As an accountability fan, this sucks. As a paramedic/educator/commentator, it confirms what I've been saying: this case was built in a way that focused on sensation rather than a "boring" but solid theory of their crimes and set them up to skate. medicineandjustice.beehiiv.com/p/medics-not...

In jr. high I decided Christianity was stupid and started reading the old testament for laffs. I got to Ecclesiastes and I loved the way it grappled with unfairness and absurdity and it brought me back. If there's hope for a snotty 14 year old then maybe there's hope for prosperity gospel types

You used to be able to google the time of the sunset, and Google would give you the exact time right on top every single time. Thankfully, with artificial intelligence, you can now ask Google what time the sun will set and it will conveniently tell you "I don't know."

Are we...good? #USMNT

There's a strong incentive for us as human beings "not to believe" anything that calls on us to do anything different than what we are used to doing.

But even if it were accurate, no one expects a coal miner to vote for a democrat promising to close some coal mines, but somehow professors are expected to vote roughly 50% of the time for republicans who say they are evil and promise to end their entire profession.

the most surreal thing about this era of open yelling about masculinity is that, if you grew up anything like I did, you were exposed to several sets of standards of masculinity and would be hard pressed to identify which of them the Paxtons and Millers of the world are living up to

This man speaks for Christians lost and weak enough that they fool themselves into believing they have no responsibility to their neighbor. He speaks for a Christianity that denies Him in practice, and replaces Him in name to worldly passion. And does not acknowledge the necessity of forgiveness.

One reason I hate death penalty cases is that capital punishment is incredibly stupid and irrational. It's cruel, expensive, and serves no deterrent effect. It's rarely imposed, except against a tiny minority of unlucky defendants—and in those cases, racism almost always plays a role. Just end it.

This is not unusual. Off the top of my head, two cases of delayed executions due to IV access issues in Alabama and one in Idaho since 2020.

Yet again, a botched execution in the US. Let's call it for what it is: a form of torture, and a violation of international law. #abolishthedeathpenalty

BREAKING: Richard Glossip is granted bail. Lawyer Donald Knight: "For the first time in 29 years of being incarcerated for a crime he did not commit, during which he faced 9 execution dates and ate 3 last meals, Mr. Glossip now has the chance to taste freedom ...."

A prosecution witness in the Marcellus Williams trial tried to implicate Williams's primary accuser in the murder before the prosecutor shut him up. He was executed anyway. Meanwhile, here's what irreparably tainted trial of Alex Murdaugh, a rich white attorney.

true crime brain has fucked people up so bad and they get really mad when you point that out. and also that the entire true crime industry is predatory and exploitative

Around 11:30 PM, I dropped by FDNY’s EMS station in Elmhurst. These stations are centralized hubs where FDNY EMTs, paramedics and EMS officers come to pick up their equipment to restock ambulances.

Artemis II today.

Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.

The pope is tweeting like a wide receiver. cc: @dennycarter.bsky.social

My wife ending up negatively polarized against birthright citizenship after an obscure special interest saves the day

"He knew his son would outshine him from the beginning, so taught this child the only thing he could: The skill of taking blades and wood, and turning death into something else entirely."

A common anti-intellectual pattern I see with progressives/leftists Them: expression magical thinking about problem Me: clarification about how it’s more complicated than that Them: reaction as if I’m saying I’m far right

Hot take: the 2026 World Cup is going to flop, but the broader politics surrounding it will "only" be *a* key contributor.

Next time you fly, check for sets of yellow lines, one dashed and one solid. The dashed side can be crossed at will; vehicles on the solid side need clearance from the tower. Somehow, the truck got clearance to cross with a plane landing. www.nbcnewyork.com/queens/audio...

I suspect if you had some sort of anti-weirdo screening test for a job involving walking into burning buildings, you just wouldn't have any firefighters

Sean penn has now won an Oscar for all three chaotic alignments.

‘Good Oscars, Good Oscars,’ Repeat Nominees In Forced Post-Ceremony Handshake Line

Among the very many bad things here, one that jumps out to me is the casual acceptance of the death penalty, and even further, the death penalty totally divorced from due process. Those grounds alone shift these people out of any coalition of egalitarian humanism into something very different.

hand up for me on this as well. I was pro-legalization for a bunch of reasons that were naive in retrospect and I sent way too many "I'm betting on an obscure sporting event 🤪🤪🤪 and you can too!" posts I didn't anticipate how quickly gambling would rot through everything it touched

I know that modern republicans have abandoned almost any pretense of theological literacy but cmon man, its not like Matthew 25 is buried in some obscure part of the bible. GOP staffers go to Sunday School challenge (impossible)

BREAKING: AL Gov. Kay Ivey (R) commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, a 75-yo-old wheelchair user who, by the state's own admission, never killed anyone www.huffpost.com/entry/alabam...

"You know who else pivoted a table?"

Being that I'm trying to make a pretty similar nut as a writer, I might be biting the hand that feeds me a little, but this is an important question I'm not seeing another answer to.

GOP: oh so everyone u disagree with is Hitler GOP when they think we can't hear: my favorite Himmler track from his set at the Black Forest Amphitheater in 1928

It’s actually FEWER Misérables

So here’s the thing- you can only trade on the cache of “heroic first responders” for so long and that time ended roughly 30 years ago. Between private equity and the near total reliance on volunteers and pay-per-call, Fire/EMS is about to collapse without significant funding overhauls.

thank you mr president why did your administration shut down the firefighter cancer registry

If you’re not good natured enough to get into a snowball fight with the citizenry then you’re not good natured enough to carry a firearm in public.

American leftism will never achieve power if the response to getting peed on while taking public transit is “toughen up” public spaces should be safe and pleasant, and that shouldn’t be a hot take

We had Fredrick Brennan on the QAA podcast several times. He always had valuable insights on the technical aspects of imageboards, internet history, and the Watkins duo. He was notoriously temperamental but speaking to him left little doubt about the sincerity of his hatred for 8chan and QAnon.

Biggest Jack Hughes moment since the Dreyfus Affair

Polyphemus, fuming as the middle of the Odyssey gets read to him:

Since this is coming up as a topic because the DOJ is a pack of fuckups I wouldn't advise downloading any video or audio material they hosted without some deep soul searching as to the psychic damage and the legality of it. Seems like a minefield for no reward for over 99 percent of folk here.

Him being a biathlete really underscores what a terrible idea this was “I would like to remind everyone who just watched me handle a rifle that I am emotionally unstable at the moment”

Hey bb I just finished bronze but was reminded how I didn’t even put you on the podium, I know you were pissed off when I went off-piste but I’m a biathlete I gotta shoot my shot again for the gold with you

"The attorney ... was pleased that jurors rejected arguments that the death stemmed from “excited delirium." “It’s a good development in the world of prolonged prone restraint in terms of a jury acknowledging how dangerous it is and the fact that it can be fatal"" share.google/lS4F5bvU0FqO...

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LET'S HEAR YOUR COMPLAINING OVER THE RADIO BROADCAST MARIST

TFL DRIZZY

me with 2 years of spanish study when I recognize a word during Benito's halftime performance

Keep the Marist Haters Club in your prayers tonight, folks (it's me, I'm the Marist Haters Club)