Happy 250th, America. Let's please start again.

It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.

The data center issue is really starting to pull everyone in the same direction 💯💯💯💯🎯

"Destroy AI. Kill it. AI is just going to end up making mediocre people dumber."

At what point will the WH be rebuilt in the shape of a phallus

It's a huge mistake to "adjust to" or "adapt" to generative AI. There's rarely been a more clearcut situation to reject vehemently for so many reasons. One reason beyond those that apply now is the future capacity for proactive manipulation and distortion. We need less outside interference not more.

NEW: More Than 100,000 American Kids Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Sweeps, Report Estimates Far more American children have likely been separated from their parents during immigration sweeps than previously understood, according to a new Brookings report.

People who are quick to sing the praises of AI as a democratizing force and are skeptical about progressive politicians: just no.

This is dead on. If the Democrats retake the House and Senate--or even just the House--it could mark the beginning of the end of a 50-year Republican project. If they can't? The GOP will spend the next 2 years destroying all remaining guardrails. Most important midterms of our lives, no question.

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A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

F you, Scotus.

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Next up: mandatory loin cloths for men.

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We should take the same lesson and apply it to the criminal enterprise being run by Trump and his family. Then boot them from power just like voters just did to Orbán.

Any American who doesn't feel sick to their stomach today is an evil moron.

Any American who doesn't feel sick to their stomach today is an evil moron.

In all seriousness, one thing that might be worth doing today: Tell your Reps and Senators to call Adm. Richard Correll, the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, which controls the nation's nukes, and remind him of *his* unique responsibility to refuse an illegal order.

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

have you guys seen the Dutch cover of The Hobbit cuz I hadn't

Generative AI is a tool of fascism. If you use it, you better be prepared to be shamed by people who actually like thinking.

I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.

I heard someone say that we should be registering voters at gas stations.

Hey Metro Boston #BookSky!!!! The Metro Boston Indie Bookstore Crawl Passports have landed at PSB! They'll be making their way to other participating stores soon!

Someone sent me this.

Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities

I am going to No Kings tomorrow, but perceive widespread protest fatigue, so how about we at least come up with a new theme for the next one, @indivisible.org ? Maybe No Billionaires? Humans First? Just need some re-energizing out there...

The thing about technofascism is that is coming for everyone... (which is to say that we sorely need technoliberation).

If the SAVE America Act passes, it will be easier to buy a gun in many states than to vote. Just let that sink in. www.youtube.com/shorts/n7QJj...

HOWLING

This is so well done. Devastating, funny, profound.

The President of the United States said I insulted Jesus. You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their healthcare. Bombing schoolchildren in Iran. Deporting moms and babies. Covering up the Epstein files.

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

Don't know who this quote is from, but man...

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

These times are such that I am downing positive astrological and psychic predictions with abandon.

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We have a finite amount of time to spend thinking while on this earth and I am very resentful of how much of it has been monopolized by the whims of a demented old real estate scumbag

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

On the plus side, at least she's not shooting them.

Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota