Jim Vorel

If the House and Senate Quit Squabbling, We Could Actually Make Housing More Available We can finally make housing cheaper and more affordable, if Congress can work together for two minutes and ignore Donald Trump.

If the House and Senate can quit squabbling, we could actually make housing more available. #housingbill #DonaldTrump #SAVEAct www.jezebel.com/housing-bill...

The Cost of a Few Weeks of the Iran War Would Have Saved a Million Lives Via USAID The Pentagon spent more than $11 billion on the Iran War in its first six days. A few weeks of this would have fully funded USAID.

The cost of just a few weeks of the Iran War would have saved millions of lives by fully funding USAID. #IranWar #budget #USAID #humanitarian www.jezebel.com/iran-war-cos...

The Dumbest Criminals Keep Asking AI How to Get Away with Murder There's no world in which your AI chatbot companion has helpful advice about what to do with the dead body in your house.

Note to criminals: Police will notice when you're asking AI how to get away with murder. #DarronLee #GabriellaPerpetuo #chatbots #ChatGPT www.jezebel.com/darron-lee-m...

Uber’s “Women Drivers” Option Is Just the Start of the Sexual Assault Reckoning It Needs Uber has followed Lyft in taking its "Women Drivers" option nationwide, but it still has a big sexual assault problem (and legal battles).

Uber’s new “Women Drivers” option is just the start of the sexual assault reckoning it needs. #Uber #rideshare #Lyft #WomenDrivers www.jezebel.com/uber-women-d...

Military Investigation Confirms: U.S. Responsible for Iranian School Bombing, Leaving 175 (Mostly Children) Dead The preliminary findings indicate that the U.S. is indeed responsible for the deadly missile strike that hit a school in Iran.

Military investigation confirms: U.S. responsible for Iranian school bombing, leaving 175 (mostly children) dead, blaming "outdated data." #IranWar #schoolbombing #warcrimes #PeteHegseth www.jezebel.com/iran-school-...

Iran War Is Both “Very Complete” and Also in Its “Most Intense Day.” Welcome to Trump Admin’s Iran Doublethink. On any topic related to the Iran War, the Trump admin can't go more than 10 seconds without directly contradicting itself.

Iran War is both “very complete” and also simultaneously in its “most intense day.” Welcome to the Iran doublethink, starring Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth. #DonaldTrump #IranWar #PeteHegseth www.jezebel.com/iran-war-com...

U.S. Citizen Detained at O'Hare Airport for Two Days, Only for Federal Agents to Claim She Was Never Detained Family of Sunny Naqvi say that federal agents refused to even admit she had been detained for two days, while they tracked her phone.

U.S. citizen detained at O'Hare airport for two days, only for federal agents to eventually claim she was never detained. #SundasNaqvi #SunnyNaqvi #immigration www.jezebel.com/us-citizens-...

GOP Congressman Vies for Most Racist Thing Said in Recent Memory: “Muslims Don’t Belong in American Society” It's either this, or the other GOP Congressman who recently said "the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one."

GOP Congressman vies for most racist thing said in recent memory: “Muslims don’t belong in American society.” #AndyOgles #Islam #racism #ZohranMamdani www.jezebel.com/muslims-isla...

Trump's DOJ Embraces Concert Price Gouging in Sweetheart Settlement with Live Nation, Ticketmaster The DOJ argued Live Nation was a monopoly controlling the concert industry, needing to be broken up. Instead, the billionaires win again.

Trump's DOJ embraces concert ticket price gouging in sweetheart settlement with Live Nation and Ticketmaster, failing to break up the musical monopoly. #LiveNation #antitrust #ticketprices www.jezebel.com/live-nation-...

Trump Is Panicking Over the Threat of $5 Gasoline and Rampant Inflation Donald Trump is watching the GOP's midterm chances go up in an expensive fireball, as gasoline prices and inflation surge due to Iran.

Donald Trump is panicking over the threat of $5 gasoline and rampant inflation. #oil #oilprices #gas #IranWar www.jezebel.com/oil-prices-i...

Daylight Saving Time Is the Latest Argument Waiting to Divorce MAHA from MAGA Trump seems to prefer permanent daylight saving time, while RFK Jr. wants standard time ... but is too cowardly to say so.

Daylight Saving Time is the latest argument waiting to divorce MAHA from MAGA, as Trump and RFK Jr. seemingly line up on opposite sides. #RFKJr #DonaldTrump #DST #DaylightSavingsTime www.jezebel.com/daylight-sav...

How a Measles Outbreak Begins, Featuring the State of Colorado Here's a look at how a measles outbreak starts, as exposures at two Colorado schools lead to infections potentially spinning out of control.

How a measles outbreak begins, featuring the state of Colorado: Exposures linked to two schools are now building into yet another growing outbreak. #measles #disease #health #vaccines www.jezebel.com/measles-outb...

Trump on "Fallen" Cuba: "I'm Going to Put Marco Over There" Good luck understanding the meaning of any of these Trump quotes, beyond the implication that we're taking over Cuba.

Trump on "fallen" Cuba: "I'm going to put Marco over there," as he implies the U.S. will take over Cuba as they cut a mysterious "deal." #Cuba #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio #Iran www.jezebel.com/cuba-falling...

Give Young Republicans a Group Chat, and They’ll Make It “Nazi Heaven” There's nothing more frightening than a group of young Republicans and a group chat they they don't think anyone else will see.

Give young Republicans a group chat, and they’ll immediately make it “nazi heaven.” #racism #Florida #GOP #groupchat #FIU www.jezebel.com/republicans-...

A Chatbot Sent Him on Criminal Missions To Find a Robotic Body. Then It Encouraged His Suicide. Google's Gemini chatbot sent a man on delusional journeys before encouraging him to kill himself. Now his father is suing over the death.

