Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again

One reason I do not think Trump is going to create a 1,000 year reich is because he failed to cancel a middling funnyman and immediately pivoted to trying to outlaw not having a headache.

This wired article perfectly captures my own journey of despondency that I've been going through, having been a worker in tech for the last 30 years. I used to feel so optimistic about tech's potential for good in the world.

there is a point here i want to amplify. the free speech defenders of the mainstream seem to have no awareness that actual free speech is often more fractious and destabilizing than civil and respectful. a society where speech is genuinely free isn’t the deferential space they want it to be.

I think it's unconscionable for someone to have the power to kick people off late night talkshows and not do Fallon first.

It's like, "Oh, you think that a special tea will undo a TMPRSS2–ERG fusion that just gave a prostate cancer cell all the tissue-invading abilities of a hyperactive blood vessel? Let me know how that works out."

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

@somemorenews.bsky.social @jonathan-a-thon.bsky.social apologies if you already made this, but a video that does a deep dive into McCarthyism -- how it started, the fear living under it, how it was resisted, how long it lasted, and how it ended -- might be useful in these upcoming days.

If any MAGA ever says they are praying for you, tell them to double it and give it to the next person.

era-defining image. electro-voice RE320 podcast mic arm bolted onto a desk in the white house. pretty much says it all

"Reality is super-inconvenient, y'all!!!"

This is crazy. All of this violence -- all of it -- is perpetrated and supported by right wing extremists. It is ALWAYS right wing extremists, including elected officials, who call for violence, mock the death and loss that follows. They celebrate it. Somehow their behavior is the Left's fault?

Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:

Charlie Kirk believed in the first amendment and so do I. Which means I can say (factually) that he was a misogynist, racist and transphobe. I can also say he did not deserve to be murdered. And best of all, far-right trolls can’t get me fired from my job. I’m an independent journalist!

When you write a piece noting that a guy promoted racism and violence, his followers immediately prove you right

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"The left are the bloodthirsty ones, and we finally have a reason to kill them all."

my entire bluesky feed is people speaking out against political violence, meanwhile right wingers are foaming at the mouth calling for blood

Imagine Rachel Maddow or Mehdi Hasan, after Rep. Hortman was shot, saying "they are at war with us... and what are we going to do about it?"

Artificial Intelligence is intelligence in the same way that Artificial Sugar is sugar.

The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

You know how in old cartoons, Elmer Fudd would be looking for Bugs Bunny, and he'd run into Bugs wearing a dress and makeup? Then, when he asked "her" if "she" saw any rabbits, Bugs would point to the side and he'd take off in that direction? That's MAGA looking for corruption in our government.

Donald Trump announces that he is actually alive youtu.be/g-GI3zSE2IA?...

Japan shifted its seat of power from Kyoto to Tokyo. Time for the U.S. capital to move from DC to the West Coast?

this (from the brilliant @everywhereist.bsky.social) puts into words the big black tangle of frustration i have whenever i get the same question

I use AI daily as a tool -- many say rubber ducking with others is useful, so maybe I'd call this silicon ducking. That said, I am on Ed's side here. I've been paying deep attention to AI and there are neat advancements, but overall I'm frustrated by the externalities, and AI-bros, and scam CEOs.

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aging like a damp towel in the trunk of a hot car

He's not trying to mock the president silly. He IS mocking a really stupid president.

Outside Dupont north metro

Sorry to be so earnest, but I'm just unbelievably proud of her.

There is no universe in which this is defensible.

Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”

This really feels like a defining post of our time

In 2016, Ghislaine Maxwell falsely stated, under oath, that she was not aware that Jeffrey Epstein recruited underage girls for sex (you know, the ones she was actually recruiting on his behalf). She was charged with two counts of perjury for this. Remind me why we give a shit what she says now?

someone hacked the audio system and started playing circus music as she was talking and i am WHEEZING

Conservative ideology in a nutshell. Their voters deserve more representation, despite being represented by the majority in every branch of government.

Damn, you called it 🔮 5 months ago. I mean lots of us were calling it, but we were hand waving, while you actually went into great detail, with receipts.

Of nearly $700m raised by Mothership Strategies, 1.6% made it to candidates, campaigns, and national committees. We've known the GOP and GOP pols use their voting base as a piggy bank--ripping them off and then passing legislation that screws their own voters. The DNC is little better.

"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln really enjoyed the play."

"In other news, the president's approval rating jumped to 136% today, as you can see here on the chart by this sudden and dramatic spike, apparently added in sharpie"

The public discourse following Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle ad:

Hillary Clinton used the right word. Anyone still in MAGA today, anyone defending Trump, is deplorable.

I’ll be on News Night With Abby Phillip tonight at 9 CT. Last time I was on, Elon Musk got so triggered he tweeted about me at 3 am. Let’s see what happens this time.

It’s OK to bully Bullies. youtu.be/kENl--YB_8Y

Happy to see that Bezos' recent actions not only cost loyal Washington Post subscribers, but now they're losing one of their most visible, loved, and IMO talented employees.

Even for those of us who have been warning about authoritarianism for years, it is still astonishing to watch it play out