Certified Pre-Owned Lib

Certified Pre-Owned Lib

@ericwais.bsky.social

Reheated snowflake, bad take aficionado, all around sad sack. Very much not an expert on literally anything. Proceed accordingly.

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Just a few years ago this guy was considered a somewhat mainstream DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEEE

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

There is literally NOTHING in this world that will send this guy off more than a TV personality slighting him even a little bit. It is remarkable. That we have not wrenched the nuclear codes away from him before Ryan Seacrest starts WW3 is a total indictment on the entire fucking system

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social

The latest Truth Social post from the president of the United States.

We all like to make our jokes and talk about AI becoming Skynet or whatever, but I don't think we talk nearly enough about simply how inhuman it has made ostensibly smart people in a SHOCKINGLY short period of time and the danger that sort of influence poses. I'd rather deal with the nukes.

David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social

cool, cool

Absolutely cursed post. Every single word less comprehensible than the last

Vulture@vulture.com

Hila Klein accused husband Ethan Klein of an affair, and the couple’s podcast staff is standing with her. Here’s everything you need to know about the Kleins, h3h3Productions, and how Trisha Paytas and Hasan Piker are involved.

The next democratic presidential nominee needs to be running on a STRONG platform of breaking up these corporations and publicly funding responsible journalism or GTFO Yeah, it's going to hurt A LOT. They're going to twist your coverage and tank hard for Vance or whoever. Stay the course

David Roberts@volts.wtf

Right-wing billionaires now own the Washington Post, the LA Times, CNN, CBS News, virtually every local TV station, virtually every news radio station, most local newspapers, X, Facebook, Threads, and TikTok. (Did I miss any?) They own almost the entire information environment.

Look, he's obviously RIGHT but he literally can't get through the opening sentence without giving them all the ammunition they need to shut down the debate and say "BIDEN DID IT FIRST NANANANANANA I CAN'T HEAR YOOOOOU!" Legacy Dems are just SO FUCKING BAD at this...

Keith Edwards@keithedwards.bsky.social

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

Not only this, but he's doing it at the cost of roughly 0.03% of his net worth. He's made it back 10 times over before the check clears This would be like if you had $100,000 in the bank and you donated $30 to a political campaign But tell me again why we can't tax billionaires' wealth

NY Times Pitchbot@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

The owner of X is almost single-handedly funding the Republican midterm election campaigns. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem.

I love when people say stuff like "I've never used algebra in my life!" You use it CONSTANTLY. The actual value of it isn't in finding random values for X but in how it wires your brain No one cares what the volume of the sphere is. They want to know if you can think through a complex problem

Dean Hochlaf@dhochlaf.bsky.social

I like how this is his example of the absurdity of maths questions because everything you need is in the question, and really it's testing a few concepts at once like how to use cube roots and multiply fractions, it's a great question to promote logical thinking and basic maths

I don't know what a Lainey Wilson is, but it is very funny for her that she is in a moment where she's either that chick with the biggest hit song of all time or Kash Patel's weird Canadian girlfriend and NO ONE will ever know the difference

An extra special congratulations to Maryland representative @repaprildelaney.bsky.social who "regrets" voting for the bill. Hey April, get bent!

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social

Ex-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.

You simply don't "revel" in "death" at all That's it. That's just being a human. You don't do that and you're like 90% of the way there and the rest is chalk

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

To "revel in the death of those who truly deserve it...is normal, good, and aligned with our natural and national order," Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey wrote on X.

Look like whatever but people are in comas all the time. No one has ever pretended being in a coma was the same as being dead and in the afterlife. 18 days in a coma is just some normal ass medical shit. No one else got butt fucked by fire horse Jesus during an ICU stay

Christian Nightmares@christiannightmare.bsky.social

"Talk about testosterone!" Apparently, this guy met Manly MAGA Jesus in Heaven...

"It's fine - it's just another Vietnam" - Trump 2028

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Trump defends his war in Iran in new TIME interview. Interviewer: I feel like most people heard you say 4-6 weeks. Trump: No, I think the press fed it to them. We were in Vietnam for 21, 20, years. We were in Afghanistan for many years. We were in Korea for many. We're everywhere for many years.

Everyone's making their little Hegseth jokes and it doesn't even move the needle anymore that senior government officials are standing in front of cameras and shouting outright slurs with absolutely no repercussions It makes me physically ill

And all of this could have been avoided by simply telling Robert Kraft, one of the shittiest human beings ever, to go fuck himself. You wouldn't even need to make a statement about Palestine. Just "Fuck off, Bob"

"Immigrants, minorities, trans people - we will ABSOLUTELY prevent them from serving. But my bro Stinky Pete who they 'made' fuck a pig during rush week that one time? He is an honorable man and deserves better"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Kash Patel: "Applicants who have engaged in beastiliaty means they were victims of beastility because they were forced to do so. At this FBI we are not going to criminalize and prevent victims from serving."

