UBI makes a lot of sense as a way of defragging an overly complex welfare state; it makes no sense as a response to AI.

Genuinely interested in whether post viral syndromes will become more widely known bc of expanded military disability benefits

the big thing here that people refuse to understand is that this isn't about whether this woman deserves $300K because she drank a dangerous amount of alcohol, it's about whether the company should be punished for failing to ensure the safety of their customers

there's a pervasive belief on here among combative people with cartoon avatars that any criticisms they receive are because of their marginalized identities and not because they're at the party acting rude while dressed like donald duck

"hi can you recommend any super cheap, ethically made clothes that will last forever and make me feel like a swaddled little baby while also making me look like a super attractive, stylish man, yet take no time or effort to acquire? this is social media, so pls just drop a link."

ICE agent charged with two felonies for pointing his gun at motorists during Operation Metro Surge Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.

Actual reporting: extreme porn site Motherless dot com had "62 million visits in February" and there's a chat room linked in the comments of a video with 50,000 views where guys talk about how to use date rape drugs

BlueSky: "62 million men attended the online rape academy in February"

I’ve reached an age at which, with each unfortunate, unwanted encounter with Clavicular, my first thought is, “Who are this boy’s parents and what is wrong with them?”

in general i do not like the idea that we should be expected to recognize every single person from the internet and sort them into their appropriate good/bad boxes, should we encounter them in real life

The end point of small-holder populism is unlimited handouts to farmers, small business owners, and homeowners while you continue to prosecute big companies for putting fewer chips in the bag.

BRANDON FLOWERS READING TRUTH SOCIAL: he doesn't look a THING like jesus

Social Media moving from What Your Friends Are Doing to What Hot Rich Strangers Are Doing has ruined society, basically

Do not give Molly Shah money. Do not give money to anyone Molly Shah suggests you give money to. Do not give any money to accounts "verified by Molly Shah"

In fact if you see Molly Shah, hide your wallet.

it is pretty clearly not in American or Israeli interests for Iran to have good air defense! but that’s not the same as it being against the interests of human welfare

In an active lawsuit against the FDA, the state of Missouri is arguing that access to the abortion drug mifepristone has reduced teen birth rates, thereby harming its political representation in Congress. It’s an argument being made in federal court not just on Fox

I used to do audits and do tax work for employee stock ownership plants (ESOPs) and they're both a fascinating financial and policy model and the firms that result from them, in my experience, tend to be much more aggressively capitalistic and financialized in terms of their operations.

Melania: I never cut child in half with sword. I never do this.

The entire USA: what?

Melania: not me.

I hate finding out how much of internet-to-normal speech traces back to there and 4chan

Paolo Zampolli is the man who, according to the official stories, introduced Melania and Donald. He recently had ICE deport his son's mother to win a custody dispute.

In light of all this, the Court has no choice but to conclude that the Department’s abrupt closure of the Correspondents’ Corridor and its ban on credentialed journalists traveling unescorted through the Pentagon are not security measures or efforts to make good on prior commitments but rather transparent attempts to negate the impact of this Court’s Order. The point of the Court’s injunction was to restore The Times journalists’ access to the Pentagon, not merely to ensure that they have possession of a physical credential. See Op. at 37. But the access now available to PFAC holders in the wake of this Court’s Order is not even close to as meaningful as the broad access that PFAC holders had previously been afforded. The PFACs

Fed. judge holds that DOD failed to comply with his prior order to restore access to journalists at the Pentagon, and, in fact, attempted a "Kafkaesque" end run around the order.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

very much here for demagoguery on this issue even though the prompting complaint is at least partially “they modernized a stupid system”

UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel.

King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

the fetishization of unions on here as magical wish fulfillment entities is wild.

the solution for workers suffering from poor public transit service is not “join a union” it’s “provide better public transit service”

They can't say "Trump just tweeted out something and expected it to manifest in reality without any understanding how it or whether it could do so" because then they'd have to acknowledge this is how he conducts 100% of policymaking

*guy cheering on nuclear war voice* why aren’t people having babies?

Four headlines in which Marjorite Taylor Greene, Tucker Carolson, Piers Morgan, and Alex Jones condemn Trump for his genocidal threats to Iran.

Imagine being a moderate Republican and getting outflanked on decency, morality, and basic humanity by these four nutters

Not specifying which civilization has big Monkey's Paw energy

there are many horrors contained in the Trump admin's war in Iran. but one of the lesser ones is the way he has turned us into the audience for his reality TV show. will he or won't he? tune in at 7! grotesque voyeurism that implicates us all.

These are orders given "under a black flag," and US military personnel should refuse to carry them out.