The singularity is approaching and it sucks even worse than you thought it would

As horrifying as this campaign of premeditated murder is, what might be even more disturbing is the utter indifference of Congress, the public and our allies to such a shocking and unapologetic obliteration of the many laws and norms against targeting civilians. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/w...

Damn…

This isn’t even about AI - this is just straight-up misogyny.

Well, well, well. In 2025, Brendan Carr’s wife “joined billionaire Peter Thiel’s data analytics firm, Palantir Technologies, as its head of global policy.” 4/28/25 … 1/ www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Kash Patel's "VIP Snorkel" with 9 guests, accompanied by Navy Seals, over the tomb of 900 sailors at Pearl Harbor: "[A]s disrespectful as playing kickball on top of the graves at Arlington." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

I know that it's Calvinball now but saying you're going to dismantle a district because it's 47% African American sure seems like the intentional racial discrimination that's still banned

“That’s where billionaires like yourself come in. For a mere $10 million gift, you can help us remake the intellectual landscape by endowing a prestigious chair in an underrepresented subfield, such as geocentric astronomy, high-energy phlogiston physics, or patriotic history.“ 😂

Bianco openly admitting his support for the Oathkeepers is quite the choice…

Phew, it’s a good thing no U.S. policy principal came out today to hype this operation. Otherwise it would seem as though this administration hasn’t the faintest fucking clue what it‘s doing.

the optics of this Oval Office event are absolutely insane. get a load of this. crazytown.

BREAKING: in April 2026, *every single one* of the 1,570 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,066 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else.

In East Jerusalem, ‘a whole Palestinian community is about to be expelled’ Israel is forcing out Al-Bustan’s 1,500 residents to build a biblical theme park. To avoid paying huge fines, families are demolishing their own homes. www.972mag.com/al-bustan-ea...

This is a real post from the president during a war while gas prices are at a 4-year high and his disapproval is at an all-time high in some polls.

Every single judicial nominee here - each one up for a lifetime appointment - is afraid to state a simple truth. Afraid to state a simple fact. Every single one of them. Every single American should take two minutes and watch this. And then be utterly disgusted.👇

Ted’s thread is right. I think that having a solid, shared basis of knowledge is important for a society to understand where it has been, and how the past continues to shape it today. Sharpening the public’s historical memory is essential for self-reflection and self-awareness. Social cohesion? Meh.

post of the year

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

Covid-19 vaccines roughly halved the chances that a US adult would need to visit the emergency room or be hospitalized with their infections last fall and winter, according to sources. But you won’t hear about it from the agency that led the research: the CDC. https://cnn.it/4dY5Yy5

Only the brilliant minds of The Onion to get the NYT to publish a quote like this

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

This tragedy of errors continues. Not one of the senior US negotiators was competent to the job. The US position was unrealistic. The process was fundamentally flawed.

ICE shot another person. Based on their track record, there is no reason to blindly believe and echo their claim that their victim was related to gangs. They have routinely lied so, sadly, we need to routinely question their version of accounts. www.ktvu.com/news/ice-sho...

🚨"This is a nightmare scenario. It's apocalyptic."

HORRIBLE. ICE is averaging more than one death a week this year. It's like clockwork. The last death reported was exactly seven days ago.

BERNSTEIN: Gas prices yesterday “surpassed 2004’s peak to become the highest non-pandemic related gas price in AAA’s history.” ⛽️

BREAKING: Another person has died in ICE custody, per required notification to Congress, marking 15 deaths in detention this year and 45+ since Trump took office again.

It’s arguably less a war than it is just a string of war crimes

Louisiana prosecutor Hugo Holland has had a career mired in controversy: concealing of evidence, allegations of racism, submission of false paperwork. That hasn’t stopped him from becoming the de facto frontrunner of his judicial race. With @veritenews.org

The co-owner of a popular Oakland coffee shop is missing after last being seen in the Cleveland Heights neighborhood near Lake Merritt, authorities said.

I'm telling you, the first time some blonde white woman whose also a major sports star gets disqualified for being intersex, all hell is going to break loose.

Just so we're clear here, Trump installed his own defense lawyer as the Deputy Attorney General and had him lead the purge of the federal prosecutors who brought cases against Trump.

ABC reports that Mike Flynn’s reward for committing crimes for Trump will be $1.2M. abcnews.com/US/doj-pay-t...

6:49am: sudden spike in oil futures trading. no news. no announcement. nothing public. 7:05am: trump announces a pause on iran strikes. markets move. someone knew. 16 minutes early. $580 million in contracts. the corruption is staggering.

Settlers set fire to homes and cars near Jenin amid reports of widespread violence across the occupied territory.

A review of Polymarket's social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts, as the betting market presents itself as "News 2.0" (New York Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

ICE detention deaths are now occurring at a rate of roughly one every four days. Three weeks ago that rate was one every six days. The pace is accelerating, and Congress has not launched a single investigation.

All of these are policies they're already supposed to be following. So why would anyone believe they'll start following them in exchange for DHS funding. I mean, come on. The proper response to "We won't deport U.S. citizens if you fund DHS" is, "Are you fucking kidding me?"

We need to call this what it is: a crime against humanity

Spain's king makes rare acknowledgement of country's colonial abuses reut.rs/4bf7PNk

The thing about Trump berating a reporter when the have the audacity to ask him an uncomfortable question is it usually works and no other journalist in the gaggle tries to pin him on it.

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

Love that they spent who knows how many hours making sure their AI flag had the appropriate number of stars, yet failed to consider what wind does to a flag when it’s stapled to a Temu Norman Rockwell B2 covered in dust

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

If dems don’t break up the maga media conglomerates as soon as they can they have no sense of self preservation bsky.app/profile/atru...

Trump on Iran: “Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today…I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so!”

Again, leaders of other countries don’t talk this way. The glee with which our current leaders talk about killing people is not normal, and nor is their lack of concern for who exactly we’re killing. American bombs incinerated 100 kids in Minab. Were those the “right people”?