Bailey McCann

I don't think it's a good sign that ChatGPT is cold emailing me and saying "just ask a question any question"

I could see that - they probably aren't the civilian tanks of yore

I do kind of love the idea of someone who leased a Range, wearing $50 "cashmere" and choosing to splash out on discount caviar - that's America baby

I feel like that is definitely a core part of their customer base and also aspirational moms which is the vibe that's kept me from really going much deeper there but are aspirational moms doing caviar bumps now

I feel like I need someone to explain Quince to me - I thought they were an off label home goods/clothing store that was like a level above TJMaxx and now I'm getting ads where they are trying to sell me caviar and a bottle of Dom

This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.

The unwillingness of mainstream liberals to fight for universalist positions on safety net issues or equity in general is an enabling factor in bigoted class reductivists gaining a foothold and writing articles like that btw

The Clintons have been interesting vectors to watch because they were known to be in the files from the jump and now you see masks off from Hillary especially lately - just a whole group of people going “yeah and? What are you gonna do about it”

Info drops like this happen when they’re reasonably sure that the reactions are predetermined and blowback potential is acceptable or low- is all I’m saying

I’ve said it before - I think releasing the photos/files are necessary but I also think we’re at a point in the elite impunity cycle where 1) Larry Summers took the hit & they think everyone else is untouchable 2) it’s following the same arc as when they told us aliens are probably real

sports journalism is of a vastly higher quality than political journalism

The thing that gets me is the first really viral sora videos were hyperrealistic videos of people doing fake crimes the idea that Disney looked at that service & went oh yeah let’s pay them to use our IP is CEO brainrot to levels never before observed by man - innovators dilemma or not

it really is the best blue though - I went through a vast blue phase and it's so versatile

True but honestly good for Baystate being an absolute agent of chaos to the point that it has lore now

Just bought a juicy red ink for my fountain pen called “writers blood” that comes out slightly varied so it looks like real blood and you’re trying to tell me AI is better than this

Title: "Year in Review: Four Penn alumni who stepped into the national spotlight in 2025" Photos of (clockwise from upper-left), Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Luigi Mangione, and Charlie Javice.

A+ work here from Penn's student paper.

yep

ICE arrests are forcing American moms to leave their jobs A new analysis shows that increased immigration enforcement is reducing labor in the child care workforce. The ripple effect is impacting mothers with young children.

This was one of many goals of these arrests

oh my god

This happens a lot with markets stories when they make it out of containment and it's not great I gotta say

Just a reminder that you do need to be calling your electeds about the package of 19 bills basically designed to destroy the internet and privacy in one go

The global audience is not prepared to get absolutely extorted the way Americans are

- All social media accounts from the last 5 years - All your biometrics: face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris - All your phone numbers from the last 5 years - All your email addresses from the last 10 years - IP addresses and metadata from your submitted photos - Names of your family members (parents, spouse, siblings, children) - All your family members' phone numbers from the last 5 years - Your family members' dates of birth - Your family members' places of birth - Your family members' residencies - All your business phone numbers from the last 5 years - All your business email addresses from the last 10 years

NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.

The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.

Below is the full, mind-blowing list.

🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨

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Super interesting reporting on Palantir‘s efforts to be used in Swiss governmental services and the military. They decided against it, because they worried Palantir was giving information to CIA and NSA and feared a loss of national sovereignty.

www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...

Low key surprised Kendall Jackson didn’t do a memorial bottle first

GenAI - creating the next generation of kink positive, CCP propaganda repeating youngsters with surprising knife work skills - future median voters are gonna be absolutely wild

So was she

Is Antifa in the room with us right now

Cursed thought but: because of Gender and a fundamental affinity of intended audience, the Art of War has become a corporate world classic despite it basically just amounting to a desperate plea for aristocrat failsons to please at least learn the basics before they ruin the whole state. Whereas...

I think that’s a test case worth running