David_j_roth
@davidjroth.bsky.social
The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
Two hairdressers and a stylist working full-out for 90 minutes before his speech at The Dracula Ideas Summit to make this guy look as absolutely fucked up as possible. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Palantir CEO Says AI to Make Large-Scale Immigration Obsolete
Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration, according to Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Two hairdressers and a stylist working full-out for 90 minutes before his speech at The Dracula Ideas Summit to make this guy look as absolutely fucked up as possible. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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How Bill Simmons went all in: defector.com/how-bill-sim...
How Bill Simmons Went All In | Defector
The following is excerpted from a chapter of Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling, by Danny Funt. The book is available for purchase now. Bill Simmons never seemed like…
defector.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:07 PM
How Bill Simmons went all in: defector.com/how-bill-sim...
This is good.
Terminally online young men are increasingly inclined to assemble their politics à la carte. Will Harrison wades through the ideological disarray on offer.
If You Read This You Are Gay | Will Harrison
Terminally online young men are increasingly inclined to assemble their politics à la carte.
thebaffler.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This is good.
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I feel so bad for anyone who finds out it happened while in a place where they need to exercise decorum, caution or restraint. I'll tell you right now that if anything happens to me and then you get an alert during my funeral, you interrupt the rabbi right away. Brighten everyone's day.
January 21, 2026 at 6:07 AM
I feel so bad for anyone who finds out it happened while in a place where they need to exercise decorum, caution or restraint. I'll tell you right now that if anything happens to me and then you get an alert during my funeral, you interrupt the rabbi right away. Brighten everyone's day.
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“So Fresh, So Clean” chorus: “Did you hear ‘bout Don-ald Trump / he died on Air Force One”
January 21, 2026 at 5:47 AM
“So Fresh, So Clean” chorus: “Did you hear ‘bout Don-ald Trump / he died on Air Force One”
/Roger Troutman "California Love" voice and cadence "Donald Trump has died."
January 21, 2026 at 5:31 AM
/Roger Troutman "California Love" voice and cadence "Donald Trump has died."
I want to emphasize that at this time the unconfirmed reports that President Trump has both arms stuck "elbow deep" in the airplane toilet are just that. We will be monitoring this story. Please be responsible about spreading news that both his arms are "as far as they can go" into the toilet hole.
January 21, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I want to emphasize that at this time the unconfirmed reports that President Trump has both arms stuck "elbow deep" in the airplane toilet are just that. We will be monitoring this story. Please be responsible about spreading news that both his arms are "as far as they can go" into the toilet hole.
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There should be a rule that if you are a Known Sports Poster you can say things like “holy fucking shit” with zero context but if you are primarily a Known Politics Poster that gets you like a two day ban
July 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
There should be a rule that if you are a Known Sports Poster you can say things like “holy fucking shit” with zero context but if you are primarily a Known Politics Poster that gets you like a two day ban
We're the hottest country in the world for one reason: a leader who's not afraid to demonstrate his unmatched stamina by going "eeeuuuugh" behind a lectern with his eyes 98 percent closed for 75 minutes, and then taking a few questions from Mike Lindell's cable news channel.
January 20, 2026 at 8:25 PM
We're the hottest country in the world for one reason: a leader who's not afraid to demonstrate his unmatched stamina by going "eeeuuuugh" behind a lectern with his eyes 98 percent closed for 75 minutes, and then taking a few questions from Mike Lindell's cable news channel.
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
Posting the words "Lord as my witness I am going to Make Heaven Crowded in Riverside, California on January 21" on social media and instantly the feds are at my door.
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Posting the words "Lord as my witness I am going to Make Heaven Crowded in Riverside, California on January 21" on social media and instantly the feds are at my door.
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craziest part is he wanted to change his name to rony b. seikaly
There's a good reason that Michael B. Jordan has a B in his name, and it has everything to do with a certain NBA legend.
Michael B. Jordan almost changed his name after being compared to NBA superstar: 'I got teased so much'
There's a good reason that Michael B. Jordan has a B in his name, and it has everything to do with a certain NBA legend.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
craziest part is he wanted to change his name to rony b. seikaly
Trump trying to start a weird stupid war no one wants out of spite because he's mad about not getting a Nobel Peace Prize is dead center "gag you would leave in drafts because it is both too obvious and not funny." Obviously this is all bad but it is also just incredibly hack. What a way to go.
