No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.

One can only hope the fever is breaking.

Why are all of Pete Hegseth's military operations named after brands of dildos?

I have officially just come up with a genAI killer app. A program that responds to spam callers and talks to them as long as possible, spewing out made up responses and polluting their data. That way the financial incentive is not to spam call anymore. You’re welcome world!

I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!

This. 100% this. The NYT stopped doing journalism a long time ago. Let’s stop being nostalgic for what it was once upon a time and recognize it for what it is.

This is definitely not something done to help someone struggling with senility. Nope. Not. At. All.

1. Last week, there were 3 Trump corruption scandals in 4 days that would define any other presidency. Most people are probably not even AWARE of all three scandals. 🧵

A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.

I think Americans should embrace Guy Fawkes day to remind wannabe monarchs & their enablers that the law protects them only so long as it protects us all. No one is untouchable. Plus you get to run around and light fires. Who doesn’t love that?

Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull” First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided. With me so far? 1/x

Just got home from the vet. RIP Sophie.

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in. Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators. The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself." Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.

Not exactly sure what could possibly bring They Eat Their Own to mind, but for anyone else thinking the same thing, here’s a pre-grunge indy rock deep cut from the early 90s youtu.be/IvRsClGoEbQ?...

they should write his name as cause of death on every certificate issued

I think history will show that the first real diss track was not a hiphop beef, it was between two all female pop groups. The target, Gem and the Holograms, the innovative artists, The Misfits.

I am proud of my spawn for pushing back any time a teacher says to use AI. Even if they worked as advertised, develop real skills, then use the shortcuts. Though step one… they need to actually work.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

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Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, and Pamela Jo Bondi are all working overtime to protect someone so evil and abhorrent that she isn't even trusted to be around dogs. They are *not* good people or followers of Jesus.

Only Collapse by the prophet @bramegieben.bsky.social came up on shuffle today and if it doesn’t sum up our modern era, I don’t know what does. Also it’s a banger. Listen, purchase, support the arts, continue to fight back against entropy!

Catastrophic subtitling on the 1941 movie "Love on the Dole". (It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)

We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death

One thing that doing creative work teaches you is that ideas are worth nothing. Anybody can have an idea. In a writers room you have to come up with a hundred ideas a day, and most of those don’t make the page. It’s the work of making something that gives it value. The patina of humanity.

Every Reason Why I Hate AI and You Should Too malwaretech.com/2025/08/ever...

The man who puts the "con" into "confabulation."

Proof of cat (and legs, and general mess)

Sometimes you need to accept that there are fights that you can never win and just accept defeat gracefully. For example, my SOs bed goes 6 layers of pillows deep during the day and we have to remove half of them every night. Fixing this absurdity is a loosing battle from jump and I know it.

Just saw some wee numptie saying ‘but what if people learn to draw by using AI?’ Look, it’s very simple: you learn to draw by drawing. A LOT of drawing. By all means, read instructional books, take a class or watch some videos, that’ll all help. But basically it’s putting in the drawing time.

Manosphere? More like man-o-fear, amirite?

I haven’t read the article in question, but here you go. 1) Don’t be a dick. Not just to chicks you want to do, but to everyone 2) Do something vaguely interesting 3) Don’t be an entitled asshole. Most women don’t want sex with you. That’s life. Put yourself out there, strike out, be sad, move on

the entire republican party is currently using the fbi to help donald trump hide his involvement with the worlds most famous pedophile

it is beyond the pale to view the existence of trans people as an acceptable sacrifice to “beat fascism” if “beating fascism” leaves trans people exiled from society you did not actually beat fascism at all

This is a perfect advertisment. Just perfect. No notes.

I wish a very happy “fuck you” to everyone who thought throwing trans people under the bus was going to stop these lunatics Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either This is why we fight for *everyone*

My kid: Dad, you clearly have ADHD. Me: That’s ridiculous! Also me: I should grab some clean underwear from the basket of unfolded laundry for my shower. Hey, while I’m here let’s hang up this sweatshirt. Wow, this closet is a mess.

1. Some people align their morality with the law, and consider breaking it to be immoral, even when the law is oppressive. I point them to my Dutch in-laws, who broke the law by sheltering a Jewish boy, and the Nazi soldiers and Dutch police, whose raids seeking criminals like them upheld the law.🧵

If you happen to be in the Glasgow area, consider this a strong recommendation.

We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.

I’ve been thinking about it and I think the most destructive invention of the 21st century is the mobile phone. Look at the world, how different would it be without 20 years of doom scrolling?

There are currently more kids in Texas with measles than there are transgender collegiate athletes in all of America. Guess which one they want you to focus on.

Please remember this torture happened to *every single person* who was kidnapped by ICE and sent to a foreign concentration camp without due process. It doesn’t matter if they were citizens or even if they were criminals. Every case is a violation of our Constitution and of Trump’s oath. #IMPEACH

If I'm to be honest, I think benefits should go up, not be reduced. Yes, I'll eat the higher tax. People should be able to live with dignity regardless of their physical or mental state. We shouldn't be talking about cuts to benefits until we've taxed the super rich (who won't feel it).

Today is a particularly good day to support trans mutual aid as a concrete way to fight back against the fuckers trying to take their healthcare and other rights away. 🧵 of a few groups, campaigns, and individuals you can donate to:

Summary: - Dude is an immigrant agricultural worker working in the US - ICE abducts and "detains" him - Private "detention" facility has him doing farmwork - So he's still an immigrant agricultural worker working in the US, but now paid only $1 a day Nobody's been convicted of a crime or anything

Crivens! Been waiting for some Mac Nac Feegle representation!

Do. Not. Disturb. The. Mysterious. Ancient. Rune-inscribed. Skull-adorned. Ring. Found. In. The. Idyllic. Countryside. Seriously, there's a whole book about this. And movies. Long ones!

It wasn’t my birthday, but still, what a great present!