Joy Reid is one of the dumber, less ethical people in media.

I love how Tankies reverse history.

The USSR was allied with the Nazis as a result of the M-R Pact and the same process that saw them illegally annex the Baltic states and divide Poland with the Nazis saw them invade neutral Finland and annex a chunk of it.

Not excusing the Continuation War ofc.

But these aren’t qualifications at all

it’s called Uvalding and it is the latest in technology-assisted cowardice

having molly shah leave this place to go /back to x/ does not speak well to this site's long term prospects

This is a hilarious take, because she never stopped posting on X The Everything App, she just kept the grifting to this site and the retweeting posts complaining about Germany's antisemitism laws violating free speech to the Nazi site.

Trump pardoned a literal cop killer and the police unions didn’t care

The fact that every major police union endorsed Donald Trump is under appreciated in our political discourse.

Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.

John Roberts’ Wife Made Millions From Bribes

Roberts accepted $10 Million in bribes disguised as recruiting fees from Law firms with cases pending before the Supreme Court.

www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

It is probably lucrative to (a) say things that are irresponsible enough to get you publicly criticized but (b) not egregious enough to get you removed.

Francis gave him a miter, and then gave him a diocese. Now Leo has to deal with the fallout.

This soldier’s strongest allies among self-described Christians are precisely the type of fanatics who believe that a crucifix is idolatry, so . . .

It's so weird that they recreated this restaurant with AI rather than just use a picture. It's part of a row of buildings and the paintings on the windows are usually actual words and letters.

I stole this from Facebook, but it's a good illustration of how rape used to be considered cute, even at a time when consensual premarital sex was much more stigmatized.

We're bailing out the UAE y'all.

Palantir just gets all its government contracts canceled in 33 months. Then it dies. The end.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT ON X: UNCONSTRUCTIVE AND CONTRADICTORY SIGNALS FROM AMERICAN OFFICIALS CARRY A BITTER MESSAGE

In Article About Horrific Shooting That Killed Eight Children, Forbes Lets Readers Place Bets About Gun Control In a story about a mass shooting that left eight children dead, Forbes is encouraging readers to bet on the news with fake money.

Forbes is gamifying news about the horrific mass shooting in Shreveport, LA this weekend, encouraging readers to bet on the likelihood of gun regulation with fake money via its "ForbesPredict" feature.

Eight children were murdered in the shooting.

futurism.com/future-socie...

Every single millennial and Gen Z Republican politician you will ever see in office will be like this or worse.

hey man just circling back on this

A new TikTok AI toggle is causing panic among creators TikTok creators say a new AI remix setting is enabled on videos by default, forcing users to manually review and change permissions.

Larry Ellison’s TikTok forcing “AI Remixing” onto their entire user base without their knowledge or consent is a really great microcosm of what US tech overlordship looks like — and why the backlash against this technology is only growing.

Nothing Islamabad can happen. It can only Islamagood happen.

The AI. Nobody needs to go full anti, as in Butlerian Jihad. They should say that like any other powerful tool, it is dangerous if left unregulated in the hands of a handful of the richest men who have ever lived.

Tim Jones defeats Jim Smith in election, names Jen Smith as foreign minister.

There is a major opportunity for someone to run on anti AI populism if they are willing to eschew all the AI money floating around.

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

“War… has always been rightly considered a calamity that clashes with God’s plan.”

Pope Benedict XVI

Sounds a lot like “God does not bless any conflict” (Leo)

It’s almost like these guys aren’t just caught up in the moment and riffing but may be thinking alongside a tradition

Everyday someone comes out and says "the economy as you know it is ending and you will be destroyed" and then there's long threads about how people shouldn't be upset with AI

UBI proponents are way, way too confident that their preferred solution will be adopted by the same people and forces who got us here.

A Forbes article about a father who killed eight children, with an embedded prediction widget inviting people to speculate on whether "Congress will pass new gun safety legislation before 31st December 2026"

ghoulish

Travel Tip: If you pick up just four barrels of crude as souvenirs on your Strait of Hormuz vacation, you can effectively get your cruise for free.