Next people will think the HR staff is the reason their employer's health care plan sucks--because HR is just sadistic and cheap and not because our nation's entire system is broken.

@devincow.bsky.social Milk Dud is out of a job.

Prince passed away 10 years ago today.

RIP, your music lives on.

Do the rural areas still get to keep their housing prices? If so then I am so moving there.

St. Thomas's arm is looking a little AI-skinny there.

The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar.

Apparently like every day.

I thought pronouns were illegal now.

Ikea saw Jerry come in the door and asked "does this mean we have to serve Jerry meatballs now?"

I can't really think of a comparable government. The Silicon Valley/Trump admin is more like a group of evil scientists mad with power got control of a failed used car dealership with nukes.

Third World - Wikipedia

Had to look the original up.

It was not coined to be the slur people often mean it to be. More of a criticism of the wealthy countries' exploitation.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_W...

I hesitated to use that metaphor but I was running out of characters.

My apologies to the Horde.

The Atlantic would have not published the story until its lawyers had already made sure every i was dotted and t crossed. Their defense is already fully prepared.

Bring it on Ka$h!

There is nothing more "Western" than striving for a more peaceful, eagalitarian society based on rationality, science, & critical thinking. It's been a rough ride with lots of hypocrisy, but that has always been the stated goal. Trump and the tech bros basically want to become the Mongol horde.

Are you sure? Food has always been a low-margin industry. Immigrants are a vital part of our food system and ICE has caused a huge labor shortage. Tariffs are bankrupting farmers. Energy prices are through the roof. Grocery stores have had to pay their workers more to keep them.

Where's the toilet seat?

When you see soldiers walking around with no legs, that was technology supported by government grants that did that.

I'm old enough to remember when it would be the end of participation in US projects.

Knit sweaters are used to protect penguins from oil spills. The 1000% cuteness increase is just an incidental side effect.

I'm not sure if someone named Rogue should be able to have a dog.

This doesn't just apply to AI. It applies to freedom of speech, government support of science, a fair tax system, and so much else.

Our liberal democracy is what made these tech billionaires. They should know better than to destroy it.

That’s a mistake though. The friction of participatory democracy creates a pathway for legitimate resistance. If you do away with that friction, the illegitimate alternative you’re left with is firebombs. As I’ve written elsewhere, Democracy is an incredibly good deal for elites, one that they ought to stop taking for granted.

Excellent article, especially this part.

TBF, that may be newsworthy. A huge number of billionaires can't shut up about how their lives are miserable because of wokeness caused by Biden and university elites.

I have resigned myself to 6 more years of Susan Collins being concerned.

That creepy disembodied hand in the lower right, too.

an elderly woman is sitting at a table in a restaurant and looking at the camera . ALT: an elderly woman is sitting at a table in a restaurant and looking at the camera .

I’ll have what Hungary’s having.

I really like the demons descending from the sky.

Donald Trump, life-long pious Catholic, has thoughts on the Pope.

They're shilling for Barron Trump's beverage brand. 🤮

The key to democracy is showing up in large numbers