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no mystery where the inspiration for this sticker came from (s/o @bcmerchant.bsky.social):

The “Drawing Prada” ad campaign (starring Chen Haoyu, Maya Hawke, Sadie Sink, Kelvin Harrison Jr. & Luther Ford) is directed by legendary animation director John Pomeroy & features hand drawn animation. In an age of AI slop, it’s radical to see a return to fine form again!

This is yet more of the shit that traps people into a cycle of epistemic & hermeneutic injustice and deception— frameworks where people don't know what they think they know and can't trust the mechanisms that are supposed to help them gain knowledge. Not only that, but now they have false CERTAINTY…

Get his ass, Uncle Neil.

YUP like "high concept" is something like "cowboys vs aliens. that's it that's the pitch"

Imagine if our presidential losers just beat it for a little while

I think we underestimate the appeal of antigambling politics because every problem gambler is surrounded by 3-10 people who are absolutely sick of their shit.

Over 2,000 alumni from Vivek’s all-boys catholic high school in Cincinnati have signed and circulated a petition demanding that he pull the ad and issue a public apology for “ignoring the moral responsibilities” of his Jesuit education. I think he’s pretty cooked.

So that Bond villain plan to launch mirrors into space to reflect sunlight back at earth at night? It's already happening, and thanks to the oligarchs and their rubber-stampers in the federal government, there's not a whole lot we can do. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I've seen literally one smart and effective use of AI on the big screen, and that was in Ali G: Who Iz I, where it was used very amusingly to show what an idiot he is.

When people hear AI, they only think about generative AI and large language models. Machine Learning Models are exactly the kind of thing that we should be focusing our AI efforts on. They can make sense of the huge quantities of data and patterns associated with weather forecast.

And don't forget to read @thecourtneyesmith.bsky.social's story about private equity in cookies, and how it's making food taste worse www.weareravenous.com/the-curious-...

Listen to our @thecourtneyesmith.bsky.social talking about private equity in food on @npr.org! www.npr.org/2026/10/26/n...

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

Get it

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

“We had wolves coming into the village because all the wild animals moved out of the forest.”

I’m interested in reading anything on mar-a-lago face and how it relates to Henry VIII’s sumptuary laws/Acts of Apparel, both serving as displays of extravagant wealth and closeness to power. I know I can’t be the first person to notice the parallels, please please direct me to papers or articles! ❤️

Poster knows it's phony, doesn't care

I’ve been waiting to talk with Leigh since I first heard her rant in front of her refrigerator years ago. This week we shared our grief, anger, determination, strategy, & a good laugh when it got too depressing. Thanks for having me on @politicsgirl.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...

Hospitals love to say that they can't comply with staffing mandates because there's a nursing shortage. But there is no nursing shortage; there's a shortage of nurses willing to work under impossible conditions. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

In case you're a normal Democrat and wondering why there's this insider sense of urgency for doing a giant anti-environmental energy-infrastructure deal in the lame duck, consider: the fracking-AI bubble is close to popping and the folks closest to Wall Street & industry are getting freaked

am about 75% into reading The Long Winter out loud to 9yo, who began tonight’s reading by shouting “let’s see what happens to the LAST SIX POTATOES!!!!!” like a sports announcer

You get one fake lawyer as a press secretary…

An underreported factor in the show's early buzz might be that the pilot screener leaked on Torrent sites, meaning that regular people got to participate ahead of air (even if "social media" didn't really exist yet).

Imagine waving away criminal responsibility for taking the life of a TODDLER. For SHOOTING A TODDLER. Qualified immunity is a scourge. It is a state license to murder.

The hero we need. When in this world the headlines read Of those whose hearts are filled with greed And rob and steal from those who need. To right this wrong with blinding speed goes Underdog Underdog Underdog! source: www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/und...

"April – 1805. Napoleon is master of Europe. Only the British fleet stands before him."

Yep

BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned

Worth noting this, in light of Meta's temporary ban on the 'No Kings' Instagram account