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The question isn't whether we can get rid of Trump. The question is whether the post-Trump Republican party is going to remain a fascist party, and just push forward some other strongman to commit the same abuses they're supporting now.

Who is actually getting rich off of the AI boom? Far as I can see, only the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Even NVidia could end up losing, as they are loaning money to their broke customers to keep them ordering chips. We've built a conveyor belt for moving dollars to Taiwan.

Just dreamed I was working on some production in a hotel and @bobchipman.bsky.social was doing the sound. Then was helping him pack stuff in a boat to leave, got briefly diverted, and two busybodies thought I was stealing his stuff because I wasn't a hotel guest. Confronted me in... a preschool?

I don't think I believe that autism is a thing. I don't mean that it's nothing, I mean it's many things. Like, there are multiple circumstances and conditions which can present similarly. There are multiple competing theories of what autism actually is, and they might all be correct.

Yes, this is sold on Amazomg. He also has books on scrotomancy, clitomancy, and several other techniques of divination from body parts.

I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

I want to rank Trumpsky's top ten lies. Please suggest nominations for which of his lies stand above all the little everyday ones. Lies that are at least the equal of "They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats."

Hegseth’s “warrior ethos” is under fresh scrutiny after a tragic stunt resulted in an airman’s death.

Californians, my most important ballot recommendation is this: PROP 42 PROTECTS BILLIONAIRES, NOT YOU!

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I have not fact-checked this, and will not.

Of course, birds of a feather

Is this the funniest Trump tweet yet?

If some abusive corporation comes to your town and barges through local opposition to start building a data center... don't worry, the money will disappear and the venture will collapse before any of the servers are turned on. At this point they probably won't even be able to finish the building.

Surprise surprise, it turns out there are racist cops: www.jalopnik.com/2287808/cops...

Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign:

I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.

They are frustrated that we are not as fascist and cruel as they are. In ye olde times when public executions were routine, crime and violence were way more common than today. Life was cheap.

Man, when BMW says "that's too fascist for us"

In case you were wondering why Donald’s biggest fans suddenly went silent . . .

Trumpsky loves data centers in your town. (Not where he lives, of course.) The ones being planned now aren't even going to be built. Many of the ones being built now will never be completed. Because it's a ponzi bubble that's already run out of growth. But to him, that's prosperity.

Omg, read em all... "sentient bratwurst", "sta-puft florida timeshare man", "pleatherface"...

Californians, heed:

For everyone who spent #MeToo fretting “what if this goes too far?”—be of good cheer! It turns out we didn’t go too far at all! It turns out we didn’t nearly far enough! Good job guys!

If feeding a hungry kid accidentally benefits an "undeserving" kid, I am prepared to live with this devastating outcome.

They have been packing the court with election stealers.

DO NOT just perform the usual establishment courtesy habit of conceding races with an uncertain count. Make sure who actually won.

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Until the Reagan years, the SEC considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation. Now, NVIDIA has announced the largest buyback in American history — fueled by the data center boom. It's time to make buybacks illegal again.

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Holy shit they actually meant this seriously. Getting an unpaid vacation is now a clever life-hack.

The concept of fairness is very deeply ingrained in us. It isn't just a cultural feeling, it's an instinct we share with other social primates. So it's rather mind-blowing that every time and place has political movements dedicated to advancing unfairness by building up hierarchy and privilege.