And if the Disney/ABC debacle turns out to be the harbinger of Woke 2, they might ultimately end up with neither.

Many companies seem to assume that you only get in trouble for doing things that make right-wingers angry and I think that's a very stupid assumption to make.

The problem with that "First they came for" poem is it makes a lot of unlikely assumptions. For example it assumes they would ever come for me

great news! you're not actually seeing karl rove, john yoo, and david frum criticize the administration's lawlessness more stridently than dem leadership. you, reader, were infected with rabies by a brown bat 36 hours ago and this is all just the virus working its way through your nervous system

What I can't get over is that they're bending the knee to this guy. Like, this fucking guy specifically. Not a military genius like Caesar or Napoleon or a psychopathic god like Hitler or Mao but this fucking rube. I don't understand how democracy can work in this country if this is all it takes.

This admin is 8 months old, so it's very funny to see people talk about it like it's an entrenched authoritarian regime that has ruled for decades and is facing its first wave of popular discontent.

Unlike WaPo, which has fully embraced becoming a fourth-rate rag, the NYT still has a few crumbs of dignity left lying around here and there. Apparently even that is too much for the regime.

they don't want pussy. they want to endlessly critique pussy

Yeah, I'm kind of a *big* deal around these parts.

It seems the death of woke has been greatly exaggerated.

THE DESERTER - “I mean, with a head that big, how could I miss?”

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

To summarize: -the murderer was Larry David from Curb Your Enthusiasm -no wait, it was a different guy but we got him -fuck, no we didn’t -I bet transsexuals did this -okay but the fact it feels like they did says something about society -we’re fairly sure he’s either in Utah or somewhere else

The median voter:

RIP Charlie Kirk, you would have loved politicizing the shooting of Charlie Kirk.

Damn, Etsy witches don't fuck around, huh?

No...

it's cool that Keir Starmer is going to be Labour's version of Hollande

Whereupon an innocent woman learns against her will about the part of the My Little Pony mod for Hearts of Iron 4 that was made by Lost Causers. But you gotta admit, "J.D. Neighvis" and "Trotbert E. Neigh" are all time great My Little Pony names.

"Cause the asuras, barbarians and those who are hostile to the teachings, To be reduced to dust, like dry grass consumed in a fiery blaze! Swiftly bring about their eradication, their annihilation, we pray!" -A Concise Ceremony of Offering and Prayer to Mahākāla and Consort

Trump getting Félix Faure'd would be the funniest thing ever.

Every piece of news these days coming out of D.C be like:

The paradox of Trump 2, I think, is that it's a nascent autocracy with the qualities of a dying autocracy: The autarch is old, promising an early succession; he is using his newfound powers to undermine the stability of the realm; & the regime, for all that it's been accommodated, is run by idiots

ya i mean the harris coalition is the one that includes the demographics for which the "opposing political view" is "people like you should be killed" so

Thinking about how the non-Chinese workers on the transcontinental railroad saw their Chinese coworkers didn’t fucking die from drinking filth because they boiled their water and then refused to do so anyway to own the heathen Chinamen by shitting themselves to death.

Someone please help...my dying mad king...his viziers...they're scheming...

I'll admit, while a lot of things were on my bingo card this year, the Third Amendment of the U.S Constitution somehow becoming extremely relevant definitely was not.

So, I know this is supposed to be a rhetorical question that supposed to make you feel like you're all clever and savvy, but the actual smart answer is No.

As someone who got to experience that nastiness and vitriol for going after a sacred cow, I can safely say that this is pathetic. Bsky has its share of freaks and idiots, but if you think this is worse than the legions of racists, fascists and literal Nazis on X, there's something wrong with you.

Privilege - used way more by Republicans

It's so cool how across all developed democracies the marginal voter is basically a medieval peasant who knows nothing about the world except the price of ground beef and the contents of the last 3 instagram reels they watched.

This year's Gamescon was extremely funny because it continues the trend of the entire industry being scared shitless of GTA 6 and giving no release date for their games beyond a vague "coming in 2026".

Amuse me, Dorito Man.

Half a weague, half a weague, half a weague onwawd All in the vawwy of death wode the six hundwed - “The Chawge of the Wight Bwigade” by Alfwed Woard Tennyson

there's massive waste and inefficiency in government and it's all law enforcement

And this right here is why I have so much contempt for the popularists. They're not savvy technocrats telling everyone the truths they don't want to hear, they're reactionary centrists who try to launder their ideology under the guise of pragmatism.

Really need to emphasize the issues of scale here. Hitler's brownshirts numbered 400 000 before he became chancellor, rising to 4 million members at their peak. Meanwhile, you could add every cop, federal agent, National Guardsman and soldier in the US together and it wouldn't get you to 4 million.

Slightly diminish a band: Somewhat Spicy Chili Peppers

Everybody’s gonna learn this lesson the hard way: anything even adjacent to this chan culture dogwhistle shit is deeply unpopular. Like the incels they’re catering to, you and your brand develop permanent stench from being around any of it.

John Kellogg, the man who created corn flakes, was also a staunch advocate of using enemas that injected yogurt into the bowels to cleanse the intestinal flora. He made use of that technique in his sanatorium; his patients included Henry Ford, George Bernard Shaw and Howard Taft, among others.

By the beginning of the 19th century, the UK's population consumed so much tea that taxes on tea imports alone accounted for 10% of all government revenue. This resulted in a massive trade deficit which the British government tried to solve by getting the entire country of China addicted to drugs.

Resorting to it for solving modern social ills would be a terrible idea though. "For better and worse" is a pretty coy formulation, when in reality it's overwhelmingly been for the worse. This kind of violence generally goes in one direction, and it's not a particularly progressive one.

I was wondering why they weren't advertising GPT-5's score at the ARC-AGI benchmark like they did with o3 and uh yeah, OA might have a slight problem on their hands (also note how all the benchmarks comparisons on their site are between their own models now and no longer against their competitors')

Updating my spreadsheet

"Dwight, you ignorant slut!"