Alternate headline “Service charge plus delivery charge plus convenience charge…”

First they came for the queers, and you didn't know it because we're not in the poem.

The rampant cynicism in this country which enables this kind of straight-up deceit: People like Musk and Altman know UBI will never materialize, and while they have unbelievable amounts of political capital to enlist in making it happen, they will not, and the press will not call them out on it.

People who pay no price at all are always the first to say "it's a small price to pay"

Feigning confusion is a tactic by which they present themselves as being in the shoes of their readers/listeners. They can pretend to reach a conclusion at the same time as you, even while they lead you to it. They all do it. Tucker Carlson has worn the same bewildered expression for 25 years.

US congresspeople supporting more LLM slop makes sense when you realize most of them just ask their staff to tell them a summary of things, and then they ask their party leadership how to vote. Also explains why they think CEOs are worth listening to.

To quote the great John Legend: "My brother, you have to keep reading. What happened next?"

Every splashy New York Times profile of a right wing influencer.

adonis been reposting dawkins again i see

Insane being a Californian seeing people post pictures of $4 gas going ‘I don’t know how we’re expected to survive.’ You are a weak people, grown decadent and fat on the sap of the earth. You will welcome our armies as liberators.

JANE SAYS / she can’t move any cows / the gas is too exPENsiiiiiiive

fr fr doing something you like with people you like that ideally also helps make the world a little better is the cure for many things

If you’re a middle aged person who used to play music with people to the point that it was a significant part of your identity but you haven’t in a long time, I strongly strongly recommend joining a brass band. I will not be taking questions at this time however

Louisiana Republicans have eliminated a city clerk position in New Orleans days before a Black man was set to take office. “It’s a sad thing to see the state government repeating what happened to Black public officials during Reconstruction,” said Calvin Duncan, who was set to take office Monday.

"What does this conservative believe? I'll let him tell me instead of examining his words and actions. I am a dupe, a rube, a maroon, common as dirt."

The White House posts this. Gasoline is now at $4.33/gal. The GOP is testing a strategy of pure, streaming, nonstop lies.

Word. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/o...

*art bell caller voice* They had to pull the plug because it was about to achieve consciousness

The Senate passed the Voting Rights Act renewal in 2006 by a vote of 98-0. The Supreme Court majority gutted it on the grounds that the Justices personally dislike the impact.

it is funny to read this stuff as someone with a historical interest in the 1990s, a decade that began with one of the worst economic dislocations of the post-war era and was marked by genocide, catastrophic terrorist attacks, a resurgence of virulent racism, and fears of technological dislocation

I would be happier to overlook the tattoo as a “youthful” in discretion if not for the fact that in late February, he was retweeting famous hard-core white supremacists. Like how much of learning has actually gone on here.

World-famous atheist abandons all reason and dives head first into superstition because he told himself it was a girl who thinks he’s smart.

Almost everything of value we have in this country came out of either the working classes making it or, crucially, preserving it. We have national parks because of working class activism. We look after countless ancient monuments and natural wonders because of policies rooted in socialism.

A strong social safety net nurtured artists, musicians, actors, writers from every kind of background. Free university education gave them access to world class teaching and resources. I'm not saying it was perfect, but it took us all pretty far without having to conquer any more countries.

This is one of my main political hobbyhorses tbh. "Working class" *never* meant unsophisticated, uneducated, uncultured. Britain's mid-20th century working class communities produced our late-20th century, globally influential pop culture. Socialism is responsible for that.

hell yeah

>reluctant to make the trip by train these are the most coddled excuses for men I have ever seen

Do you get whats coming? #SolarHockeyStickOfHope bsky.app/profile/70sb...

"Modernizing" is the best term It's about bringing SCOTUS into the present, since they are so hell-bent on dragging us back to the past

That was always the plan.

Absolutely extraordinary. The Democrats conceded *nothing* and got everything they demanded. They said no ICE/CBP funding, and that's precisely what happened. In other words, they did not cave. At all. But the GOP did—completely.

it's ... an insurance program! that we've paid into our entire lives! (And once you're eligible, you still have to pay premiums! it's not a freebie!)

This is a great piece and now I feel like shit so, thanks for the link, @emilystjams.bsky.social! themillions.com/2018/02/the-...

Last reskeet: Yeeeeah, srsly. The human superpower is cooperation, not murder. Huge numbers of species commit murder at scale, to the best of their ability. Only one teaches their children how to read, builds steamships and puts rovers on Mars.

Historians will note this is exactly what millions of Americans wanted, no matter the consequences: to retaliate against the country for electing a Black President by putting a huge racist in the White House who would constantly refer to every Black person he doesn't like as "low IQ."

This is taking forever

I just judge the person who’s sending out shitty writing without worrying about where they got it.

Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Freddy Mercury…

Queem

When The Who was recording A Quick One While He’s Away, they wanted cellos, but couldn’t afford them, so they all sang “cello, cello, cello, cello” instead.

Spending millions and dedicating his entire life to looking 47 instead of 48

The original post is still bubbling up in my feed and I had a couple of additional thoughts about it, especially in light of the corrupt SCOTUS voting to reinstate Jim Crow laws.

Now when I see someone post a video that goes something like “I’m going to explain x historical event to you in 60 seconds” I say “oh no you don’t” out loud and scroll past. I’d rather know I don’t know something than have some half baked bullshit in my head tricking me into thinking I have a clue.

We will not get a second Reconstruction from people who don’t defend the first.

There is a reason DOJ has worked tirelessly to keep Musk away from a deposition regarding DOGE. When cross examined by a competent attorney, his whole macho facade crumbles and his crippling insecurities are exposed. He is not in fact the brainiac he likes to imagine he is.

Wild how people will just go on the internet and tell everyone that they're not able to competently pilot a motor vehicle #a2council

I love this.

One of the most clarifying passages I've ever read on what "polarization" actually means in the U.S."