David J. Loehr

This guy is a Kennedy? An ignorant racist. By the way, Naguib Mahfouz, an Egyptian writer, won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature.

You can see why guys like El-Sayed are so instantly aggressive against any and all bad faith: they grew up watching Obama go out of his way to be positive and classy and be despised for it.

Just saw that “liberals are new racists” ad and it’s just a reminder that hate is the only argument they have.

Podcast thing

It sounds like hyperbole to suggest the current administration WANTS measles to become common again but I can’t think of much they’d be doing differently if they didn’t want that. (I think some of them really are eugenicists who legit prefer disease spread to prevention; others just don’t care)

Exactly. It's very clear that JD Vance is betting on the continued ascendancy of MAGA hate politics heading into 2028.

If this is the end for Getty it's an absolute disaster for archive images and video. It's one of the top sources for documentaries and history books. Makes me absolutely furious that AI slop has neutralised one of the most valuable websites around.

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It's nowhere near Vivek's ad, but just saw an ad for southern Indiana's district nine about holding corrupt politicians accountable. The narration is solid, but the politicians pictured are Bernie and AOC. Turns out to be an ad for Erin Houchin. So that's laughable.

like vance, ramaswamy is a hateful, resentful orc of a human being, and the reason i think this will hurt him politically — where this stuff didn’t hurt trump — is that ramaswamy, like vance, is also profoundly unlikeable. he has no charm or charisma or anything. just a dipshit.

GEORGE LUCAS: Coach Shanahan, congratulations on leading your team to the Super Bowl. SHANAHAN: Thank yo…. LUCAS: Your name is now Kybo Thraxxnor. SHANAHAN: What? LUCAS: I’m sorry, did you say something, Kybo?

If JJ Abram’s directs the telecast, expect a slavish devotion to recreating past Super Bowls, only less successfully. Also, all that lens flare keeps distracting the punters.

It shows you how bad the Vivek thing is. Staffer for one of the slimiest guys in congress, who literally made jokes about Dems pols getting murdered in Minnesota, gets the fully story and issues an abject apology.

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Abdul El-Sayed has MAGA fascinated and terrified this election cycle. But I don't think it's (just) because he's Muslim. They don't know how to handle his aggressive and blunt style. It just goes to show the power of Democrats actually fighting back. www.salon.com/2026/10/19/a...

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

Researchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising.

I do not think it is unreasonable to ask that we skip the step where the audio gets leaked, and just let everyone dial in to tomorrow’s CBS News morning meeting.

Now is the time to care about everyone, not “once we win” The time to care about everyone is always always always now

Interesting idea for members to bring up at the @societyofauthors.bsky.social listening session this month.

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It’s the cowardice that gets me. Every damn time.

Something that doesn't think is incapable of providing "new thinking". This is not rocket science, Ryan.

vance is incapable of giving a straight answer and taking seriously the fact that the question is coming from a place of faith. like, substance aside this is terrible political performance.

Daniel Pemberton and David Byrne wrote a song about Elon Musk for Alex Gibney's documentary. TikTok took it down and canceled the entire account for the film. So Pemberton encouraged those of us lucky enough to see him perform today to share it. youtu.be/WAvdN-JSUFU?...

I see we're having a debate about whether it's okay to go back to "X," the site owned by a trillionaire fascist who is currently bankrolling the GOP's midterm, throttled Ukraine's war effort, and still winkingly allows vast amounts of CSAM on his service Answer: No, what the fuck is wrong with you

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Excellent reporting by @niemanlab.org making ALL aware. Meta claims it's simply consolidating existing terms and this won't change its crawling. Then why is Meta demanding sweeping permissions in a binding contract? Why explicitly authorize AI training? 3/5 www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/meta...

This isn't just when you post your content on Meta. These new terms reach outside its walled gardens to any websites "associated with your products." Potentially powering its AI empire, including Muse, without licensing deals. And if you keep using its services, Meta claims you consented. wth. 2/5

you can't be serious. This reads Meta/Facebook/Insta is looking to grant itself the rights to scrape websites across the open web - and train Meta's AI - if a company after Oct 30, 2026 uses Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or other Meta services. So every biz. Read that again. Outrageous. 1/5

Puppet gonna puppet.

Is it bad if major defense contractors have their own foreign policies?

If you're in New York, call @schumer.senate.gov and tell him to immediately DEFEND Ilhan Omar or RESIGN his leadership position. (202) 224-6542 I just called and got the machine and left a message - you can do this, to!

This guy needs to go. Immediately upon winning back the senate, we need to pressure the hell out of all D senators and senator-elects to pick a DIFFERENT leader.

Yes, Cyrus, I'd gladly give up ChatGPT. I don't use it. And I don't have a favorite chatbot.

If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.

"Are my migraines hormonal, or am I thinking too hard about how Peter Thiel has more money than all nurses on Earth combined?" buff.ly/oLdL54C

"The group with AI access started off more accurate than the group without it. Then, after 12 problems, researchers took away the AI tool. Almost immediately, the people in that group stopped solving questions accurately."

Remember when they thought this was a bad thing?

Yes you do

Yes, actually, we did sign up for accountability. That goes for American leaders as well.

Does he think she's a couch?

sure, it isn't something horrifying like Janet Jackson's nipple

This is a very good way for Dems to respond to Hegseth and Trump's sick spectacle.