"Human writing often includes some clunky phrases, like this passage from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, caused by the author's aversion to punctuation: 'As well ask men what they think of stone.'"
This is the stupidest g.d. thing I have read all day.
What's not complicated is how lucrative it is
I'm starting to suspect that war might be complicated.
Went to sleep at 11 to wake up at 4:30 for my flight. So of course my beautiful brain wakes me up at 3:30.
Havw you listened to what he's said about separation of church and state? I think he sounds very dedicated
Abolish ICE AND ABOLISH FOR-PROFIT PRISONS
ICE stole another of our neighbors from a 'routine' check-in; help Mamady's friends and family get him home.
www.gofundme.com/f/free-mamad...
Maybe itβs a bad idea to put people in charge of government who are eager for the rapture.
Oooh I was thinking of buying it the other day but I didn't commit. I'll have to reconsider
Damn it would be sooooooo embarassing if you were a law firm that genuflected.
Omg you caught me
Ok, The Economist
Can I ask how that happened? π
But have you poll tested this?
The best possible way interviewers could handle this is asking him why he is break9ng the law and not releasing the epstein files. You could then transition to this lawless warmongering. But make it clear that we're not distracted.
@covie93.bsky.social at the other place:
Derek is brutalizing someone after a long career of brutalizing someones and your response is to say "WELL AMY KNEW WHAT DEREK WAS DOING". I agree with you, let's get level a totally valid crotique at Amy. But maybe after we stop Derek?
Right, but as adults we should be able to have a productive conversation about why you're wasting your time.
WTF are y'all even talking about? Can we focus please?
Lots to tear into here but "Most of the cheap ____ are very inexpensive" is just mindnumbingly idiotic.
Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song βLet Downβ without permission.
Full statement from the band:
When there are no laws meaningfully regulating military AI use, the Pentagonβs promise to use AI βlawfullyβ mean almost nothing. The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived www.platformer.news/anthropic-pe...
The Committee to Protect Journalists has found more journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than any year since its records began 30 years ago (2024 was the previous record). Israel was responsible for two-thirds of deaths in both years cpj.org/special-repo...
So devastating that he isn't up for reelection until 2028
I really need historians of bureaucracy to catalogue the myriad absurdities of this moment.
these peopleβs brains are fully cooked
imagine a world where regulators would actually fucking do something about this
Yassified Tax Scheme
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU
