On Friday, Fox host Griff Jenkins insisted confidently that pigeons do not lay eggs. I think this guy's head will explode when he finds out what women's ovaries make. (Clip via @acyn.bsky.social.)
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This is an excellent, plain-English article about Oracle, the main company of Trump super fan Larry Ellison, which is heavily indebted to build AI data centers. Free link:
Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of the A.I. Bubble? (Gift Article)Inside the 81-year-old billionaire’s risky, debt-fueled scramble to transform his data empire into an A.I. juggernaut.www.nytimes.comHi guys, I'm sorry to have to ask for this again but I really could use your support. My father died recently and now I have fallen behind on rent. If you could please chip in a few dollars, it would really help me keep going. I need to raise $10,000 asap to pay expenses. Thank you so much ❤️
Donate to Support Quality Political and Tech Journalism, organized by Matt SheffieldThe media industry is dying, but the need for in-depth analysis has not d… Matt Sheffield needs your support for Support Quality Political and Tech Journalismwww.gofundme.comThe persecution of Anthony Fauci is not about anything he is accused of doing, it's about attacking science and trying to recapture the pandemic insanity that energized many on the radical right.
The Editorial BoardA thread on how heroes like Dr. Anthony Fauci make Trump and the Republicans look like criminals by comparison. That's why they tried to destroy his good name. That's the story.
Kevin Hassett needs to do an interview a day until November.
Aaron RuparHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
Republican men keep falling for AI-generated women spouting their talking points so a real OnlyFans model decided to become a right-wing commentator. It seems to be working well for Savanna Cannon, as @willsommer.bsky.social reports. You can see easily see why: www.thebulwark.com/p/right-wing...
People reading this and jumping to "he's gay" really are not getting just how much damage that fundamentalist religion does to adherents. His parents were religion shoppers, moving from Episcopalianism to Pentecostalism to Catholicism—seemingly each time ramping up the bizarre beliefs.
The Isaac Who Came In From the ButlerThere are enough youngins on here who came of age after the blogging era and thus don’t even know about Ross Douthat and “chunky Reese Witherspoon.” BEHOLD!
Right-wing pundits live off handouts their entire lives. As long as they can write at a 7th grade level, they are set. Of course they don't think that affordability is a concern in the real world. I know this from first-hand experience.
Julian BargWhen you want to discuss affordability, why write a human interest piece on a conservative think tank though? "Man gets money from conservative donors, corporations" — if that's why we should care, is that really the lead to *this* story?
For now, it looks like Todd Blanche does not have the AG votes.
Jamie DupreeA committee vote on Todd Blanche as the new Attorney General has been postponed by Senate Republicans - in an ongoing dispute over the Trump 'anti-weaponization' fund