The bigger story is how come we kept this guy off national televion for so long! CALIENTE! 🌶️🌶️🌶️

60 Minutes@60minutes.bsky.social

New correspondent Ross Douthat says "no story looms larger than the latest developments in artificial intelligence." The technology and its impacts will be a major focus of 60 Minutes reporting.

Assuming the FIRST problem is that they're just going to be SO FUCKING GOOD that they sweep all of the awards...

CNN@cnn.com

Tilly Norwood has been billed the first AI "actor" in Hollywood which raises questions about what awards synthetic performers should be nominated for. In an exclusive chat with CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister, Tilly Norwood responded to questions about winning an Oscar.

That this is all set to jump off literally at the instant boomers all die is simply a chefs kiss from the universe You motherfuckers...

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

OpenAI’s top scientist, in a blog post on Sunday, warns that artificial intelligence is evolving so rapidly that it is becoming increasingly difficult for humans to understand and control it. Here is the post: openai.com/index/an-ali... And a couple of small excerpts--clear warnings.

This would be the joke if you were the absolute worst hack joke writer ever and you had just had several major strokes in rapid succession. Why would a state IN America be NEW AMERICA? And do you not know ANY OTHER WORDS? Call it "Freedom Land" or "Eagle Bluff" or literally ANYTHING ELSE?

We sat by and watched elected Senators swear up and down that this guy was serious and not a full on nutjob who would bring 4chan level conspiracy theories into the DOH. He played nice for like 3 mo this and now we're in full Lala Land. Where are the fucking consequences?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

RFK Jr defends measles: "In 10 years, there have been 3 measles deaths in America. There are now about 1.2 million deaths every year from food-induced illness. The media and certain demagogic politicians are constantly trying to scare us about infectious disease."

Rose Byrne might be the best living actress to have never gotten any real recognition. Between If I Had Legs I'd Kick You and this, which I have not heard one single word about but is incredible, she is on an absolute fucking heater

Certified Pre-Owned Lib reposted

here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs.

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Boomers are the weirdest generation because objectively they are the most affluent bloc in the history of the world and yet they are the most personally offended by pointing that out to them. They think they earned it way more than any other group and if you imply otherwise WATCH OUT

"No, Mr President, no one can see your big boy pants. Absolutely no one can tell that you are the biggest boy who only needs a little extra help with potty emergencies but it's OKAY because you're trying really hard and we still love you even if you can't always make it to the bathroom."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Seriously, what is going on with Trump’s rear end here? It looks like he has some sort of contraption back there

Hahaha aren't trans people all stupid liars? Nailed it

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Royce White on Fox News: "I'm just having a blast in my feminine area. I never thought I was a woman. I've always trusted science and thought I was a man, but after further review, a strong look at my personal preferences, it would appear I am indeed sometimes identifying as a transgender woman"

Knowing she'll be excised from the actual league any day now and will turn that fact regardless of how little talent she ever had into a lifelong martyrdom complete with speaking fees in perpetuity at the JK Rowling Institute for Bigots

W.E.D.em Boyz@leftistwonk.bsky.social

Jesus Christ. Sophie Cunningham fully embracing the right wing grift.

75 years ago these cultists would have all already taken the pill. They know the corporate wing will never go away and forgive any moral trangression so long as their profits are protected. They're waiting out the oldest boomer zealots to die. There are like 2-3 more cycles to white knuckle

Since this can never be reiterated enough: This is like if you had $10,000 in your bank account and you donated ONE DOLLAR to a political campaign. That is what this amount of money feels like to Musk

Joe Sudbay@joesudbay.bsky.social

Via @pressherald.com (gift link) Elon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins’ U.S. Senate bid Collins "had friendly meetings with Musk in the past while also saying last year she was “very concerned” about some of DOGE’s moves" www.pressherald.com?p=7697086&uu...

So we can't dislike this one because she's white, we can't dislike Hakeem Jeffries because he's black, and we can't vote for Muslims whose platforms we agree with because of woke... Am I all caught up?

What the fuck?? “While Mr. El-Sayed is fringy and radical, he’s also a Muslim man. Ms. Stevens is a white woman. This puts her at a disadvantage in the identity Olympics that internal Democratic Party politics have become.” www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

"Old man gets a letter with a clerical error regarding a municipal tax issue and has to make one single phone call to clear it up. Film at 11."

Spectrum News NY1@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social

Marvin Ciporen, a retired teacher, has lived in his four-story, single-family home in Park Slope, Brooklyn since 1973. Ciporen still received a letter from the Department of Finance saying he may be subject to the city's new pied-à-terre tax targeting second homes worth more than $5 million.

This should be the biggest political scandal in the history of the republic. Playing semantic math games with dead troops? These people have families who will talk to the press. I am absolutely dumbfounded...