we are ruled by malicious and moronic children

Our government telling an adversary to disregard the President's social media posts because they're not real and are intended for promotional purposes and US media consumption, says it all. Holy fuck.

That universities have *not* done this, and in fact have aided and abetted AI intrusion into our education system, is a clarion call for dramatic reform. (After we defeat the fascism, that is.)

I'm old enough to remember when politicians and pundits would freak out if someone said "happy Memorial Day," suggest people enjoy the long weekend, etc. Meanwhile, Trump's doing his "happy Memorial Day to all, including the Dumocrats" nonsense, and it'll be met with silence.

I mean, this is pretty clearly the same cover that conservative men have done for decades to prevent any ownership of the consequences of their politics. Remember that during the worst of the Bush administration Bill O’Riley was out there self-identifying as an independent despite being on Fox News.

If there's such a thing as blasé malice, that's how I'd describe these tech companies. Like, they don't set out to destroy the world, but if that happens as part of the natural course of them satisfying what they misinterpret as ambition & ingenuity, they're totally fine with it.

Can you imagine how much more dangerous this will make life for women and girls? When AI is "training" men to get what they want to hear like this? (And they can't take a no for an answer already.)

A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.

The paper in question: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

LOL at the idea that those two things comprise ‘5%’ of the problem.

The new theological position of the Catholic church. "It is important to reaffirm that the 'just war' theory, which has all too often been used to justify any kind of war, is now outdated." Pope Leo XIV - Magnifica Humanitas

Side note: Lots of reasons to assume Pope Leo wrote this apart from any and all political subtexts, but worth noting that Vice President JD Vance, an ally of tech mogul Peter Thiel who has feuded w/Catholic leadership multiple times since assuming office, is a big Tolkien fan. So this may irk him.

Today marks 6 years since the murder of George Floyd. During that time, more Americans have questioned the role and practices of police in society — and hoped for meaningful reform. So, what does the state of policing look like now, 6 years later? 🧵

There's a corollary to this that even though almost all Americans are living in the lowest murder and violent crime rate of their entire lives, by a wide margin, they live in a constant state of fear, agitated by the people and factions who profit off it. Americans are kept in a terrified state.

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I think one of the greatest threats to our institutions that Trump poses is that he exposes beyond any shadow of a doubt that they have never existed to safeguard justice and equality; they have always existed to protect white male supremacy and corruption on behalf of the wealthy.

Lucasfilm? Disney can't get young people into Star Wars bc Lucasfilm was a filmmaker named George Lucas. Asking why you can't get people excited about a Beatles cover band the way they were excited about the Beatles is a question that answers itself.

Not enough people are talking about this. A Florida airport was renamed after Donald Trump. He walked away with the trademark, the licensing rights, and a deal that lets him profit off every piece of merchandise sold there. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The Arlington National Cemetery Memorial apparently has deleted references and information on everyone interred there who wasn’t a white straight man from their database - attempting to sweep their existence under the rug. My thoughts on this obscenity cannot legally be shared on this platform.

let this be a message to Americans who join the military. the GOP will campaign on your death and use their power to delete your existence from the history books once it becomes inconvenient.

The same administration that killed actually useful tech products - like free digital tax reporting - is directing its tech resources to impose a Trump propaganda app on federal employee phones

If I’m not evolved enough to understand it, then why did they have to steal my writing to train it?

Is there also a little “everything is a scam/ I am being cheated” thinking here?

The most extreme example is the Iran war. Trump and Hegseth do not believe in cause and effect. They think speech generates intended outcomes, that they can discourse their way to victory. And why wouldn’t they? They’ve gotten where they are by speaking things into existence. Not how it works!

You don't usually rely on Iran's Fars News Agency for unvarnished truth-telling, but we can make an exception in this case.

Imagine another country forcing a political app onto every government worker’s phone. We’d call it authoritarian. Here, it’s rolling out with barely a whisper. Control doesn’t always silence you. Sometimes it just floods you with one voice.

Vinay Prasad lied and said doctors killed kids by vaccinating them. He said it over and over. He was dismissive, condescending, arrogant, and rude. He does not deserve a shred of respect for the rest of his career.

Political is when a black quarterback silently kneels Not political is when a white quarterback introduces the president’s speech at a campaign rally

Oh my God... Stephen Colbert did an hour-long program on Michigan public access last night with sidekick Jack White and guest Jeff Daniels...

God, it rules so much that he skipped his son's wedding because he was so busy, only to sit around making posts about Hulk Hogan.

Joe Rogan now has the favorability distribution of a Fox News host. Remember all the 2024-2025 hot takes lmaoooo via @carlbeijer.bsky.social

It’s worth noting that when Jan. 6 happened, the pro-Trump right used dozens of conspiracy theories to try and offload blame from themselves—e.g., claiming it was “antifa,” “feds.” Now, they seem keen to just admit they did it—all of it—and it was good.

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

You come to me, on the day of my son's wedding, which I am not attending

The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”

I'm going to start saying I can't attend things because of "circumstances related to Government, and my love for the United States of America."

It is with great regrets that I cannot go to Don Jr. wedding. I would love to be at the wedding of Don Jr., who is my son, and to the woman, but too many important duties make it impossible, including the war, which we have won, and also Grogu movie. Many Grogu duties. Grogu will be at White House.

If the Clinton, Obama or Biden kids were getting married and their parents weren’t present, the media would never stop talking about how scandalous it was. They would be talking about the “Chelsea snub” and “Malia drama” for weeks. But because it’s Trump, they shrug.

Just wanted to let you know that the IRS has audited every president annually for decades now to ensure there was no corruption and the reason you didn't know that was because only one president found that to be a problem

NESTERAK: President Trump has granted clemency to numerous individuals who have stolen hundreds of millions in Medicaid funds. Can we expect any of these folks to be shown the same mercy? McDONALD: I'll take a different question

1. Number of stories about Trump buying and selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the first three months of 2026: CBS: 0 CNN: 0 Fox News: 0 NPR: 0 PBS: 0 Politico: 0 Semafor: 0 Business Insider: 0

Not only did two neo nazi teens attempt to copycat the Christchurch mass shooting, the world's richest man falsely blamed trans people for it. Not a single outlet covered that he spread that disinformation.

Oh come on.

Amin Abdullah, 51, was one of the three victims of deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday

The longer you look at this, the worse it gets

OpenAI Announces Construction Of New Data Center On Top Of Sick Child

It’s so funny to get booed at a commencement address. Has to be the warmest possible crowd you could give a speech to and you use it to try to sell them a product. Hilarious

“.. What we are talking about is nothing short of the sitting president of the United States looting from the Treasury for his own gain,” she said. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5733...

The US: we should spread democracy to the rest of the world, for the good of the world Me: can we have it here? The US: you're under arrest