NASA and Mamdani are proving that Americans are desperate to see their money spent in ways they feel good about.
This, however, is not the same thing as simply spending the money on things we would feel good about but never know happened. People need to be able to see it.
“enhanced interrogation” instead of torture walked so “detention centers” instead of concentration camps could run.
Look, for my money the absolute game changer technologies right now are batteries and biosciences, not statistically modeling a mid conversation, but you do you.
republicans will yowl and piss and moan and that to my mind is all the reason to do it
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screenshot of WashPo editorial board August 20 2025 "The Texas Gerrymander freakout What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy"
screenshot of April 21 Wash PO editorial board: "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it."
listen hun if you can't handle the Washington Post editorial board at their the Texas gerrymander "freakout" is "not a threat to democracy" you don't deserve them at their "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss"
I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.
I’ve known Palantir was evil for a long time, but reading their technological republic statement, when combined with the fact that Thiel is going around giving speeches on the Antichrist and allying himself with rapture theologians… Palantir is an apocalyptic death cult with god-like technology.
Browsing this company's website and the only way I can describe what I'm seeing is imagine a school shooter was a management consultant
Abortion rates in red states have not decreased, aside from medically necessary ones. Pregnancy has become much more dangerous. slate.com/news-and-pol...
ICE is still kidnapping people in Minneapolis.
Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.
"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X
The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.
I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).
So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.
all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
Make like the airlines in a jet fuel crisis and drop the low value routes and the baggage!
i dunno maybe it's because i'm in Minnesota and we kicked out Al Franken for squeezing his constituents' asses and now have a woman senator who is *currently holding the senate floor to save the boundary waters*, but you got a man with baggage? you can toss the man!
Swipe your nose like a credit card
Record profits are unpaid wages and unpaid taxes.
Feminists for ages: we are not just vaginas and baby making parts.
A trans woman enters the room.
Those same feminists: we are only vaginas and baby making parts.
Fucking clowns.
This kind of stuff is going to deal a near-lethal system shock to a lot of dudes I grew up with.
EXTREMELY CORRECT and why I'm celebrating
Okay wow, my State Senator Erin Murphy was one of the authors of this?!?? Sending her an e-mail!
the Swalwell accusers are heroes and I'm so so glad they got to see such a swift and definitive outcome rather than months of this dragging out while their honesty was constantly relitigated by Twitter pundits
MAY IT EVER BE THUS
I like to imagine that Zohran Mamdani, Socialist African-born Muslim, was literally willed into existence by the collective psychosis of the Tea Party GOP over Obama, like the ectoplasm under NYC in Ghostbusters II
What's your ideal couch archetype?
Thr South Korean president criticized Israel, Israel got super mad about the mention of the Holocaust, and not the far worse reference. The president compared them to imperial Japan, which is like the worst thing a Korean can call anyone or anything www.theverge.com/policy/91358...
It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...
"There is only one majority in this country and it's the working class."
I'M HOOTING
Also "the worst thing I can imagine is not adhering to social norms"
A VCR never sold my private info to a nazi
"I, a 20-something male, am the first to discover MILFs are great"