This reads like a parody, but nope it's a real LinkedIn post

Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

Natalie always comes up with based takes. She should make the move to Bluesky while using the tankie block list to drown out the angry online leftists.

It makes some liberals feel really good to say this in perpetuity but there is zero evidence that leftists cost Kamala Harris the election. Literally zero.

Everyone who voted based on Gaza is not a progressive *by default* and this petty grievance politics is not going to get them back.

announcing ILÚVATAR, my multi-billion dollar company which will specialize in the dismantling of all other idiotically tolkien-named entities, that they shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite

Again: Jerusalem crosses are common in many Christian contexts. I’ve seen progressive Christians who have them as tattoos.

But like many symbols, context can alter their meaning — incidentally or on purpose.

E.g., Hegseth has the cross tattoo *and* one that reads “Deus Vult” — the crusader war cry

The study of blue zones has shown that one of the traits they all share are that they are areas with strong social connections, and loneliness can be a killer, especially for the elderly

Three women out. Not a single dude

In this house we respect only one John Lynch

i think it was josh barro on twitter who said "if you don't occasionally miss a flight that means you've wasted too much time at the airport over the course of your life," which is so fundamentally alien to me that i honestly think about it all the time

If we’re doing nuclear airport takes: if you’re going there for less than six months, you’re not going to be doing anything requiring specialized equipment, and you’re not going to an extremely austere or remote place, which is >90% of most people’s travel, checking baggage is a skill issue.

Defending the IDF by saying "they're just like the Taliban"

if you're under Porter you gotta drop (thanks Yee)

Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down Tim Cook turned Apple into a global powerhouse, building on the legacy of his legendary predecessor Steve Jobs — is stepping down as CEO of Apple.

🚨 BREAKING: TIM COOK STEPPING DOWN

If not losing, why losing shaped?

The Onion has successfully acquired Alex Jones’ ‘Infowars’ after 17 months of legal battles and has debuted its new logo.

It will be turned into a parody of itself, with the support of the Sandy Hook families.

the thing about our current moment is that yes, the anti-AI and anti-big tech people are getting very reactive nowadays - but have you seen what they’re *reacting* to?

Trump loyalist who challenged 2020 election results tapped to head DOJ ‘grand conspiracy’ probe The previous senior federal prosecutor overseeing the probe was removed from the case after questioning the legal viability of future charges.

NEW: A former Trump campaign lawyer who backed efforts to overturn the 2020 election has been appointed to a U.S. attorney’s office leading a sprawling probe into federal officials who investigated Trump.

The move marks another significant blow to the DOJ's independence from the White House.

They did it, Joe.

Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion

In a 4-3 ruling, the Commonwealth Court found that abortion access is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution.

you should think of modern agriculture like the oil industry: hugely necessary for modern civilization, massively damaging extractive industry, run by and empowering some of the worst people imaginable

The leadership of Israel is high on its own supply and the IDF has exactly zero discipline now. Just the most obviously terrible imagry to keep up pretenses

you’re all gonna feel really silly when we find out hamas was making rockets in the statue

Th AIPAC stance looks increasingly unhinged as Israeli policy trashes the entire world economy

Just to point out the obvious: This could genuinely be dangerous to many people. Not just the applicants, but their friends and families, who may have thought a private social account was a safe place to criticize their own government or talk about being gay, say.

I saw this and was like “I bet it was Belzer” because that’s one of the few Indy middle schools outside of the district I went to I can name (because every time my school played them, I thought of Richard Belzer)

We’re defending Western Civilization by kicking Plato and Shakespeare out of university classes.

Wealthy families having to cope with tradeoffs and opportunity costs