Lots of people in the replies here basically blaming the victim as if, 27 years ago, we should have all seen this coming.

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

You can read accounts from the Korean War to get a sense of this, but remember that the Chinese were at a severe technological disadvantage then.

We Know What the Next 17 Years of Sports Hold. Slate’s sports show says, “thank you for listening,” before putting down the mic.

The finale of HANG UP AND LISTEN is out now. @benlindbergh.bsky.social assembled The Avengers of guests from the show's history to share one prediction each for the next 17 years of sports. It's been a pleasure to take a small role in the legacy of the podcast: slate.com/podcasts/han...

This is AI. 

Among other tells, from the live feed the parachutes each have a distinctive design in how the white and red colors alternate from the center down the length of the chute, which doesn’t match this photo.

Sure are a lot of people in the replies and quote tweets who are convinced that an increase in political violence will have positive effects that align with their personal viewpoints and uhhhhhh I am not so confident

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How Wildlife Traffickers Are Using Coded Language to Sell Protected Animals On Facebook - bellingcat Coded language used in thousands of Facebook ads has helped illegal wildlife dealers evade the platform’s bans for years

Wildlife traffickers selling protected animals on Facebook use coded language to evade moderation. Research by Bellingcat and @mongabay.com has identified nine groups, with more than 70,000 members combined, leading back to six profiles and one broker in Indonesia. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

holy shit

One thing this teases out is the the difference between value of one's cumulative experience of work within their industry and in general. LLM advocates can't and won't ever try to reconcile the transition costs for those with lots of experience in devalued industries.

Tonight, two of the white nationalists I reported on in this piece showed up to attempt to intimidate me on a private night out at a small music venue.

I’ll have more to say tomorrow. I’m safe.

They also didn’t pay cover 🖕

Kalshi employees "kind of understand that without the tweets and the streamers and all of the social-media stuff that the traders do for them, usually just for free, their marketing would be a lot harder," said Jack Campion, 20, a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Kalshi affiliate. In September, Kalshi briefly signed up a 15-year-old videogame streamer who goes by vertid online to promote its brand on X as an affiliate. A week later, Kalshi ended the partnership. "Yo brother, legal team confirmed that we can't work with minors rn," a Kalshi employee wrote to the user in messages reviewed by the Journal. "Kinda sad tbh."

what the fuck are we doing

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I’ve unmasked a white nationalist fight club in my city: Montreal.

After weeks of work (with help!), I can reveal an Olympian as a member of the Frontenac Active Club — one who, unbeknownst to the owners, brought them to a local gym for training and propaganda photos.

Here’s my investigation:

Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

“Be careful not to get sucked up in the slime-machine going on here,” the scientist’s mom wrote back, when he asked her whether he should accept an invitation from Jeffrey Epstein.

Yeah like to put things in perspective, the damage done by Sergey Brin’s ex-wife single handedly funding large segments of the anti-vax movement probably undid shitloads of positive public health work done through philanthropy. The ability to use that money for evil shit is just far greater.

If you give Cal 7 pts to beat USC in 2004 and get them a Rose Bowl berth, I'm convinced Aaron Rodgers turns out normal.

Ironically the best bet to find it is in an ethnic grocery.

I think this is an underappreciated result of horse-race political journalism.

SAMMICH! A train sign for the town of Sandwich, also ideal for daft decor in a foody place

Saw this old train sign at the auctioneers and now I'm really tempted to put it up in my kitchen

Surprised that the "make a play here and there outside of structure" example wasn't his game vs. Stanford or basically his entire Cal career

How did they not call it a "Bobo-liography"

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What We Loved About Dan McQuade | Defector Today is Dan McQuade’s funeral. To celebrate our friend, we wanted to give the people he worked with a place to explain what they loved so much about him. If you would like to support Dan’s widow Jan,...

What we loved about Dan McQuade:

The Telfair Museum is actually a nice place to wander around for an afternoon away from the sun and there are some interesting pieces there.

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...

I think the key that unlocks Dan was his desire to share the things he loved with other people. Wouldn’t be the worst way to honor him if we make the effort to do that for the things we love, too. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

Ruin a band by changing one letter:

Broken Social Scent

I thinkl the Tyler Sheridan TAMU show should be called "AgMan" instead.

The boy scout and the old man from Up are going to absolutely destroy your football team.

[werner herzog voice] these prefabricated mortal pastries, dying for cheap spectacle