If you can get past all the existential dread and constant anxiety, it's kind of interesting watching the President crash out in real time.

One of the wackiest things going right now is reporters getting exclusive Trump interviews - huge scoops, you've got to run with them! - that age like avocados in the microwave

it turns out that the skillset required to code and the skillset required to separate idiots from investor cash are two very different skillsets and anyone who works in tech knows they are very rarely in the same person

I'm pretty sure Denton is actually the most liberal hotspot in the state.

Here‘s the thing about Elbridge Colby telling the Vatican that America is powerful enough to do whatever it wants anywhere in the world: Iran is currently showing everyone that this is extremely untrue.

A coworker I’d never talked to once told me that they looked up my job title after every promotion season to see if I’d been promoted then congratulated me when it happened.

The support from people you’ve never met who follow you online can be both surprising and overwhelming, in a positive way.

dad: so whats the deal with the war

me: *speaks for 5 min*

dad: wow that is an impressive analysis

me: thanks I took it from a person I follow online who is a subject matter expert

dad: oh whats their name

me: They are a cartoon dog wearing underwear as a face mask called Piss Prevail On Earth

30 seconds into the trailer: "Wait, I've seen this."

bsky.app/profile/zeno...

I understand that the general bluesky view of this stuff is "lol anthropic press release" but finding new exploits is something I actually think is right in the wheelhouse of LLMs because a lot of exploit finding is poking at things with a stick for hours and LLMs never get tired

Me, reading a movie description to my wife while she washes dishes: “A construction worker must use the black ops training he’s left behind to rescue his boss’s daughter from human traffickers.”

My wife: “I don’t even have to look to know that stars Jason Statham.”

(It does)

This thread is a nice reminder that we've sent just a creepy asshole with no coherent idea how to speak like a decent human being off to negotiate the end of a major war.

The stupidity of picking a fight with the Vatican is I guess pretty much in line with the stupidity of everything else these goons do. They're too dumb to understand that they keep more leaners on their side if they don't force people to pick a side

Well at least we’ll know it’s no longer the fuck plane

Anytime anyone complains that I’m posting about something they don’t want to hear about it, my inclination is to help them by blocking them from seeing my feed anymore. Problem solved! More of us should take that stance.

“How dare you post about something that is not what I think is the only topic that merits discussion.”

To whoever is talking to Brendel: fuck off. You want a forum about only one topic, go to a god damn Reddit subreddit. Kitten pic and lawyers dunking on idiot lawsuits are keeping me sane.

Nah, Trump desperately wants to be able to distance himself from this war. But Bibi won’t let him.

*talking to teenage militant atheist self*

current me: okay so there’s a big fight between the government and the catholic church

teenage me: got it, so we’re obviously on the side of the government

current me: I, uh, you might want to sit down for this one

It is pretty normal for shooting activity to happen after a ceasefire. Tempers are still hot, people are jumpy and distrustful, communication lines break down, people are out of the loop.

But the activity in Lebanon sure seems like a pretty major-league fuckup beyond 'somebody missed the news'.

This is also true for George Bush, Dubya and probably Reagan. It's really hard to describe the degree in which normal rules of politics simply do not apply to Donald Trump.

Cleaning out my machine and...

Odds that these investors had phone numbers for White House employees programmed in their phones is, I bet, high.

I like going to Vegas personally but for the restaurants and shows. I think I’m too good at math to enjoy gambling.

The number one thing that leftists, liberals and progressives can do to improve the future fortune of our brand of politics is to start giving as much of a shit about the little races - school boards, DAs, sheriffs, judges & state reps - as we do about the big, national, high visibility ones.

Just a reminder that Donald Trump kicked off his first presidency by cancelling an Iran deal that would have given Iran $1.7B of money THAT WAS TECHNICALLY THEIRS ANYWAY.

Instead, he gave them a permanent, ongoing revenue stream.

I am, and it is, and no, they don't

If I were a cynical person, I would note that the so-called 'ceasefire' is pushing the news of the GOP getting absolutely wrecked on election night off the front page.

Blast from the past.

It is remarkable the degree that Netanyahu has absolutely shit on the needs and requests of the last two presidents, and one wonders and maybe even hopes if this might make future presidents more reticient to help Netanyahu out when he needs it.