@somethingbytes
Data / ML / System design. Care about politics and trying to leave the world better than I found it, which seems impossible these days. How do we fix it? Living in Philly, trying to remember how to be social after being sick so long.
If Joe Biden's son-in-law was flying around the Middle East as an unofficial Secretary of State while also working on business deals for his company with the same people he was meeting with on behalf of the US government, I'm pretty sure it would be a bigger story 🤔
So Trump's interest is now the public interest, very fascist of him.
Gonna guess most of the people on this site weren't in that demographic
Once again—New Mexico is leading the way by protecting free and fair elections! NM becomes the first state in the nation to ban armed federal agents at the ballot box. This is how you do it! 🗳️🇺🇸💪
Standard fascist shit. Your enemy is simultaneously weak and powerful.
Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week.
Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool.
But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.
Damn, and here I was hoping it would be our science and ability to cure diseases. Guess we're just pro death now.
It's the Trump touch vs the Midas touch
He was just asking questions. Really stupid questions....
News: As you might have heard, our Judge and Scorekeeper, with a voice on loan to God, Bill Kurtis, is stepping down from “Wait Wait” at the end of May.
chicago.suntimes.com/arts-and-cul...
Is gas even in last month's cpi?
Also cpi spikes next month then?
Where are these people shopping...
Did people not expect this?
Oh, which word in that word salad was his word of the day?
goddamn is this a breath of fresh air after Allred 2024
oh just a thought if your plan for overthrowing the Iranian government depends on the Iranian public rising up, you likely shouldn't have defunded the American government run news agency that speaks in Farsi.
Eh. His buddies probably bought oil futures before they dropped the bombs
WELKER: Why is Trump helping Russia in this moment?
WALTZ:I wouldn't characterize it that way
WELKER: How else would you describe easing oil sanctions?
WALTZ: It's common sense to allow oil sitting on ships to go to India
WELKER: Russia will be getting that money as it wages its war in Ukraine
The Trump administration thinks they are winning hearts and minds of those in Iran? I suppose that's because they only understand abusive relationships and not positive ones.
TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops.
CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.
real life or a leak of tonight SNL's cold open? You decide
The irony is physically painful.
Maybe this is just me, but I kind of think massive military operations, in which we're demanding unconditional surrender as the outcome, probably should be authorized by Congress.
Except for everything after there...
Although I guess none of that counts as operational, although perhaps ensuring the government is operational should?
Mayor Mamdani and a child play with Legos while looking very serious and concentrated. The child is impossibly adorable and wearing tiny blue glasses.
No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.
“Trans children are perfect.”
But he is a yes man, and that's all trump cares about
