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Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars.

There's just gotta be a line somewhere.

Thank you @pablo.show for letting me talk so openly about this.

Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto The problems with our tech philosopher kings

New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally.
It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...

About 15% of all U.S. hospitals are Catholic and their current policy is to provide zero trans healthcare including to adults. There have also been multiple accounts of trans people being turned away entirely for unrelated issues because of who they are. So suck the Pope off harder please

I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"

Firing and jailing RFK is the moderate position

it's not like someone missing three land drops has a chance of making a huge comeback, anyway. my main goal is making sure people at all skill levels have fun.

BUT i do still want newcomers to develop healthy deckbuilding habits. when it becomes a pattern that's when we check their land count 🤭

I'm sorry you have to put up with that kind of mistreatment. It's not okay that people bully and harass you for your hard work. I've always appreciated your writing for your perspective and insights on media and popular culture. Your voice is valuable, and they can't take it away from you.

from the article: “"She wasn't taking pictures in restricted areas. She wasn't trying to go places she shouldn't be," the source continued. "This is just a very large transgender woman, being a fan, walking around."” https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-jim-dolan-surveillance-machine/

glad that the (otherwise well reported) wired article about the dolans using facial recognition tech to track a trans woman in the garden to keep her off the MSG cameras included the extremely important detail that she was “very large.” you don’t want anyone forgetting she was monstrous to behold

BLUESKY IS A WEBSITE THAT TURNS (post by jay.bsky.team claiming that bluesky is made with AI) INTO (picture of bluesky not working)

Never forget that taxation, unionizing, and labor strikes were the nonviolent alternatives.

Also never forget that even these peaceful methods are inherently viewed as violence and threats of extinction to the owning class and billionaires.

Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year’s DOGE invasion. Here's where they are now—in government and beyond.

NEW: WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year’s DOGE invasion. Here's where they are now—in government and beyond.

read @telliotter.bsky.social:

These cowards genuinely think there's a way out of this where they can keep raking in the blood money while maintaining power. They got so used to the political theater of controlled opposition that they never considered that masquerade could be broken.

The sheer scale of wealth that buffers billionaires is hard to visualize.

Their perspective is literally inhuman, their lives totally divorced from the average person's. It's impossible for them to not be absolute monsters.

I've been eyeing that and Moonflow whenever I visit the local bookstore. What'd you think of Mountain of Flesh? Is it splatterpunk and/or psychological horror?

Watching queer/trans authors scramble trying to find a platform that will fleece them the least so they can tell authentic, innovative, own-voices stories on the same morning as I am shown articles celebrating yet another release by the Legends & Lattes guy is moving me closer to being on the news.

As trans people are shut off from every aspect of society, have our papers seized, and are put on public lists for elimination, it's heartwarming to log on to Bluesky The True Leftist App to see everyone coming together to defend... [checks notes] ... economists.

I used to do that for my elderly cat who couldn't chew. All I did was add an ounce or two of hot water to his pate and mash it with a fork (didn't think to use a blender). He loved it.

Why are so many of yall still using AI anyway? After seeing what the data centers do to communites and how much money it gives to your enemies while siphoning resources away from ypur homes, how can you keep using it?

Honestly is that AI generated image of trump in a dress really helping the cause?

Come out before you kiss: How Trans+ panic snuck its way into UK law books Trans+ people can be convicted for sexual assault just for not coming out before any form of intimacy, under CPS 'deception as to sex' guidance

“A cis teenage girl lying about being on her period to avoid a sex act she’s uncomfortable with would arouse sympathy.

"When a trans girl does the same, it’s treated as a serious crime." 

Media outlets have infrastructure to support such investigations — experienced reporters and editors, newsroom lawyers, resources to fend off lawsuits. The content creators had none of that. Both women said they independently took out umbrella insurance policies to protect their houses and other assets in case they got sued. At one point Fodor, feeling increasingly overwhelmed, sent a message to Hunt: “I think we have bitten off more than we can chew here.” The influencers agreed that specific allegations needed to be broken in a news story. While reporters dug into the allegations, they kept up a public drumbeat, insisting that Swalwell was a shady character and promising the details would come out soon. The tease infuriated many on social media, who accused the influencers of being irresponsible by lobbing accusations without backing them up. But the threat of a soon-to-drop news story was enough to dry up Swalwell’s fundraising and unnerve supporters. Political operatives of all stripes were disconcerted watching the influencers play by their own set of rules, different from the norms of media outlets, and wondered if this would become a new normal in campaigns — a prospect that even unsettled the influencers. “I have a lot of fears about the blurred lines between content creators and journalists,” Hunt said. She knew her personal familiarity with Swalwell’s reputation would never have been sufficient basis for a reporter to write a story. “It was enough for me to feel confident in not getting sued, and to want to let other women know that they weren’t alone, and only from that place would we be able to break his story in a traditional news media outlet,” she said. “I don’t want this to be a green light to creators who think that they should be breaking sensitive news.”

The series of events that resulted in Swalwell's downfall bring up a really interesting (and depressing) conversation about traditional media vs. independent and how money in journalism controls who has the safety to tell the truth

www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Whenever someone does something for a progressive cause, conservatives accuse them of being paid by Soros or whoever and that accusation should be treated as a confession every time

The “Calvin’s dad explains two types” meme, inspired by a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. Clockwise from top left: 1) Calvin’s dad walks into frame to find Calvin trying to operate a record player. The dad says: “There are only two industries left in America: gambling, and fraud.” 2) The dad shows where the record goes, and how to turn on the player, while Calvin watches. Dad says “Derivatives? Gambling. AI? Fraud. Video games? Gambling. Social media? Fraud.” Calvin says “yeah”. 3) With one hand open palm up, Calvin’s dad cheerfully explains to Calvin out of frame below him, “The stock market looks like gambling, but it’s actually fraud.” 4) In bed in a dark room, Calvin clutches at his pillow, eyes wide in existential terror. There is no text in the panel.

This was far too relatable and yet, maybe, just maybe, better things are possible

I'm too busy freaking out over the return of Grandeur from Future Sight.

So once again a man started a wildly successful harassment campaign against a female celebrity who didn’t actually do anything and the internet swallowed it full throated, and the whole thing is revealed to be concocted horseshit he can’t muster anything more than “sorry that happened I guess”

And yet, it's seemingly impossible for dem leadership to counter with "these guys are fucking weirdos who are living in their own fucked up fantasy world, we do not have to pretend they should be taken seriously."