In hindsight the sentence was a bit pretentious, but it has remained true, even to a degree in the intervening Biden years. We can not go on like this.

It stole away, from all future generations, any benefit from the massive feat of expert diplomatic labor that had wrought the historic deal. At the time I wrote that 'entire apparatus of our government exhausts itself hourly to excuse his worthlessness.'

Even after 2020, I still maintained that was the worst. Still do. It was the clearest, least nuanced example of a tantrum, by the perennially incapable, permanently ruining the accomplishments of his betters, done without even the ability to grasp its magnitude.

back in 2016 when i was on facebook, i declared that tearing up the Iran Nuclear deal was the stupidest, most unforgivable thing Trump had done, and that it would take possibly decades to see the catastrophic consequences of that one act.

“Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.” — Carl Sagan

i trust this opinion writer said the same thing with the same scolding, patronizing tone and the same 'earnest concern' to the fucking tea party during obama's admin.

oh great well i wouldn't be lying if i declined to deny not understanding what was not undone.

Taking on the Annoyance Economy - Groundwork Collaborative

NEW: Ever feel like everything takes longer, costs more, and leaves you more frustrated than it should? That’s not a coincidence.

We call it the Annoyance Economy, and it costs American families $165 billion a year in wasted time and money. 👇

i am strangely close to the conclusion that subscriptions of any kind are an abusive business model that should be outlawed. still think that cant be the right answer but it feels inevitable; like something we all should have realized a long time ago.

wow. sailed waaaaaaaay over your head.

you may think toy dogs are toys, but a recent study by MIT have found they may in fact be living beings.

what we have done to dogs in unforgivable. fuck absolutely everyone involved in this hideous inbreeding competition.

america in summary

Robert Reich Brace Yourself for the AI Bubble

Are we watching an AI revolution, or a slow-motion economic disaster? https://youtu.be/0wxBHxpMFXA?si=SPx1PI-Np8otRi5S

in the end our species will have been undone by our inability to discern who is an expert and who is just some fuck with a podcast

i hate this format of surface-level mini debates where we trade zingers and re-tweets with random fucks for engagement.

it really is. he was a hero of mine back in the day; now he's gone down the anti-woke path and it really pains me to see him wreck his legacy like that.

in winner-take-all, splitting the opposition always has the worst possible outcome. without ranked choice voting, the green party is worthless.

8 Weeks Later: America Said "Fuck You Charlie" - The Democrat Revival Begins
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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’

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just saw ICE recruitment ad on linkedin. reported as dangerous extremist organization. pls do the same if you see that fucking nazi shit.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

"if only he had just shot 12 students instead of charlie, we could have put this behind us by now." ~every conservative, 2025

YouTube video by Inspiration For The Soul Pastor Howard John Wesley Speaks The Truth On Charlie Kirk (MUST SEE)

'how you died does not redeem how you lived.'
iam a balls-out atheist - like seriously fully outside the pants, free and loose, swaying in the breeze - but this is the best, most concise, most perfectly hitchens-esque way ive heard this put.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPbf...

whole lot of 'fuck your speech protect my feelings' from the 'fuck your feelings protect my speech' crowd this week

Saving The Fourth Estate The only clean money in journalism is ours.

I wrote this a long time ago, still relevant though. There is a long and short version of it here: savingthefourthestate.com
The thesis is that we can not save journalism by expecting to get it for free. Herein I make the case for buying monthly subscriptions to newspapers as a matter of civic duty.