I was wracking my brain for why his name sounded familiar and Google was useless trying to Google his very common name. Thanks!

Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings

Yes. They are mad that sex education has worked and children aren't getting pregnant as much as they used to

Literally the Onion theonion.com/fractures-em...

we all know I have no life, so:

What Happened to the SPLC—and Me Union breaking, Gaza, and fear of MAGA turned the SPLC into an organization that abandoned its own civil rights principles.

SPLC is far from the only organization that did a version of this, but it's worth re-reading this recent essay from @michaelehayden.bsky.social and considering whether their actions were worth it. michaeledisonhayden.substack.com/p/what-happe...

As opposed to over the ocean, like the Concord

Sonic boom vibration is a problem for overland supersonic flight

I want to believe that the switch to English when they want to emphasize how shit something is is in parallel to how we'll use French words when something is elegant or expensive

Dude went to Stanford and Harvard Law and I'm wondering if their standards are lower than my public land grant university because students routinely earn poor grades in my classes. This "everyone gets an A" mentality from guys who attended elite colleges makes me wonder

The judge pointed out that "pro se" means he needs to be doing it on his own and lawyers who are helping him could face penalties. And now - no filing

I will be honest - I'm surprised that that might have gotten his mom to say no

obvious a.i. slop of a george takei birthday celebration with a TNG cake and his famously close friend william shatner

close up of a picture of the TOS crew, including at least four unidentifiable randos, one of whom is in a TNG uniform

man I hate a.i. slop

Is it weird that I noticed it was AI slop because Shatner was there and they were both smiling and only after that I noticed that the cast of TNG was standing behind him?

Like I believe he'd invite Levarr Burton to his party but definitely not Shatner

If I wanted to weaken a military, sabotaging their vaccines would be part of the plan

Germ warfare but it's literally just exposing the other side to this season's flu virus

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This is the kind of thing a double-agent wouldn't propose out of fear of getting caught trying to undermine an enemy military

Hegseth is doing it because he's a eugenics believer and wants only "manly men" who can beat diseases with their fists in his military

The thing that is always true about conservatives is "every accusation is a confession". Whatever they accuse their enemies of is exactly what they would do if given the chance

Their tirades against DEI programs being used to promote unqualified people based on identity are exactly that

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JFC these guys are all jockeying to be the dumbest supervillain from the worst comic book

There's war profiteering and then there's "let's start a tripolar cold war to make sure they all have to pay us". Wtf?

Musk and Ian Banks might come close but Theil edges him out

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GOP redistricting shenanigans may make it less of a shellacking than it should be

OTOH there's a chance that their gerrymandering will produce districts more sensitive to GOP voters staying home and hand extra seats to the Dems. Which would make me laugh

Musk, showing his ignorance of economics and an example of how tech bros read science fiction and MISS THE FUCKING POINT

This is why they are desperate for government contracts - especially Defense

With a lucrative enough defense contract costs and revenues don't need to balance. National security can be used as an excuse to run it at massive losses

I’ve known Palantir was evil for a long time, but reading their technological republic statement, when combined with the fact that Thiel is going around giving speeches on the Antichrist and allying himself with rapture theologians… Palantir is an apocalyptic death cult with god-like technology.

But the idea that this could only have happened in the "West" or was driven by "Western" minds (or whatever) just doesn't hold water. By the 16th century the "west" has been trading with and influenced by dozens of societies around the world.

www.ishormuzopenyet.com

Some days I wish I still believed in Hell

2031 is how long it's going to take to finish if they start now

And that's why it wasn't done before. People have been asking for it, but its a long expensive process that mostly benefits average residents and not rich ones

We live in a timeline where the Pope argues the virtues of democracy while the capitalists are decrying it as evil and plotting a return to monarchy

Imagine explaining that to someone from the 18th century. It's like that Mt. Dew peasant meme except I think it would blow their minds even more

AI written manifesto based on Theil's bullet points

Palantir

For them as has need.

Oh God - the electoral equivalent of the Peter Principle. I've never thought of it that way before but this is spot on