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Every transphobe sucks, without exception.

I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud

I keep thinking back to the Satanic Panic when it was easier to blame D&D, Heavy Metal and make up a cabal of cult daycares when the real abusers were in churches, cults, and families. The U.S. will invent and stare at boogeymen instead of reflect to solve actual problems.

According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals.

That amounts to $456,621 per hour.

But how are you doing?

a group of girls standing in front of a sign that says welcome on it Alt: The SNL "welcome to hell" song with girls in pastel dresses dancing

Welcome to the 2026 VDay Hot Take Cycle, the one time of year we are visible to non-romance reading reporters in mainstream venues, and really wish we weren't.

Data center developers drawn to Arkansas by competitive prices, favorable laws, officials say | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Data center developers have targeted Arkansas in the past year, drawn by abundant land, a central U.S. location, a reliable electric grid with competitive power costs and a manageable regulatory envir...

They are targeting #arkansas but we need to fight back and put elected officials on notice - you encourage and allow these you wont get re-elected www.nwaonline.com/news/2026/fe...

oh hey a story idea
I thought that would never happen again

Because we as a society have decided that the lives of women don't matter.

I had that with "tontine" and legit scheduled a doctor's appt

I'm so sorry.

Literally no one is saying this. This is right wing propaganda attempting to shame brave white folks engaging in corporeal politics.

I converted to Catholicism a couple weeks ago. Here’s what I think Jesus got wrong.

Reality is complex. This moment is particularly complicated.

Also, internecine arguing often glosses over the fact the MAGA movement, its funders, and people who voted for it are chiefly responsible.

There were other contributors to be sure. It's not ONE THING. But let's not forget the drivers.

"The bathrooms are down the hall on your left."

{{{you}}}

NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday

Wow, NBC edited out the audience booing JD Vance at the Olympics. And this is one of the few remaining news outlets NOT owned by right-wing billionaire Trump sycophants

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Turns out that when you get hundreds of moderately well-educated randos, none of whom have advanced training in neuropsychology or philosophy (but all of whom "read a book" or "took a class"), speculating on the origin and nature of consciousness
it's even dumber and more boring than you expected

I actually quit reviewing because of all the PDF ARC's. I understood that print copies cost an arm and a leg, but I could make epubs work.
Trying to scroll around and take notes on PDFs always left me physically ill, and I worried that I could no longer write fair reviews.

ad hoc.
In cookery, the use of white wine as an additive to the meal, rather than red wine, usually for no better reason than that the white wine is within reach, or that the red wine has just run out.

If you strip out the adjectives and whatnot this is a sober and realistic account of the steps needed to rebuild the country. This is the roadmap to fixing shit and he calls out the reality of the moment with too many weak people in power not willing to stand up.

Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams

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Accurate.

There are major federal tasks forces operating still in Memphis, New Orleans, Miami-Dade, Phoenix, South Texas, still raiding homes, kidnapping people, black-bagging people from courthouses.

If ICE does controversial things but doesn't *say* controversial things, it disappears from the news.

Every time someone asks what an MLS is "for", I always answer, "Like every professional degree, it's about *enculturation*. It's intended to mold you into thinking about issues like a librarian, acting and responding like a librarian. The details are something you learn as you go."

Remember, sneering works. It’s working now. That’s why the lowliest AI fan and the CEO of Microsoft are trying to get us to stop saying “slop.”

AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything

Uh. We have his letters, and he hardly spared himself. If he'd murdered anyone, I think he'd have mentioned it....

Paul was a murderer?

“Dolly Parton's Imagination Library … was created over 30 years ago in honor of her father, who could not read or write. The program is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting free, high-quality, age-appropriate books to children from birth to age five”

once again, we see how gender-affirming treatment leads to unfair competitive advantages in sports
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