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I thought I had that Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas job locked down

05.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Senate Gives Green Light to Trump's Iran Attacks

Senate Gives Green Light to Trump's Iran Attacks

Failure to stop something (that is illegal) is not the same as "green lighting" it. Green lighting it would involve Congress declaring war

04.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Typst is so much nicer than LaTeX

04.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I also think that a side effect of the internet and the universal availability of all recorded music means you no longer get weird regional scenes, which could be innovative

04.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

kind of crazy that if you have enough money and don't like what you see in the media, you can just buy up every film studio, news station, and social media app and change it

04.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 16436 πŸ” 2644 πŸ’¬ 265 πŸ“Œ 134
Key projects and bands after Smashing Pumpkins (post-2000) include:
Zwan (2001–2003): Included Jimmy Chamberlin, Matt Sweeney, Paz Lenchantin, and David Pajo.
Solo Career: Released TheFutureEmbrace (2005)Ogilala (2017), and Cotillions (2019).

Key projects and bands after Smashing Pumpkins (post-2000) include: Zwan (2001–2003): Included Jimmy Chamberlin, Matt Sweeney, Paz Lenchantin, and David Pajo. Solo Career: Released TheFutureEmbrace (2005)Ogilala (2017), and Cotillions (2019).

04.03.2026 12:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

rock isn't the culturally dominant form of music but neither is anything else

04.03.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

there are rock shows in every city every night attended by fans of rock music of all ages, and thousands of new rock albums every year. it's not exactly dixieland jazz

04.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won.

NYT: "Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won"

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...

The surrending law firms: A&O Shearman, Cadwalader, Kirkland, Latham & Watkins, Milbank, Paul Weiss, Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Willkie

03.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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28.02.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

I'm a doomer but about technology other than AI and social media. Blenders

01.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
2 HOURS of Cookie Monster! πŸ’™πŸͺ| Sesame Street Compilation
2 HOURS of Cookie Monster! πŸ’™πŸͺ| Sesame Street Compilation YouTube video by Sesame Street

youtu.be/3LQD4154kFg?...

01.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Eels - Novocaine For The Soul (Official Video)
Eels - Novocaine For The Soul (Official Video) YouTube video by EelsVEVO

@seanmcarroll.bsky.social Are you aware that Hugh Everett's son is the excellent musical project Eels youtu.be/V2yy141q8HQ?...

28.02.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Polymarket defends its decision to allow betting on war as β€˜invaluable’ Everything is gambling now, even human suffering.

ghouls who should be shunned www.theverge.com/tech/887040/...

28.02.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We need a new sin name for ripping people off with gambling apps, crypto scams, prediction markets, etc: It's a form of hyper-usury

28.02.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yanis Varoufakis calls prosecution after admitting taking ecstasy 40 years ago β€˜ridiculous’ Greek leftwing intellectual and former minister says his indictment is indicative of far-right turn in western politics

So...the Greeks are prosecuting a gadfly intellectual for corrupting public morals. Interesting www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

28.02.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The judges in WV have seen enough.

They say that if the ICE continues detaining people in ways they have unanimously deemed illegal they will start issuing civil fines and contempt findings β€” including against state officials who help them carry it out.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

28.02.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 9700 πŸ” 2790 πŸ’¬ 304 πŸ“Œ 218
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured speeding through the solar system by Jupiter-bound spacecraft This mysterious interstellar visitor is on a whirlwind journey through our solar system

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured speeding through the solar system by Jupiter-bound spacecraft www.scientificamerican.com/article/inte...

28.02.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Operation Chuck Norris Facts

28.02.2026 12:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You can just say things.

28.02.2026 08:21 πŸ‘ 4667 πŸ” 1314 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 98

Just thinking about how lots of people in the White House are making money off of this

28.02.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 2512 πŸ” 664 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 9

Welcome to the Chinese Century

28.02.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When we emerge from this mess, there will be accountability.

Count on it.

27.02.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 311 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 2

Keith Rabois
@rabois
Imagine Apple sold computers or iPads to the DOD and tried to tell the Pentagon what missions could be planned on their computers.

Keith Rabois @rabois Imagine Apple sold computers or iPads to the DOD and tried to tell the Pentagon what missions could be planned on their computers.

that would be fine. and the Department of Defense would be within its rights to not buy them

28.02.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Paramount should enjoy its growing news monopoly while they have it because when Democrats win back power we are going to break up these anti-democratic information conglomerates. All of them.

27.02.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 10337 πŸ” 2001 πŸ’¬ 758 πŸ“Œ 396
the-unflappablewolf
Who would you trust more?
total stranger in a star trek shirt?
94.5%
total stranger in a star wars shirt?
5.5%
99.421 Stimmen β€’ Verbleibende Zeit: 2 Tage 23 Stunden
thebaconsandwichofregret
No exaggeration, the vote split on this poll is hysterical.

the-unflappablewolf Who would you trust more? total stranger in a star trek shirt? 94.5% total stranger in a star wars shirt? 5.5% 99.421 Stimmen β€’ Verbleibende Zeit: 2 Tage 23 Stunden thebaconsandwichofregret No exaggeration, the vote split on this poll is hysterical.

No but this is entirely correct

27.02.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 5234 πŸ” 1119 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 176

DayQuil is great if you want to replace the feeling of being sick with a feeling on un-being, blankness, and void

27.02.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Conference of Catholic Bishops is... not playing around in this brief.

www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

26.02.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 3270 πŸ” 1094 πŸ’¬ 117 πŸ“Œ 138
commercial buildings, aurora, colorado, 1980

commercial buildings, aurora, colorado, 1980

commercial buildings, aurora, colorado, 1980

26.02.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

all the sci-fi training data makes this the most likely outcome for LLMs

25.02.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0