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“Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump who is one of the most powerful Democrats in the state…”
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This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
Republicans: We want masked agents of the state to occupy your city and murder you with impunity
Democrats: What the fuck? No? Fuck off!
Cox: All this polarization is bad and both sides should stop it.
@pbsnews.org: Cox just wants Americans to step back ...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has emerged as a prominent voice calling on Americans to step back from the political hostility gripping the country. The Republican governor is expanding on that message in a new book. https://to.pbs.org/3VmTJnx
Trump’s new AI chatbot wasn’t hallucinating, he lost the 2020 election.
But when the newest rollout from the White House contradicted Trump’s rhetoric, they pulled the plug.
Now when asked about it, the AI tool says “I do not offer political commentary on elections” and dismisses the question...
“A.I. has to work for the warfighter, and enterprises.”🤔
Yikes— frantic, all over the place Palantir CEO Alex Karp lashes out at reporters over their “stupid” Q’s about A.I. + makes it clear war & enriching themselves are their prioroties
(Our Q: “will you pee in this cup?”😬)
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
Anyways, this is genuinely the funniest chart in the world because it shows Jill Stein's twitter use spikes every four years and only during years where there's a federal election so if she's breaking her silence now *someone* is panicking
It's a tough move for a politician, but most of us can answer the "sports " question: "First, I don't believe the people making an issue of this give a shit about kids. The opposite, in fact. They're the ones sending kids to rot in camps, taking their food stamps, and blocking the Epstein Flies...
The sickness of locking thousands of five-year-olds in a concentration camp while screaming about the danger of a 10th-grade trans boy playing lacrosse is an evil that needs to be yeeted into a million burning suns.
If NFL owners want to censor who performs in stadiums, they shouldn't ask taxpayers to help build them.
You can't take public subsidies for stadiums then use them as your personal editorial board.
Pay for it all out of your own pocket and hold as many Kid Rock concerts as you want to.
“Whoever..offers to make an expenditure to any person..to vote for or against any candidate..Shall be fined..or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, and if the violation was willful..fined..or imprisoned not more than two years, or both”
18 US Code § 597
47 days
#StopTrumpCorruption
Trump: "If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate...I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000."
After insisting that Biden bore blame for an international economic crisis caused by a pandemic that unfolded on Trump's watch, Republicans are now trying to persuade voters *not* to blame Trump for a worse crisis he deliberately created through unneeded wars and tariffs.
Good luck with that!
Census Bureau tells staff not to talk publicly about its new rule, which would dramatically shift how the survey is conducted and redistribute political power from blue states to red ones.
Certain kinds of smart people tend to have a "sexy apocalypse" problem when it comes to thinking about risk. E.g. skynet turning everyone in paperclips, while bad, is also *kind of cool and fun* at the same time. Where the reality is that most actual disasters are both stupid and disappointing.
There have always been humans who thought:
1) The world will end soon
2) It will happen in a cool, exciting way
3) It’ll happen to me personally
4) I’ll be a martyred prophet, or a warlord, or otherwise special
5) People who don’t see this are lesser
“Sexy apocalypse” is a great phrase for that
Certain kinds of smart people tend to have a "sexy apocalypse" problem when it comes to thinking about risk. E.g. skynet turning everyone in paperclips, while bad, is also *kind of cool and fun* at the same time. Where the reality is that most actual disasters are both stupid and disappointing.
“These are dark times, everything feels urgent, and we’re exhausted but we just cannot let them do this.” - Rally at the Kennedy Center Friday www.popville.com/2026/09/kenn...
🚨NEWS: Vivek Ramaswamy states he would vote to "significantly constrain and attach work requirements to most of the welfare state," explicitly highlighting Social Security and Medicaid.
Diane Morgan’s latest Philomena Cunk series will see her exploring the world of film and cinema, unleashing her dry sensibilities on Michael Bay, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Kermode, and many more.
Mitch McConnell is apparently alive and being wheeled to the Senate. Since he’s alive, I think we can all agree that three months of silence and missed votes is absolute bullshit
I am having a particularly frustrating week, so here’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. The eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Aleutian Islands, seen by the crew of the space station.
www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
There’s a viral theory called "Shrekking" that beautiful college women are “dating down,” but they don’t quite see it that way.
“I would rather be with someone who treats me well but isn’t as good looking than have someone who doesn’t treat me well but has good looks.”
The same story repeats itself everywhere in the culture: dumb rich guys who don't know what anything is or does, who are too lazy/smug to learn and ideologically committed to the idea that everything they don't control is Woke Bullshit, wrecking stuff on principle. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
When Zorhan Mandani met with Trump in the WH y’all hailed it as three dimensional chess.
The man who is most likely going to be the next Speaker of the House meets with Trump’s top adviser and you’re losing your shit.
I’ma mind my Black business.