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honestly being on the internet feels like being Lisa and Marge in this scene all the time

This should be a huge story:

In this age of media illiteracy, modern films should adopt the early 90s movie trend of having an end credits rap song that explains the premise.

The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

The most hilarious thing about Holmes and Balwani is they were insanely paranoid about people stealing their work on...a piece of shit that didn't work???? just excellent

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.

None of us should forget this. Meta should be subjected to corporate death penalty and permanently broken up into small pieces.

hot take: elizabeth holmes and sunny balwani should just as much be in prison for being abusive bosses as for all their crimes

This seems like a big deal

www.fox26houston.com/news/i-voted...

Best way to fight back? Vote. Minnesota: You can vote now or cast your ballot by November 3.

Quite frankly, this is the only piece of writing about You Can See Everything that I needed to read. www.bkmag.com/2026/10/21/y...

unpopular opinion but corporations should be held responsible for the things they claim

Fellow WA voters, let's bury this. I can't imagine any parent wants to subject their child to this vile "examination."

Lately I've noticed the AI generated slopware being sent to me has gone from special pleading about how they're just small little devs to full on Sephiroth posting in the AI Generated Content Disclosure sections, and it's an incredible evolution in slopware purveyors. (The below is just an example)

NEW: New Mexico AG, @nmdoj.bsky.social, just announces that a judge has issued a judgment in the amount of $25 BILLION against Meta for lying to consumers and users about how Meta collected, protected, shared, and used their personal information.

I wrote about Elon Musk's fake flying car and its mid-air collision with lazy "CEO said a thing!" pseudo-journalism:

good morning men it's awesome to be soft and vulnerable pass it on

Excellent write up on cost/benefit for artists at increasingly-pricy shows. One of the reasons that I, and so many others, so esteem HeroesCon, is that they curate and comp tables for a LOT of artists, including "new" artists. My first "real" table was at Heroes... www.comicsbeat.com/is-artist-al...

In an operation that costs millions of dollars, a deceptive flyer that is intended to spark moral panic among parents about trans issue was sent out across Texas. Hey, do you know of anyone obsessed with trans people that just dumped a ton of money in Texas? newrepublic.com/post/216856/...

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y... for a comprehensive history lesson

one thing I'm gonna say is: more horn sections and drumlines at protests please.

figuring out how to help a violent boy/man takes a lot of time and resources. in the meantime, take away his fucking guns

The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.

The moral is, if you’re appointed Ambassador to Greece as an unqualified nepo hire, don’t try to do bonus grifts. The grift is being Ambassador to Greece. You are being paid to hang out in Greece for 4 years. Grift accomplished

Collins, it’s really time for you to hang it up. It’s beyond embarrassing at this point.

With all due respect, this is precisely what is wrong with the federal courts today. They should not be doing "everything humanly possible to give the government the benefit of the doubt."

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

for every dollar you give to detective pikajew/boo i'll fire a jewish space laser blast directly into the heart of your enemies

Never forget that David Ellison's Skydance Media was originally created so he could be an actor. Skydance's first film was 'Flyboys' starring James Franco and... David Ellison. David and his daddy invested $60m to make Flyboys. It grossed $17m Here's a bit of David's acting:

« Les garçons n’ont plus de toilettes depuis un an. » « Nous avons plus d’élèves que de chaises. » « Parfois, plusieurs classes ont la même salle à la même heure, donc des cours sont annulés. » « Il y a un trou dans la cour avec de l’amiante et aucuns travaux n’ont été réalisés. »

fucking FINALLY. i'm so sick of hearing about that piece of shit from people who don't even mention the misogyny in passing. four hours ain't enough

So Americans pay more taxes in order to get AI centers in their backyards. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...

Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit

If this is legal, it needs to be made illegal. There is clearly something broken when clear monopolies are allowed to flourish. The fact that this is inherently a right-wing operation is beside the point, NO company should have this much power over media. This is going to be a bloodbath for workers

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