It actually is mind blowing to check out X and see what is essentially 4chan which is also populated with politicians, media figures, "thought leaders" etc.

A dystopian horror, really. Where neo-Nazis now have equal standing with mainstream leaders. There is a reason Fuentes is now so mainstreamed.

A SSRS/CNN poll showing 61% people think Trump has gone too far using the power of the presidency and 57% think he's gone too far deporting immigrants.

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

What the fuck does "transgender for everyone" mean? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!

"There are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue."

Damn, what a coincidence. All these news orgs keep laying off the same types of people while a bilious, rapey, leather-faced buffoon provides them cover and shakes them down for money to build a library named for a man who does not read.

Every story even tangentially related to the Louvre heist is the most French story I have ever read

Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.

Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.

Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...

Why did you associate with these people?

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

You Should Blame Merrick Garland Garland's incompetence gave the Supreme Court the chance to set Trump free

My latest is about the latest revelations on the failed prosecution of Donald Trump, and why you should blame Merrick Garland more than the Supreme Court.

I do think it’s telling to observe WHO thinks they “need” more exposure to people with very different opinions from their own.

A lot of people on this website get plenty of “alternative” opinions on their humanity and equality by the simple expedient of just walking around outside.

"No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports"

DEFEND - loudly oppose proposed takeovers of media institutions, fight political battles around it, make it a key Dem issue

DELAY - use shareholder lawsuits and other creative legal devices to harass ongoing takeover efforts

ATTACK - aggressively attack co-opted companies as GOP mouthpieces

I think every Democrat should be shown this chart and required to explain why any policy solution would convince voters in this environment, and if they cannot, give three steps to fix the media environment, and if they cannot, be forced to resign their seat

Platform: Twitter/X post from Arc Raiders Bulletin (@ARCBulletn) - a verified account Header text: "Arc Raiders is a video game." Main content: A screenshot of what appears to be a Discord message at 5:19 PM. The message reads: "Was scammed by a raider earlier how do I report A guy at the research building on the DAM map, was sitting behind the desk when I walked out. Said he was a game mod for Embark Studios and that the part of the map was closed off due to development testing and that any loot I had was already considered exploited gear because I got it during a testing phase. Made me strip all my loot for him to inspect it. Told me that indeed it was exploited as he expected then told me to get lost or he would be forced to ban me. I hid outside and followed him to an elevator and watched him leave with my gear. This type of behavior needs to end." Post metadata: 5:35 PM · Nov 2, 2025 · 1.1M Views Description: This is a social media post highlighting an in-game scam where a player impersonated a game moderator to trick another player into giving up their loot/items.

breathtaking

It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.

Sorry to Jack, but the greatest Eric Adams content of all time is this video on how to conduct a search of your child's bedroom for illegal handguns:

youtu.be/sk2Wc4Y5CxE?...

like, i’m sorry man, but gun to my head, i’ll take the statistical probability of another fukushima nuclear disaster over the certainty of what we’re losing to climate change

turning off existing nuclear plants before we’re out of fossil fuel consumption to displace is objectively insane!

"Fun fact: Humans and Koalas have identical fingerprints. Even forensic scientists can't tell them apart"

I'm guessing this is rarely an issue for actual forensics teams, though?

"Sorry detective, we dusted every half-chewed eucalyptus leaf found on the body, and none of the prints are on file!"

The NYC mayor‘s election might be the first big election where Millennials and Gen Zers realize that their broad participation can literally dictate the outcome of elections.

That alone is everything. It’s the way democracy will be reborn.

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are the worst people in the entire world and I hope they both burn in hell.

I hate this idea and it's also basically inevitable.

this one from @greatdismal.bsky.social is a new one on me and will stay with me

Rabin's murder was Israel's J6, Netanyahu should have been done in Israeli politics after that. He was unpunished and the situation today is the direct result of that.

There's no accounting for idiots, unfortunately.

They had to drop it to a misdemeanor because the grand jury refused to indict him on felony assault charges lol.

Schild's latter has genderless humans to develop new bespoke sexes whenever they get in a relationship with custom genitals that only fit each other. They consider this very romantic.

Further- if our highest profile ‘anti-AIPAC’ candidate of the cycle has a Nazi tattoo, good luck pushing back against AIPAC

The Washington Post Has Become Right-Wing Even Faster Than I Thought It’s not going to happen. It’s happening: The mainstream media is becoming right-wing. What are wealthy liberals going to do about it?

"We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings."

Crucial @mjtoma.bsky.social piece about need to reckon with how bad the info-space has gotten:
newrepublic.com/article/2025...

I'm staking out my position here: Mamdani with a majority. Either that or a double digit lead. I'm going all in on optimism.