Meghan

(Not defending it at all either was against it from well before it started)

and there was at least a clumsy rudimentary contradictory attempt to “win hearts and minds” in Iraq

Most people rejected his message. They hated Freud because he told them the truth.

craziness

fucken 76 degrees in Boston today

Idiot plot

right. what more could possibly be revealed?

(Or anti-literate NYT writers for that matter?)

Above: the process of Ecce Homo deteriorating followed by the ‘Monkey Christ’ restoration attempt

same right I did like blood meridian not too many others, and certainly no
McCarthy defender after he turned out to be a predator. the point is, is AI going to straighten out other art for us too?

literally mouth open at how anti-literate that is

It better be AI bc how can a person that stupid be pulling down a paycheck at the NYT

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over homes on March 3, 2026, in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor.

Human Rights Watch says they've verified that Israel has used white phosphorus on civilian populations in Lebanon.

hey pssst I think “the market” might be very stupid

man, was driving on the highway today, tired and spacing out, and I kept hearing McCain singing this in my brain

relatedly just helped my daughter edit an essay about the fall of Rome—lingering social and economic effects of a plague, foolish leadership*, abdication of the Senate,

*she’d written “crazy, selfish emperors” and we dug into that a bit

I would prefer not to

or cherubic children in rows of flowers (flower farming also sucks in reality)

yes, farms are mostly either massive and getting corporate hand outs, rented and owned by people who get massive tax cuts, or owned by ppl with money from previous jobs or their families

and farmers rely on Medicaid and purchasers who use SNAp benefits

however disgusted you are by capitalism you are not digested enough

Every day the economic experts get up and are like “we think today is the day the racists will use logic”

(In the 80s, so two gens ago)

Yeah this is bullshit. My parents had dependable income passable health insurance and good pensions from their jobs as teachers but they both worked

North Tehran’s Aqdasiyeh oil depot is ablaze tonight after it was targeted by multiple US-Israeli airstrikes. Apocalyptic scenes filmed by Iranians driving on the nearby highway. Local reporters saying firefighters can’t put it out. This depot is critical energy infrastructure for Iran.

Ooh the checkered fritillaria

Ew! Confirming my priors

Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.

We don’t talk enough about how morally depraved the tech industry turned out to be. Every single ounce of their self-regarding statements of values was an outright lie.

yeah, is the healthcare in the computer ?

"Water consumption fears are false and overblown."

Turns out...

I've seen this quote before but it's never quite occurred to me how funny it is picturing one of these guys using the phrase "a new dawn" to describe this situation

A couple years ago I decided to “finally pull my shit together” and put everything on timers and checklists and paid for accountability via some app.. spent a lot of $ and my brain went into total revolt