I think it's unconscionable for someone to have the power to kick people off late night talkshows and not do Fallon first.
I have a Bluesky account for my professional career. This is, uh, definitely not that one.
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I think it's unconscionable for someone to have the power to kick people off late night talkshows and not do Fallon first.
The right has been attacking Disney for years, hyper focusing on perceived grievances and calling the company aggressively woke. The Desantis feud was very public, for example. So, sure Bob Iger, instead slap the face of the base that has supported you all these years. Great decision making there.
I recall talking years ago to a self-identified "moderate" who claimed that the left always went after individuals in their quest of cancel culture while the right only tried to cancel large companies (which they said was fair game). I think they mentioned college speakers at the time?
MAGA posters glom onto the texts with his trans partner as evidence the shooting was ideological violence. Even putting aside that the text messages may just be manufactured, they conveniently ignore the trans roommate's negative reaction and news that they are working with the investigation.
It's like, "Oh, you think that a special tea will undo a TMPRSS2–ERG fusion that just gave a prostate cancer cell all the tissue-invading abilities of a hyperactive blood vessel? Let me know how that works out."
100% If every candidate ran a campaign like she did, I'd stop worrying about the future of our country overnight.
I am so moved by you putting yourself in harm's way for others. I just donated to your campaign and have reached out to my family to let them know about your heart and courage as well.
The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.
It's a great tweet, one of the best. Since it seems to be getting some traction, people might consider following @codyjohnston.bsky.social and/or the incredible weekly news show he's a part of @somemorenews.bsky.social
@somemorenews.bsky.social @jonathan-a-thon.bsky.social apologies if you already made this, but a video that does a deep dive into McCarthyism -- how it started, the fear living under it, how it was resisted, how long it lasted, and how it ended -- might be useful in these upcoming days.
Is there chocolate inside if you remove the cheap golden tinfoil?
This was a tough one, like if the weather channel said "Today's forecast is a barrage of mega-hurricanes that are also on fire" and then you look out your window and say "Ah... yup"
If any MAGA ever says they are praying for you, tell them to double it and give it to the next person.
era-defining image. electro-voice RE320 podcast mic arm bolted onto a desk in the white house. pretty much says it all
The new WaPo is treating their old slogan "Democracy Dies in Darkness" as a strategy now. "We know how to kill Democracy guys, so let's start snuffing out some lights already. Chop chop double time!!"
He, or at least many of his ilk, will likely end up having to sell their farms to large corporations at rock bottom prices.
"Democracy Dies in Darkness" Wild how at WaPo that went from a driving, moral mission statement to a target goal they're assisting with. All in less than a year.
"Reality is super-inconvenient, y'all!!!"
Read Sam Harris's account about the wager they made around COVID predictions and Musk's resulting temper tantrum. Ignoring actual stats is totally on brand for Musk -- he's lost his damn mind. It's just unfortunate he has endless sycophants and vast wealth which enable his continued mental illness.
This is crazy. All of this violence -- all of it -- is perpetrated and supported by right wing extremists. It is ALWAYS right wing extremists, including elected officials, who call for violence, mock the death and loss that follows. They celebrate it. Somehow their behavior is the Left's fault?
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
Charlie Kirk believed in the first amendment and so do I. Which means I can say (factually) that he was a misogynist, racist and transphobe. I can also say he did not deserve to be murdered. And best of all, far-right trolls can’t get me fired from my job. I’m an independent journalist!
When you write a piece noting that a guy promoted racism and violence, his followers immediately prove you right
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"The left are the bloodthirsty ones, and we finally have a reason to kill them all."
my entire bluesky feed is people speaking out against political violence, meanwhile right wingers are foaming at the mouth calling for blood
Imagine Rachel Maddow or Mehdi Hasan, after Rep. Hortman was shot, saying "they are at war with us... and what are we going to do about it?"
"I cannot for the life of me understand how the Democrats think this is some kind of winning political message." *Aid comes by and whispers into Mike's ear* "'Don't Tread on Me', you say? The motto has a flag, you say? Since the American Revolution, you say?"
Wonder if you could categorize this as pride and sloth (and in some cases tinged with greed, wrath, and/or envy)? It's a serious moral failing for sure.
Overall, I feel like a March shutdown would have far more impact and had more public support. I think Dems had more leverage then -- and Schumer's caving not only squandered it, but also strengthened a narrative that establishment Dems serve billionaire interests and not the people.
Those of us tuned into Bluesky and small business owners see the tsunami of damage coming with tariffs, but I don't think most Americans feel the worst of it yet. And Epstein Files are enraging but not seeing their relevance for a shutdown. In fact, the Republican congress took a vacation over them.
