Idiocracy was unrealistic only because we got dumber quicker than the movie anticipated

Stress-Free Eric Adams Spends Day Bribing Pigeons In Central Park

Stress-Free Eric Adams Spends Day Bribing Pigeons In Central Park

Murphy continues to be a really clear voice

If Hegseth is “proud of our history,” why has the military systematically erased the contributions of women and minorities from the DoD website and prevented any celebration of them?

illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president

Amazon is selling hundreds of seemingly AI-generated biographies for children Who wants to learn about “Genshis Khan” from a “whiite lady”?

New: I found 517 likely AI-generated nonfiction books for kids on Amazon, often aping the "Who Was?" or "Little People, Big Dreams" series.

Amazon earns royalties and ad revenue from the books I identified; it also literally prints some of them through Kindle Direct Publishing.

The real cover-up is of Trump's disordered mental state Sanewashing didn't end with the 2024 campaign.

"Biden was old but governed normally. Trump governs erratically *because* he’s unglued. That’s the true cover-up, one the media is enabling when they seem more concerned with the mental condition of a former president than the escalating madness of the current one."

If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.

The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.

McGovern: "You are literally taking food off kids' plates to buy Elon Musk another yacht. I guess he's getting a good return on his campaign donations ... this is not policy. This is theft."

WHEN is his mental acuity going to become a topic for mainstream media?

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I have no idea if a 1 day spending blackout will make a difference, but there’s only one way to find out.

The mass firing of both new hires and recently promoted senior staff within #NOAA, including mission-critical and life-saving roles at the National Weather Service (#NWS), is profoundly alarming.
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When Musk says 'my statements may need correction,' it's not humility, but a deliberate strategy to devalue truth itself. By normalizing misinformation as just 'things I say,' he elevates emotional reactions over factual reality. It's not transparency, it's truth decay by design.

It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break.

🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...

Opinion | There Is No Going Back The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.

Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now

Not quite doomscrolling, but sometimes I fall into numbscrolling, where there is so much good, bad, curious, important, and frivolous all mixed together that my brain can't process any of it. That's when it's time to stop and read a book, I think.

Agree! It’s the groups! The neighbor parent groups provide so much good intel about the schools and neighborhood events. And I love the buy nothing group. Someone needs to do something.

Happy Festivus everyone. Always amazed this crazy episode birthed a real celebration that seems to be enjoyed by so many around the world. So may your feats be strong and your grievances few. Enjoy.