Inside the Ruthless, Restless Final Days of Trump’s Campaign
Hire the worst people with a chaos agent at the top and you get tons of infighting from people who only know the right wing echo chamber. Hopefully it's enough.
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Opinion | Donald Trump Is Done With Checks and Balances
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Opinion | My Fellow Republicans, It’s Time to Say Enough With Trump
He's lost a lot of lifelong republicans because it's the Trump party now.
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Alexa, where’s my Star Trek Computer?
Can Alexa boldly go any further?
What It’s Like Being a Billionaire’s Personal Assistant
Wild stuff. Loot doesn't seem so far off as a comedy.
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A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles
All of this. We need collective solutions.
Like any large open-source project, American democracy is kind of messy, requires a lot of volunteer effort, and often uses way too much memory.
Fundamentally, they are all trying to renegotiate the Instagram terms of service, which everyone signed without reading. But as individuals, they have no real leverage with which to drag Mark Zuckerberg to the bargaining table.
A vote for Harris is a vote for the future. It is a vote for solving collective action problems. It is a vote for working together, instead of tearing our world to shreds.
The Starfleet Gazette Will Not Be Endorsing a Candidate for President of the United Federation of Planets
Heh.
The Scalzi Endorsement: Kamala Harris for President
A well written argument from Scalzi as always.
The End of the NFL’s Concussion Crisis
It's not news anymore.
You can use Clean Up with a clear conscience
I think this is the right call.
To Be Palestinian During Swarthmore College’s Campaign of Erasure — voices
At Swarthmore College, even the maps adorning the walls deny the existence of Palestine. Imagine the deep anguish of witnessing your homeland and your people’s history erased with a casual stroke of ink, replaced simply by the word “Israel.” This reality struck me hard during what was advertised as
Opinion | The Only Patriotic Choice for President
Kamala Harris has demonstrated care, competence and respect for the Constitution — the fundamental qualities necessary for high office.
The American Housing Crisis: A Theft, Not a Shortage – Economics from the Top Down
I don't know if it's the only answer but wow that's a lot of stolen wealth.
Take money from the rich and hand it to the poor, and the housing crisis will solve itself.
NGC 602 (NIRCam and MIRI image)
Wow.
In Our Defense: Vegans - The Phoenix
Heh
A Different Way to Think About Voting - The Phoenix
Even the babies get it. A non vote is a vote for Trump, and a vote for Trump is a way to never protest again.
Some Material May Be Inappropriate: The PG-13 Rating at 40 | MZS | Roger Ebert
I know most of this history but some interesting film anecdotes. Of course cartoonish violence gets the a-OK.
Manifesto of the Committee to Abolish Outer Space
Not sure exactly what this is but I remember liking Zubrin's book.
‘I don’t have much hope for a Harris presidency’: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Israeli apartheid and what the media gets wrong about Palestine
One of the most penetrating critics of US racism discusses the reception to his new book and why talking about Palestine offered him a way to understand the world
OpenAI Is A Bad Business
I don't see how this doesn't screw microsoft and much of the market very soon.
I'm So Sick of the Death of Superman
We really do get stuck on some stories.
Guided by Vices
Allow me to set the scene: you have been seated with a group of your friends at a restaurant, catching up in a lively discussion, when a member of the waitstaff shows up. They take everyone’s orders, then the discussion resumes — but they return a short while later to ask if you heard about […]
Constraints in video games – Manu
Not my games history but I agree with the sentiment
Long COVID Is Harming Too Many Kids
6 million kids. We're ruining a generation.
Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?
Hah.
It's 2004 again
Everything is terrible but there is tiny hope.
Bix Dot Blog — Holy Hell, The Social Web Did Not Begin In 2008
I like Mastodon but it's not the only way I want to connect.
The Dark Forest and the Cozy Web
A good thought technology. Found via Erin Kissane's xoxo talk
We're about to find out if Apple's big bet is going to pay off
The first stage of Apple Intelligence is upon us. But will it provide enough momentum for the next several stages?
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