Uuuugh. You can pitch "AI for nose hair removal" and have a billion dollars dumped on your head overnight, but perhaps the most important civic function in democratic politics is starving to death.
My statements here don’t reflect that of my employer or frankly anyone else. That’d be ridiculous. Also, go Kraken!
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Uuuugh. You can pitch "AI for nose hair removal" and have a billion dollars dumped on your head overnight, but perhaps the most important civic function in democratic politics is starving to death.
Jami Nyman is the one.
Yep
“A reporter who publishes only what the government ‘authorizes’ is doing something other than reporting,” said Katie Fallow, deputy litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University @katiefallow.bsky.social
Literally no one wants to be right about rising authoritarianism, except the authoritarians.
in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.
So the enforcers of laws will take away your money and power even if you haven’t broken any laws?
Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
Hawks beats Rodgers. Russ looks excellent. Fun football Sunday.
That game included the absolute best and worst of the Seahawks offense. If they can get things cleaned up, they could take a ton of pressure off the defense.
K9 is back, baby!!!!
Yes actually
WOW
When the Hawks offense is good, it’s great. Boy they need to be consistent though.
What a wildly frustrating first half.
Darnold windup, pump and decision-making have not been ideal today.
Great opening drive for the Hawks and then… uhhhh not sure what Darnold thought he saw there.
Reporters talking with everyone who has ever met the shooter asking if the shooter knew any trans people. Healthy society we have here for sure.
I’m having a son in December and I can’t friggin wait until he’s old enough to watch that with me. It’s incredible.
Beginning to think American media culture has curated extreme views so long that practically none of these reporters/analysts have any capability of comprehending or willingness to comprehend the concept of nuance.
You cannot understand politics in the United States in 2025 without understanding Gamergate. It is the Rosetta Stone for our current nightmare.
Where do you even start with this? This is appallingly pathetic, even for Brooks.
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
Especially painful that an Abe Lucas lapse clinched it for the Niners. Yuck.
Referee: "Holding, offense, number 64" Number 64: "FUCK!"
President dril
This is the digital stasi. Social media influencers utilizing tips from followers for content that they monetize while working with state actors to target the people they want. It's all a spectacle packaged as content. Destroying people's lives for profitable ideological bloodsport.
Literal fascism.
Man, if he stays healthy, this is going to be an absolute steal.
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that? RFK JR: “I never said that.” KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.” RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024) ht: @cwebbonline.com
BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
This is how you lead. The entire Democratic Party needs to take note. You absolutely don’t need to find compromise with fascists, like Newsom. Be authentically good and courageous, and inspire authentic goodness and courage.
Yes, I am.
The average American simply has no idea how quickly the infrastructure that keeps us safe and healthy is collapsing. These systems run in the background thanks to government employees who quietly do critical work. Those employees are being purged and systems are being destroyed.
Hey @podsaveamerica.crooked.com, @jonfavs.bsky.social and @jonlovett.bsky.social, this is the “compromise” you’re refusing to fully reject: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
If you’re skeptical or want to read more on this: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
lol Dallas only got a Jamal Adams return for Parsons? It’s kinda hard to believe no one could’ve done better and matched the contract.
Despite what some Democratic consultants suggest, the pro-democracy party’s first question shouldn’t be, “Does stopping fascism poll well?”
@podsaveamerica.crooked.com, @jonfavs.bsky.social, @jonlovett.bsky.social and the rest of you absolutely know better than to make a mockery of trans rights. Participating in this circus is an affront to everything progressiveness stands for and you know it.
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
I don’t love that we’re going into game 1 with Reed and Murphy at NT again.
Once again: the military takeover of U.S. cities is not a distraction from the thing, it is the the thing
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
"Clearing homeless camps" is quite literally whack-a-mole
What will Jeffrey do without his bootstraps?!
Ryker has a left shot? You guys may want to update that portion of the article.
Netanyahu’s military are going to kill every god damned Gaza citizen while America arrests peaceful protestors. It’s so profoundly wrong, I don’t even know how to cope with it.
usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
Is it a stretch to say when Cuomo loses he’s going to do the MAGA pivot?
The children are cooked
PragerU is lazy/dumb propaganda that should be laughed out of society but instead Republicans are requiring it in classrooms. So that’s fun.
