Unfortunately?
My husband is telling our 5 year old that it’s “not funny” that he bought a “fart noises package” on Amazon and I’m hiding in the corner silently cackling because it’s unfortunately very funny
August 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Unfortunately?
The first empire that died by temper tantrum
He’s pulled the knife half way out of the economy’s back, but the injury (no longer a reliable trading partner) will take years to heal.
#stupid
#stupid
April 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The first empire that died by temper tantrum
When you elect a guy who can bankrupt a casino
Not joking: as of today Donald Trump is the absolute greatest destroyer of wealth the country has ever had
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
When you elect a guy who can bankrupt a casino
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"America is a place of immeasurable wealth. It is quite literally the richest and most fortunate country that has ever existed. And yet its leader acts like such a pitiful cry-baby on the world stage, constantly talking about how mean everyone is and how horrible everyone has been to it"
This is what empires look like when they fall inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
Trump’s downfall begins now – his paranoia and baseless rage is his undoing
This is what empires look like when they fall
inews.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"America is a place of immeasurable wealth. It is quite literally the richest and most fortunate country that has ever existed. And yet its leader acts like such a pitiful cry-baby on the world stage, constantly talking about how mean everyone is and how horrible everyone has been to it"
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"Looking for Plaintiffs to Challenge Trump's IEEPA Tariffs in Court," from Ilya Somin at Volokh.
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Looking for Plaintiffs to Challenge Trump's IEEPA Tariffs in Court
I have previously written about how Trump's abusive use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) to start a massive trade war
reason.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"Looking for Plaintiffs to Challenge Trump's IEEPA Tariffs in Court," from Ilya Somin at Volokh.
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
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This is a suicide note for the American economy.
April 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is a suicide note for the American economy.
[angry goose meme]
We heard anecdotally that Canadians weren’t visiting the states, now we have the data. A massive, shocking drop.
April 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
[angry goose meme]
It doesn't matter how secure your messages are if some dumbass adds the wrong person to the chain. Signal is a great product but not perfect for everything.
“something i don’t like happened on signal, so therefore signal shouldn’t be trusted and is bad”
im not surprised but still find it hard to believe this is what many people are taking away from this lol
use signal
im not surprised but still find it hard to believe this is what many people are taking away from this lol
use signal
Signal Messenger: Speak Freely
Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.
signal.org
March 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It doesn't matter how secure your messages are if some dumbass adds the wrong person to the chain. Signal is a great product but not perfect for everything.
What exactly is the constituency for gutting medical research across the board?
The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projects
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
What exactly is the constituency for gutting medical research across the board?
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Hey remember when people said “we need a domestic terrorism statute” and people like me said “that would be super ripe for abuse for whatever lunatic is in power, would you want Trump to have that power” and you sneered at “slippery slope thinking”? Yeah, I remember, dipshit.
President Trump says that he is going to label incidents of violence/vandalism at Tesla dealerships as “domestic terrorism.”
March 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Hey remember when people said “we need a domestic terrorism statute” and people like me said “that would be super ripe for abuse for whatever lunatic is in power, would you want Trump to have that power” and you sneered at “slippery slope thinking”? Yeah, I remember, dipshit.
And yet he has the keys to the economy...
Crikey if this whole stunt didn't get sadder and sadder with each passing moment
March 12, 2025 at 4:25 AM
And yet he has the keys to the economy...
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Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
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“I think that it is insulting that you are trying to test my knowledge of economics,” she continued.
"Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people" -- Karoline Leavitt turns reality upside down, then gets mad at an AP reporter after he pushes back
March 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“I think that it is insulting that you are trying to test my knowledge of economics,” she continued.
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The erosion of trust in science & scientists — sometimes due to complex social/historical factors but often deliberately perpetrated by charlatans — has tragic, deadly consequences, and, if unchecked, is an existential threat to society.
"The vaccination has stuff we don't trust," said the father of the 6-year-old girl who died from measles at the end of last month. Tom Bartlett visited with a family confronting an unthinkable tragedy:
The Texas Girl Who Died From Measles
Her father tells her story.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The erosion of trust in science & scientists — sometimes due to complex social/historical factors but often deliberately perpetrated by charlatans — has tragic, deadly consequences, and, if unchecked, is an existential threat to society.
Trump bumbles into a lot of useful situations by chance. I'm sure he'd take advantage of such a situation if it arises, but he's getting into it because he's a moron who doesn't understand basic economics.
i genuinely suspect that they think that the army and security services are a cheat code to establishing a NatCon hybrid regime and that they need to provoke a crisis that will allow them to do so
i do not think this will work, at all
i do not think this will work, at all
I receive: the ability to prosecute all my political enemies
you receive: a massive recession on the horizon
you receive: a massive recession on the horizon
March 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Trump bumbles into a lot of useful situations by chance. I'm sure he'd take advantage of such a situation if it arises, but he's getting into it because he's a moron who doesn't understand basic economics.
We're living in the South Park movie
The Trump administration is considering tearing up border, trade and military treaties with Canada
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious
President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We're living in the South Park movie
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Tariff accelerationist bros... our day has finally come
Trump's universal tariffs on Canada, Mexico, & China hit ~$1.35T of US imports starting tomorrow, ~42% of all goods brought into the US, including devastating impacts on energy, vehicle, & food supply chains. Prices for gas & groceries like tomatoes, beer, & cabbages would jump🧵
March 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Tariff accelerationist bros... our day has finally come
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I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
Once the whole government is full of pliable yes-men, public opinion is somewhat less important
February 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Once the whole government is full of pliable yes-men, public opinion is somewhat less important
Overestimating your enemies is a lot more productive than doing it the other way around
And in case you thought Noah might have reevaluated his Musk boosterism in light of the catastrophe of the last month, this dropped *today*
www.noahpinion.blog/p/only-fools...
www.noahpinion.blog/p/only-fools...
Only fools think Elon is incompetent
Underestimate a man like this at your peril.
www.noahpinion.blog
February 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Overestimating your enemies is a lot more productive than doing it the other way around
He might just cut a 1,000 check and add to the debt to increase the popularity of his great purge of 2025
DOGE is getting a whole lot of headlines mainly because our brains aren't wired to make sense of millions, billions, or trillions of dollars. Lemme help: Math out the DOGE numbers and you'll discover that your DOGE dividend may buy you a coffee or two.
The problem: There's just not that much waste.
The problem: There's just not that much waste.
February 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
He might just cut a 1,000 check and add to the debt to increase the popularity of his great purge of 2025
Meth or the other kind?
GIRL(26): What is your stance on Crystals
ME (94): I have never devolpeed a stance on Crystals. I am more interested in food & entertainment
ME (94): I have never devolpeed a stance on Crystals. I am more interested in food & entertainment
February 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Meth or the other kind?
Always take him seriously and literally
Turns out we never left... get ready for expensive consumer goods, buckos
February 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Always take him seriously and literally