Wealth Inequality and California's Wealth Tax Proposal 2025 was a year in which the ten wealthiest did quite well for themselves as did the rest of their cohorts among both the wealthiest .1% and the

The top 10 grew 29.3% in one year.

California's wealth tax proposal can't even pass committee.

This is not a policy failure. It's a feature.

How much Americans have shelled out to Elon Musk through government contracts: $38 billion.
How much Elon Musk made last year: $200+ billion
How much Tesla paid in federal taxes last year: $0.
Oligarchy is real. The system is rigged.

Also: look up Zhang Shan. She won gold at the Barcelona Olympics in 1993 in skeet shooting.

Skeet shooting had been a mixed gender event since the 60s, but after her win, they segregated the genders. And in the next Olympic Games, they literally didn’t even have a women’s skeet shooting category.

Court minister worried about standing because monarch won't say his name

Earlier today the Press Sec'y/Lord Chamberlain said only the ruler will know or decide when war is over

This is all very normal and not king-like at all 😬🫠🙃

So, rather than respond with a "it's looks like you meant to attach something" AI will just do what it does best - make shit up.

TFW Outlook >>>> than Next Big Thing(tm)

A thing about the heaviest users of chatbots is that they acclimate to cloying obsequiousness. Like a billionaire and their entourage of viziers, it becomes normal to them.

Any interaction that is *not* abject simpering they'll now perceive as a slap to the face, an aggressively violent outburst.

February: Meta employee leaks confidential company memo to the NYT, alerting the public about plans to deploy face rec on RayBans

April: Meta announces it plans to track the keystrokes of all employees

This👇

I don't think businesses understand how much revenue they're losing.

If AI was the wave of the future, sites wouldn't put the icon for it where you're most likely to accidentally click on it without meaning to.

"Low IQ" is the new "urban."

North Carolina, a 51 percent Trump state

Why even is the WaPo at this point?

Not like the bullet headed oligarch (no not that one, the other one) needs a tax write off.

The Onion - the last bastion of honest headline writing

Greater illness in the ranks will increase combat efficiency is a strange hill to die on
But there'll be a lot of dead (and sick) with Kegsbreath so there's that

Starting a mid-decade redistricting war only to end up with -1 seats is the same fine strategic genius and subtle grasp of game theory that brough us the Strait of Hormuz.

Surround yourself with the kind of people who help turtles cross the road.

Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.

(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

just saw someone call Kash Patel “J Edgar Boozer” and need to lie down

The main sign that WHCD is going to suck ass this year is that Trump is not afraid to attend it.

I think it's more old people refuse to retire so 40 year olds are infantilized and have nothing but the wreckage of the world the boomers boomed to navigate

Shoutout to The Atlantic reporters for publishing these massive scoops instead of waiting years to put them in a book.

The smartest response to fear of immigration you'll ever see.

"The elite need to inflame tension on immigration cause they need someone to blame for the problems THEY'RE causing our socities."

The Tech Journalist Banned from Twitter for Criticizing Fascism, Palantir, & the Broligarchy

Palantir published a 22-part manifesto outlining its authoritarian agenda. The masks are off. It's time to purge America of these broligarchs.

With @gilduran.com

thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-tech-j...

Why Consumers are F*cked Trump's Never-ending War and Trump's Never-ending Tariffs are pushing up Never-ending price increases

Trump's Never-ending War and Trump's Never-ending Tariffs are pushing up Never-ending price increases. All of this is happening because of the unilateral decision making of one man. The question is, will he pay the price for it during the midterms?

This is one of the coolest things I have ever....EVER seen.

(Admittedly - my parents met in a fencing class so it's basically a comfort sport I don't get nearly enough of)

The First WORLD FENCING LEAGUE is happening April 25th!!! I'M GEEKING!!!

Japanese engineers developed this "Sword Tip Visualisation" tracking technology specifically for this event that will make it so much easier for the average person to see what's going on!

I MUST WATCH THIS ENTIRE TOURNAMENT

After building the best public education system in the world brought us the Counterculture and the Anti-War Movement, conservatives in the US began a 50+ year assault to destroy public education.

😂😂...Mansocket 🤣🤣🤣

McSweeney's - Once again hitting it outta the park - or over The Green Monster if you will

I feel like this is the kind of answer you'd get from someone intentionally trying to make Apartheid Clyde sound like a douchebag - without explicitly saying those words

Has Grok gone feral? Sub-tweeting (sub-xing?) its maker?