Joseph Cain

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social

Actually, positive change is slow, difficult and incremental by nature. Destroying is fast, building is slow. It is easy to bring misery to people - any idiot can do it, as Trump shows - but very hard to improve their conditions. Building a better society is slow, careful, patient work.

Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com

The Office of Management and Budget released its first fiscal 2027 apportionment of ICE’s OBBBA operations money on Oct. 20. Of about $43.5 billion in the account, OMB cleared about $7 billion for this year and held $36.6 billion for fiscal 2028. Let's take a peek.

Dread Pirate Robin 🩷💜💙@dredpiraterobn.bsky.social

Anyone else remember the Gail Simone and Stjepan Sejic Lara/Diana crossover DC rejected? Am I exposing my age with this one?

𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙🌙🦇@dungeonlust.com

Art by • Tyler Pennington

Pesky Splintergeist ~👻🌙~@peskysplinter.bsky.social

WILL SOMEONE RID ME OF THIS TURBULANT MILF?

Cartoon Brew@cartoonbrew.bsky.social

China’s first AI-generated theatrical feature has flopped, earning just $181,000 in its first weekend. By contrast, the scrappy ‘Niu Lai’ turned its crude animation into a viral attraction, grossing nearly $10 million a couple of months ago. www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-r...

cartoonbrew.comChina’s First AI Feature Flops At The Chinese Box OfficeBona Film Group’s AI experiment struggled to attract attention, months after the humble 'Niu Lai’ turned online ridicule into almost $10 million in sales.

alec@suddensense.bsky.social

this has to be the worst photoshoot i have ever seen, i think they just gave up

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

the Juice Media@thejuicemedia.com

The Government™ has made an ad about all these protests happening around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

David Hutin Photo@davidhutinphoto.bsky.social

Les militants fascistes ont attaqués des manifestants rue de la Loge sous les yeux de la police, quand les manifestants ont répliqués, la police a chargé pour les protéger et les miliciens ont frappés les gens à terre ! #Montpellier #24octobre #ViolencesPolicieres @info.gouv.fr

The New York Times@nytimes.com

An enormous fire all but destroyed an infamous Nazi-era guesthouse known as the Eagle’s Nest in southern Germany, according to the police, who said on Saturday that a man had been arrested in connection with the blaze.

trib.al‘Eagle’s Nest,’ Nazi-Era Guesthouse in German Alps, Is Gutted by FireThe police said on Saturday that the structure, a tourist attraction for decades, was probably not salvageable. A man was arrested in connection with the blaze.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

OBAMA: He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory. It's gold everywhere.

✍️ Craig Boo Berry Phillips ✍️@craigary.bsky.social

Is there a more spit-out-by-a-computer/AI-sounding TV series name than “Sheriff Country”? It sounds like something aliens who came to earth and hung out in just a few parts of America briefly, produced to try to hypnotize and then entertain us as they take us back to their home planet.

ProPublica@propublica.org

Here’s something you should know about minks: They have lungs and airways remarkably similar on a cellular level to those of people. They’ve spread flus and infected humans before with COVID-19. Right now, bird flu is spreading on a Utah farm filled with thousands of them… 🧵

CNN@cnn.com

Since its release, "You Can See Everything" has taken pop culture by storm — and Nathan Fielder is emerging as the documentary's unlikely sex symbol. https://cnn.it/4yB7lsY

­­　­　­　the­　­­　­　­ ghostes@rem.bsjky.team

1) say no 2) accept yourself wholly as you are. its the only way you can grow 3) you have teeth 4) any reason to stay alive is a good reason 5) laugh

mcoorlim is developing Torchlike@mcoorlim.com

If I had a day job I would be making so many weird side projects you guys. Somebody hire me to write or design so I can create extremely niche games I can give away for free.