So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Justice Dept asks for judge for another delay in civil case of the plaque honoring January 6th police officer heroes Lawsuit from officers seeks court order requiring the plaque to be hung at Capitol, as required under law Justice Dept says it wants 3 more weeks to respond

Odd, how we can’t afford to give Americans healthcare, but we can afford to drop $200,000,000,000 on Argentina with a moment’s notice.

Easy messaging win for Dems, "you can't have [good thing] because Trump is spending $20B to subsidize the failures of some libertarian clown abroad." And, no, Dems shouldn't support it because it's "foreign aid." It's a right-wing clown bailout. Supporting it trivializes and undermines foreign aid.

Regime now admitting its terrible tariffs and economic policies are pummeling farmers. Stench of failure growing stronger every day at the White House.

They truly are the Softest Boys and Girls. Everybody is 10 feet tall and bulletproof until the escalator stops working and then there needs to be an investigation and arrests

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

CHOTINER: So You created us right GOD: Yes CHOTINER: In Your image GOD: Yes CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things GOD: Oh Yes CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this

“I use it for brainstorming.” is quickly becoming my most hated pro-AI statement. YOU TOOK YOUR BRAIN OUT OF THE EQUATION. THAT IS NOT BRAINSTORMING.

I'm always put off by the "our" in front of women and girls whenever I hear it like, replace it with "our cars and houses" and it's indistinguishable from property-minded libertarian drivel

also: a "campaign against bias in broadcasts" isn't the job of the FCC or its chair. it's not in the legal mandate of the FCC. if Carr is carrying out such a campaign - and he is! - he's knowingly exceeding his legal authority, using his power illegitimately. *that's* the news story here.

higher electric and water bills, noise pollution, air pollution,and the general malaise of AI bullshit can actually be run outta town if you get a bunch of friends to yell about it to your local reps case in point:

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

"Family says." There is video. They did it. "ICE agents held Leominster family's daughter outside their home so they would turn themselves over," if you care for the truth.

WHO statement on autism-related issues The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI

calling autism a “tragedy” and saying that there should be fewer autistic people are eugenicist talking points. Everyone who opposes such views also needs to recognize the ways in which everyday ableism left the door wide open for a person like RFK Jr.

In New York, Macron unveils a fellowship program for American students

Call me old fashioned, but I think if youre gonna use quote marks in a headline, it should be an actual quotation

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And we can stop framing people with autism as having something wrong with them, that’s a good start.

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

I'm sure if a Democratic elected official mandated that a left-wing organization had to be given access to all of a state's public schools, they would be completely fine with it and would never ever call it "grooming" or "indoctrination" or anything.

If I’m Chotiner I’d probably be a bit miffed people think he’s a diabolical gotcha master when he’s really just speaking in a tone which keeps people calm, doing some research, and really listening to the answers he’s getting for his follow up.

Iono it feels like Chotiner is kryptonite for a very particular type of person and it’s to our collective shame many of those people exist in a sphere of power and influence.

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

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Anything but a clear yes when asked if the US backs up NATO allies is effectively a no, undermining the credibility that has made NATO such a success, deterring attacks for over 70 years. Clear yes—backed by action—is key to the whole thing. Getting to maybe not was a Russian foreign policy dream.

It's not super encouraging to consider that Isaac Chotiner has gained a reputation as a kind of Anton Chigurh of interviews simply by asking relevant questions, following up on them, and not trying to be the subject's best friend

Lmfao amazing chotiner www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

cackling

lmfao

Finally reading the full Gold Card EO and wow is it wild. The order says that any person who pays $1 million is, by definition, a person of "exceptional business ability" and therefore qualified for an EB-2 visa. Does anything better sum up the Trump ethos than "all rich people are exceptional."?

autistic lives are beautiful and worth living on their own terms and if you require a demonstration of relatability from someone to determine that are a human being who deserves to live a rich and full life, it is you who is the monster

Let’s face it, the reason they’re allowing Trump to speak at the United Nations like a poorly-schooled child with severe emotional distress is because JD Vance is already in the final stages of preparation for his takeover. — They’re letting Trump’s self-destruction run wild.

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This is delusional but you don’t have to read the whole thing. Boils down to: he’s shutting down the government because he thinks he’s a king.

You know you’re the good guys when you’re using children as hostages.

It’s the culture of total ideological permissiveness that got us here - the idea that everyone has a completely unrestricted right to endorse ideas that are stupid beyond belief, and that if you make them feel like an idiot for acting like an idiot, you’re the problem. No. We need MORE judgement.

And today's main story once again...

Realizing that the endpoint here is probably massively scaling back screening for autism spectrum disorders, limiting resources for people who need them, but leading to a decline in cases & declaration of victory. "If we stopped testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any."

"1In 2017, autism was added to the Māori te reo language as ‘Takiwātanga’ (“tōku anō takiwā”), which translates to “my own time and space.” appliedabc.com/takiwatanga-...

my mom took tylenol when she was pregnant, which made me super focused on menswear and now i have a million followers on twitter

Autism (ASD, ASC) is the result of a genetic predisposition for specific neurodivergent conditions & traits. Neurodivergency is inherited. Specific to Europe/US: 1700s: First complaint of individual with autistic traits 1908: "Autism" coined 1943: First US diagnoses 1955: Tylenol invented 1/

Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan, quoted in the NYT: “The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”

My man David Byrne released a new album this month

“my kid is autistic, which is a disease. they are autistic because of me. i must work day and night to heal my child, to prove i am a good mother” and then the kid is abused, traumatised, gets sick from all these bunk treatments and dies. and they tell the mother: she didn’t do a good enough job.

This isn't about antifa, this is about the NGO's. The goal here is to eliminate philanthropic support to major liberal groups through intimidation. They're going to starve liberal groups of funding while hitting them with millions in legal fees from investigations. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

The whole administration in one quote