Nathaniel C. Green

Europeanists, Ames is a cool town. Do it up!

Also all the people we could have housed, all the children we could have educated, all the lives that could have been saved.

Trump To Americans: ‘You Won’t Have To Pay Your Son’s Cell Phone Bill When He Dies At War’

Trump To Americans: ‘You Won’t Have To Pay Your Son’s Cell Phone Bill When He Dies At War’ https://theonion.com/trump-to-americans-you-wont-have-to-pay-your-sons-cell-phone-bill-when-he-dies-at-war/

She did not lose her job because of incompetence but because fascism sucks and people resisted it and she embarrassed her boss while being grilled for it.

There is no bottom to the evil. There is no “reaching across the aisle.” To try to compromise with this depth of depravity, one risks becoming as atrocious as they are.

Impeachment and imprisonment of these leaders is the conclusion. Getting rid of DHS and ICE is first.

No matter where you thought this headline was going after you read the first four words of it I promise you you're in for a surprise

Only if there are negative consequences for doing it

"You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? [Laughter/applause]. The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic — you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people, now have 11 million. He tweets and retweets offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric. Now some of those folks, they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America."

As a reminder, this is what she said in 2016.

www.npr.org/2016/09/10/4...

Hillary Clinton's "deplorables" line remains undefeated

Also, the idea that people who are not white constitute some kind of get-out-of-racism-free card for any white person who has sex with them is, itself, a racist notion that is one of the most tired tropes out there.

If anything, I think you are too kind to A.I.

If they want me back they have to go fully Woke 2, sorry. Whole hog. I gotta be able to get an abortion there

Worse than that: the people most aggressively pushing A.I. see human pursuits as pointless, and can't seem to see the value in something that requires struggle, failure, and introspection to produce. I fear that will be foisted on many, wealthy and non-wealthy alike.

The degree to which certain people are obsessed with @jamellebouie.net is just astounding and bewildering to me.

Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

So this is what we get instead of drinking water and cheaper electricity?

You don't hate tech companies enough

This is exactly right

Do you know how easy it is to NOT trip over your own dick into Nazi shit. To not go on Nazi podcasts or retweet Nazis or have Nazi tattoos. It’s the easiest thing most of us have ever done. We all do that every day.

Once again @jamellebouie.net's patience with people who make outlandish claims about him is really admirable. I am really sorry he has to put up with it

Henry Wallace would call JD Vance a fascist to his face. H dubs knew what was up

Ava Heiden having a great game against Illinois but it may not be enough. Illinois shooting the lights out

Let me see the money first.

Or another fucking betting ad. Gambling is worse for your health than snack chips.

I move for a bad...court...thingee

I'm telling you, I think we may have to rethink how we even calculate approval ratings when it comes to Mayor Mamdani
bsky.app/profile/prem...

Political science folks, is it possible for a politician's approval rating to be above 100%?

The key to an effective politician, and the essence of a courageous human being, is their ability to laugh at themselves.

We used to dream of a future where technology would *do* things for us: prepare meals, clean the house automatically, or complete rote, repetitive tasks for us in our work. We have a future where technology is being marketed to do the *thinking* for us, while we still do the repetitive tasks.

Seems particularly cruel to release a book on April Fool's Day. Was your publisher trolling you?

A hearty second from me! @jenmercieca.bsky.social's book needs to happen. I would read the hell out of it, and pester my colleagues to read it, too!