Look, even most 19th century commentators had a concept about the "Tryranny of the Majority" and how basic sets of rights needed to encoded in such a way that they couldn't be fucked by the sway of popular whim.

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

As a reminder: Even if I didn't consider using genAI environmentally destructive, creatively bankrupt, and morally indefensible (which I do), courts ruled it is *not subject to copyright.* If someone, theoretically, published a genAI title, and it popped off? There is no defending ownership of it.

Nothing says "publisher prepping for 2026" like adding "Both of us promise to never never NEVER use genAI in this project, and if either of us do, deal's fuck'n OFF" clause to your publishing contracts.

every day I log on and see this girl here

New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok! So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...

Oh as far as "friend who is too woke" things, I have a half-baked, "I'm not being super serious but also it's maybe kind of true" thing I've been chewing on for a minute about how the cultural mockery of improv is a form of commodity fetishism

Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter

it's 2 am, hubris.

last one of the year!

Our 13th most-read article of 2025 was about how JD Vance probably didn't kill the pope.

“And the Peanuts” remember how peanuts was written in a default san serif font and was always about some bullshit that a Facebook addicted boomer would someday be obsessed with

During my GQuuuuuuX rewatch I made an attempt to try and keep track of the various 'haunted objects' and other such mysteries in the show, and I think I've got it now - so! Luna's Guide To Ghosts In GQX - 🧵

After the private equity firm Alden Capital purchased the Chicago Tribune some years ago, many of its best people left or were pushed out, diminishing the paper and its importance. But those who remained do great work, like Mr Pratt, here. The first draft of a terrible history.

"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.

64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...

“People held there have described a litany of inhumane conditions: overcrowded and unsanitary holding cells; not enough food and water; and freezing conditions at night. Legal experts said, in many cases, detainees at Broadview were coerced into signing paperwork before even speaking to a lawyer.”

This message hits hard.

Speech has never been freer! Not performing for the president is now illegal.

Yeah, people are dumb as rocks, lol. Like, no doubt, at the end of the day, our man Bob is Catholic, so him and me are ALWAYS gonna disagree on some core tenets of the nature of morality and existence. But he seems primarily motivated by reducing suffering and encouraging justice. I respect that.

I think one of the defining things about our era and about conservativism, is an inability to distinguish between like, the actual government, and mid-level marketing managers at Target (who choose "happy holidays" to avoid leaving out non-Christian customers)

"please welcome the voices of huntrix" no they're just huntrix now. they're huntrix and they fight demons

Something that's getting lost in this story is that the "instructor" in question is not a professor with a PhD; she is a Graduate Teaching Assistant, meaning the University of Oklahoma has thrown one of ITS OWN STUDENTS under the bus to appease a right wing grifter who tried to dunk on a trans woman

Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.

SCROOGE, horrified, opens his own casket. Reaching into the casket, he pulls out a bottle of CERVEZA CRISTAL

You will be visited by three spirits, but you will only see one at a time because they are performing the jetstream attack maneuver.

if you had told me at the start of the year if I'd be EVEN INTERMITENTLY cheering on a pope, I would have assumed you were delirious and dialed 911. good on y'all, though. this shit is a nightmare and we need you to fight it. thank you.

my unexpected MVP of 2025 is absolutely christians reclaiming compassion from the Jesus with a Machine Gun evangelicals. my relationship with religion is complicated by the horrifying abuses of the Catholic church I saw first-hand in my high school, but it feels good to watch folks fight back.

A lotta people gonna be like "why didnt Biden release this info?!?" It's an understandable response but you gotta get thru that comforting outrage response to insist: same reason they didn't prosecute the man in a quick or effective manner. They didnt want to.

Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com

When I was on my last jury both the judge and prosecutor told us “if somebody walks in soaking wet with a wet umbrella, you are allowed to infer it’s raining” over and over again. Good enough to send an average guy down for murder, not good enough for the President.

Gquuuuuux. No hesitation. Mostly : seeing the movie, Char and Challia's wine scene, the first appearance of Kikeroga, the Lalah arc which I ADORE, Nyaan's path for freedom and join with Machu at the end I loved it all what can I say

“Dismal,” “confused,” “demoralized,” “super fucked.” That, as one reporter tells Vanity Fair, is the mood inside CBS after editor Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment that was critical of the Trump administration.

The level of plot armor Trump has against, not even things that would sink another politician, but would get any other human set on fire forever, is so total & unprecedented I’m beginning to think the only possibly scientific explanations are genie’s wish, warlock powers, alien, or actual Antichrist

The best essay about this film that I've ever read, and I've not only read dozens, I've written a few myself. Hooray for Mary!

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.

lol yeah that’s fuckin airtight wrap it up everybody no one’s ever been stupid and evil at the same time

The Supreme Court's unexpected opposition to Trump unleashing federal troops on Chicago is less a legal or moral victory than an admission of political reality. The corrupt six have spent the last year watching their depraved master bleed out, and now they're thinking about a future without him.

The cashier at Target should be able to work full-time and afford their bills with a little left over. That’s not radical.

I don't think free speech on campus ought to mean that a young coddled bigot gets to use their ignorance to casually destroy the career of a knowledgeable trans person on a random Wednesday

John Calvin: The Naughty and Nice lists were written long, long before you were born. The Elf watches you from the Shelf with icy foreknowledge of what Santa will bring you, your fate having already been decreed.

your average tiktok baby who calls the cobel backstory episode of severance "slow paced filler" has never heard of tarkovsky I know

Trans instructor: “you didn’t do this assignment” Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment” Student: “I didn’t do the assignment” University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask” some days I just want to scream and scream

My "Not involved in the pedo cabal" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

Hideo is just like me FR.

DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."

Absolute coward shit on the part of the university. They ruined a trans person's life to allow the next Laura Loomer to get by without following the assignment.

CHOTINER: and when you're in water you PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right. CHOTINER: And this is because PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here

New: Months before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, her outlet The Free Press was joking about the megaprison Trump has lawlessly deported people to. "The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen." @andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social