I'm reminded of the scene in Interstellar where Coop is reprimanded by his daughter's teacher and principal for telling her that the Apollo moon landings were real.

US Constitution Art 1 Sec 8: Congress shall… have Power to keep quiet about War Operations Powers Act (1973): The president may initiate military operations when he feels like it, and if he does not receive Congressional authorization after 60 days is obligated to change the name of the operation

Got a notification from a medieval copyright lawyer

here's a fun one. woman posts in a Bad Dates Facebook group about dumping a guy for being clingy. he sues her, her parents, meta and the admins of the group she posted in. Dismissed. He appeals despite no grounds for reversal... except what he gets from AI hallucinations. BTFO by the 7th Circuit.

I did not predict anyone feeling the need to pull out the "I was just following orders" excuse for, of all things, introducing Drake

Come on and slam, and

A tale of two posts

Cuatro leches? En esta economia???

Grubb had an amazing time playing Forza Horizon 6, the most refined game in the series yet! Read his full review here: giantbomb.com/reviews/forz...

“Ironic isn't it, Smithers? This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you.”

My favorite mother’s day cartoon from the stupendous @rosemarymosco.com

let me be very clear here: lol

It’s great that there are now three Twitters where everyone complains about people on the other two Twitters

If you’re an attorney that ever suffers from impostor syndrome, read this excellent summary of @alyssamerc.bsky.social’s case against SmashJT – reading about Ron’s nonstop fuckups will cure you forever.

another classic of the genre

another all-time tweet I am constantly thinking about

"You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings. A leader who mocks the weak, exalts himself, and preys on the innocent is not sent by God. He is sent to test you, and many are failing." — Pope Leo XIV

"You can earn a billion dollars," says the newspaper owned by someone with 281 billion dollars.

This was suppose to be a joke.

My "this is not a golden calf" cassock has congregation asking a lot of questions already answered by my cassock.

Carl warned us

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. says "gamers' rights!"

I have watched this beginning to end like a dozen times now and it still brings me to tears every time

So there’s an Odyssey movie coming out this summer, they released a new trailer, and I laughed WAY TOO HARD at this comment… (As someone who has had to read both works multiple times…)

30 percent of Americans are against [squints at notes] the Pope urging peace

Civilization being desperate to return to a mythologized prelapsarian greatness in a rejection of progress in response to reactionary populist outrage feels like a metaphor

You do not hate the DOGE people enough. Boys with toys breaking things they were too arrogant and lazy to understand.

Leia is no longer a princess after 64 minutes into A New Hope. You are permanently divested of royal titles when the planet you enjoy sovereignty over explodes. She should have just been Leia at that point.

Publishers fighting AI companies increasingly collide with web preservation systems ⚖️ In PRESERVING THE WEB IN THE AGE OF AI, @masnick.com explains how attempts to block scraping restricts tools like the Wayback Machine. 🎧 Listen on Future Knowledge ⤵️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/pre...

same vibe:

What the non-lawyers on here need to understand is that DOJ, until about a year ago, was considered HIGHLY prestigious and competitive, elite lawyering work

RIP freud. you would’ve loved whatever this is.

Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵

it's separate but equal to the normal course

"What's your strategy?" "The strategy is laser focused." "Great. And what exactly is that strategy?" "Laser. Focused." "Right. Focused on ...?" "LASER focused. Kinetic. Lethal warfightering. Strategy."

If the dementia test was hard you didn’t pass the dementia test

on set. what about YOU?

I assume someone mentioned this opportunity and Trump only heard “vetting models”

IT’S STAR WARS DAY SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS