H R Pickens

we're going to need a long-term plan, with broad political appeal, for ending impunity & holding the trump administration accountable for its crimes, malfeasance & cruelties. not 'tit-for-tat' but an american version of transitional justice. my take in @slate.com 👇

Here’s the ad that has Florida Republicans going the prior-restraint route. (The details of the grand-jury report have been widely known and shared for 2 months.)

The Superman No Smoking Ad, but I lost the audio track and dubbed it from memory

Taxonomy question: is this a doomer or a wrecker?

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

People will say it's "Tech Week" here in NYC. Well, any event run by Andreessen Horowitz is illegitimate, because the NYC tech community has values, and one of its most fundamental is its humanity. They have forfeited theirs.

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Yes, because a lot of “leftists” are kids from right wing households, who realized they held a left-coded core position (usually lgbtq rights), but have never rethought any of what Fox News told them about liberals.

If you want to spend the whole day watching salty Yankees fans on YouTube, and never listen to the same rant twice, it turns out you totally can.

Booing Freeman is shameful. His departure was more Atlanta's doing than his. Just about as much class as we might reasonably expect from Braves fans, though.

Holy shit.

"South Korea has already run the experiment. Its law requires the National Assembly to vote on presidential impeachment by anonymous ballot, and that rule has now removed two presidents." [@andycraig.bsky.social]

Kevin D. Williamson believes that laws should apply equally to all. Kevin D. Williamson is weird. Good. thedispatch.com/newsletter/w...

My man looks like Ursula the Sea Witch addressing a shareholders' meeting

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It is a little disconcerting that so many people who know a lot about LLMs on a technical level appear to go a little insane. It would be like if there was a really cool and effective new kind of pen, and for some reason about 40% of the people involved in the pen making process went mad.

Happy Astros Elimination Day to all who celebrate!

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

Actually, the Democratic mayor of NYC meeting with the Republican President of the United States is *not* remotely comparable to the Democratic House Minority Leader meeting with the unelected, unappointed, unofficial grifting son-in-law of the president.

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It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.

Honestly not sure. But either way, he was a fucking idiot and I don't care what he thinks.

Yes, President Curtis is good. But also? I think I'd just enjoy the hell out of watching Keith David, Stephanie Beatriz, and Jim Rash in absolutely anything at all.

The position “I would mass murder [any group] for any improvement of [other group]” is indistinguishable from Nazism. This is one of the most disgusting political opinions I’ve ever seen posted on this site (though of course the only person who needs to answer for it is the poster themself).

People on this site want a popular front against fascism until someone puts together a popular front against fascism.

Hi. I'm HR, a dad and soon-retiring software engineer. I like astronomy, colony sims, and bread with a chewy crust. And that bit near the end of Larry Carlton's solo in Kid Charlemagne where he eases up and just glides home, like a surfer finishing a run still upright.

One should never label sarcasm as sarcasm. That reeks of insecurity. If you can't live with a small fraction of your audience failing to get the joke, sarcasm isn't for you.

This is so incredibly addictive anyhumanever.com

Just had the first of what I presume will be a long string of "my kid opening kid-safe packaging for me" episodes. 8yo saw me struggling with the zip lock on a bag of tide pods and said "lemme get that, daddy"

The thing that pops for me here is that if "we" act, "you" will bear the blame. He's probably not even aware that he has that tic. He literally can't conceive of blame properly attaching to himself.

Threatening to withhold hypothetical future usefulness may be your only move if that usefulness isn't actually available on any terms.

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The easiest part of a president's job is deciding which turkey to pardon. Maintaining good relations with Canada is surely the second-easiest bit. You'd have to be an S-Tier dipshit to fuck that up.

Natalie Harp quoting Pride and Prejudice to a dude who used to fast-forward through Bloodsport to all the times dudes got kicked in the balls