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Ben CollinsThese "we have made an AI so powerful" warnings are straight-up advertisements, btw. No different than "we have made an Oreo so delicious all other snack artists must relent."
Not a doctor. Uninterested in: jerky, grape soda, tuna, rescuing your family
Never forget.
Tom JoscelynIt’s striking that Douthat has been at the NYT all these years. The right has built a closed media ecosystem on the (false) belief that legacy media is a closed ecosystem. Meanwhile, a rightwing intellectual mediocrity like Douthat kept chugging along at the Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...
Of course it was! It was even in the news. What the regime tries to do is as if you drove into a telephone pole, it was in the news, then someone walked by the wreck, picked up a piece of it to look at and you promptly had them arrested & charged for the original damage. apple.news/AvtWASgD9Qoq...
Gonna try to explain this once again. What Mitch and Chao share is a insatiable hunger for power. Trump took that away from Mitch (and thru him, Chao). But so long as Mitch retains his seat, not voting, he deprives Trump of something Trump wants. Chao just poses w/her symbol of depriving Trump.
emptywheelPart of me suspects the reason why Mitch's proof of life pictures are him posing with Chao is bc both of them are enjoying fucking over Trump's bullying of the Senate w/o leaving Mitch's bed. Remember that Chao was among the first to resign after January 6.
RTFM Boebert The Bible records Jesus specifically chastising people praying loudly in public then follow up with instructions to quietly pray inside your own home.
Right Wing WatchRep. Lauren Boebert insists that public Christian worship events are necessary for America to experience revival: "I don't think that Jesus ever called for any Christian to pray only silently or to keep their faith hidden only in the prayer closet."
Ruby (the wonder puppy) also encourages folks to let trans kids play sports — and oppose I-638. This initiative will be on the ballot in WA state this fall. Please help educate your friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, acquaintances. And vote.
No Hate in WA StateRetired WNBA player & Naismith College Player of the Year winner @katestarbird.bsky.social joins soccer champ Megan Rapinoe in opposing I-638: "The 'unintended consequences' of this [initiative] will impact every girl playing sports in WA state." Vote NO on I-638 this November. #NoHateWAState
The details are interesting and complex. The big picture is so transparent it’s baffling and terrifying. Anthropic/openAI have a tech so amazing it’s made nvidia the worlds biggest company. But the guys with the amazing tech have no biz model. So they need cash from nvidia. 🤔
Worth remembering that Talarico raised so much money he just gave some away to other Texas candidates and Mamdani raised so much money during the primary that he told people to donate to Adrienne Adams. People aren't giving up on Ds. They just don't like the DNC. The DNC should think about that!
G Elliott Morriscan my comparative politics folks come up with any other example of the opposition party being $2m in debt when the incumbent government is ~20 points underwater on approval?
Remember Musk's interview last week where he said nobody would need money in 5-10yrs? He gave a smug answer when asked how it could be possible. Asha offers insight into why he may have said it. You & I do not count as people so he claims They will have "abundance" from our stolen $$ and land.
Asha Rangappa🧵 This piece is really important, because it gets to something that is a prerequisite for and recurring feature of atrocities worldwide: selective empathy. Most people assume that when atrocities happen, it’s bc everyone involved is a sociopath. Some are. But not all. 1/
🧵 This piece is really important, because it gets to something that is a prerequisite for and recurring feature of atrocities worldwide: selective empathy. Most people assume that when atrocities happen, it’s bc everyone involved is a sociopath. Some are. But not all. 1/
Greg SargentWhen Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...