Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now
Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now
We must never lose sight of how absolutely fucking hallucinatorily batshit this is. The other guy says when you surrender now? That means *you* are the one suing for peace
itβs very clear that the real goal was for Trump to have a βOBL is deadβ moment and nothing else
everyone from the top down should be impeached and tried at the Hague
Even if AI could write a novel what problem has been solved? The problem of knowing what youβre reading was written by another person? Who loves reading novels but hates the part where your mind briefly and mysteriously touched another?
βDonβt ever be the first to stop applauding.β
-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, writing about the unfortunate director of the local paper factory
mannerofspeaking.org/2010/05/12/s...
I think this story is a really good example for people to look at when it comes to understanding bias at NYT. It's not that the reporter, Dana Rubinstein, says anything outright false. But the framing, word choices, etc., add up to an unprofessional and biased account.
the last few times iran has accepted a ceasefire, the US and israel have taken the opportunity to restock their weapons and then surprise attack iran again. "there's zero point in engaging in diplomacy with us any more" is what that strategy teaches
this has been the case for at least the last 15 years when news media gave up and just started publishing anything as long as someone said it somewhere, instead of reporting something that actually happened.
the Paramount/WB deal closed
I can't compete with this.
If an official commits an impeachable offense and nobody acts to impeach, it is no longer an impeachable offense.
People who oppose impeachment as βpointlessβ because it seems unlikely to result in removal do not understand this very simple point and seem unwilling to even try to understand it.
you can compare the last 18 year reaction of the GOP to Obamaβs election to when they desegregated community pools. except in this case the pool is the US and theyβre letting it burn to the ground bec people deigned to elect a Black president
not sure if anyone has looked at this angle but the Iran invasion is probably not to distract from Epstein, itβs to give an alternate explanation why the global economy will collapse when the AI bubble finally bursts.
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social Mainstream America: We are obsessed with Heated Rivalry and Drag Race. We love them and can't get enough. American Democrat politicians: LGBT people are not culturally normal. We will not speak of them. 10:57 AM β’ Mar 9, 2026
this is also Philippine society in a nutshell, treating LGBT as minstrel entertainment but not deserving of equal rights
Mainstream America: We are obsessed with Heated Rivalry and Drag Race. We love them and can't get enough.
American Democrat politicians: LGBT people are not culturally normal. We will not speak of them.
Tonightβs dumb napkin cartoonβ¦
In a hotel room, a brick wall that has obviously had a huge hole repaired
Pretty sure the Kool-Aid man stayed in this hotel room once
Every time I open a news app or site and this story isnβt being discussed or featured prominently I feel like Iβm losing my mind. Do not look away.
βPiracy is the most effective form of artistic distribution these days. So be it.β
-Werner Herzog on NPR just now π₯
Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Women are my favorite guy"
Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Tell the world 'stop the war'"
This song feels incredibly relevant today.
I'm too bored of this to try and be clever about it anymore.
If you think that two men kissing, or two women kissing, requires any more explanation than a man kissing a woman, that is homophobia.
ββ¦disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folksβ¦ββ @nondriver.bsky.social
Donβt use accessibility βas a political football.β
Pete Hegseth's murderous buffoonery, coming amid a lifetime in which he's betrayed everyone close to him and failed up from one disaster to the next, is a perfect example of how the appeal of Trumpism is that it creates a permission structure for people to openly be their worst selves
Like a lot of things rich guys believe and fund, the AI consciousness thing is in part driven by a desire to abscond from the responsibility of what they've made. It also explains why so many of them think we're in a simulation. Doesn't matter if everybody died if we're all just 1s and 0s baby!
this was literally the evil plot of Hydra in Captain America Winter Soldier over ten years ago and now the US gov and tech bros are cheering for it
So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right
These are the 4 things AI can do well:
β’Clean up your email inbox (badly)
β’Give my shittiest neighbor (Alan) something to talk about at a party
β’Tell a 12 yr old to kill himself
β’Incinerate a school at 10:16 AM on a Tuesday
You can see why we need to base our economy around it
Oh no, I can't believe all those slurs forced themselves into that defenseless group chat!
Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h β’β’β’ My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72
βI have usernames older than you.β.
Holy shit