The implicit media consensus is that urban voters should not be able to overrule rural voters, but that rural voters should be able to overrule urban voters, an assumption so axiomatic and unquestionable that nobody even understands they're making it.
200,000 acres of Native Hawaiian land. 100 years of federal trust obligation.
Trump's move: reclassify them as a racial group, not a tribal nation. Same land. New legal category. Zero obligation.
That's not a budget cut. That's a legal erasure. #taxtherich
Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)
Infowars, now 110% more gay.
The crucial thing to understand about Peter Thiel is that he adores "The Lord of the Rings" and no one in human history has ever so utterly completely missed all the salient points of what a book is about.
You know who didn’t sign up for this? Bears.
The most predictable thing happened. Many south Asians got on board the MAGA train and its bigotry thinking their wealth and power would insulate them from the racist mob. Turns out it doesn't.
We told you so.
www.wired.com/story/maga-i...
I like bluesky because it feels so much like tumblr
1. barely works
2. userbase is annoying (affectionate)(not that affectionate)
3. being queer on here feels like I’m actively participating in ruining some tech company’s investment
So the big studios are abandoning the US and turning the staff workers into contractors to get out paying for healthcare.
The United States is losing one of its defining industries because of not having universal healthcare and the people are going to be even more vulnerable to the industry.
Devastated to hear the entire Marvel Studios’s Visual Development team has been let go. This was my old home but more importantly, the home of so many incredible artists and peers.
Absolutely heartbreaking 😔
Sending all my impacted peers my love and support. Please reach out if you need anything!
the snooozerrrrrrs #jayvik
Remember to make art with your boner. It doesn't have to be a horny boner, it can be a brain boner or a heart boner. Make art that makes you happy and appeals to your own freakish sensibilities. This is imperative.
As the father of a middle schooler I have seen the rebellion against AI forming there — even using “that’s AI, bro,” not indicating something is literally AI, but that something is metaphorically so — it’s sus, it’s bullshit, it’s bad weird
#OpEd: "If journalists are going to cover this subject...we have to be willing to approach these spaces with the same care, ethics and nuance we would bring to any other community." @crystal-bell.bsky.social examines the recent discourse about fan fiction, fandom privacy and the role of journalists.
I don't think we talk enough about the effect of art on us. I can see one drawing I really really like and I'll be happy for the rest of the day I'm not exaggerating. Your art makes someone feel that way. Your art makes someone happy. Your art helps someone get through the day.
concept of a ceasefire
Americans suffer from a desperate need to believe in the inherent goodness of the American electorate--the idea that a voter in 2024--after nearly a decade of unfiltered, widely broadcast, deeply fascist rhetoric from Donald Trump--was simply "tricked" by a Facebook algorithm or a Fox News segment.
Bluesky pro tip: you can get rid of the Discover tab entirely by going to “My Feeds” and unpinning it. Then you’ll never see it again!
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” -Trump
Article III
The following acts shall be punishable:
(a) Genocide;
(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;
(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;
(d) Attempt to commit genocide;
(e) Complicity in genocide.
FYI, this gallery has all the photos NASA is sharing from Artemis II in one place, with descriptions.
a bit late but happy easter for those who celebrate 🫶
#jayvik
Divine right of kings le guin print
On press today www.etsy.com/listing/9524...
Of Trump's wildly incompetent and corrupt Cabinet, Donald has only fired two people: Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi.
Both women. Just a coincidence, I'm sure.
I mean, Pete Hegseth may be the worst Secretary of Defense in history, but at least he has a penis.
We were stoked to have some face time with the Japanese-American actor, but his schedule prevented it. So, we opted for e-mail correspondence. A list of queries was sent his way, and we waited. The silence continued until it was quickly replaced by a ticking clock as deadlines loomed. We had the photospread, but nothing directly uttered by the 29-year-old. With a driving need for a feature, we had to be inventive. Harnessing our creative license, we pulled his verbatim from previous interviews and fed them through an AI programme to formulate new responses. Are these the words we expect from Mackenyu? Or are they just replies from an echo chamber of celebrity-hood that we want to believe is from him? With the absence of information, can new insights be gained? Nature abhors a vacuum, and in its place, a story fills the hollow. The following interview was produced with Claude, Copilot, and edited by humans.
cover of esquire singapore featuring a photo of the guy they didn't interview
Esquire Singapore posted a cover story interview that
***did not interview the subject***
***but instead***
***generated the entire interview using AI***
jfc wtaf gtfo
Dedra Meero from Andor in prison
Checking in on Pam Bondi:
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
Magnificent No Kings protest sign in Ellsworth, Maine.
10/10.
Social movement scholar here to comment on No King again. a 🧵:
These protests are important b/c:
1.) as sustained image events, protests offer evidence of continued disapproval of the direction the country is going and disavowal of the country's leadership.
A No Kings protest sign in the form of a giant Wordle grid reading FELON THIEF LOSER CREEP FRAUD TRUMP Not entirely accurate in terms of gameplay but close enough.
Good one in NYC.
