"Democrats need to break from this path and acknowledge that billionaires—especially those in the increasingly antidemocratic tech sector—are never going to side with them over the GOP." From @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2087...
A photo of a tray with three sections empty. One has chopped carrot in it. The other has what can only be described as a posit of brown dog vomit and an insole liner of a sneaker (or a used panty liner from the mid 1700s). The kind of meal that would have you happily tossing yourself overboard.
NEW: Growing fears of food shortages on USS Tripoli & other US ships in the Middle East.
This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family.
Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships.
Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
It's the tortured idiom that kills me here. Usually it's hopes, plans, or ambitions that collide with reality--and get dashed, or reset, or whatever. But a "portrayal" that collides with reality? That's just lying. The NYT can't help but normalize even if it means butchering the English language
It's the tortured idiom that kills me here. Usually it's hopes, plans, or ambitions that collide with reality--and get dashed, or reset, or whatever. But a "portrayal" that collides with reality? That's just lying. The NYT can't help but normalize even if it means butchering the English language
It's the tortured idiom that kills me here. Usually it's hopes, plans, or ambitions that collide with reality--and get dashed, or reset, or whatever. But a "portrayal" that collides with reality? That's just lying. The NYT can't help but normalize even if it means butchering the English language
Cows
all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
i think if you tweet "a whole civilization will die tonight" you shouldn't go to the hague, the hague should get to come to you
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
I am not one of those who believes that history repeats, but consider the following from Herodotus: the Oracle at Delphi told the fabulously wealthy King Croesus that if he invaded Persia he would "destroy a great empire." Croesus invaded and lost--the empire he destroyed was his own.
I’m watching the new essential film, Ghosts in the Machine, featuring many esteemed colleagues of mine, and noting how many of the great men scientists making claims about the ability for machines to mimic humanity also denied the humanity of women in myriad ways.
Yikes!
“AI models that lie and cheat appear to be growing in number with reports of deceptive scheming surging in the last six months, a study into the technology has found.” #AI
Does it work properly? No.
Are the people making it acting in good faith? No.
Have they ensured it can't be used maliciously? No.
Does it make people's lives better? No.
Will it make people's lives better? No.
Is it profitable? No.
Is it popular? No.
Is it harmless? No.
The argument for AI.
The Atlantic Subscribe IDEAS Where Are All the Campus Protests? Two years ago, students occupied buildings and colonized the quad. Now the same places are strangely silent.
Honestly, fuck off.
at the risk of offending another genteel law professor who insists that all inquiry is valid and in good faith, the effort to read another meaning into the citizenship clause is like trying to read another meaning into the qualifications clause. it's obvious nonsense.
The NY Times saves its harshest skepticism for progressives. Instead of being impressed by 3,000+ coordinated protests, NYT dismisses the value of “hitting a number” and asks if No Kings will be “a primal scream that fades into a whimper.”
F off, NY Times. We'll defeat fascism w/o you. (Gift link)
It was 99° in Lincoln, NE yesterday and now it's 45-feels-like-34
Bust of Julius Caesar
March 15th is the Ides of March. . . a day in which several Roman Senators executed a ruler who was becoming increasingly monarchial, had established himself as dictator, and had ambitions of world domination. I mention this because. . . .well, it's the Ides of March.
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.
One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
A New York judge has tossed out Columbia University's unprecedentedly harsh discipline against students accused of occupying Hamilton Hall during the 2024 Gaza protests, calling it arbitrary and capricious:
hellgatenyc.com/columbia-exp...
Book cover of Spontaneous Objects by Rebecca Zorach, showing ammonite fossils (spiral shells) in different colors on a pink background
And...it's here! Thanks @psupress.bsky.social
Maybe it's also the fact that the people forcing AI into every corner of our lives are the same ones who see climate change as a great opportunity to kill all the poors
"Our most effective weapons against AI, and the right wing that has adopted it, may not be strikes, boycotts or the power of dialectics. They might be replying “cringe,” “this sucks,” and “this looks like shit.”
did you know jared kushner said in davos that the plan is to build data centers where palestinians lived
End the interview. Ask him why he isn’t resigning. Remind him that NATO is a signed ratified treaty & part of US law. Ask him why he’s so unserious & why he’s endangering our closest alliance. Do your damn job, for G-d’s sake. It’s not a false choice to Americans either.
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
THREAD: Viral misinformation on US capture of Nicolas Maduro - 4 January
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
Dr. Manhattan contemplates eternity: It's 1990, a Republican is president and we are going to war over oil It's 2003, a Republican is president and we are going to war over oil It's 2025, a Republican is president and we are going to war over oil @DeathMetalV
