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"Biggest scam in modern political history."

If it doesn’t have Chris Pratt in it at all, I’d be stoked for it.

OpenAI is shutting down its AI video platform Sora after it flopped Disney is now exiting their $1B deal with OpenAI

Not great! (From @jennycohn.bsky.social )

Wow, NBC edited out the audience booing JD Vance at the Olympics. And this is one of the few remaining news outlets NOT owned by right-wing billionaire Trump sycophants www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Last night, GOP Senator Rand Paul went on national TV to flatly reject DHS's lies about the Pretti execution: "My advice to [DHS], if they're watching: If you come into [our hearing] and try to justify that [Pretti] was assaulting a police officer, that cannot be acceptable."

Pedro Pascal has paid tribute to Catherine O’Hara after her tragic passing “Oh, genius to be near you. Eternally grateful. There is less light in my world, this lucky world that had you, will keep you, always. Always ❤️ The one and ONLY Catherine O’Hara”

Hey NRA, are you good with this? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

Here's an idea: Rob Reiner's daughters should sue Trump for $20 billion dollars (evidently Trump's favorite number) for slander, defamation, inciting violence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

'Andor' writer Dan Gilroy on the real-life influences for Mon Mothma’s speech (via Empire Magazine)

It's impressive that Big Tech was like: We aren't douchy enough. What if we made asshole intelligence and burned up some of the earth's power and water faster?

Morgan Freeman is taking legal action over AI clones of his voice "I'm a little pissed off ... don’t mimic me with falseness. I don’t appreciate it and I get paid for doing stuff like that, so if you’re gonna do it without me, you're robbing me" (via Guardian)

German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵 • May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses • OpenAI disagrees & can appeal "The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates" — German Music Rights Society

Remember when this was just “one narco-terrorist boat”? Now it’s multiple strikes, foreign nationals dead, and no oversight. At what point will Congress demand answers from this Administration?

@phillies.bsky.social our only hope

Saying goodbye to Star Wars Hunters today🥹🥲

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FCC boss Brendan Carr's old tweets resurface after #JimmyKimmelLive was pulled "Political satire is one of the oldest & most important forms of free speech" "It challenges those in power while using humor to draw more people in" "Should the government censor speech it doesn’t like? Of course not"

“I apologize for that extremely callous remark” Fox’s Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying “just kill them” with “involuntary lethal injection” re: mentally ill homeless people

😬 textbook open-and-shut case

Mockler: They say that they oppose it at a 79% rate, 61% of them feel less safe… So the question that I then want to ask is, why don't we mobilize the National Guard to the eight out of ten red states that are the highest homicide states?

This is a terrible rebrand on every level

Increasingly, it seems like California is the last bastion of democracy remaining in America.

aime leon dore got raekwon to perform. crazy

An unarmed veteran was attacked from behind, sustaining injuries and being dragged into a Portland ice building.

HBO should fire Bill Maher and give his time slot to Stephen Colbert.

THIS WEEKEND IN CHATTANOOGA: Marge told Republicans in Hamilton County to keep pushing for the Epstein files👇🏽 TODAY: House Republicans voted to block the release of them, with 0 opposed (including her) 🤔

Forest Whitaker has received an #Emmy nomination for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in ANDOR Season 2! 🏆 Today is also Whitaker’s birthday! What a great birthday present.

I've found the perfect Instagram account. Seattle's Twice Sold Tales owner Jamie recommends books and shows her cats. That's it. IG twicesoldtales

Thunderbolts flopping is such a horrible sign for the MCU given it’s supposed to help set up the next Avengers movie. Sad because it was actually entertaining.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

An American citizen, an attorney for a protestor, detained at the airport on his way back from the airport - phone searched. What stage of authoritarianism is this? 🇺🇸 www.freep.com/story/news/l...

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

U.S. Senator Cory Booker, of New Jersey, has now delivered a record-breaking Senate floor speech, protesting President Donald Trump’s actions for more than 24 hours.

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

Staying firm in my belief that Paramount Plus absolutely sucks as a streaming service

#eagles

This dude in Beast Games had a chance to eliminate 3 people and went RIGHT to the black women. Dear lord.