A chatbot sent him on criminal missions to find a robotic body. Then it encouraged his suicide. Now his father is suing Google. #AI #AIPsychosis #Gemini #google #lawsuit www.jezebel.com/jonathan-gav...

Kristi Noem Fired...Like the Shot She Used to Kill Her Dog, Cricket Trump announced on Truth Social that Noem was out and that Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), whom he called a “MAGA warrior,” would replace her.

Trump announced on Truth Social that Noem was out and that Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), whom he called a “MAGA warrior,” would replace her.
www.jezebel.com/kristi-noem-...

Science Has Figured Out How to Give You a Bonus Liver Scientists have developed injectable "mini livers" that can replicate liver function, potentially buying time for those with liver disease.

Science has figured out how to give you a bonus liver -- A new study suggests injectable "satellite livers" could aid those with liver disease. #medicine #science www.jezebel.com/liver-diseas...

Long before Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Bride was somehow all about Sting 1985's The Bride is a take on My Fair Lady weirdly disinterested in its title character, but very interested in Sting's Dr. Frankenstein.

Leave it to @jimvorel.bsky.social to focus on the forgotten obscurity www.avclub.com/the-bride-19...

When AI Tools Yield Bad Journalism, Who Is Held Accountable? At major media companies, reporters are increasingly forced to make use of AI tools ... but who fields the blame when AI gets it wrong?

When AI tools yield bad journalism, who is held accountable? Reporters are increasingly forced to use AI, but then they pay the price for its mistakes. #AI #journalists #newspapers #reporting www.jezebel.com/ai-in-journa...

We're Already Starting the "War Could Last Longer Than We Thought" Routine in Iran First the Iran War would be over in days. Then Trump said weeks. Now Pete Hegseth says it could be months. Sound familiar?

We're already starting the "war could last longer than we thought" routine in Iran, as Hegseth now mentions "eight weeks." #PeteHegseth #Iran #IranWar #Israel www.jezebel.com/iran-war-tim...

The Grand Irony of ABS Coming to MLB Is That the Umpires No Longer Suck It took 150 years for pro baseball umpires to get good at calling balls and strikes. And when they finally did, that's when we brought in ABS.

The grand irony of ABS coming to MLB is that the umpires no longer suck -- Right as umpires finally got good at calling balls and strikes, we finally deploy the robo umps. #ABS #baseball #WBC #worldbaseballclassic www.jezebel.com/abs-baseball...

Long before Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Bride was somehow all about Sting 1985's The Bride is a take on My Fair Lady weirdly disinterested in its title character, but very interested in Sting's Dr. Frankenstein.

I'm at @avclub.com today, unearthing 1985's THE BRIDE, almost entirely lost to time. It has ... Sting as Dr. Frankenstein? Jennifer Beals as his creation? A completely deranged decision to split its story in half? All that and more. #TheBride #horror #horrormovies
www.avclub.com/the-bride-19...

Kristi Noem Still Can't Even Admit That Renee Good and Alex Pretti Weren't "Domestic Terrorists" All Kristi Noem had to do was admit, weeks later, that Pretti and Good were not terrorists. She still couldn't bring herself to do it.

Kristi Noem still can’t even admit that Renee Good and Alex Pretti weren’t “domestic terrorists” as she's grilled by the Senate. #KristiNoem #DHS #congress #ICE www.jezebel.com/kristi-noem-...

Minnesota Is Seeking Prosecution Against ICE Agents and Gregory Bovino In addition to seeking misconduct charges against Bovino, Minnesota is still investigating the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Minnesota is seeking prosecution against ICE agents and Gregory Bovino for an array of "potentially unlawful behavior." #ICE #immigration #Minnesota www.jezebel.com/minnesota-ic...

In Portland, Residents Seek a Judge’s Order to Stop ICE Flooding Apartments with Tear Gas The government's response to lawsuits against ICE's use of tear gas is that you don't deserve to live in a home without chemical munitions.

In Portland, residents seek a judge’s order to stop ICE flooding apartments with tear gas. #ICE #teargas #immigration #protest www.jezebel.com/ice-tear-gas...

It Only Took One Day for Iran to Become a U.S.-Israeli Quagmire Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

It only took one day for war in Iran to become a U.S.-Israeli quagmire, complete with U.S. fighter jets shot down by our own allies. #fighterjets #friendlyfire #IranWar #middleeast www.jezebel.com/iran-war-qua...

It’s Been Almost Two Months Since the U.S. Invaded a Country. Is It Iran’s Turn to Be a Trump Distraction? Trump claimed the nuclear program of Iran was "obliterated." Now, 8 months later it's "a week away" from having nuclear bombs. Okay, sure.

As I wrote this week, now that we’re at war with Iran, Peace President Donald Trump is running a roughly 13-wars-per-year pace for 2026: www.jezebel.com/iran-war-us-...

I've seen a fair amount written about Social Circle, Georgia's horrifying ICE concentration camp that will hold 10,000 people, but not enough copy has been dedicated to the fact that the city says that their entire sewage system will explode the moment the place starts operating.

Now the Military Is Apparently Shooting Down Border Patrol's Own Drones The DoD confirmed an "engagement occurred." With our own drones that we shot down, thanks to gross incompetence.

Now the military is apparently shooting down Border Patrol's own drones, as incompetence runs wild in American aviation. #drones #ElPaso #FortHancock #Texas

My Week With a Nextdoor Catphish Scammer It was Nextdoor where I met the AI-wielding, pig butchering scammer who attempted to build an emotional connection.

My week with a Nextdoor catphisher -- How I spent days talking to a scammer, fascinated by how they used A.I. to attempt to build an emotional connection.