text that reads: If you have to cover Xbox-published games, always do so with context about Microsoft’s activities and the ongoing boycott. Just because you may be in a position where you have to cover these games, it doesn’t mean you can’t make people aware of the boycott against Microsoft called for by BDS. Be constructive and thoughtful in your criticism, and help people understand that by purchasing an Xbox-published game, or by subscribing to Game Pass, they are supporting a company that is complicit in the genocide against the Palestinian people.

I just think about this advice from @nogamesforgenocide.com quite a bit... for no reason in particular

Things I keep saying that no one likes.

"particularly" is a funny way to spell "exclusively"

Opening text of a thread by Palantir from X Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible. 3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public. 4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software.

Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different.
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Watching Palantir do Sephiroth posting about multiculturalism and I would like to remind everyone that they were doing corporate fake woke shit just like every other company.

The Industry of the Future Is Run by People Who Hate Each Other AI leaders agree on two things: Change is coming, and the other guys can’t be trusted

1. They hate us more.
2. Amongst themselves, their class solidarity is always going to prevail.

“Joe Rogan criticized Trump! He’s part of the resistance now!“ — Dumbasses, a couple weeks ago.

Mila Joy @Milajoy I'm voting for Trump because I want low inflation, free speech, low gas and energy prices, low food prices, low crime, no wars, a secure border, and he will put America first - like he did last time. 4:04 AM - Sep 2, 2024 THE RESISTANCE Mila Joy @Milajoy I didn't vote for lower gas prices, though it would be nice. I voted for brass balls. And I'm perfectly happy. 5:00 AM - Apr 18, 2026

*stares at camera*

i think it’s SO SUPER TELLING that a lot of this manifesto, which demands that we allow Silicon Valley to enact fascism and endless genocidal violence at home & abroad out of a “moral debt” to the govt that funded its rise, is expressed in the language of anti-wokeness and cancel culture discourse

The Right Wing Origins Age Verification Laws Don’t Disappear Just Because They’re Going Bipartisan. I think it’s important to understand that, despite claims to the contrary, age verification is, inherently, a right-wing effort. While it’s currently true that age verification laws are…

"All 26 states that enacted porn age-verification laws as of 2026 voted Republican in the 2024 presidential election, indicating a strong geographic overlap with red states. While I do hold that this doesn’t suggest strong ideological clustering, it shows a strong partisan alignment."

Oh great. More lean-in noise to enjoy after so many rounds.

they’re gonna run a bunch of candidates who make vague noises about how badly we need ‘change’ that isn’t actually change and all the people who yearn above all else for a return to norms and decorum will be so relieved to vote for them

Salute to an all-time tweet

Hey, Beshear, Lis Smith, & associated Majority Dem-types:

If you want to kill group-speak, how about we start with “officer-involved shooting,” “ice agent involved-shooting,” “weaponized vehicle” & other mealy-mouthed obfuscations of state-sanctioned murder?

As we read this about the Roberts Court let’s remember the shadow docket grievously harmed American scientific research, cancer cures, and public health over the past year.

For ex, KBJ’s “Calvinball” quote was in an NIH case. More, short 🧵 1/

Nope. Sorry. It's a fake.

No link to the story, no proper names, doesn't appear anywhere on the WXYZ website.

Smokey the Bear says only you can prevent spreading internet bullshit.

AGAINST ALL ODDS, THOSE WHO BELIEVED BLUESKY THAT THE CRASH WAS DUE TO A DDOS

AND THOSE WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE BLUESKY AND WERE SURE IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE AI VIBE CODING

WERE

BOTH

RIGHT

Q: Why is National @apnews.com carrying water for @GinoBulso & Tennessee Republicans by framing their “Charlie Kirk Act” as a bill that “promotes free speech” when @penamerica.bsky.social rightly warned it does the exact opposite? 🤔🤷🏼
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First panel shows Simone holding a mushroom asking ‘Is this mushroom edible?” Little AI human figure says ‘Yes!’ Second panel shows a gravestone and the little human AI saying ‘You're right - that mushroom was poisonous. I'm sorry for the confusion! Would you like to learn more about poisonous mushrooms?’

We need someone to implement a type of system that helps to protect humans from harm when using AI/Computers.

Wait, someone already did that. Issac Asimov and his three laws of robotics.

Pope: [moral critique of illegal war]

President: I am Jesus. Thr pope is gay

Media: they are feuding😳

to hesitate on this while trailing by 20+ in a Democratic primary

So glad this story is gaining traction & wanted to highlight that @andrewdeck.bsky.social at @niemanlab.org broke the news that NYT/Guardian/USA Today were blocking IA earlier this year. Encourage all to read: www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...

As funny as it is to point and laugh at the fact that Jenner has been confronted with the reality of the political party she helped gain power…

I think this also highlights an important view people like her have:

They are special and expected to be the exempt from the rules.

"Fortnite has a new rat!"
That's great, they also just fired 1000 people, had a Harry Potter crossover, and had a horrible Darth Vader thing.

I'll pay a furry artist to draw a much hotter rat who is actually gay and continue to show support to the community I am a part of instead of a corporation.

LET'S FUCKING GO

The New York Times is now blocking The Wayback Machine from accessing its articles.

That means you'll no longer be able to view archived versions of NYT stories published in 2026 and beyond on archive.org.

(All those posts you see tracking changes to NYT headlines and ledes? They relied on WBM).

Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling The ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state.

1. In a landmark ruling, the Montana Supreme Court has declared that the constitution, one of the most progressive in the nation, entirely protects transgender people.

The ruling is even insulated from SCOTUS decisions, due to how state constitutions work.

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