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Elon Musk accepted a payment from a sanctioned individual, confirmed
“MAGA’s fundamental shared quality is a total lack of theory of mind for other people” is a theory that keeps getting validated by reality - look at almost every decision they’ve made in the war with Iran, and how they seem constantly surprised by the unanticipated actions of other parties.
Does that mean you understand nanatechnology?
You laugh, but it’s actually a backdoor way to reinvigorate the Merchant Marine. Masterstroke!!
comic by political cartoonist Gary Varvel depicting a man hearing about Greece sending ships to defend Cyprus from the Persians while turning his calendar and discovering the year is 499 BCE.
A lot of good stuff in this thread, especially framing issues around *the product* rather than *the technology.*
"Technology is getting better" is easy to accept. "Getting better" is what technology DOES in our worldview.
But our experience of *individual products* is that they get *worse.*
What’s the exception?
Raytheon Executive: I know you’re skeptical about buying American again. But hear me out. The MIM-104 Patriot is the only surface to air missile system with a proven track record of success against the US Air Force.
Danish Defense Minister: Continue.
Press gave Biden far worse coverage for a small number of American soldiers dying while leaving a war than to Trump for a similar number dying while starting a war for no reason. It makes you think!
Something else I noticed. Videogames create stronger feelings of nostalgia than almost anything else, because they are the only places you can visit that are still exactly the same as they were at the time.
Bored of Peace
Up is down is up
I don’t think we even need to ban it. It might be enough to mandate that winners be publicly, nonymously exposed.
This post has more likes than Landsman’s entire thread combined
I think the truly damning thing about the Dem comms response is that they had months to prepare for today and there's zero coordination, no unified message. Just every D leader responding like they quickly hammered out a statement in a panic at 6 am this morning
There is no alternative to building more homes in the places people want to live.
Most Likely to be the Next Stephen Miller
So you get out your Fascism for Dummies book for the 15 things you do, and we tried to include as many of them as we could in the most artful way possible. How were we supposed to know that this clown car in Washington was going to basically use the same book that we used? So I don't think it's prescience so much as the sad familiarity of fascism and the karaoke menu of things that you go through to do it. You could list them from the show, or you could list them from the newspaper.
Tony Gilroy, creator of Andor, wasn’t allowed to use the word “fascism” during press junkets in 2025.
Interesting interview in The Hollywood Reporter.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...
Can you explain how?
My manager told me I wasn't ready to be chief economist.
I already had the offer from Redfin.
She'd downgraded my rating while I was on maternity leave, so Amazon couldn't even counter.
Her only move was to scare me into thinking I would fail.
To read the full story, grab my book, Hate the Game
The New York Times smeared AOC for saying “um”
Meigs Field will never die
Digital blackface
i'm new to "design", and the lesson i unexpectedly keep learning over and over is that the UI should actually reflect the data model. when i try to hide the underlying model fearing it would be confusing, it actually ends up way more confusing and cause contradictions than if i had just embraced it
San Diego rents fall 5.5%—proof that building housing works.
Add 6,000 apartments, prices drop.
This eases pressure on voucher programs, helps low-income renters, makes the city more accessible.
Want sustained affordability? Keep building.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/04/r...
This woman killed an entire family — mom, dad, and 2 kids. She will get no jail time, and will not lose her license. When you're a driver, you can kill with total impunity.
www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...
