Beef prices just hit a record high. A pound of ground beef in many stores now costs more than the federal minimum hourly wage. These people are so out of touch it’s ridiculous.

Opinion | ‘Easily the Worst President in U.S. History’

There will be millions of dead men, women & children as a result of his budget cuts, which were made without Congressional approval.
The Lancet: Trump cuts in USAID fund will result in 1,776,539 deaths- 689,900 deaths of children younger than 5 years” in 2025 alone.
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Oh hey, my aunt worked as an art director on that show.

We need a matriarchy run by lesbians with clipboards and earpieces who do not take any shit.

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Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history.

Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes.

But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year.

Trickle down hoax.

I mean, if he wins the suit, $250M would cover a LOT of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

“America has the greatest road network in the world, over 4 million miles of public roads deliver 92 percent of commute trips and carry 72 percent of all freight to, and because of this, congestion is drain on American families and our economy.”

Fixed. Relying exclusively on roads is dumb.

Listening to the podcast now, and I totally didn’t realize that the Dina story is written by the author of the Yuma story. It. Was. So. Good.

Also, wow. Strixhaven as a group of students internalizing recent and ongoing trauma… as someone who taught a college class during COVID… yeah. Feels.

Business Legend Warren Buffet calls out America's Billionaires

If 800 other major corporations paid what Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway did in taxes, Americans wouldn't have to pay a dime.

Mexico was smart enough to elect a woman for president and they just got Universal Health Care.

We should do that here.

Eight *kids* and I had to ask my wife about it when it scrolled by on local news. We're a nation with massive brain-poisoning.

“SILENCE! I concur.”

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

And yet, nobody feels the need to argue about the gender of the Chinese smartphone running robot. It’s almost like concerns about transgender participation in sporting events are performative.

EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.

The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.

In southern California there is a mass starvation event of Pelicans and Cormorants. The ocean surface is so hot it's forcing the fish they feed on to dive to lower depths to get away from the heat. The birds can't dive deep enough and are starving to death. Their bodies wash up on the shore dailey.

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Salt Lake City tried housing homeless people and it was successful before right wing politicians defunded the program.

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

It’s almost like homelessness is caused by a lack of homes 🤔

8 children between the ages of 1 and 14 are dead after a mass shooting in Louisiana, police say Authorities in Louisiana say eight children were killed in a “domestic disturbance,” with the victims ranging in age from 1 to 14 years old.

Oh my dear god this was absolutely preventable and to scratch your head asking “how this could ever happen” is a fucking cop out. We know why this keep happening

Gun violence is the number one reason why children die in this country. What the fuck are we even doing?
This news is devastating.

It’s a great pastiche of Kurosawa, Flash Gordon, and Siegfried, but there’s a lot of Excalibur too.

The original Star Wars trilogy, though I think it’s mostly just Lucas quoting Boorman — like the ordeal in the cave on Dagobah, Threepio’s resemblance to Mordred’s gold armor, the sword that is literally ejected from Artoo’s dome, the quasi-incestuous relationship between Luke and Leia…

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/

This. The child at the heart of Omelas, trying to eke out 1,000 more words before lunch.

I came to the Silt Verses late. So far, Our Wars Have Ended has me enthralled. Great writing, voicing, and the world-building feels very deep.

I mean, a decrepit ship and an oddball crew? C’mon… what more do you need?

The DOJ is now 5 month in breach of releasing the Epstein files.

Holding these criminals accountable should be the Nuremberg of our time.