masterful gambit, sir

The thing about the photo of the IDF soldier beheading a statue of Jesus in south Lebanon is that the Israeli military has an effectively near 0% conviction rate for its soldiers and so this will just keep happening over and over and over and over. This is simply what unlimited impunity breeds.

haven't had this much fun watching the Rockies in years, a nice treat in these apocalyptic times

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.

taco's (for breakfast)

could have been way worse there

first time I saw it I thought it was kid rock

woke up dreaming about the nuggets beating the t wolves 118-84

That’s because “AI” isn’t transformative; it is a specialized tool that can be useful for specific tasks in narrow use cases but isn’t useful for most things it is advertised for.

No amount of marketing and money can change this.

down the drain with bibi and his whole government

go THE nuggets

Most striking to me about these memos is the radically different assessment of the harm imposed by the president not being able to pursue his initiatives. Over the last 15 mos., that harm has in numerous cases been treated as almost per se serious and irreparable. Here, it gets no analysis at all.

I do not understand how it can still say "~2 weeks" wait time 4 weeks later. Baffling.

I've been first in line for this on Libby for 30 days and the current reader will not. let. it. go.

TELEGRAPH: Greta Thunberg or the manosphere - which influence should we be worrying about more?

oh right

US private credit firm backs loans for World Cup ticket flipping Eagle Point Credit Management to capitalise on high prices and demand of football fans to attend the tournament

A racket—Eagle Point Credit Management—
built on a racket—Sports Illustrated Tickets—
built on a racket—FIFA World Cup 2026, which already used dynamic pricing for original ticket sales.

Truly the beautiful game.
www.ft.com/content/234f...

HBD @brentimus.bsky.social !

demented ouroboros

How the AI oligarchy devoured America How the AI oligarchy devoured America.

Two years ago, we devoted an entire issue to the rise of a new American oligarchy. Since then, this system has only become more entrenched, ever concentrated around a crew of tech titans going all in on AI.

Our newest cover story investigates these new AI overlords and their consolidation of power.

I was ready to believe the Allen Iverson crossover before this

love seeing Mike Trout be good again

Electric Bills in Coal Country West Virginia Now Top Mortgage Payments RAINELLE, W.Va. (AP) — Every month, Rebecca Michalski takes a deep breath before opening her electric bill. She lives on a fixed income, and heating her

There is so much to this story.

theirs is the only scarf I own and it's a good thing I don't need one for another 9 months

the last 3% is the Lakers isn't it

wasn't sure there was a level of shame that worked on the shithead-in-chief

good things happening?!?

Cumulative area burnt by wildfire curves for the US showing 2026 starting off massively worse than any prior year

This seems suboptimal

folks, check your app passwords and make sure you have 2FA enabled, the spam network is apparently compromising larger accounts now and deleting all the posts then using them for spam (see full thread)

men can’t understand what it’s like for women to see story after story after story of women being victims of sexual violence in a culture where it’s routine; what it’s like to live in a world that is fundamentally hostile to our existence. it’s a wonder we leave the fucking house, let alone thrive.

Walker Monfort is giving Gary Oldman in here