Dress rehearsal for the big one.

Breaking character: I really liked this thread.

The president of the United States is watching a cage fight under a bunch of untested metal structures in a lightning storm.

Someone, probably multiple someones, thought this multi-level nightmare fuel was good and paid real money to run this ad in the NYT app

or could it be *gestures vaguely at global fascism*

If you had told people in 2016 that Donald Trump as President would mean a UFC fight on the White House lawn, in front of a bulldozed East Wing, you would have been shouted down by establishment media as being a ridiculous fearmonger

I don’t even follow basketball and I am not from and have never lived in NYC but this thread is genuinely lovely.

HISTORY.

Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio. Magic! Goodnight.

SpaceX stock may taste like pumpkin pie but I’d never know because I’d never buy the filthy motherfucker.

it's really something isn't it? a modest ranch home? burgers on the grill on sunday? maybe drive down to the grand canyon with the kids this summer for a few days? you can't have that. so they can have everything

The Wired headline

Reason #1,000,000,000,000 why we should tax the rich.

Gonna say the pivot of GitHub to an offline-first company is impressive

welcome to fully automated mechcapitalism where your revolving credit borrows money at 25% APR on its own initiative

trump: [holding cell phone] what's iraq's phone #

There is a sort of moral injury when your data is used to create or improve oppressive systems whose ethics you strongly disagree with. I wrote about it before in context of personal data being used for ML training. And I think there’s a lot more to say.

How many people would use freeways if they were 1/2 mile long and not connected to any other roads?

Imagine having *life* in your streets, rather than just cars.

Who has eyes on RFK Jr?

He fell asleep during one of the most exciting sporting events in New York City history. The amount of stimulants it must take to get him out of bed in the morning could power finals week for every college student east of the Mississippi.

Love to see someone booed lustily. Lustily: the only way to boo.

Playing on their turf never ever wins, not morally, not politically. Here's a response: "this is a wedge issue targeting kids, getting into their doctors' decisions. Next, they'll come for your hysterectomy, your vasectomy. And it's because they can't talk about the economy." Say Fuck You back

spencer pratfall imo

If you’re in line to dunk on Spencer Pratt: STAY IN LINE.

Do Scott Pelley and Stephen Colbert know each other asking for a friend

ngl, Schumer endorsing Platner but not Zohran is funny af, really highlights his racism.

Pouring one out for Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes tonight. Respect to everyone who speaks truth to power and is willing to accept the consequences.

It's not the thing that's caused the most death and harm, but pointlessly and maliciously torching our deep-rooted relationship with our closest national friend and neighbor is, in terms of history and national character, one of the most depressing aspects of the broader catastrophe.

Grave misunderstanding of “acting”

more of a commander-at-medium, if we’re feeling generous

Greg, I think you can edit that answer down a bit. Can probably fit it into 14 words if I had to guess.

on this day 105 years ago in 1921 the Tulsa Race Massacre began when white supremacists destroyed Tulsa's Greenwood district. This group of citizens destroyed 35 blocks of "Black Wall Street", killed 300, and left 10,000 Black citizens homeless.

STOP THE MAD KING NOW! It’s time to take the keys away. #huntsvillevisibilitybrigade

“It’s not the years; it’s the mileage”

“Why did it have to be snakes?”

Sean Trende’s piece on his son’s last day of school is full of joy and sadness and love and is well worth your time. www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/202...

the fuck it will

I think the reason I've been a little ambiently mad all day is because January 6th rioters are statistically the most likely group of pedophiles in the world and they clubbed a guy to death and they're going to be rich from the tax money that I give to the country I live in.

Hello from Iowa and I will ask you to kindly Google corn sweat

Wait til you hear about corn sweat

The rules don’t matter for one party, episode 211

The Seattle Times published a full obituary for Juniper Blessing. It's a moving tribute to a life well-lived. May she rest in peace, and may UW honour and carry on her legacy. Scholarships named for her might be a good start.

I'm not sure how much the rest of America knows or understands about the MOVE bombing in Philly, but it was probably the single worst instance of police brutality in American history. I think of it every 5/13 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MO...