«Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day.»

«US layoffs for October surge to two-decade high, Challenger data shows» «Tech firms led the job cuts in the private sector» «The layoffs in October surged 175% from a year ago to 153,074.«

This reminds me: A few CBP agents were recently overheard complaining about how much they *hate* the whistles. Apparently, in addition to the obvious, the racket makes it harder for them to communicate with each other.

“The communications could demonstrate willful infringement, potentially leading to enhanced damages of up to $150,000 per work, a massive increase from just $750.”

Martin Scorsese and his daughter Francesca read Letterboxd reviews and guessed which Scorsese movie they were about.

Elon can try to earn his comp package while serving his sentence for crimes against humanity.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

The D.C. man accused of assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent with a Subway sandwich was found not guilty by a jury

The Norwegian Labour Party is looking at the collapse of the British Labour Party, the plummeting US Democratic Party and are still going: Taking from the absolute poorest of the poor and profiting off of genocide seem like great ideas actually.

What is the absolute worst software/IT system you have ever had to use?

I’m still not over this number, half of their users scored them at 12.6 out of 100 (!) or LESS. I’m trying to think of software more universally despised by their users. This is such an epic fail. Pun intended.

The Norwegian Labour Party is looking at the collapse of the British Labour Party, the plummeting US Democratic Party and are still going: Taking from the absolute poorest of the poor and profiting off of genocide seem like great ideas actually.

gift link on.ft.com/3L2z3fl US offers nuclear energy companies access to weapons-grade plutonium

I’m still not over this number, half of their users scored them at 12.6 out of 100 (!) or LESS. I’m trying to think of software more universally despised by their users. This is such an epic fail. Pun intended.

Oklo, the planned recipient of this weapons-grade plutonium, is not a nuclear energy company. It is a Sam Altman speculative financial vessel with a $20B valuation, no revenue, and no licensed reactor design. www.forbes.com/sites/greats...

Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”

Trump wants to give the techbros weapons grade plutonium. I just can’t. «At least two companies, Oklo, which is backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and France’s Newcleo, are expected to apply to access the government’s plutonium stockpile.»

Zohran Mamdani won young men 18-29 by 40 points. 40! And he did so by standing FOR economic justice, FOR Trans rights, FOR immigrant rights, FOR labor rights, FOR Palestinian rights, & FOR diversity—& still unapologetically dunking on Trump. He is anti-MAGA w/o throwing people under the bus. 1/2

Listen, it’s a big deal if your users quit their jobs to avoid using your software, but the absolute devastation of finding out the MEDIAN satisfaction score from your users on a scale from 0-100 is 12.6 💀 www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/zAdm...

At the very bottom of the US Army’s “Shutdown Guidance” for troops in Bavaria, there was a “Running list of German support organizations for your kit bags” including various local food banks. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/army-tells-s...

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

Yes! When nobody is looking, when it wasn't conventional wisdom, when he was still desperate for every vote, he stood by the most vulnerable kids and had their backs. bsky.app/profile/esti...

Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that? therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

Hang on, aren’t you supposed to ask for a government backstop AFTER the bubble bursts? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

LINA KHAN is on Mamdani’s transition team???????? LET’S GOOOOOO

Sheesh. wapo.st/4qKoSMO

Listen, it’s a big deal if your users quit their jobs to avoid using your software, but the absolute devastation of finding out the MEDIAN satisfaction score from your users on a scale from 0-100 is 12.6 💀 www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/zAdm...

The thing about Mamdani is that he won an election against both a Republican AND a man centrist Democrats supported. He not only defeated the Republican, he defeated the Democratic Party line. He sold a third path forwards. A path that centers regular people. And he won.

Americans have spoken and they demand wokeness

Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races. And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards. I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.

Turns out a lot of Americans understand that trans people aren’t the reason shit is expensive and people are being starved

"[The Coalition of the Willing] should deploy troops immediately." Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO from 2009 to 2014, says European troops should be deployed in Ukraine. #Newsnight

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

Congratulations, New York! 🗽 Fingers crossed this will show the Democratic Party a different way forwards 🤞

Who could have seen this coming? Everyone. Absolutely fucking everyone.

In a surreal courtroom exchange, a Border Patrol agent testified that he could "smell the onions and mustard" when struck by a protester's hoagie

I'm getting real tired of reading your AI-generated garbage.

In a shocking reversal, Trump said federal food benefits won’t be distributed during the shutdown, despite a court order

“In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian” According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:

A “moderate” stance in the face of hate is complicity

This is an excellent idea!!!

Imagine voting for the guy Stephen Miller endorses.

MAGA's most important think tank has been roiled by the Tucker Carlson-Nick Fuentes interview, and the situation is only getting worse. My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/groyper-wa...

dear god what have i done blacksky.community/profile/did:...

If you read an amazing article from Teen Vogue about politics in the last several years, chances are that Lex McMenamin wrote it. Any publication that is serious about meeting this moment would be lucky to have them.

Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

The loss of the politics staff at Teen Vogue is an absolute travesty. In a media marketplace that has been decimated by billionaires, tepid takes, and AI slop, Teen Vogue often stood out as a bastion of principled, purposeful journalism.