My understanding is courts are considered essential services. You're saying they would stop running? And you're implying the government wouldn't reopen until Congress reopened it, right? But a lingering shutdown would have been really unpopular and Republicans would have faced pressure to reopen.
One thing I'm wondering is if avoiding the shutdown was the right call earlier this year, what has changed to justify actually going through with it now?
I listened to his reasoning and read many articles arguing both sides. I myself believe had the government shut down, it would have prevented the obscene funding of ICE, hindered the damage DOGE did, given Dems more negotiating power, and could have galvanized democratic voters on the ground.
Agreed. There are surprisingly simple ways to change our government system that would counter so many of its dysfunctional properties, e.g. jerrymandering, corrupt supreme court, unbalanced voter representation. But those with the power to change the system benefit from it. Change will need a fight.
Schumer was already given a chance to do this earlier in the year and he threw it to the ground. I don't think he has it in him to be the fighter the future of the US needs right now. He says soft words, wrings his hands, and then votes as if we live in normal times. I'm not holding my breath.
Artificial Intelligence is intelligence in the same way that Artificial Sugar is sugar.
When I was younger I thought at least people would eventually learn from reality if they refused to learn now from science. I was naive. I vastly underestimated the power of propaganda and spin. Many unvaccinated lost friends and family to COVID but have seemingly grown more emboldened since then.
The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
Or, alternately: nod and tell them they are very smart and commend them on their bravery to drink raw milk while we woke folks have to drink processed milk like the cowardly sheep we are. But not them! Raw milk followed by a dip in the sewage, their bodies are SO STRONG.
I'll have you know he solved the Saturday NY Times Crossword Puzzle, in fact the hardest puzzle that no other president has ever solved. C TV A M W PERSON R M A MAN N
You know how in old cartoons, Elmer Fudd would be looking for Bugs Bunny, and he'd run into Bugs wearing a dress and makeup? Then, when he asked "her" if "she" saw any rabbits, Bugs would point to the side and he'd take off in that direction? That's MAGA looking for corruption in our government.
Oh wow, she's going to use her prison story to become the leader of a company again someday, isn't she? "Going to a prison was a blessing in disguise, and it unlocked my true potential. Money pleeeaaaase."
Thank you for your attention to my matter.
Be more like Newsom, Chuck
J-L any day now you're going to be called and asked to serve our country. You may wish to review the 1993 film Dave for mental preparation.
Donald Trump announces that he is actually alive youtu.be/g-GI3zSE2IA?...
I spotted him getting into one of those garbage trucks he loves so much.
Frustrated elites after rigging the system to secure themselves even more money and realizing they'll have to write more propaganda think pieces to combat backlash: "Ugh why can't they just _enjoy_ being poors??"
Japan shifted its seat of power from Kyoto to Tokyo. Time for the U.S. capital to move from DC to the West Coast?
this (from the brilliant @everywhereist.bsky.social) puts into words the big black tangle of frustration i have whenever i get the same question
I use AI daily as a tool -- many say rubber ducking with others is useful, so maybe I'd call this silicon ducking. That said, I am on Ed's side here. I've been paying deep attention to AI and there are neat advancements, but overall I'm frustrated by the externalities, and AI-bros, and scam CEOs.
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aging like a damp towel in the trunk of a hot car
You did a podcast with Sam Harris where you said you spoke to Kamala's team and that they admitted the unrealized capital gains tax was not an idea they intended to pursue. But now you're bringing it up as if it is suddenly some valid point worth wringing hands over?
He's not trying to mock the president silly. He IS mocking a really stupid president.
Bad problems do not justify bad solutions.
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They screwed up though. "The President and the Pedophile" is Trump of course but they forgot to describe Epstein?
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If you're going to get a felony for it either way, then it almost certainly will be.
They believe in a hierarchy and only the most whitest, supremest specimens belong at the top, or something. The rest of us are supposed to appreciate being stepped on, to know our place. Of course most of the people who are on team hierarchy are themselves pretty low on the totem pole.
I've been trying. The people I've talked to watch Fox, and they don't think they're that political. It feels then like it's me vs. hundreds of full-time spinning liars. I don't think talking to others scales unless we start punishing propaganda content farms, but I don't see that happening.
Sorry to be so earnest, but I'm just unbelievably proud of her.
I definitely encourage fighting as much as one can. Definitely don't roll over for these goobers. What worries me is that the current administration is easy to see as an enemy, but the real cancer is 40+ years of unchecked propaganda. How to kill the Hydra and not just one of its heads?