Also, here are some actual graphics from PragerU videos
Looking back on the video where Jesus is super into having a guy start a small business instead of multiplying loaves and fishes
A fun reminder that a loss of 60,000 jobs in and around academia is ~50% more than all coal mining jobs in the entire country.
Few shows understood exactly what it set out to do like The Good Place. Also, if I were rich enough to bully devs, I’d force Double Fine to make a Gravity Falls game.
Also, these kids dedicate their lives specifically to baseball. It’s not like teams are always encouraging them to continue their education as a backup plan. “Moving on” isn’t exactly an option in the short-run.
The vibes are back!
I’m super intrigued by a haunted and anxious Reed leading the Avengers, with the weight of the universe infiltrating every major decision. Seems relatable.
Fascinating survey data on the missing Biden voters by Lake Research. The voters who sat out in '24 weren't looking for a centrist or turned off by trans rights. They want a genuine economic populist agenda: take on corporate greed, lower costs, and make the wealthy pay their fair share.
Play Ape Out!
It would be far more accurate to say that “Republicans in Congress have decided…”
This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
Big Dumper forever
The best Dumper.
“CONFUSION”
Dude is special. Around 18 WAR since his debut and he’s just 24. It’s nice appreciating good things, in my opinion.
I’m truly exhausted of the Julio slander.
Please don’t amplify the racist.
Sorry Superman ain't flying around, randomly putting brown people in swamp prisons. That must be hard for you. Thoughts and prayers and whatnot.
Holy hell
1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar 2025: ohhh ok
#CalvinandHobbes40
"The masks frequently worn by agents make ICE seem like the type of secret police that operates in authoritarian regimes. But they are apparently meant to keep the police secret."
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
Excuse me? This looked like one of the most innovative and exciting IPs in their entire portfolio. Sickening.
Son of a... Ugh…
Who’s the Tokyo Drift of the Mariners system?
I finally saw Past Lives this past weekend and the only reason I didn’t include it is because I was concerned about recency bias. But then again, I had like 50 more that could’ve been included here.
The more I look at this, the more I think he just did a Costco run to set up this photo. 😂
Bro took a photo with Bacardi lol
I love that you’re breaking into hockey scouting. I’m not sure if you already follow Curtis at Sound of Hockey but he’s been doing great stuff too. It’d be awesome to see a community of Kraken prospect experts flourish here, like we’ve had with the M’s for a couple of decades.
Seattle falling in this draft is really painful right now. Missing on Martone and Hagens two spots before their pick is heartbreaking.
Complete spitball here but if the Kraken were to try to move up to Chicago’s spot at 3 in today’s draft for Martone, it seems like they could have a lot of appealing pieces to do so, especially Tolvanen, who could immediately come a young, 25+ goal, top 6 option for Chicago.
From Sotomayor's dissent, which she's now reading from the bench: "The President has made a 'solemn mockery' of our Constitution. Rather than stand firm, the Court gives way. Because such complicity should know no place in our system of law, I dissent." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Consolidating judicial power to an increasingly radical Supreme Court and paving the way for unchecked Authoritarianism seems like a bad idea that will lead to inevitable social unrest. It’s horrific watching all of this happen in slow motion.
This is basic suppression of knowledge. This will probably go under the radar, but it’s more than a red flag. It’s a disaster.
NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital. CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one PELOSI: Take the shot
Hard to believe this isn’t even a paraphrase
This really isn’t a hard message. Obama neutralized the Iran nuclear program through the hard work of diplomacy, but Trump tore up the deal in his first term out of spite and chose war instead.
Democratic leadership is the most milquetoast waste of space I could’ve conjured up in a dystopian hellscape. Why did you want to be a political leader if this is all you’re capable of saying and doing?
Hopefully Kane is gone and it’ll be more palatable. As a Kraken fan, I still wouldn’t love it.
That twist towards the end where you go from “oh no” to “oh no no no no no no god oh no”
I couldn’t bare to watch Evander Kane happy, so I’m reluctantly okay with the result. But man, this does suck.
The Series S and X play backwards compatible games fine though?
If every Xbox-branded device eventually includes this technology then yeah, I fully expect to play my entire Xbox digital library alongside all playable Windows games on future hardware. Xbox Play Anywhere is great but this would be infinitely better for folks with vast Xbox libraries like me.
How many taxpayer resources are being devoted to developing and peddling these personal enrichment products?