Ancient historian, now a temple attendant for two dainty-pawed gods who sometimes make their epiphanies. Looking for more honesty and less malice in politics, but getting this thing instead.
One of the great mysteries of the universe is why anyone finds this walking snakeskin husk with a voice like a hand vacuum‘s death rattle at all appealing.
Aaron RuparRFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking
je téléphone a la police my landlord is using chatgpt to fix our kitchen sink
"No rigorous application was needed. An email...would suffice. ...executives across major industries began flooding an inbox [asking] that their facilities be excused from expensive Clean Air Act requirements [to] save their companies money but pollute the air breathed by millions of Americans."
ProPublicaThe Trump administration has granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules. All they had to do was send an email. (Published May)
Did you mention Musk’s very public endorsement of ethnic cleansing? Did you ask Collins if she share his views? Why not? presswatchers.org/2026/07/the-...
The world’s most vocal racist will be the Republican Party’s biggest donor again. But don’t mention it. | Press WatchOur top news organizations are covering up Elon Musk’s white supremacist propagandapresswatchers.orgPortland Press HeraldElon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins’ U.S. Senate bid
I must share an old friend’s clever reply to someone actually asking, “If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich?”, which was: “When you’re smart, you’ll know.” 😏
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)Neoclassical econ assumes rationality. The corollary of, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" is "you're rich, so you must be very smart!" Thus, people assume that if powerful, well-compensated CEOs insist that "AI is changing everything," well then, *AI must be changing everything*. 1/
This is so much better than asking your kid some super-intrusive question like “How are things?” or “What’s going on today?”
Some Republicans protect their colleagues who sexually abuse women and children, while others turn a blind eye to their colleagues who physically abuse them. It's a big tent.
Jen BenderySen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) stared off into space today when I asked if he thinks fellow Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller should end his reelection bid amid allegations by his ex-wife that he abused her and their 2-year-old daughter. www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
I'd love it if a reporter in Rep. Emmer's or Rep. Rulli's district showed them how their own rhetoric about Somali and Haitian immigrants today is almost verbatim the rhetoric that an earlier generation of racist nativists spewed against their own German and Italian ancestors.
Kevin M. KruseIn recent weeks, congressmen like Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) and Rep. Michael Rulli (R-OH) have leveled racist attacks against immigrant communities in their districts. As I note in CAMPAIGN TRAILS, a century ago those same racist attacks were being made against people named Emmer and Rulli.