dan solomon
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also these robots aren't named "sandra" or "valerie" and referring to them as that is manipulative! they should AT BEST get star wars names of random letters and numbers
It is impossible to assault a robot and people who interfere with or damage property are not assailants.
Chicago’s autonomous delivery robots are getting into scrapes with humans, per city records we obtained via FOIA. with @robertchannick.bsky.social
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February 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
also these robots aren't named "sandra" or "valerie" and referring to them as that is manipulative! they should AT BEST get star wars names of random letters and numbers
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February 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
we've got an AI policy at @texasmonthly.bsky.social and i think you'll like it www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/t...
this is the most patriotic i’ve felt in months
collapsing hyperpower simultaneously entertains and distresses itself with stupendous cast of thousands real-time multi-media immanent self-critique of its own necropolitics, punctuated by Blue Angels fly-bys and ads for online gambling, AI scams, cars, and dick pills
February 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
this is the most patriotic i’ve felt in months
depends how you identify the modern conservative premise but “we need our violent, lawless dickheads to stop all the worse ones on the other side” is both fairly explicitly trumpist, and has never really gone out of style in pop culture. was especially pronounced in stuff like the walking dead
What’s the last broadly popular piece of culture that has modern conservative premises at its heart? I really genuinely have trouble thinking of what it could be.
Bad Bunny “together we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 AM
depends how you identify the modern conservative premise but “we need our violent, lawless dickheads to stop all the worse ones on the other side” is both fairly explicitly trumpist, and has never really gone out of style in pop culture. was especially pronounced in stuff like the walking dead
i hate to break it to this guy but i’m also building a self-growing city on the moon and mine is gonna be way better than his
We give this guy billions of our tax dollars to support his ADHD.
February 9, 2026 at 4:58 AM
i hate to break it to this guy but i’m also building a self-growing city on the moon and mine is gonna be way better than his
found myself asking “what time is the super bowl” which reminded me that i wrote about that question and the existential crisis it evokes in me several years ago and i still think i did a good job with it www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
How to Make Seven-Layer Dip—Also, What Time Is the Super Bowl?
Two burning questions answered in one post.
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February 7, 2026 at 11:58 PM
found myself asking “what time is the super bowl” which reminded me that i wrote about that question and the existential crisis it evokes in me several years ago and i still think i did a good job with it www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
i’m not visually disabled but my wife is and if you need help figuring out what to write for alt text, just imagine you’re telling her what’s in the picture so she can understand the post. “handshake meme, one side says ‘salt’ other says ‘evelyn normielib,’ they meet at ‘fuck ice’.” or whatever
Alt text was on maybe 75% of Bsky images when I first joined. Accessibility is still the right thing to do.
You can hit the gear on the left of yr screen, click accessibility, and get Bsky to remind u to use alt text. It's pretty easy ❤️
You can hit the gear on the left of yr screen, click accessibility, and get Bsky to remind u to use alt text. It's pretty easy ❤️
February 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
i’m not visually disabled but my wife is and if you need help figuring out what to write for alt text, just imagine you’re telling her what’s in the picture so she can understand the post. “handshake meme, one side says ‘salt’ other says ‘evelyn normielib,’ they meet at ‘fuck ice’.” or whatever
chat if it takes two Serious Legal Scholars to refute a statement from a pop star are you winning or losing
It’s time to put Billie Eilish’s theory of property out to pasture, Richard Epstein and Max Raskin write.
"Americans are not thieves who built on stolen land." https://wapo.st/4rDYzrn
"Americans are not thieves who built on stolen land." https://wapo.st/4rDYzrn
February 5, 2026 at 8:58 PM
chat if it takes two Serious Legal Scholars to refute a statement from a pop star are you winning or losing
the epstein files reveal that at the highest levels of society, men with power over women often use that power to do the same things that men with power over women do at every other level. epstein was incredibly well-resourced and his friends and enablers famous and powerful. but it's the same stuff
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
the epstein files reveal that at the highest levels of society, men with power over women often use that power to do the same things that men with power over women do at every other level. epstein was incredibly well-resourced and his friends and enablers famous and powerful. but it's the same stuff
huge miss from james talarico's super bowl ad to not have the final cut be to some guy on a private jet flying out to a private island watching it and shaking his fist at the screen www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s_1...
