This guy is such an insufferable piece of shit.

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.

The reason Mark does not know how healthcare works is that, like many very rich people, Mark does not need or use insurance. He probably just pays directly for point of care. So he doesn't know that people with private insurance do in fact have to see their PCP first and jump through the hoops.

Wow, hard to imagine a world where rich people have access to the most expensive doctors and hospitals while the average person doesn't. Let's hope that Americans never have to worry about that happening.

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

I’m sure FIRE will be all over this

"Honey, I am going to bed early. I think i am coming down with a case of 'being a man.'"

I see this sort of proud posturing a lot and it's really a wonderful way to loudly demonstrate to everyone you have absolutely no idea what's going on

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

I am far from the worlds’ biggest NATO fan but replacing it with The Global Fascism Project is uhhh probably Bad

I am not, and never really even *was* an amateur writer, but back when I did try to write this is exactly what I would do if I wanted to make myself sound intentionally ridiculous and overwrought.

Wins 2025 hands down

Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:

can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot

Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.

this gets to the fundamental lawlessness. the difference between law as a game and law as a tool of government. birthright citizenship is the law. nothing has changed. the documents are the same. if that can change based on *nothing*, you don't have a real constitution in the first place.

Anyone who says “be normal” betrays that they have an implicit value system of who is considered normal and who is not, and when you have that, you will always value some people and traits over another. They will always replicate hierarchies of power in the long run.

A great pleasure to visit Shysters, the only hot dog stand run by an IRS lawyer in a suit. Plus, he serves the "correct" hot dog Chicago style.

aka the Cool List

A new CNN report uncovers that the IDF knowingly: •Shot starving Palestinians trying to collect flour •Bulldozed their bodies into shallow, unmarked graves •Left them to decompose, scavenged by dogs •Never documented these murders & tried to hide them This is what genocide looks like. Horrific.

Looking at the skull crypts in Europe and thinking either 1) popular conceptions of death have really shifted or 2) there have always been weird little guys and this is what they did before the Internet

The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison

For those who, like me, love speculative and alien evolution, there's a remarkable new book out, "Wildlife on the Planet Furaha" by Gert van Dijk. www.crowood.com/book/wildlif...

A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance. @MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury

it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.

finally a cheap way for rich guys to dump their US citizenship

interesting to see her leaning on the argument that pro-palestinian voices are unfamiliar with the relevant history, as if any amount of historical context could justify what's happening in palestine

I love that even Hegseth’s placard is slurring.

we're genuinely finished. it's over

The Blob employs an enormous number of people and pays them well to be cogs, however minor, in the Imperial Death Machine. Any genuine reckoning with future politics is going to involve deciding what to do about that.

Love how this guy who constantly lies about everything, including basic numbers, is director of the National Economic Council and frontrunner for Fed Chairman. Lowest regular gas price by state is Oklahoma, $2.418. National average is $3.005. gasprices.aaa.com?state=US

Left: FDR campaign speech, October 1936 Right: 1936 electoral map

As many have been saying for a while, sure seems like the “who could AI replace” question has the opposite answer to what the bosses expect

If you want to know why Pete Hegseth is confident he'll face no consequences for blatant war crimes, just look at the list of people who attended Dick Cheney's funeral.

a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration

Indeed. The "Western Civilization" they like is Nero, Columbus, and Hitler at the apex of their power. They hate all the rest of it, especially the art, philosophy, and democracy. Hence stuff like their confusion and outrage when the Olympic ceremonies included the Olympian God of Festivals.

Weird, I just put on L'Étranger Things but instead of 1980s nostalgia-twinged horror it's a frenchman waxing poetic about how he misses his mom and also how if you shoot an Algerian that's not really murder.

Breaking: people with “struggle unless they are interested” disorder do well once they can work in an area that interests them

There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.

Do journalist ever find it strange that they have to reinvent the English language to report on one country?

when I was in law school everyone knew that joining the federalist society was like getting tsa precheck for a clerkship

I think Penn as Lockjaw has gotta be the best performance I’ve seen all year. With extra credit for playing his GH orc frame for laughs

House votes on dumbass resolution condemning socialism, meanwhile the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib rolls the truculent child brain president like a pair of socks

TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den? MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes TRUMP: surely they ate him MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't TRUMP: Unbelievable

TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that? We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to

he charmed that demented old man so hard he could’ve gotten into his will lmao