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[Someone that lives in New York, watching a TikTok where a person eats in a car] that is a weird looking restaurant

Incredibly telling moment. Trump is completely sure he is right here. We have a president that is pickled in his information bubble, high on his own supply, can't tell his administration's propaganda from reality. Next the White House will insist Trump is right!

"This could be a list of books by the great philosophers, but only one of them fits that description" fivebooks.com/best-books/m...

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Under this line of thinking it seems to me that democracy is literally not possible. The voters are not agents making their own decisions but rather automata that require the right inputs to produce the right outputs. Why have voting at all?

Do you love mythology? Do you love the weird? We have something for you… early stock in the office of Return of the Ancients, the May #TalesoftheWeird edited by @kjsoar.bsky.social (Circles of Stone). Pre-order from the BL shop now!

If you find yourself baffled by reactions to Donald Trump because according to your analysis, he’s no different than any other president in history. Maybe your analysis is flawed?

The fact that Netflix doesn’t have a TikTok-like app populated with clips from their catalog is actually insane. It’s gold sitting on the ground right there, you just have to pick it up!

immigrant gets sent to a detention center and asks his cell mate “what are you in for?” and his cell mate says “i ruled you were not guilty”

Not only does this entire article send shivers up my spine, but I learned this morning that Clay was also fired from his job after this article came out. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Scans of 18 ancient papyri that were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius look ‘very promising’, and there are plans to digitally unroll many more. #ClassicsBluesky 🏺 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This story is going viral and causing a major freakout among museum donors and patrons. I'm told by a source at the museum that it is completely untrue. ??

OH MY GOD SHE CAME BACK!

The $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen

This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.

Drop everything and read this now. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-present-...

Drake Catches Himself Singing ‘Not Like Us’ In The Shower

Throughout history, the political scientist James C. Scott argued, people fought state power not by public protest—which under an authoritarian regime often meant death—but through a series of clandestine activities that amounted to protest nonetheless.

I started playing Final Fantasy X again, and a demon possessed me and forced me to make this.

Oblivion Remaster confirmed, announcing tomorrow at 8 AM PT

Felt inspired

BREAKING: The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct File program, an electronic system for filing your tax returns for free.

Talking Point: How Does Switch 2's Launch Price Compare To Past Nintendo Systems? (Repost)

This is quite fun. “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory t.co/ycnHVZ1gT1

My life would be better if I could have an astronaut suicide pill to wear around my neck like an amulet.

In retrospect the MASTERFUL GAMBIT SIR joke was probably the most trenchant piece of political analysis of the last five years

Every day we must spin the wheel-o-tariffs to decide if trade is possible that day.

Meet the startup, backed by big Silicon Valley investors, Macmillan's owner, and former HarperCollins and Penguin execs, that wants authors to "just spitball a few bullet points" to get AI to write books — "and then suddenly each author is writing 1,000 books." 👀 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

NEW: Spoke to 25 small publishers about the kind of impact Google's AI changes to search has had on their businesses. Things don't look good—not for the publishers, and not for the quality of information out on the open web, which ironically Google itself relies on. Gift link: bloom.bg/43Jmzk3

Some fishing ship textures

This is a joke, but to be 100% clear for the people of Bluesky, by Monday we will have reached the point where vols are high enough trading options subtracts value even if you’re right. From here on out on if you wish to do directional punts you need to just trade delta one instruments.

Sure am tired from a long day of directing the movements of the cosmos, time to take off my pointy hat and go to bed while my dumbass apprentice refills the scrying pool by hand.

It's out! And my wonderful co-author Chike Jeffers already has his copies. You can order it here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

This how I feel when people use the word "comrade"

Statement from Nintendo: Statement from Nintendo: Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.

The Vatican was excluded from the tariff list and Italy is at the 20% EU rate. I hope some scheming cardinal sees the opportunity here.