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The Markwayne Mullin appointment proves it without a shadow of a doubt. White supremacy & cultures of oppression REQUIRE the platforming of the transparently mediocre to enforce their systems.
Because that combo of mediocrity & ambition fosters a type of cravenness that is willing to do anything.
I think the secretary of defense should not be a psychopath
board member turned hater - should be a lesson not to let just anyone in your circle.
the Austin mass shooter was a Tesla employee who assaulted a coworker during a company-allowed prayer break late last year
the company refused to give the victim her assailant's name so she could press charges, and he went on to become a mass shooter
www.statesman.com/business/art...
The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.
Karpf: "If you think Claude Code is a better social scientist than you, then you’re probably right. But that means, at some point, you stopped trying to answer interesting/puzzling questions and started trying to win the publish-the-most-articles race." davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/can-ai-rep...
Senator Markey 🎯
A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable
Made it to Friday but at what cost
If you are considering using LLMs as therapists, I suggest reading this: www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/g...
This dude abused his wife. Got reliant on Gemini while going through divorce. Gemini told him to stage "a mass casualty attack" and eventually convinced him to commit suicide.
Trump Foreign Policy is like the world's worst improv game played by the least talented comedians.
No shared talking points, can't even lie properly, backtracking on explanations for the war, no exit strategy, now trying to invite Kurdish rebellion and civil war.
imagine creating THE most hostile economic, social, and political environment in 60 years and expect people to procreate
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...
They’re really trying to do drive-thru colonization
Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.
Did you know that "young Sammie" and "older Sammie" did a Tiny Desk today?
Yep, Miles Caton and Buddy Guy performed together
#Sinners
youtu.be/m5XxOLdMSS8?...
I feel compelled to add, ICE, CBP, formerly INS, and the cops all have invented crimes to justify ethnic cleansing for a really long time. The brutality and brazenness has increased but this has been a standard practice.
Trump just described voting as "the greatest privilege of them all."
We don't call it a privilege here. It's a right.
This is voter suppression.
You are the pope of our hearts
I'm asking that we all raise our political expectations. We deserve good things.
He’s trying to Trojan Horse Greenland with hospital ships while they deprive Americans of healthcare. I don’t know who they think they’re fooling but it’s not Greenland.
“Oh my god, it’s a grown man and a kid,” someone in the restaurant can be heard saying. “Where are the police?”
whyy.org/articles/buc...
Wolfers: What we have is a pro-tax Republican president. Maybe he favors this tax because it’s regressive — it takes a bigger chunk out of the paychecks of the poor than of the rich. Maybe he thinks he can baffle us with bullshit and pretend China is paying, but that’s a story people aren’t buying
An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.
the energy around atproto is so refreshing. just… joyfully building and sharing open shit in a collaborative way. people talk about it, sure (hi) but mostly you just see people shipping things. reminds me of the best moments in my prior internet culture experience
Exactly, David. They did what they wanted to do when Trump admin was more than willing to take the blame.
Black history shows us that oppressive systems can be challenged.
In Code & Conscience #20, I discuss how the resistance of the past can help communities hold tech companies & leaders accountable today.
Read the issue here: bit.ly/code-conscie...
Or listen on YouTube: youtu.be/RIwKQy2VW3E
> Blacksky ... shows what it actually takes. Their approach was to construct community identity first, starting with a custom feed that created a sense of shared space, then progressively building their own PDS hosting, their own moderation system, and their own relay, their own appview.
The FBI is trying to criminalize being trans.
Meanwhile, dem centrists:
"Did you know trans sports is unpopular?
Trans sports is really unpopular. You shouldn't focus on that issue.
Dems shouldn't focus on trans sports issues.
Again, don't talk about trans sports, it's unpopular."
For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.
This would be, in every way, worse than a Netflix-WB deal. No point in preserving the integrity of the theatrical experience for a company funded by a right-wing ideologue. I don't believe there's a world in which Larry Ellison funds One Battle or Sinners. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/b...
