there was none in his spade

NYT visual analysis suggests the US hit 2 drinking-water facilities overnight in s Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure is war crime. When asked, Hegseth tenaciously refused to identify a legitimate military target connected with this attack.

I was surprised to discover Maine does have a population above one million. Still not large enough that it should ever be my problem

while it's not as unambiguously disallowed as it would be for e.g. a member of the Society of Friends, it is still pretty funny to imagine any Unitarian Universalist wanting to join the U.S. military, particularly under Trump/Hegseth

once again i point out that one big crux of the current moment is what to do with the fact that science fiction's various impossibilities and distortions of the actual world now function as a kind of vernacular religion. everyone gets taught how to speculate, but not how to see themselves doing it

whoever these jurors were, they utterly failed to fulfill their civic duty (nullification)

The harshness of ordinary criminal penalties is probably the strongest form of political repression in this country.

this started getting a bunch of reposts today, making me realize that I completely forgot to observe Deirdre Skye day yesterday

damn i dismantled this house in no time. it was easy because the master had all the best quality tools which makes sense if you think about it

Transport bill currently making its way through US House: —Would massively increase highway funds—as it cuts transit & rail funding by 20% compared to previous transportation law. —Would discourage transport system electrification. Most Dems support it, however, with Rep. Nadler a rare exception.

[Vintage VHS] Boyz II Men Then II Now : 1986s

is there any major technical barrier to collecting and storing the leftover brine created by desalination, or is discharging the byproduct back into the ocean standard practice simply because it's the cheapest option?

Lmao

surely the best thing I have seen on genius dot com

Duncan Robinson's moustache has him looking like an Irish-American Big Band Jazz conductor trying to pass as Cuban

K-Pop songwriters may need some more English-as-a-first language copy editors

lol

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KOVR-13 (ABC) commercials, June 1986 : 160s

Cursed to scream this into the void forever but: this is an absurd comparison and tells you absolutely nothing at all about whether aggressive deregulation and The Free Market results in a lot of clean energy @ramez.bsky.social should 1,000% know better than to say something like this A short 🧵

it's actually not the least surprising that it would be "easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism." the former involves the simplest negation of the world as it is, while the latter involves a complex and radical transformation of it.

If one is opposed to violence or attempted violence against political figures, one should foremost criticize those institutions which have failed to constrain those actors by nonviolent means.

I think one reason so many people are drawn to the idea of the Butler, PA shooting being staged is that there's no question Trump and the people around him *would* do something like that if they could manage it. Denying that they *did* feels like denying that they would stoop to it. Which is false

Alright. Showing my work here. Upon counting the unique anonymized IDs in the detentions book ins data, it's clear that ICE has detained more than 1 million people over the last 3.5 years. adamjsawyer.com/posts/cumula...

having that farcical press conference interrupt this game has convinced me that the Minnesota Timberwolves need to win the NBA Finals

a lot of reactionary behavior is a result of people over-identifying with themselves

"In 1946 he travelled to Haiti to exhibit some recent paintings and while there attended Vodou ceremonies, which by all accounts exerted a powerful influence on him. (And on others: Breton apparently felt sick afterwards, leading Lam to make fun of his earlier enthusiasm for ‘convulsive beauty’.)"

HHS Secretary Tha_Disabled_Eugenicist

I can see Franklin as a Gatorade guy. Not sure about the rest of them

'obfuscatory' is one of my favorite words to use, because in many contexts its use is itself obfuscatory

if history doesn't advance dialectically, then why is the movement to end republican government in the United States concentrated in something called the Republican Party

an email sent to the radio station (not during my shift, somehow) - "You are a very negative person and from a x dj you should consider quitting your job is to bring lasting joy intrigue and creativity into the air waves and your attitude and altitude need adjustment Sent from my iPhone"

Solar manufacturing capacity is approx double demand. Same with wind nacelles and batteries. The problem with Chinese manufacturing is not overcapacity! It's UNDERDEMAND. But how will it look as 2 x big fossil fuel supply shocks sink in?

I have it on good authority (mine) that this album is going to be very good

pretty sure Calibre will keep transferring files to my decade+ old Kindle just fine!

so many of my clients believe that a document can't have any legal effect unless it is sent by certified or registered mail. I'd like to know whence this idea emerges

The number of nursing homes and retirement communities owned by private equity is unclear because they are usually held as part of a real estate income trust alongside multifamily housing, student dorms, trailer parks, and storage units"

it's hack shit of course but the thing is, guys like him and hamburger (lol) and epstein (double lol) wouldn't have the prominence that they do have were it not for liberal legal academia's acceptance of these guys as legitimate colleagues when it comes to hiring and promoting them

Helen Andrews...such a Season One villain

"Switzerland does not have US bases, but the American military has requested to fly through its airspace. In typical Swiss fashion, the government cited the law of neutrality in rejecting two requests but waved through three others."

Be Cool About Fire Safety (1995) : 310s

Death to the Zionist Entity, btw

400 dead so far, over 1000 injured, dozens and dozens missing. This is one hour into the massacre. I have no idea what the death toll will be in the end. Also, they have announced “another wave” of attacks coming

Anyone who participates in any way in this evil, is also a war criminal. It is not just Trump. It’s the entire administration, the entire army apparatus from the bottom to the top. History will not judge anyone kindly for “just following orders.”

tankies came up with “anti-bedtime aktion” like a decade or more ago cmon don’t give this one to the libs

1993 VHS • Body Flex Vol 2: The 15 Minute Workout 60 FPS : 577s