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strong 2nd this; it feels kind of decadent to be like "PAIN AT DA PUMP????" when there's still bombs flying

the new york times post captioned “here are the suggested serving sizes of common household supplies that surprised us the most” with a photo of a glob of white goo in the palm of a hand

gotta be another way to do this

I would love it if people expressed interest in the nature of consciousness and the self but noticing a lot of people that only seem to care when it involves a slave that's your only friend and I think that might color the debate a bit.

A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

A couple years ago my wife and I had a big unexpected expense, and took out a personal loan to get it off our credit card from a co. that markets getting out of debt. We're close to paying it off now, a couple years ahead of schedule, and now they are *bombarding* us with advertising for more debt.

James Talarico: No one's ever asked me about the cost of housing. The only thing the media wants to ask me about are trans athletes.

The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are focused on the wrong 1%.

Talarico: I know a minority we should harass

These asshole twerps with no brains or education from DOGE really did use ChatGPT to find NEH grants to terminate ILLEGALLY - ruining hundreds lives and destroying hundreds of the greatest humanities projects and partnerships of our time. I’m overwhelmed with rage and anger all over again.

man this makes me tear up

It is an existential imperative that we begin a serious global dialogue about how ‘experts’ as the media uses the term, consistently lag behind us laymen when it comes to Knowing Some Bullshit When We See It.

68% of American Jews support the US-Israel war against Iran, survey finds - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The results suggest U.S. Jews are more supportive than Americans overall but less than Israeli Jews.

The @jta.org headline is simply wrong; please amend. JPPI itself acknowledges that it polls "connected" Jews, not Jews overall, meaning disproportionally more denominationally affiliated Jews and those who've lived in Israel, and less intermarried Jews. www.jta.org/2026/03/09/i...

i’ve watched this three times. VERY satisfying.

so much to say here but the main thing is really that even highly educated Americans don't really *get* that we are actually at war and that war is real

oh my god lol

people have got to realize that we are not getting Medicare for All without taxing the middle class. we are not getting free child care without taxing the middle class. we are not getting better schools and free college without taxing the middle class.

I make $95,000 a year. raise my taxes, please.

Tarrio is, quite literally, a pardoned terrorist.

help i'm running out of oxygen

...at a funeral?

they think it makes them sound like operators

this post deserves to be presented to you by having an index card moved down word by word with photos taken of your face after every new reveal

The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.

Here’s an actual news article on the topic. It supports the idea that the issue was outdated data, but not that the target was selected by gen AI. www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

He Was a Critic of the N.B.A. Players’ Union. Now He’s Leading It.

As NBPA pres Fred VanVleet worries about what sports gambling is doing to players, particularly since money from gaming companies is only about 1% of BRI. "It’s not substantial enough to make it worth any of this. For us or for the league." My story on his new role: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/b...

Say what you want about seances, at least they involved artistry and a sense of awe

A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

what if the real barbarism was the calling other people barbaric all along

Headline of a Q&A in New Yorker formatting Headline: A panicked middle-aged man refuses to tell me directions to the bathroom. Subhed: Please, I just have to pee. I'm in a hurry. By Isaac Chotiner March 4, 2026

Excuse me. Oh, God. Oh, no. Holy shit. Get away from me. I was wondering if you knew where the bathrooms are. Look, I'm ... it's not a crime to scroll through your high school girlfriend's Instagram account. We remained friends after high school! I was at her wedding! It's only natural to see how she's doing.

I'm in a bit of a hurry, and I'm afraid that if I choose the wrong corridor, I'll be late for my train. I think they're down that way, but I'm actually from out of town. Please stop talking to me.

Real quick, though. I agree that it's natural to be interested in an old friend, but aren't you afraid about the message you might be sending by liking a picture of her at the beach from 2015? If that did happen, and I'm only going off your word, it was probably an accident. They put the ... scroll bars or whatever ... close to the thumbs up button. People have been complaining about that for years. I've been complaining about that for years.