i think theophite mentioned that if the president knows the name of the pool guy, something has gone catastrophically wrong

Actively annoyed by seeing some AI people smugly agree with each other that the reason we hate their shitty technology is that we resent it "lowering the barriers to entry" for the arts, which apparently the world of software development has always done.

“i like women”, “i don’t need my neighbors to be my clones” and “i prefer being rich and healthy to being poor and sick” are all revolutionary statements in trump’s america

Suraj has a point.

When people get arrested not because they did anything wrong but because their arrest is politically useful to the regime, that means you’re living in a dictatorship.

Pope Leo: “It is important to resist the commodification of basic human needs. Food, water and healthcare cannot be subordinated to market considerations or geopolitical interests.”

NYT: Donald Trump Has Made An Impressive Mark on Washington, DC

They ignore the entire history of band posters and DIY punk scene. You had artist who loved the music make the posters. You were part of a community. People are really GenAIing their way out of social existence 🙄

Elon Musk keeps killing people but remember, he is very rich.

One of the most British headlines I've ever seen.

The theory that “electable” means “work to appease right-wing bigots under the assumption that majorities agree with them, at least partially, and they prioritize it when voting” has been tried. It has failed. Try something else.

“Vance admits that, about ‘half the time these days, we attend Mass at home.’ (Your book is called “Communion,” my brother!)”

"Be beige not rainbow" is the single most radicalizing thing I've ever read. Because what the fuck do you mean? Are you deadass?? Why would ANYONE even those ostensibly on your side want that

Serious answer- Their masculinity is a performance and when you're constantly performing instead of just *being* you get paranoid you'll be found out, so you shift the focus on to someone you perceive to be a weaker and more socially acceptable target

yeah unfortunately the point at which security agents started manufacturing crimes to so they could arrest people to support the delusions of a single personalist ruler was the point at which the story stopped being silly heavy-handed metaphor and started being of real concern

Storing private property in the street - As he always does, mild-mannered cartoonist @davewalker.bsky.social nails it:

So many cyclist deaths begin with a stationary driver blocking the bike lane. The disconnect between cyclists, who see this as a life-threatening reckless action, and drivers, who see this is a minor parking infraction, is what often leads to discord.

The relic-hunters at the pool are making the regime think about what will happen just after It Happens.

He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?" And I said, "Looking at algae." And they all moved away from me on the bench there, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean nasty things, till I said, "And creating a nuisance."

Democratic leaders do two jobs: legislating and fundraising. AOC has dropped the fundraising. Her two jobs are legislating and doing public communications. If more Dems had done that—took on a major public comms effort—we wouldn’t be in this place.

Did the New York Times just BOTH SIDES Ken Paxton's sweetheart deal for a child sex predator. Yes, yes it did.

They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes

Me logging on.

All roads lead to kleptocracy and Mar-a-Lago

Every one of these assholes will tell you with a straight face that there's nothing more important than winning, but they'll happily forfeit a game in the name of bigotry. www.abc27.com/local-news/y...

Shift drink: Reflecting Pool 1oz rum 1oz mezcal .75oz lime .75oz honey barspoon matcha muddled mint

I think if you claim to have a trillion dollars you should get taxed on a trillion dollars.

The humiliation rituals will continue until morale collapses entirely

Scenes from a personalist regime: the leader can never fail, he can only be failed

Pregnant mothers often wrote goodbye letters to their families in case they died in childbirth.

He signed an unconditional surrender at Versailles? Come the fuck on.

"But then I started drilling down into the details and I found so many specific reasons for [the AI ripoff's] superiority. I’ll enumerate them here... 1. The man isn’t actually going for the jukebox. He’s going for the 'jukebax.'" asherperlman.substack.com/p/a-human-ar...

When are the rubes going to move from "he's not sleeping fake news" to "real men sleep during meetings"

ox kid is the original universal toddler archetype and four civilizations independently producing the wheel-ox proves humanity peaked early

"Thank God for model trains, you know? If they didn't have the model trains they wouldn't have gotten the idea for the big trains." --Jennifer Coolidge

Journalists have a duty to tell the public that the president and his aides are seriously considering suspending habeas corpus *when it is happening* rather than saving it for a book rollout over a year later

it would be nice to stop gaslighting folks about this extremely obvious gesture

Getting rid of the headphone jack is up there with legalized gambling, re: the dissolution of society

The genesis of zombi(e)s came from Haiti and this is on the nose: dehumanization through labor after death.

Becoming exponentially more religious the more it becomes clear that god will no longer let this man throw a party.

Conservatives used to remind us every 20 minutes that Reagan never took off his jacket in the Oval Office because he had so much reverence for the White House.

i’m watching the president’s birthday cage fight via a tiktok live video of a guy holding up his phone in front of his tv, as god intended it. i’m not subscribing to paramount plus for this shit.

man nyc is such a fun place right now. on my way to a mets game (lol) and everyone’s in knicks gear or brazil gear or mets gear or argentina gear. everyone’s on their way to a watch party or a block party. the whole country could be like this if it wasn’t run by miserable pudding brained freaks

We were a country once.

the lives ruined and lost cant be reclaimed, but nothing they are building or have built will be all that difficult to tear down with political leaders that want to do it

It’s funny that they tried to hide the Trump name removal process because all it does is reinforce how much this is about his feelings.

Man, if you are a contractor and you get an emergency call from the government on a Friday night to take down a bunch of letters, you are charging so much money. Every single person on that scaffolding is getting a new car.

this makes more sense when you remember eric trump was just named to the board of acme scaffolding and tarps