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.
Dude is not stupid; that's the wrong take away from this. But I can tell you for sure he's also definitely not nearly as smart as he thinks he is.
Mathematicians have by far the best, most mature, least insane reaction to LLMs showing up.
Honestly, I don't think there's any field of study that adapts better to major IT advances than mathematicians.
yup. it take a shitload of work to become a naturalized citizen.
and then you've got chucklefuck up there with his smug smirk of moral superiority from having the "right" paperwork from... being born in the right location.
The idea that America isn’t for everyone who wants to be an American is something that makes my blood boil. Posting a photo of yourself as a Congressman smiling next to these words is wicked. It’s antithetical to the concept of America.
the one single thing poetry is good for is I was halfway through trying to formulate the thought 'this time of year and this cool misty weather it takes all my strength to not just quit my job and fuck off bike touring' when I experienced the thought Oh, right, whan that Aprille—
the most thoroughly vindicated man in hollywood.
trade disputes and conspiracies ✔️
republic subverted over sex hangups ✔️
“sand people” killed, royalty indifferent ✔️
naive idiot casts vote for tyranny ✔️
villains with silly names like “dooku” ✔️
powerful clerical order screwing up ✔️
list goes on
Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success
The problem with this “sacrifice for our freedom” language is that the Trump administration cannot articulate a single half-plausible reason it did this, didn’t bother to explain to the public it was starting a war in the first place, and has changed its explanation for why three times in a week.
Ron Cobb, near-forgotten genius political cartoonist.
He also did visual design of technology for the first Alien film and countless other scifi movies in the 70s/80s. Including the Weyland-Yutani Semiotic Standard - a visual language used for Nostromo signage.
we're not just "not even trying." we're doubling down on widening freeways, cutting transit, and doing fuck all to expedite the transition to electric vehicles. decades of squandered opportunity to advance policies that reduce emissions and also dramatically improve public health and quality of life
Frog and Toad run for their lives down the mountain, being very brave. From "Dragons and Giants" In *Frog and Toad Together*
“We are not afraid!” screamed Frog and Toad at the same time.
Then they ran down the mountain very fast.
They ran past the place where they saw the avalanche.
They ran past the place where they saw the snake.
They ran all the way to Toad’s house.
musician Gary Numan, born March 8, 1958, aged 68
actor Gary Oldman, born March 21, 1958, aged 67
Happy Gary Retrograde everyone!
The next two weeks are the only two weeks out of the year when Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman
Appendicitis? Colonialism.
Cancer? Colonialism.
Wife and child died in child birth? Believe it or not, Colonialism.
This but with vaccines
Wow huh yeah if only there had been some warnings that a political platform of "exterminate the moderns for stealing our Medieval Eden" could go horribly wrong.
Obviously there was no conquest or colonialism before (insert whatever year this Dr Agro nutter wants to use) which is why every white person speaks a dialect of Basque or Etruscan.
These are artisanal blisters
“We perfected textiles 4000 years ago” is the kind of thing you say if you’ve never been in a camping supply store
Agriculture with scarcely any technology beyond simple plows and hand tools required, and resulted in the deforestation of a huge percentage of Europe, is that not an environmental disaster?
that we can do more with less land, and less labor too is a result of the technology she is arguing against
the true opiate of the masses is opiates
We should take people who say these things seriously and take their ideas seriously. This is actual no-shit eugenics if taken seriously. The implicit claim here is that things like MRI machines or pharmaceutical medications were a mistake. In the age of HHS Sec RFK Jr it’s not just harmless granola.
worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.
with a wee bit of effort you can get your ham license and start broadcasting - less text, more pirate radio
I thought for a long time that Jason mantzoukas was the kid from the Good Place
Maybe it's time to officially stop taking the ADL seriously.
Real life is real. Posting and texting are pixels.
It's different if you're permanently long distance, or Living Apart Together, but that's not the kind of relationship you're talking about here I think.
I have been dumped on multiple occasions for NOT doing this, there is just an expectation (and not just romantic!) that your willingness to opt into an ongoing brain meld via text indicates the strength of your relationship
Sun Tzu (D-NY) - “When your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.”
