Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

This week’s chalkboards at @curiousiguana.com

We'd better build more AI data centers, AI will fix this problem for us --

*waits five years*

The oceans have boiled and the drinking water is gone but at least all the intellectual property has been stolen and now I can use AI to create a really accurate representation of Batman fucking Pikachu

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

An affable, overly simplistic glimpse into the minds of researchers. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @pantheonbooks.bsky.social @nikolasmavreas.bsky.social #booksky

Remember when Alex Pareene predicted this after Charlottesville in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

An Interview with Richard Simon. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @workmanpub.bsky.social @annelcassidy.bsky.social #booksky

Anyone familiar with the political culture of the Trumpian GOP will not be surprised by this reporting on today's Young Republicans, but all decent human beings will be appalled by it.

Financial Advisors Recommend Throwing Away Unopened Bills https://theonion.com/financial-advisors-recommend-throwing-away-unopened-bills/

This is why the inflatable costumes works so well -- it works the same way calling them "weird" or "creepy" did. It disrupts their narrative, and makes them seem pathetic rather than cool-and-cruel.

Today's "No-Pressure Reading Recommendation" to my students...

With help from his doting mom, a gay Lebanese man comes of age. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @groveatlantic.bsky.social @rabihalameddine.bsky.social #booksky

Government workers 👇🏾

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

WARNING: This horrific video by a war correspondent reporting from the front lines of war ravaged Portland is not for the squeamish. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇

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Nature reclaims the spaces abandoned by people. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/lif... @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @calflyn.bsky.social #booksky

I accidentally wore my Washington T-shirt yesterday and hope I haven't derailed the Commanders' chances tonight. 🏈

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

When the Personal and the Political Intersect. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/whe... @theinnerlooplit.bsky.social @regalhouse.bsky.social #booksky

Believe it or not, Big Tech *can* be reined in. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/e... #booksky

The search on Mar-a-Lago happened in August 2022. Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel in November 2022.

Time, how does it work