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Dick van Dyke might have heard Pete Hagseth say “no more beardos.”

Tolkien could have listened to the first five Black Sabbath albums.

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Pit of Za’al, the mineshaft city-state that will be the political and cultural hub of the Undermutants

So an anime girl with prosthetics was labeled "explicit sexual content", & then we learn that prosthetics are commonly labeled this way, & then we learn that automod has been outsourced to this ai company, & THEN we learn that the ai company might be using all our images to train ai & mods go silent

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

Thinking of AI as a Social Problem No need to know the unknowable. The knowable is bad enough.

"AI is not just a technology. It is a social problem. There is zero reason to allow it to run us over without a plan to mitigate its completely predictable negative effects." Another must-read banger from @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/thinking-o...

i’ll never get over how some people pointed out trump was going to do project 2025 and then eventually the media asked trump if he was going to do project 2025 and he said “never heard of it” and the media decided he surely couldn’t be lying about that one

Automation labeling individuals with prosthetics as “adult content” needs to be understood as ableism, full stop

These two things are of a piece, even if the motivations and details differ.

Trump’s justification for his authoritarian crackdown is an America that doesn’t exist.

@lizzieohreally.bsky.social

The original fascist famously lost the war they started!

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

like these guys might just have more dollars than sense. that's never stopped anyone from bringing ruin to other people but it's also the rare kind of thing that can bring ruin to the powerful

just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't

lol, lmao

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

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Instead, they're quixotically trying to rebuild the New Deal coalition and using economic concerns to do that. While that draws them away from redoubling on cities, the way elections are structured for better or worse means you can't win with cities alone, so it's off to the Rust Belt

Will the Democrats Become the Party of Free Trade? Another partisan reversal on trade presents itself.

Thing is, political support for free trade/protectionism follows which sectors and demographics make up the political base, and if Democrats are the party of the cities (as they seem to be) and since cities benefit most from free trade, it follows that Democrats *should* be the party of free trade

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

It’s also possible that a right-wing antipope could cause the church hierarchy to become *more* conservative.
In this scenario, the magisterium blames progressives in the church for the schism. They’d elevate conservative leaders to try to mitigate the loss of right-wing Catholics to the antipope.

"If World War III fought is fought with cancellations and wokeness, World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."—Albert Einstein.

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law “I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Marvel’s “The Eternals” (2021)

I used to get a chuckle out of the Third Amendment, ha ha what quaint 18th century tricornered hat problems to have, not so much anymore

"Bluesky is probably under enormous pressure from the government to censor users or shut down" come on people, the government isn't scared of your posting and they probably absolutely love that this site is full of people who say extremely Should Talk to a Lawyer things

Although of some scientific debate, Neanderthal mobsters are frequently linked with the anthropological treasures of Olduvai Gorge.

Although of some scientific debate, Neanderthal mobsters are frequently linked with the anthropological treasures of Olduvai Gorge.

“Atomized”?