I’m gonna disagree with this one.

What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.

We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.

Looks like it’s time to break out Old Reliable again.

The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.

Unprecedentedly corrupt.

you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink because of all the men being taught how to fish

Old enough to remember when they said it was "unclear" if Putin would invade Ukraine while he was moving thousands of troops to their border.

Ancient philosophy is 50% profound eternal wisdom and 50% that same exact guy declaring with supreme confidence two paragraphs later that pee is stored in the armpit.

I'll be beating this drum constantly between now and April:

Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.

Well done on climate, Third Act 👏

drone shots look like shit. so does 4k/120hz video. a shaky, brief helicopter shot in an old movie or tv show still looks cool. the human brain does not like the crispness or smoothness of computers and robots. my guess is that we evolved this instinct during the Computer War of 25,000 BCE

TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!

Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png

The Government Shutdown Deal Is Endangering Food Safety After intense lobbying and major campaign donations, the emergency spending bill intended to end the federal government

The Senate’s spending bill eliminates or delays food safety rules aimed at preventing foodborne illnesses and contamination.

Not only did 8 Senate Democrats fail to protect millions of Americans’ healthcare, but they’re also making our food less safe.

Hello?

My favorite thing about the 50 year mortgage thing is that it suggests the famous real estate billionaire doesn’t understand mortgages

just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:

BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs the Epstein discharge petition, serving as the 218th vote to force the bill to the floor for a full vote of the House.

this is an xbox

“AI” is just a tool like anything else. it is not a god or an end-all, be-all. if we could just stop taking every single cycle of tech bro hypeshittification seriously the world would be so much better off

love to unearth a 3 year old plea for help

shout out to men on the subway with ereaders. you may not get the attention men with physical books get for some reason but i appreciate that you're signaling to the world "moving apartments is a lot easier for me"

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

MSNBC screen on ICE election

Just now on MSNBC: a great segment by @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Bucks County sheriff candidate who ran against ICE’s 287g program.

Very proud our attention to how local elections matter to ICE policy at @boltsmag.org is helping put these local stakes in the national discourse. They matter.

An meme generator produced image based on a New York Times article featuring some chucklefuck but now replaced with the great Bolo Yeung The New Work Times OPINION BINYAMIN APPELBAUM Mamdani Isn't the Future of the Democrats. This Guy Is. Nov. 9, 2025

Holy shit finally an Op-Ed that Gets It

One thing the movies doesn't do well is to communicate that bubbles are rarely invisible. The problems is timing when it's gonna burst.

"the market can stay irrational longer than you stay solvent"

10 years ago : blockchain is the future of banking. if you don't understand you're an idiot

5 years ago : you're a dumbass if you dont get in on the ground level of the nft-do-not-copy.jpg

Now : you don't understand the stock market. NVIDIA can only grow until it's the only company in the world

The fact that not a single member of the Senate Dem caucus has called for Schumer to be replaced shows you how deep the rot is. This includes Sanders and Warren.

Fine, I will write the next James Bond.

INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups

Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(Here's the opening of "God's War". Still my most iconic)

A chop chop device with a smiley face, saying "it looks like you're trying to start a revolution. Would you like help? Getting a library card. Encryption 101. Finding frog costumes and pirate flags. Chop chop."

Would you like help with that?

Durbin knows this, of course. As do all of the other senators who caved or approved of the caving. bsky.app/profile/fint...

They're either too fucking stupid, too contemptuous of us, or both to justify our support. bsky.app/profile/burg...

I read a thread about games with terrible UI earlier and this video has been destroying me all day.

literally rotating villain theory