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When you are defeated in the sense of “unable to achieve your goals” but not defeated in the sense of “unable to continue military operations” then you are perpetually “headed for defeat” until you decide to end it. That’s how you get forever wars.
Amnesty Int is about to learn - Appeasing the beast doesn't do anything but make it want more bites out of you. Giving in doesn't EVER work. It just makes you easier to digest. Fight and you can win. Roll over and you will be made an example of. Every. Time.
Charlie Kaufman is reportedly adapting Susan Orlean’s critique of Emily Wilson’s critique of Christopher Nolan
Joseph RezekSUSAN ORLEAN HAS JOINED THE ENEMY IN THE ODYSSEY WARS
So if you look at the features on this app, there’s a function to register your own perv glasses, so how anti-Zuck is it really.
‘Antizuck’ iOS app that claims to detect nearby smart glasses tops App Store chart - 9to5MacVibes around Meta’s AI glasses are off lately. So much so that one of the top three paid iPhone apps...9to5mac.com
Not only did they absolutely beg for this, they made it so that “merit” was synonymous with being white so now you’re stuck with precisely the kind of moron who believes that. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Lots of sources for the original so who knows if there is the one citation. But: www.businessinsider.com/san-francisc...
Silicon Valley startups are obsessed with developing tech to replace their momsThank you, moms, for all of the wonderful tech companies you've clearly inspired.www.businessinsider.comPetti LaBelleI wish I could properly attribute this, but I heard someone say in an interview something like, 'pay attention to the new technologies that techbros develop, and you'll see how they're just trying to create a mom they control' And we know how these dudes pick "partners" so...
Captain Ahab, woman, cries out, “From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee. Ye damned whale.” First mate Starbuck replies, “You’re being super emotional about this whale. Maybe wait before making any decisions?"
Captain Ahab, WomanCaptain Ahab, woman, cries out, “From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee. Ye damned whale.” First mate Starbuck repl...buff.ly
a republican congressman allegedly broke his two-year-old daughter's collarbone and he somehow hasn't been run out of congress. there really is no bridge too far for these ghouls.
‘Platner on steroids’: Max Miller abuse claims have Republicans silently sweatingThe Ohio lawmaker denies the allegations as an Aug. 5 deadline to drop off the ballot approaches.www.politico.com
MAGA masculinity means declining to publicly criticize the man your daughter has accused of physical abuse, because doing so might prompt a senile 80-year-old man to write mean things about you.
Wajahat AliThe man beat his daughter and injured his granddaughter but he's fine with it apparently. www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...
As I said repeatedly during Trump 1.0, Trump sees the U.S. Treasury as his personal piggy bank. But back then, he couldn’t find a way to siphon it to himself. This time around, he has: shakedowns, crypto, and the slush fund. With the added bonus of paying off his own shadow army.
The Washington Post is producing terrible video content that no one wants, while the NYT has (apparently successfully) adapted to the new era through online word games and Wirecutter. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
📢 New online first article! Is narrative engagement really a single experience? This meta-analysis synthesizes 52 studies (N = 12,705) using the Narrative Engagement Scale (NES) to examine the structure and psychological functions of narrative engagement.
At this point it’s clear the NYT is choosing words that shade Trumpian disruption as positive. “Upend” is a positive word!
Forget the clash of civilizations, we’re just doing Camp of the Saints
Ulrike FrankeMessage from our main ally…
"Trump’s Isolationism Is Losing the Great E.V. Race. The United States risks becoming a theme park of internal combustion, as the rest of the world moves on." www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Trump Is Losing the Great Electric-Vehicle RaceDonald Trump’s decision to do away with Biden-era efficiency standards and electric-vehicle incentives threatens to turn America into a theme park of internal combustion as the rest of the world moves...www.newyorker.com
just because it's stupid doesn't make it not also genuinely very very worrying bsky.app/profile/elio...
Eliot HigginsThis is a clear example of the DoJ being weaponised against a member of the public to support The Dear Leader's lies. Really shameful behaviour.
this exists in a weird liminal space where it's too funny to be fully chilling and too chilling to be fully funny
amanda moore 🐢Took this video of a guy getting detained and a citation for putting his hand in the water an hour ago.
Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder.
