Grimly amusing to see corporations well-versed with "enter market by burning money, then jack up rates" caught completely surprised by AI companies doing the same thing. The extreme burn rate was pretty well known, guys! What did you think would happen next???

having a shitty first draft is better than having *no* first draft. just Write The Thing.

I would be remiss not to point out that "Tricking Milli Vanilli into performing a concert for a dictator" is LITERALLY a storyline from the 1990s 'Super Mario Bros 3' cartoon 🙃

🔥 Now Milli Vanilli (RIP Rob Pilatus) is saying that not only will they not perform. THEY WERE NEVER ASKED TO PERFORM. JUST SHOWED UP ON THE DAMN FLYER. If you are some Trumpist-bootlicker and you are going to make up a lie about who is showing up to your ass event, you choose Milli Vanilli?? 🔥

This is another one of those things where the students won’t realize what they’ve lost until it is too late.

Oh my GOD need this on a shirt to expose the younguns to the old glories that they know nothing of

You see an indie production you like? Talk about it. Tell people that you love it and WHY you love it (without spoilers if you can help it). Tell people where they can see it! Link it!

Huge thanks again to The Boss for telling exactly like it is as usual on “Colbert” last week. youtube.com/watch?v=rMrN...

if they could figure out a way to a/b test their reputation they might learn some things. alas

I can’t believe I have to say this: The President should not financially benefit from the very government he controls. I’ve got a bill to stop Trump’s corruption.

(the ones who started freshman year as 9/11 happened :: the ones who started hrt as lockdown happened)

I am not anti-tech. I love technology. I started a blog with my father about cool things technology can do for you... when companies aren’t stealing your privacy, data, and rights. I am anti-enshittification. I am anti-middleman. I am anti-grift. I am pro-tech. I’m just also pro-consumer rights.

Given that there are 34 Republicans and 12 Democrats in the South Carolina state Senate, but the vote failed 20-24, that means over a third of the Republican caucus defected or abstained

Sounds like there are people in critical condition and possibly some fatalities. #longview #wa

Multiple people were injured in a major chemical tank implosion at a Southwest Washington paper mill Tuesday morning, according to the Longview Fire Department.

Time to call your reps again bc they are inexplicably spending time on bullshit book banning bills!!! find your rep here: reps.fyi

I mean, he believes it cuz it's true. If they were telling the truth, the story wouldn't keep changing. First, it was gonna make 5 blockbusters a day, 10 bestsellers a week, GTA V with a team of 10 in 6 months. Then, cure cancer. The, replace doctors, therapists, college. They're bullshitting.

We know why. I'd call it the greatest sunk cost fallacy of our time, except they already know it's shit.

AI is bad and ruining human knowledge, sorry to those trying to convince us otherwise.

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

Technically an UFO, the best kind of UFO

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com. Many more here: www.theguardian.com/profile/tom-gauld

The absolute bare minimum effort we *should* be seeing from electeds anywhere. “I ran up and put myself between the ICE officers and the crowd, and that’s when they started to shoot at us with the pepper balls — as well as using the pepper spray — and were tackling people."

What happens when Trump's own FDA finds that the COVID vaccine was safe? They censor the study, of course. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

breastfeeding and formula feeding are both great actually

So soon to use a reaction image from a data center protest that took place today but I think this one's going to get a workout

The day after Colbert’s final show, CBS Radio News signs off as well. The news program that became famous as Edward R. Murrow reported live from London rooftops during the Blitz, now silenced. Good night, and good luck. And Fvck you CBS.

He was so real for this

because I know y’all can’t click and read

This is Bear, Australia's most famous koala detection dog. After a decade of service, he's retiring. He's located hundreds of injured or displaced koalas after forest fires. We're told his retirement will be filled with rest, cuddles, and maybe a little mischief. 15/10

We repeat this silly discourse of "people who don't make much money waste it on services/items that make their lives easier/more enjoyable" & we never land on the obvious solution -- higher wages and/or UBI. And better supports for disabled people. And higher taxes on wealthy people/corps.

I hate the extent to which amazon has captured the logistics industry. If they disappeared tomorrow, all domestic shipping would implode. That's a monopoly we don't talk about enough.

wait what happened

The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.

Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.

Imagine living next to something that sounds like a washing machine you can’t turn off. That’s what Texans are dealing with from AI data centers. Tech barons get richer while communities lose peace, water, and local control.

The outcome of this case will have a huge impact on any city that has, had, or may someday have a major protest against ICE or other parts of government under Trump. Say a prayer, cast a spell, praxis praxis.

I've noticed that while pride merch is back at a lot of stores, they've basically all reverted to the six color pride flag instead of the progress flag. And boy does it feel pointed every damn time.

Can verify that the most fun way to block someone is to say "hey check out this sick kickflip I can do off the block button" and then block them

Doing this to cars full of high people is a betrayal of Taco Bell’s social contract with our nation

NEW: Trump is one step closer to creating a giant slush fund of taxpayer dollars for his MAGA buddies. This is corruption on steroids.

Yesterday a doctor popped by here to tell me to watch my language and it irritated the fuck out of me. Did I need to curse in this post? Yes I did. The word fuck is necessary to sufficiently convey my level of annoyance. Oh and also, the U.S. is being destroyed so swearing seems appropriate.

Since the historians here are all talking about citations and going to extremes trying to verify something, here's one of my stories about chasing down a claim my predecessor at Princeton once made and discovering it was basically a fabrication.

This is why it’s so important to trace things back to the beginning whenever possible. I believe @rauchway.bsky.social calls these “historical urban legends”

The Civil War ended 161 years ago. The South lost, slavery was abolished and Black voices soon had the right to be heard as citizens and voters. This Supreme Court and numerous southern states may still try to change that--as if their Lost Cause remains righteous--but we can stop their immoral wish.

An attack on Black America is an attack on all of America. Remember: if they come for us, they’ll come for you next. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/u...

Also fuck Mike Johnson for saying politicians can't survive off $175k salaries but they expect citizens to live off $40k or $7.25 an hour. Fuck all the way off

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

🧵A thread about Loss.jpg, and the internet phenomena that I saw that made it a major meme.