Marcos Lopez-Carlson

my most Gen X coded belief is that cities and the culture at large suffer profoundly for the near-complete death of alt-weeklies

It is amazing to me that Dems are pressured to water down their messaging in order to avoid alienating 'centrists,' but Republicans can round up and deport sobbing children without fear of alienating 'centrists.' Says a lot about what we mean when we say 'centrists'

Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia moves to safe house after DHS posts address online Homeland Security shared copy of protective order from 2021 revealing family’s address on social media

Wife of wrongly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia forced into safe house after government posts address online

Left-Leaning Tesla Protesters Have Arranged A Circular Firing Squad Around An Elon Musk Hologram - Above the Law Backdating moral outrage is what got Democrats into the terrible situation they're now in in the first place.

I will thumbs down a Cybertruck owner any day of the week, but attacking people for learning any Tesla it Tesla stock is just ridiculous.

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The fact that the chosen controversy around the new Snow White is that she's Latina and not that the Dwarves are nightmare fuel is ridiculous.

Musk claims DOGE has found 'Magic Money Computers' President Donald Trump’s senior advisor Elon Musk claimed that the DOGE team has found 14 “Magic Money Computers” that “just send money out of nothing.”

I really would have thought knowing about monetary policy was a precursor to being the richest person on earth

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Schumer's response to the attempted renditioning of a green card holder is, I don't know enough to say. His response to Trump pulling $400 million from Columbia is, gee I hope it's not hurting the wrong people. This isn't just a failure of leadership. It's a rejection of the very idea of leadership.

This is 100% bullshit. There are no algorithms. Musk and his incel clown posse are not forensic accountants and do not know how to audit. Discovering fraud is a labor-intensive project that can never be done by looking at payments alone. This is just a thinly-veiled rationale to gut Social Security.

No, not at all.

YouTube video by tennesseejed93 SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings

If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.

The NIH announced it will slash billions of dollars of support to universities and research centers.

This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.

Reducing fraud in government spending is a great goal. But that's not the actual goal here.
No one can identify $3 trillion in fraud in a week, no one. The scale is just too large.

"Stop the Coup!"

Scene at Treasury.

We're way past the argument about policy. This is illegal. Do something!

remarkable bravery

Why are the Democrats so spineless? | Moira Donegan No wonder the American public thinks of Democrats as out of touch, opportunistic, and cowardly. That is because they are

"No wonder the American public thinks of Democrats as out of touch, opportunistic, and cowardly. That is because they are"

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Del Toro. Oscar Isaac. Frankenstein.

Fuck yeah I'm in.

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

NEW: WIRED has identified six young men, all between the ages of 19-24, who have negligible experience but are now playing critical roles in Elon Musk's takeover of the U.S. government.

From @telliotter.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social

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Useless post. We didn't need a description of the Executive Order, we need to know what you are doing about it

Travel is an essential part of clinical trials.

Hexcrawl through Hieronymus Bosch paintings in Hieronymus: Garden of Earthly Delights edition, available on itch.io or in physical copy.

An incredible author and incredible book.

American Meritocracy Is Killing Youth Sports Expensive travel leagues siphon off talented young athletes from well-off families—and leave everyone else behind.

Excellent article about the problem with youth sports.

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It’s funny that we are all acknowledging that private health care is an absolute bureaucratic nightmare designed to limit treatment at the expense of patients’ lives and lots of people still believe that trans kids are just walking into medical facilities and getting treatment without question.

President Biden pardons son Hunter Biden Hunter Biden was convicted in June of three separate felony charges related to his purchase of a revolver in 2018 and pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges in a separate case.

The fact that this was necessary is so stupid. Normal countries don't act like this.

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Screenshot of the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle with the word clit highlighted. A text box above says *Not in word list"

The fact that the New York Times can't find the clit will never not be funny.

Guns Remain Leading Cause of Death for Children and Teens | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Gun Violence Solutions latest annual report highlights CDC 2022 firearm deaths, with focus on young people and people of color

Gun are still the leading cause of death among children in the US.
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This is your reminder to get a library card. They have so many services and basically all of them are free.

Sounds pretty good to me