Tom Chappell

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A Kuwaiti F-18 could do the funniest thing right now

Trump helps MAGA influencers flee Middle East war zone on private jet Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz, dogwalker Sarah Daither, former lobbyist Jay Footlik, and others managed to escape on a private plane thanks to the White House.

The White House has helped MAGA influencers escape the Middle East on a private jet while more than a million ordinary Americans are still trapped with no way out.

If you're a writer or researcher who thinks AI is better than you at your job, I believe you. I just don't think you should pretend like your skill issue affects me

This is going to be hard for some people to accept, but I think the US government is lying to us about the state of negotiations between itself and Iran.

Gentle reminder that you don't have to fully boycott Amazon, just stop making it your default. Need socks? Lots of places sell socks. Need printer paper? Need rye flour? Many other options.

"This startup only sells through Amazon!"

Okay, buy that but don't buy the sneakers and coffee beans.

It also signals that you still care what warhawk motherfuckers and their enablers think about you.

That’s Generalissimo Francisco Franco to you, buddy.

That guy is still bravely dead, btw.

Not the same guy, you brick-brained clown. The one who came to power in 1979 died 10 years later in ‘89.

I don’t watch CBS for the same reason I don’t eat out the toilet

literally nobody in the world needs to know what Ross Douthat thinks about anything even if it's to get annoyed at it, you need to stop bringing that filth onto our clean carpets

really a good sign about OpenAI's own prediction of its trajectory that it is lunging at the killbot, mass surveillance and porn use cases before a lawyer could even read the contracts

There's a YT video called Charlie Bit My Finger which has 460 million views

My new reporting on MAGA super PAC donors getting special tariff exemptions from Trump is now the second most read piece at The Guardian.

Read it here & pass it on: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Handbasket 100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.

Off the top of my head:

www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email

Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

oh no, whatever will happen to this extremely serious vehicle program

The second you leave this country for even a few days, you realize the place you call home is decaying at an almost exponential pace. The realization that you don't have to live like this is stark, and that nobody in power is taking tangible actions to fix it in your lifetime is even starker.

To anyone with an ounce of humanity, this is horrific.

The Winklevoss Twins' Crypto Company Is in Crisis After the Bitcoin Crash The Winklevoss twins' Gemini crypto exchange struggled to brace for bitcoin volatility, throwing up warning signs for the industry as a whole.

A feel-good story.

“The situation seems to be rattling the enterprise to its core, coming the same week that Gemini moved to kick its chief operating officer, financial officer, and legal officer to the curb.”

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That message: Kathie Lee Gifford actually is not a nice person, she said some very unfortunate things about me despite her husband Frank being a TREMENDOUS GUY!

literally no one is talking about pronouns except for him. it’s just open bigotry. that’s all it is.

Also, fuck those hockey boys. I TAKE MY CHEERS BACK and return to you ALLLL the middle fingers.

Fact Check: Jesse Singal Lies About Trans Care At The New York Times The New York Times spreads misinformation about transgender people yet again.

“one of the most prolific anti-trans writers working today, Jesse Singal, has taken his work to the legacy media outlet most willing to publish misinformation that harms transgender people—the New York Times,” @erininthemorning.com writes. www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check...

A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.

Senator @CoryBooker’s decision to help confirm Kushner’s criminal father is aging about as well as expected — he was just banned from their government after failing to show up when summoned for meddling in their domestic affairs

Can't fuckin' believe I'm doing this but here goes: Twitter is a mind prison, a true jail of career advancement. I stopped posting on there and within months I became the CEO of The Onion and I'm not kidding. Went back on last year, felt worse, then left again.

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.

Wait what
theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...

The press has reported on yesterday’s Supreme Court decision as if it were only about tariffs. Wrong. It’s far bigger and even more important. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-supreme-courts-tariff-decision