Now that's what I'm talkin' about

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.

How many times can I reasonably resteep green tea? And is white tea still harder to get?

Tea leaves in a bowl next to an empty cup

Having a pot of wild-grown Georgian black tea from the Caucasus Mountains. Using an old photo because I'm too lazy right now to do photography.

Happy to answer any tea questions. (I am trying to do this more so that everything here isn't politics.)

omg

lol

Lmao even

they got the Church of England supporting the Pope now

guys, this is how you lose the time war

This is Sadie. She was finally reunited with her human, astronaut Christina Koch, after her mom’s voyage around the moon took her the furthest any human has ever been from their dog. She can't wait to hear all about the universe. 14/10 (IG: astro_christina)

was once New Amsterdam.

just popping on here to remind everyone that being married is cool as fuck and if you don't like your partner you're doing it wrong

i feel like the yankees are obsessed with playing baseball. almost every day they’re like oh, we’re gonna play a baseball game, or like oh, we’re gonna wear baseball uniforms today. and it’s just like, okay

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back

Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

Come on then, and remove him.

The Artemis II mission seems good because it is.

People seem excited by it because they are.

It looks like a testament to the value of teamwork because it needs many people working together to succeed, and it’s succeeding.

One of the best things about this is how straightforward it is. Authentic.

Mamdani is not just filling the potholes with the crew. He's creating a visual and personal reminder of the dignity inherent in all of these anonymous government jobs.

Disinformation as Cultural Narrative: Conceptualizing Disinformation as Cross-Platform, Identity-Affirming, Cathartic Stories Rather than framing disinformation as false facts which can be countered by true facts, we propose a model of disinformation as narrative by tracing three case studies of successful disinformation ...

🚨NEW DISINFO PAPER🚨 TLDR; disinformation circulates as narratives, not false facts. This paper took five years (!!!) and a rotating cast of collaborators and GRAs. Our case studies include the pee tape, and we have an entire appendix justifying that. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.

Lots of tech dudes think the "idea" is the important part of creating, not the creative journey you take through work to give that idea actual meaning. Ideas are the easiest, cheapest and least fulfilling part of it. Giving ideas life through work, and sharing that work with others, is the stuff.

i know writers who use AI and they're not writers

The Sora implosion is the first big breakthrough moment with AI that gives Metaverse vibes, or at the very least Dot Com Bubble vibes.

Hero

what did he know

(Presses nose to glass)

Aesop: I TOLD YOU

Soup (A bottle of Vick's DayQuil, which is bright orange)

Soup of the day: DayQuil

Let me hazard a gambit here and suggest Saussure.

Prestigious Kennedy Award Goes To 'The People Of The Twin Cities'

"The people of the Twin Cities" are the winners of the prestigious 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

This is lovely. So so many people here did real hero shit for weeks on end, and still are