Billionaires
YouTube video by James Talarico
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February 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
huge miss from james talarico's super bowl ad to not have the final cut be to some guy on a private jet flying out to a private island watching it and shaking his fist at the screen www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s_1...
old enough to remember when “democracy dies in darkness” was a warning rather than a mission statement
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
old enough to remember when “democracy dies in darkness” was a warning rather than a mission statement
after everything else this week, it’s really hard not to imagine what bezos’s friends in his inbox are telling him about how awesome what he did to the post is
Please don't report this as a straightforward business story; it's a story about coercive social transformation being imposed by people so rich they've ceased to see the rest of us as legitimate stakeholders in our own lives
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
after everything else this week, it’s really hard not to imagine what bezos’s friends in his inbox are telling him about how awesome what he did to the post is
just searching random names of people i admire in epstein’s email and hoping for the best
February 4, 2026 at 4:24 AM
just searching random names of people i admire in epstein’s email and hoping for the best
it is absolutely essential that burn it all down come back In These Times of all times
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February 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
it is absolutely essential that burn it all down come back In These Times of all times
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random Yale law professor: jeffrey you naughty dog.... will i be seeing you at this year's Skull Size Forum or will you be busy with your hobbies ;)
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
random Yale law professor: jeffrey you naughty dog.... will i be seeing you at this year's Skull Size Forum or will you be busy with your hobbies ;)
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
there were some pretty bad years for jews in europe around then
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 4:45 AM
there were some pretty bad years for jews in europe around then
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ah yes, Regal's new 5DX Gas Leak theater, now available in select markets (for your mom)
February 2, 2026 at 9:11 PM
ah yes, Regal's new 5DX Gas Leak theater, now available in select markets (for your mom)
seems bad that a small group of people can have so much power and influence that they can basically change the way the whole world works through their emails and group chats even if they're *not* all connected through the world's most famous pedophile
February 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
seems bad that a small group of people can have so much power and influence that they can basically change the way the whole world works through their emails and group chats even if they're *not* all connected through the world's most famous pedophile
texas had a fairly robust network of non-profits, mostly faith-based, that were set up to help people in these situations. over the past two years, ken paxton, the attorney general now running for senate, has been working to dismantle those orgs and tying them up in court txilc.org/what-nonprof...
February 2, 2026 at 7:18 PM
texas had a fairly robust network of non-profits, mostly faith-based, that were set up to help people in these situations. over the past two years, ken paxton, the attorney general now running for senate, has been working to dismantle those orgs and tying them up in court txilc.org/what-nonprof...
booking bad bunny for the super bowl is probably the most genuinely interesting thing jay z has done since the black album
Opposition to ICE's abuses is growing by the day.
Whether it's speaking out at the Grammys, joining a peaceful protest, attending a Know Your Rights training, or demanding action from Congress, people across the country are resisting ICE's lawlessness.
Whether it's speaking out at the Grammys, joining a peaceful protest, attending a Know Your Rights training, or demanding action from Congress, people across the country are resisting ICE's lawlessness.
Bad Bunny Calls for 'ICE Out' While Accepting Grammy Award
Bad Bunny called for “ICE out” while accepting the Grammy award for Best Música Urbana Album.
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February 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
booking bad bunny for the super bowl is probably the most genuinely interesting thing jay z has done since the black album
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February 1, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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definitely follow rob if you are trying to understand the texas special election results from tonight
Leigh Wambsganss raised nearly $2.3 million for the SD9 district, much of it coming from three billionaire-funded PACs.
Taylor Rehmet raised $346,000, most of it coming from donations of $100 or less. His biggest donor gave him $12K, and a bunch of local unions also cut him larger checks.
Taylor Rehmet raised $346,000, most of it coming from donations of $100 or less. His biggest donor gave him $12K, and a bunch of local unions also cut him larger checks.
February 1, 2026 at 5:26 AM
definitely follow rob if you are trying to understand the texas special election results from tonight
couple more angles on this
January 31, 2026 at 9:58 PM
couple more angles on this
man it would have been cool if somebody had shown this guy some movies a few years earlier
Republican Senator Thom Tillis says Stephen Miller is like Grima Wormtongue from Lord of the Rings and Kristi Noem is like Delores Umbridge from Harry Potter.
January 31, 2026 at 7:36 PM
man it would have been cool if somebody had shown this guy some movies a few years earlier
man the guy with all of these accusations in the epstein files is the same guy ordering masked agents to minneapolis where they are shooting people execution-style in the street, demanding ten billion dollars from the treasury, blowing up longstanding alliances. wild that our system has no remedy
DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
January 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM
man the guy with all of these accusations in the epstein files is the same guy ordering masked agents to minneapolis where they are shooting people execution-style in the street, demanding ten billion dollars from the treasury, blowing up longstanding alliances. wild that our system has no remedy