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Anyway as they pull bodies out of the Potomac bear in mind that the guiding ethos of Trumpism is that the TSA, NTSB, and FAA should be radically downsized and run by dudes whose main qualifications are loyalty are a willingness to say “cunt” a lot

submitted 25 days ago • 575 comments

"Because this is capitalism, AI is more than a toy and a liberator of free time: it's the latest, and possibly the most complete means of capturing and imprisoning the soul."

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Border czar Tom Homan is on CNN complaining that Chicago is “very well educated” and people “know their rights” too well for ICE to be able to enforce mass deportations. Good work, neighbors.

submitted 26 days ago • 280 comments

“an extraordinary break from decades of legal precedent” is a weird way of saying “illegal” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 26 days ago • 41 comments

Trump doesn’t have the law on his side. What he has is power. Historically speaking, when the “rule of law” comes up against raw power and a dictator willing to use it, the rule of law always loses.

submitted 26 days ago • 74 comments

If Australia had bold leadership - or even leadership open to obvious opportunities - they would scrap AUKUS now it is obvious those subs will never materialise, and use a small portion of the savings to double federal research funding immediately.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

US accuses RSF of genocide, which is accurate. A reminder that the RSF is supported by the UAE, a US ally. www.reuters.com/world/us-imp...

submitted 47 days ago • 2 comments

Cannot wait for the day my fridge locks me out because I can no longer afford the subscription service or stops working because it’s aged out of the manufacturer supporting the software.

submitted 50 days ago • 18 comments

The key takeaway is that the world’s richest man got what he wanted; stripped our cancer funding for kids, killed reforms to bring down drugs prices and caps on investment in China. Trump on the other hand demanded a debt ceiling raise and got nothing.

submitted 65 days ago • 483 comments

The only recent historical figure who claimed expertise in as wide a variety of disciplines as Musk was Stalin. Also lauded by his followers.

submitted 66 days ago • 2 comments

Zauberberg, Buddenbrooks, Mann ohne Eigenschaften, Verbrechen und Strafe, Krieg und Frieden, Der Turm, Witiko, Middlemarch, Anna Karenina, Finnegans Wake.

submitted 68 days ago • 5 comments

I was looking forward to eggs being cheaper so I could pelt Republicans with them without breaking the bank. Just one more way this administration is fucking up my day. Thanks Donald.

submitted 73 days ago • 5 comments

I remember in the Blog Era journalists were obsessed with "conflicts of interests" for bloggers and I was like have you seen your opinion page contributors

submitted 73 days ago • 5 comments