I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

Schismatics gonna schismatic.

I've never been Catholic, but if any Pope could get me to convert, it's this one. (I still have some doctrinal differences that keep me solidly Protestant, but this mf spittin')

saw a tweet where someone said ..these Catholics who are mad at the pope should really write down their thoughts..maybe in 95 bullet points..and perhaps nail them to a door so we could all see them.

as annoying as all this is..I have learned a lot more about various Popes Pius X "last acts was to reject a request from the Emperor of Austria, shortly after World War I broke out, that he bless the Austrian cause. The pope replied caustically: ‘I do not bless war: I bless peace.’”

A screenshot of a Hollywood Reporter politics news article. The headline reads, "Dave Chappelle Knocks Republican Party for “Weaponized” Transgender Jokes: “That’s Not What I Was Doing”" The subheadline states, "After being called out for transphobic jokes, the superstar comedian told NPR that Lauren Boebert and other Republicans are politicizing his humor." Below the text is a photo of Chappelle in a black tuxedo speaking at a podium, with a caption noting he is accepting the President's Award at the 2025 NAACP Image Awards.

No, that's exactly what Chappelle was doing and it's why trans people criticized him for doing it.

i still use an iPod at work (because I don't want my phone in there ) but I wish I could get a nano again!

upside down statue of liberty and the Godzilla minus one godzilla Kevin I. Lee tweeted this out with the caption The Brutalist (2024) dir. Brady Corbet

US military says it killed two people in another boat strike in eastern Pacific Dispatch of vessel strike, like most of military’s statements on strikes conducted in area, did not provide evidence

The US military said it killed two people in a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, claiming the targets were involved in “narco-trafficking operations”. The death toll from these strikes now stands at at least 170.

TAT: [Foreign policy]

it'll be back in three days

hope he calls it Norbert the Trumpert

Spent the week immersed in this phenomenal book. Kim Ghattas has put together a guide for the uninformed on the fault lines, history, machinations and murderous ambitions behind Middle Eastern politics. It feels even more essential by the day

and he was even a guest on a podcast I listen to and I am still.. "who"?

You know what? I'll admit it. The credible threat by a madman to wipe out a nation of 90 million people for basically no reason (presumably using nuclear weapons) successfully distracted me. I am now distracted.

I said we needed to submit to the jurisdiction of the ICC, repeal The Hague Invasion Act, and promise to send everyone involved to The Hague the moment we had the chance to do so.

The fact that nobody seriously believes there is an institution in this country that will check the president—that we’re all just sitting here hoping that he gets distracted and fails to follow through on his genocidal threats—is the most damning indictment of our political system I’ve seen yet.

Martindale Brightwood data center moves ahead despite resident outcry The out-of-state developer wants to build the nearly 14-acre project near 25th Street and Sherman Drive.

just in case you are intersted beyond some larger national political violence thing to comment on. mirrorindy.org/martindale-b...

hey that is where I live! yeah. violence is not the answer (guessing he will only double down) but people are really mad and that neighborhood where they want to put it...always gets screwed.

My grandmother yelled at a librarian for not letting my mom check books out from the adult section back in the 1950s.

the only book I think I was too young for was a nonfiction book I got from the adult section on the Soviet invasion of Berlin when I was in 5th grade.

i use it for baseball, iceskating, memes of the tv shows I am watching...a little poetry and book stuff...and some news.

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

again Audible/Amazon please stop asking if I want to use your murder bot Maven while I buy books. (don't yell at me I mostly use Bookshop.org. ) www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

‘God, It’s Terrifying’: How the Pentagon Got Hooked on AI War Machines An excerpt from the coming book Project Maven shows how the US enlisted Silicon Valley in its vision for AI warfare, now playing out in Iran.

No Audible, I do not want your AI bot Maven to help me as I look to buy the book Project Maven by Katrina Manson after reading this article. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

screen shot of a tweet that says "a picture of me shortly after a drunk patient called me a yellow fuck in my new scrubs which I mean fair but also wow" the woman (who goes by the handle Dr. Spooky) (white, glasses, dark pulled back hair) is head to toe in light yellow scrubs and has a slightly frowny face (but in good fun)

I vote this be a running gag in S3

it is a screen shot of the Trending list on BlueSky--1. Supergirl 2. Supreme Court 3. SCOTUS Rulings 4. Trans Day of Visibility 5. NATO Alliance.

why yes bluesky trending that is basically what I am interested in...and Supergirl is #1

try the grey stuff it's delicious don't believe me ask the dishes...they can sing they can dance why after all this France and a dinner here is never second best! ....it is the one Disney song I can sing all the words to.

I get all my news about Lindy West and Graham Planter from your skeets.

how does a man cry that well and look even more handsome and manly?

Thousands evacuated as Hawaii faces worst flooding in 20 years More than 230 people have been rescued so far, the authorities said on Friday.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thousands evacuated as Hawaii faces worst flooding in 20 years

now I have to go look to see what happened in Hawaii

a co-worker asked what I thought about AI (he was interested in how it will mess with the gaming industry) and as I was explaining about the Panopticon--he goes oh like Sauron..and Reader I got to tell him the name of Peter Thiel's company and it was extremely satisfying.

Dr. Santos Forever!