Gentleman Beau

The Algonquin Round Table were drunks and Communists but it’s important that we in the podcast community honor them as the first podcasters. Intermittently funny, jobs that let them dick around all afternoon, no audience to speak of. 🫡

Trump Is Turning the White House Into a 'Branded Estate' The president’s teardown of the East Wing is a jarring visual reminder of his no-holds-barred commitment to reshape the nation in his own image.

Trump Is Turning the White House Into a ‘Branded Estate’

My latest on gaudy aesthetics and trite visual metaphors

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I want to make it perfectly clear I've got nothing against TRON: ARES. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

But what I want most is for the younger generations to love going to the movies, which means we need more movies for them. Not every movie needs to be for 50 year old white guys.

Since circumcision causes autism I can only assume mustard-based BBQ sauce gives you measles.

The ultimate “yes” girl strikes again.

Can’t wait for her bit on how her fellow comediennes wouldn’t come and that she’s more like “one of the guys”.

The characters Zero and One sitting and looking at each other. Zero is holding a big nonbinary flag, and One is holding a small rainbow flag. The words above them say "Nobody is Illegal" and "Zero & One stand with immigrants"

I'm a disabled trans author living with daily hunger.

Please back my comic on KS.

"Zero & One" is about a Human youth on a robot planet. New language, new culture.

It's a great way to start conversations with young people about immigration.

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#TXLEGE: 11 key laws go into effect today.

Instead of preparing Texans for real crises, lawmakers prioritized bills that go against our Texas values.

Here's a breakdown of some of the bills that have passed. 🧵

I lost my IG less than two weeks before my exhibition (which I am paying entirely out of pocket to have) therefore my means of promotion has vanished 💔

Could you do me a solid and please share?

This one. I need this one.

Bad News: That barrel is full of lube.

Rerelease “Your Codename is Jonah” so this generation can experience entry-level existential angst, you cowards.

“American” is the metric term for “assholes” over there, tho.

NEW:

“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”

Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.

“Guns are bad, kids. Unless you’re using them against Nazis!”

A black and white photo of Foster at his drawing table with a huge page of original art.

A Prince Valiant poster with Val in the center on his horse. Behind him is a castle and in each corner is a scene from the comic strip.

Today is the birthday of Hal Foster (Aug. 16, 1892-July 25, 1982), writer, artist, & creator of the Prince Valiant newspaper comic strip.

It’s unbelievably delicious.

INCREDIBLE

Be a shame if something happened to your transphobic terf cream.

I just want a Disney + series that will let me see Donald Glover in this wig.

One of the most perfect castings ever.

Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....

ICYMI: Amazon still doing Amazon things

The company is not only reintroducing new versions of old features that allow police to access footage from Ring users

Amazon is introducing a new Ring feature that will allow police to request *livestream* access to our home security devices.

@eff.org

Shira Brie walked so Mara Jade could run. I will accept no questions.

Me three months ago:

Text Reads: Hi Creators! Starting August 13, 2025 we'll begin rolling out and age estimation model to determine if a US-based user is under the age of 18. This will happen regardless of the birthdate of a user entered when creating their account. We'll then use that to extend age-appropriate product experiences and protections to more teens (like enabling digital wellbeing tools and only showing non-personalized ads). These protections for teens are not new - we now have enhanced technology to more accurately determine whether or not a user is under 18 and are now able to extend these protections to more teenagers. We've used this approach in other markets for some time, where it is working well and we are now gradually rolling it out to the US. The age estimation model uses a variety of signals such as YouTube activity and longevity of the account. If we determine a user is under 18, they'll be notified. As always they'll have the option to verify their age (through government ID, selfie, or a credit card) if they believe out age estimation model is incorrect. For creators, based on our age estimation model we'll apply some additional protections including: - Setting uploads as private by default for anyone - Restricting the ability to earn from gifts on vertical.

Hey, everyone who is calling Mastercard and Visa about the age verification BS. I think you should start aiming at YouTube as well.

He’s really shitting all over his legacy.

300,000 Black women have left the labor force in 3 months. It’s not a coincidence. For decades, the public sector has been a lifeline for Black women shut out of economic opportunity. It’s no surprise that Trump's federal downsizing targeted them first, explains gender economist Kat...

“This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of federal policy choices — most immediately, sweeping job cuts across public-sector agencies where Black women have long held the strongest foothold in middle-class employment.”

I used to idolize Thomas. It’s really embarrassing to see how deep he’s buried his legacy with this incessant bullshitting.

Finally the top tier RPG live play that Dropout deserves.