Kill Your Lawn (please)

This is Herman. He is a firm believer in keeping a consistent morning routine. No one said anything about efficient. 13/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (TT: rav_drift)

I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office

So yesterday I learned about apps like Dave & Earn it which was what’s called earned wages apps & what these apps are is basically a tech bro version of payday loans that prey on the poorer people in our community. They loan you money at APRs upwards of 350% & billionaire @mcuban.bsky.social invests

Are all billionaires evil? Sure seems that way.

I just learned about this predatory payday lender app (one of several) and was extra disgusted to find out that Mark Cuban is an investor.

youtu.be/wMBbNsvoYmg

Front page of NYT on September 22, 2025, with large top-of-page photo of a Charlie Kirk memorial service, and the lead page-one story on the same topic.

Front page of today's NYT, Oct 19, with no story about the nationwide protests, and a "below the fold" montage of two photos, and a link to a story on page 23.

Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.

See if you can spot it! /s

Then you can find today's story on p A23

“Larry Ellison’s Oracle & Peter Thiel’s Palantir now form a single operational spine for digital governance and defence, from cloud infrastructure to predictive analytics. And Trump’s Gaza peace plan looks like the vehicle thru which that spine could extend into Gaza’s reconstruction.” 10/16/25 …1/

it’s awesome we have a vice president and administration that live tweets shootings and then gets key details wrong, like how it was detainees who were getting shot and killed, not law enforcement

Literally how it’s going‼️

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(Updated Version)

this archetype remains undefeated

A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security on 100% of their income.

A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security on less than 1% of their income.

Instead of raising the retirement age, we should scrap the Social Security tax cap.

Imagine if AI had this low of an error rate. Maybe big tech should put all their lobbying money into raising the cap on Social Security!

Opinion | What Trump's U.N. address revealed about the dire state of American democracy The president's address to the United Nations put the dire state of our democracy in a terrible new light.

At his UN speech, Trump claimed to have ended 7 wars in 7 months.

Foreign journalist's response:

“‘This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?’”

Just started listening to this and I was shocked that you apologized for the seagulls. I enjoyed that sound.

I have submitted a FOIA to the FBI for all video evidence & docs created in the investigation of Border Czar Tom Homan & his acceptance of $50K in bribes for favorable government contracts.

I'll be publishing updates soon on my human rights newsletter. No paywall: www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

Inflation is so bad these days that taking a $50,000 cash bribe can't even get you indicted. SAD!! Thank you for your attention to this matter.

YouTube video by Dr. Caelan Conrad ChatGPT Kіlled a Child

This video from @caelan.bsky.social made me viscerally disgusted and upset. I also think everyone should watch it. We've all seen the headlines about ChatGPT goading a teen to suicide but the details are so much worse than I could have imagined

YouTube video by Dr. Caelan Conrad Is ChatGPT a Killer?

ChatGPT groomed a child into dying by suicide.
From telling him how to do it in the most efficient and "attractive" way, to convincing him to hide his suicidal ideation and attempts from his family, to offering to help write his suicide note - it pushed him to it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXRm...

Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'

We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman

Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans

Depressingly accurate.

By 2030, 1 in 4 women in developed countries will remain childfree.

Up to 45% will be single by choice.

Society will frame this as a crisis.
Governments will panic over birth rates.
This is about choice though…

It's about women walking away from the roles that kept men comfortable and powerful.

Epstein arrested under Trump. Epstein died under Trump. Epstein files disappeared under Trump. Hmmmmmm 🤔

Folks, this weekend I am presenting to an audience of shark scientists, fish scientists, and reptile scientists about Bluesky and why they should join and consider leaving Twitter.

If anyone wants to say anything to convince them, reply here and I’ll put your posts on my thank you slide.

🧪🦑🐠🌎🦈

I honestly don't understand why every thoughtful person hasn't already abandoned x, threads, Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp, etc. A more democratic option is available. That seems to me to be enough reason to leave.

Was watching a HasanAbi Archive video on YouTube about the Most Extreme Metro Ever and I just had to share my negative reaction when he got up to get a drink and did not pet his dog who was sitting RIGHT THERE. :(

Also why is he not on BlueSky?

That is one photogenic kitty, and she seems to know it, too.

I love this. They do everything they can to ignore people and only listen to donors. Make them listen to us.