FBI Director Kash Patel sues Atlantic for ‘false' reporting on drinking The Atlantic defends its reporting as Kash Patel denies allegations and files a $250m US defamation lawsuit.

The Atlantic defends its reporting as Kash Patel denies allegations and files a $250m US defamation lawsuit.

Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.

“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”

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"John Apple" just doesn't hit like "Tim Apple"

Infowars’ endless afterlife The Onion may finally boot Alex Jones from his studio, but years of damage have already been done.

NEW: How exactly has Alex Jones avoided paying the Sandy Hook families a single dime of what he owes? I wrote about it here, and spoke to Chris Mattei, an attorney for some of the families, and Lenny Pozner, the father of the youngest child who died at Sandy Hook: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Don't know that I fully buy the idea that detailed movie descriptions + transcribed dialog are the same thing as illegal adaptations, but do think that the way people chase engagement by posting spoilers has gotten out of hand

After 35 years and a few hours of being badgered with banana ball videos by my kid cousins, I finally understand baseball’s conceptual appeal

That's Not What Unc Means You’d never know the meaning of unc or its origins in black culture if you looked to mainstream media.

wrote about unc, and the way that the internet works as an accelerator of cultural appropriation aftermath.site/unc-aave-afr...

Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon: “The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants.”

GODZILLA MINUS ZERO | First Look Teaser YouTube video by GODZILLA OFFICIAL by TOHO

I, for one, look forward to seeing the superior interpretation of Godzilla frame mog the Statue of Liberty

Wrote about why the AI Lego about the Iran War videos are resonating with people in ways that the White House's shitpost memes simply can't

This infuriating attitude shows up on the bookshelves in learning environments, too. We expect girls to empathize with boys, but we kneecap every opportunity to let boys empathize with girls. And look where we are.

Talked to the The Miniature Wife's VFX head about why they didn't want to lean on generative AI for the show's visuals, and how they used practical sets / in-camera shenanigans to turn Elizabeth Banks into a tiny person

Wrote about why the AI Lego about the Iran War videos are resonating with people in ways that the White House's shitpost memes simply can't

The boy kibble discourse is just as tiring as the golden retriever boyfriend discourse, which is to say: dog people have had an exhausting and outsized influence on the way people think and talk about each other

To ease viewers into the show’s fantasy and its dark sense of humor, Bernes thought that it was important for Lindy’s dollhouse to be a fully realized set that Banks could physically interact with. And while VFX would be necessary to depict characters’ size differences, Bernes was keen on keeping the series from feeling like too much of a “CGI Fridays” situation. “When we’re inside the dollhouse, that is a real set that we built based on the dimensions and specs of a real toy,” Bernes told me. “We actually scanned objects from a real dollhouse, blew them up into a larger scale, and then had them made so that we could use life-size versions of these tiny things.”

"CGI Fridays" slowly, but surely becoming my favorite new vocal stim

Talked to the The Miniature Wife's VFX head about why they didn't want to lean on generative AI for the show's visuals, and how they used practical sets / in-camera shenanigans to turn Elizabeth Banks into a tiny person

Sure would be nifty if that Ocarina of Time remake was actually the scrapped Sheik Wii game 👀

wrote about the hot new video game adaptation of the moment bsky.app/profile/thev...

Automatic registration for US military draft to begin in December Eligible men will automatically be registered into the military draft pool by December as part of an effort to streamline the previous process of self-registration and save money. The Selective Ser…

manosphere u fucked up so bad

Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages A key issue is protections against layoffs from AI

New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more.

They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom.

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Dunno that I'll stick with Champions for a few reasons, but the attack animations are (mostly) kinda sick

I Guess We're Just Waiting Around To See If This Demented Psychopath Kills Everyone | Defector There is a particular indignity that comes from living in America, derived from the experience of waking up in the morning to see reports that Donald Trump has said something profoundly evil, and then...

I guess we're just waiting around to see if this demented psychopath kills everyone: defector.com/i-guess-were...

Me whenever a Mervis ad plays during a podcast

went into this a little more, and how badly the film fumbles what should've been its breakout new character

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Not pictured: jumbo hot dogs that taste good but photograph very weird

A bowl full of grilled chicken thighs

He (the sun) is risen (brightened up the day)

Grilling jerk chicken in the rain as Jesus intended

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