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At some point it becomes clear that this is intentional illegality.
Every lawyer involved in defending this in court should lose their license and never practice law again. Every agent, officer, or leader in the DHS directing this policy should end up behind bars.

11.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 245 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Hegseth, hiccuping throughout : we’re gonna gender reveal America β€” kinetically

pentagon reporter: ok sir but is this a β€œwar” or not

Hegseth: Viking death god. the gender. Thats the gender. they had one. not like you fucks would know. Valhalen or whatever.

11.03.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

doug! i think you should subscribe!

11.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

no, Jordan rejected it (he hated snakes, seriously) and Kobe claimed it lol

11.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

i couldn't resist defector.com/i-will-never...

11.03.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 818 πŸ” 118 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 24

as a society we have failed to make this kind of herb-ass dork shit as embarrassing and shameful as it should be

11.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 924 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 1

Jim Cramer suggests on CNBC that Trump could β€œbomb Tehran into the Stone Age” until Iran reopens the strait, citing U.S. bombings of North Vietnam in the 1970s. Carl Quintanilla points out to him that Hanoi won that war.

11.03.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 7355 πŸ” 1485 πŸ’¬ 265 πŸ“Œ 329

This needs to be immortalized.

10.03.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 1313 πŸ” 342 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
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If Cool The Pan Be, A Lousy Breakfast For Thee | Defector Scrub kosher salt into the surface of your stainless steel pan, says Wirecutter, citing the French Culinary Institute: This is β€œa hack to create a slippery surface,” by filling in all the little micro...

heat up the pan! defector.com/if-cool-the-...

11.03.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Sun Tzu (D-NY) - β€œWhen your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.”

11.03.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 10845 πŸ” 2719 πŸ’¬ 177 πŸ“Œ 50

Operation Epic Fury [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass. It's not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]

11.03.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 2623 πŸ” 246 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 5

most of my anger towards dems is they repeatedly invoke this trope and then do not govern, either in majority or minority, as if it was true. whereas i actually often do believe it and believe the responsibility to act like it’s true extends past the first week of november

10.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 1660 πŸ” 179 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 8
Lindsey Graham
@LindseyGrahamSC
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The American Embassy is being evacuated in Riyadh because of sustained attacks by Iran against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
It is my understanding the Kingdom refuses to use their capable military as a part of an effort to end the barbaric and terrorist Iranian regime who has terrorized the region and killed 7
Americans.
Question - why should America do a defense agreement with a country like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that is unwilling to join a fight of mutual interest?
Americans are dying and the U.S. is spending billions to dislodge the terrorist Iranian regime that threatens the region. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia seems to be issuing statements and doing things in the background that are marginally helpful, but unwilling to participate in military operations to end the reign of terror coming out of Iran. Hopefully Gulf Cooperation Council countries will get more involved as this fiΓΈht is in their backvard. If vou are not willine to

Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC X.com The American Embassy is being evacuated in Riyadh because of sustained attacks by Iran against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is my understanding the Kingdom refuses to use their capable military as a part of an effort to end the barbaric and terrorist Iranian regime who has terrorized the region and killed 7 Americans. Question - why should America do a defense agreement with a country like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that is unwilling to join a fight of mutual interest? Americans are dying and the U.S. is spending billions to dislodge the terrorist Iranian regime that threatens the region. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia seems to be issuing statements and doing things in the background that are marginally helpful, but unwilling to participate in military operations to end the reign of terror coming out of Iran. Hopefully Gulf Cooperation Council countries will get more involved as this fiΓΈht is in their backvard. If vou are not willine to

I urge more senior US officials to publicly dress down the allies they dragged into a war all of them hate, that’s getting them bombed. Really grind it home: their security is dependent on the whims of a bunch of clueless, pissy old men who don’t give a damn if they get the entire region melted.

09.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 479 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 15

If you are a Democrat not defying every single fucking thing the Trump administration is doing, then you are either "the same" or couldn't give enough of a shit either way.

10.03.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 289 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

10.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 6123 πŸ” 2666 πŸ’¬ 768 πŸ“Œ 1130

not necessarily: if you add it at the wrong time or don't let it get hot enough, it can be no help at all. heat is key!

10.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

west coast-coded back-to-the-land hippie culture is the end result of a phenomenally successful effort by hardcore libertarian ideologues to package incredibly reactionary beliefs as humane and left wing send skeet

10.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 326 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3

behind the blog: this headline originally said "ye" instead of "thee," but i guess "thee" is more correct in grammatical terms if not in those of the pirate voice

10.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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If Cool The Pan Be, A Lousy Breakfast For Thee | Defector Scrub kosher salt into the surface of your stainless steel pan, says Wirecutter, citing the French Culinary Institute: This is β€œa hack to create a slippery surface,” by filling in all the little micro...

if cool the pan be, a lousy breakfast for thee: defector.com/if-cool-the-...

10.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 7

which, it is fine for a person not to immediately grasp that; McCarthy's writing can be challenging in that way. but Roose is writing authoritatively in the NYT *about writing* and is confidently characterizing a sentence (by one of the great English-language novelists!) that he doesn't understand

10.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

When I joined as the head engineer of the Torment Nexus project, it was to work on fascinating technical problems and make the world a better place along the way. I am appalled to discover that the Torment Nexus would be used this way and, now that my options have vested, will be leaving the project

10.03.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 2493 πŸ” 570 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 16

but "as well" shouldn't be at the end. the sentence isn't using "as well" to mean "also"; it's using it to mean "equally," as in "you might just as sensibly ask men what they think of stone"

10.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

lol yeah it's a book that includes a page-length sentence that uses the word "attic" as an adjective, what are we even doing here

10.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

libby i am so mad

10.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yes! and it is neither clunky nor grammatically weird! kevin roose just can't fucking read!

10.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yes! there is no fucking error! and it isn't "clunky" either! i'm so glad that there are people out there who are as annoyed by this as i am

10.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

lol yeah there certainly are some cooking procedures that should be done on low heat!!!

10.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

like it's one thing for him to routinely and intentionally mislead his readership about the nature and capabilities of AI. it's another thing entirely for the work of writing *about writing* to have fallen to a guy who manifestly sucks absolute hippopotamus shit at *reading*

10.03.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 213 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
"You preferred human writing.
You're either sharply attuned to the qualities that make for great writing, or a lucky guesser. Maybe you also noticed that human writing often includes som clunky phrases, like this passage from Cormac McCarthy's 'Blood Meridian,' caused by the author's aversion to punctuation: 'As well ask men what they think of stone.'

A.I. used to make mistakes like these. But today's systems are much more fluid than their predecessorsβ€”so fluid, in fact, that finding grammatical errors or nonstandard syntax is often a hint that you're looking at a human's prose, not a machine's."

"You preferred human writing. You're either sharply attuned to the qualities that make for great writing, or a lucky guesser. Maybe you also noticed that human writing often includes som clunky phrases, like this passage from Cormac McCarthy's 'Blood Meridian,' caused by the author's aversion to punctuation: 'As well ask men what they think of stone.' A.I. used to make mistakes like these. But today's systems are much more fluid than their predecessorsβ€”so fluid, in fact, that finding grammatical errors or nonstandard syntax is often a hint that you're looking at a human's prose, not a machine's."

i genuinely hate this guy

10.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 550 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 17
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Who's a Better Writer: Kevin Roose or a Pig's Butthole Pigs' buttholes are already being used for many purposes. But how does serious tech writer Kevin Roose's output stack up against some of the sounds they make? In this quiz, you’ll read five pairs for...

Folks, I have created a very very important poll/test and I would like you to take it so I can share the important results.

10.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5