"It would be really bad if they don't work out this Hormuz thing, so they'll figure it out some way" is still the prevailing attitude. Can see it in markets, media, politicians, public. Bad can't happen, people in charge know what they're doing, it's all content anyway. I find it... unsettling.

total evil

*coughs, taps mic* Bluginia

“Making the troops get vaccinated” is literally a foundational principle of the US Army

announcing ILÚVATAR, my multi-billion dollar company which will specialize in the dismantling of all other idiotically tolkien-named entities, that they shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite

I think I need to watch Stalker (1979) again

Every day a different billionaire says the most horrific movie villain thing you've ever heard but this guy and a grandpa from Vermont are the scary ones because they want to tax them

Translation: they are proposing a bill that says you cannot under any circumstances use a computer for any purpose without allowing the United States government continuous monitoring and a backdoor

Personally I don’t think we should be in the business of providing Social Security to a bunch of slavers

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

So tired of waking up each Sunday to see the president is threatening war crimes again.

Why even pretend he will actually read the Bible. No he won’t. That isn’t true.

Amazing that in the national divorce the libs are getting the NFL, butter and cooking oil, being attracted to adult women, standup comedy, Bud Light, and now also Catholicism

Sure the ceasefire is fake and Hormuz is closed and we’re probably going to do more war crimes, but can you imagine how the adrenaline rush must have felt for that cruise ship captain who successfully Leeroy Jenkinsed the Strait while Iran was distracted

John Roberts is and always has been Sam Alito with better PR he has declared himself and his fellow republican justices the unelected rulers of America and they have wielded their power in favor of making Donald Trump of all people untouchable the court as it exists today must be broken

A reasonable bet that these days the very online Kavanaugh and co are rubber stamping Trump regime’s decisions via secretive shadow dockets based on content they are taking in through not just through right wing cable tv but its massive conspiracy filled online media. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

A federal judge in Illinois today ruled that the Trump administration improperly coerced Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps in violation of the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I think I need to watch Stalker (1979) again

Mamdani: If the NYC apartment you keep solely for bi-yearly affairs with your mistress costs over 5 million dollars, you gotta pay more tax NYPD officer who’s been on disability since 2006 because he stomped too hard on a lady during an arrest and fucked up his ankle: This is a travesty

First & foremost, @lindseyboylan.bsky.social is more than deserving of this endorsement. Second & just as important, fuck this headline. Lindsey didn’t accuse Cuomo of harassment. Cuomo harassed Lindsey. Period. She is not an accusor. She is a survivor-advocate. Show some respect. Report the truth.

We're watching the open web as it existed die in real time.

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.

You (the U.S. Military) VILL eat ze bugs (because it’s the only protein available)

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

Democrats colluding with the fascists in defiance of the explicit will of their voters? Must be Tuesday.

I remain convinced that one of the most important things the next Democratic president can do to avoid falling victim to a Biden-style vibecession is to mercilessly, relentlessly crack down on crypto and organized gambling. Just go full scorched-earth.

they like him and want to help him. They send out a push alert not for the actual story "the president is losing his fucking mind" but one repeating Trump's false criticism of the Pope as if they are reasonable.

Orange Man is, in fact, Bad

Rather than treat Trump’s comments about Pope Leo as deranged, embarrassing and offensive to (many) Catholics, early headlines (and stories) paint it as Trump just bashing back against a political opponent. Truly broken media environment.

It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for

I’m beginning to think Trump is the literal antichrist

The worst case scenario here is that Trump effectively cedes the Presidio to tech oligarchs so they can build the first "freedom city", which are essentially factory towns exempt from federal regulations: www.wired.com/story/startu...

Discworld QOTD, from Thud!

The shared excitement over NASA’s recent mission compared to the general indifference to SpaceX missions speaks to the power of something seen as the product of communal human effort rather than just the ego and avarice of one obnoxious dork.

they had our number when they said they couldn't retaliate against us for killing their national heroes because our heroes are cartoon characters

The main Iranian spokesperson dude is Sephiroth Posting again fwiw. I will say they are far more lyrical than Trump when they do this. Probably because they’re all PhDs

Alameda DA’s finest!

Hey there we saw you across the 17th Parallel and we hate your vibe

To all who celebrate

BREAKING: Following the American threat of an “Avignon Papacy,” Robert Kennedy has begun a Diet of Worms

When we take back power, I do not want unity or healing, I want revenge. I also don't want a lecture on "but that's just like Trump, he wanted revenge." He was wrong, we are right. It's different. Get a moral compass. Revenge or sit down. Call it "justice" if you must, it's that too.

democratic base: please please oppose the iran war please we're begging you please god democratic party:

The 10 (?) points are real and strong and my friend. No you can’t know what they are.

Holy fucking shit it's real lol Olivia Reingold of the Free Press asks Abdul El-Sayed "does Israel have a right to exist as a Jewish state?" AES: "What do you mean by a Jewish state?" [...] "If you can't define the question, I'm not gonna answer it.

It’s so morbidly funny that 1920s WASP fever dreams are coming true but for a good cause

RIP. I will never forget the police brutalizing him — and then that one cop stopping the other cop from helping him