It's an effective short term strategy, but they will tear themselves apart. Historically, they always do. How long it will take and how much misery will be incurred by so many innocent people in the meanwhile is, however, much harder to predict. The collateral damage is already massive.
Fascists are very very dumb, but tribal hate is catchy. They're doomed to fail and will eventually start eating each other. Meanwhile, it's so frustrating to be held hostage by this level of incompetence. Like waiting for a massive wildfire to burn out hoping it doesn't overrun too many homes first.
Let's go back to the 50s that so many MAGA fantasize about and tax the rich 90% like we did back then.
I've never heard "ankle" as a verb. The rest of the sentence seems clever enough that it was likely written intentionally by a native speaker, so my brain assumed I just didn't know it, and it was a verb that essentially meant "buckle", "cave", or "yield".
There is no universe in which this is defensible.
"Pro-lifers"
Oh, you got it then! ☺️
I got the sense he made publicly bold bets when ChatGPT was new about where things were going, as a way to attract attention / investment, hoping that reality would catch up to prove him right. Time has run out though.
Sure, but ACT NOW! With your own Permanent Sharpie™, you too can make any graph or dataset prove you were right all along! (Spineless toadies eager to regurgitate your garbage sold separately.)
Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”
This really feels like a defining post of our time
In 2016, Ghislaine Maxwell falsely stated, under oath, that she was not aware that Jeffrey Epstein recruited underage girls for sex (you know, the ones she was actually recruiting on his behalf). She was charged with two counts of perjury for this. Remind me why we give a shit what she says now?
someone hacked the audio system and started playing circus music as she was talking and i am WHEEZING
Conservative ideology in a nutshell. Their voters deserve more representation, despite being represented by the majority in every branch of government.
A silver lining is there are MAGA entrepreneurs starting to beg "MERCY", only to eat comments directed at them from other MAGA chastising them for "not buying American components". After 10 years of dealing with a unified MAGA front, I'm glad some of them are starting to taste their own medicine.
A recent game I've seen is they blame recent price increases on greedy companies taking advantage of the tariff landscape. MAGA rank and file will still feel incredible pain, no doubt about it, but they'll misdirect their anger, because of course they will. They're experts at it.
Lewky
100%, his stuff is great but this is the best one, I can't get enough 🥔
I'm thinking these are additional lit matches we're waving around the spilled the gasoline of our economy: * the steady drumbeat of Boomers retiring en masse (this has to impact the stock market eventually, right?) * the rising cost of climate change impacts * the bursting of the AI bubble
Thank you for taking the time to respond with these details. It's pretty rough trying to plan for a future that seems really bad almost no matter how you slice it, while simultaneously knowing that most won't or can't. It's painful to keep thinking about what will happen.
I've been hearing repeated affirmations of incoming stagflation, but some still whisper about a potential depression at the same time. The first of course implies inflation and the latter deflation? I find myself paralyzed on how to act given such a wide variance. Is this something you think about?
Damn, you called it 🔮 5 months ago. I mean lots of us were calling it, but we were hand waving, while you actually went into great detail, with receipts.
Have an older neighbor who said, "Whenever something major happens, I check Fox and CNN. They say the exact opposite things, they must both be lying" Well... it only takes one liar for both sides to be opposite. And yet, guess whose talking points he repeated anytime a new political event happened?
In his video, he says, "I'm trying to point out that [the Trump admin] policies need some adjustments. We should be focusing [the tariffs] on finished goods coming in from overseas." A few months ago he was making fun of people for implying tariffs would increase his costs. Oh well, anyways.
Yep. He even said in his video, "I'm not hating on the administration". The only good thing is I heard his comments were flooded with MAGA telling him he should have bought only American components. Delicious. He spent well over an extra $100,000+ just to help give billionaires a tax cut.
Of nearly $700m raised by Mothership Strategies, 1.6% made it to candidates, campaigns, and national committees. We've known the GOP and GOP pols use their voting base as a piggy bank--ripping them off and then passing legislation that screws their own voters. The DNC is little better.
So many talentless fools think AI will help them look smart and make them rich, without doing the basic critical thinking to extrapolate that their AI crap will be lost in an utter deluge of so much more AI crap. Ian may get to die on the hill he wants to die on, but it might be of starvation.
"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln really enjoyed the play."
Trump out there hawking steaks, casinos, and University degrees. Instead, he should have sold diapers. Think of the brand potency! His ability to be full of shit is unmatched. He waddles about in public, and 40% of America can't even smell it.
You joke, but some smart people who live here are deciding to move out if they can, and some smart people from other countries are deciding not to come.