January 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Trump trying to start a weird stupid war no one wants out of spite because he's mad about not getting a Nobel Peace Prize is dead center "gag you would leave in drafts because it is both too obvious and not funny." Obviously this is all bad but it is also just incredibly hack. What a way to go.
The kicker from another place.
Meanwhile let's check in with Harrison Mevis after the game winning field goal! WHAT????
January 19, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The kicker from another place.
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the majority of the activity doesn't even seem remotely protest-related! it's just convoys of goons driving all over the place trying to kidnap every person who doesn't have white skin and a bunch of people following them around making noise to prevent this
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 4:55 PM
the majority of the activity doesn't even seem remotely protest-related! it's just convoys of goons driving all over the place trying to kidnap every person who doesn't have white skin and a bunch of people following them around making noise to prevent this
/unplaceable trans-continental Andy Ngo voice "My god he could have been killed."
He gave a bunch of Nazi salutes and out came the super soakers (pic from Mpls subreddit)
January 17, 2026 at 11:14 PM
/unplaceable trans-continental Andy Ngo voice "My god he could have been killed."
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everybody in the trump administration looks like this
January 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
everybody in the trump administration looks like this
One of the harder to defend movie opinions I have is that Joe Carnahan is Onto Something, and while he's not made many movies that are good all the way through we'd be better off with more distinctive/overstated genre filmmakers like him. That said, The Rip is 133 minutes and I'm not a young man.
January 17, 2026 at 4:34 AM
One of the harder to defend movie opinions I have is that Joe Carnahan is Onto Something, and while he's not made many movies that are good all the way through we'd be better off with more distinctive/overstated genre filmmakers like him. That said, The Rip is 133 minutes and I'm not a young man.
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We are now into the stupid part of the baseball offseason. Finally. defector.com/its-nice-to-...
It's Nice To Have A Process, But It's Better To Have Money | Defector
Imagine a very orderly person who lives in an apartment with a very large dog. The two can coexist happily, with each providing necessary support to the other, but there is also going to be a tension ...
defector.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:27 PM
We are now into the stupid part of the baseball offseason. Finally. defector.com/its-nice-to-...
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Good week at Wide Left (1/3) -
Living in the Twin Cities as a brown person, having experienced the post-9/11 atmosphere, I wrote about the recent history of modern American warfare at home and abroad www.wideleft.football/p/at-war-at-...
Living in the Twin Cities as a brown person, having experienced the post-9/11 atmosphere, I wrote about the recent history of modern American warfare at home and abroad www.wideleft.football/p/at-war-at-...
At War, At Home and Abroad
One week in, and it's already been quite a year. What does it mean to be at war?
www.wideleft.football
January 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Good week at Wide Left (1/3) -
Living in the Twin Cities as a brown person, having experienced the post-9/11 atmosphere, I wrote about the recent history of modern American warfare at home and abroad www.wideleft.football/p/at-war-at-...
Living in the Twin Cities as a brown person, having experienced the post-9/11 atmosphere, I wrote about the recent history of modern American warfare at home and abroad www.wideleft.football/p/at-war-at-...
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The parents in the school signal chat, many of whom didn’t even know what the app was before Wednesday, have now started changing their handles. Whole damn place looks like the old Deadspin comment section.
January 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The parents in the school signal chat, many of whom didn’t even know what the app was before Wednesday, have now started changing their handles. Whole damn place looks like the old Deadspin comment section.
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
This week's episode is split pretty cleanly between the horrors in Minneapolis and the NFL playoffs. Arif is really good at talking about both, but we were right on the A Truly Sad Week In America Plus The 2005 NBA Redraftables line in this one. defector.com/what-its-lik...
What It's Like When ICE Invades Your City, With Arif Hasan | Defector
It is one of the rules of podcasting: if you can avoid it, which you generally can, you should avoid the “A Truly Sad Week In America, Plus The 2005 NBA Redraftables” trap. This trap’s extremely pithy...
defector.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This week's episode is split pretty cleanly between the horrors in Minneapolis and the NFL playoffs. Arif is really good at talking about both, but we were right on the A Truly Sad Week In America Plus The 2005 NBA Redraftables line in this one. defector.com/what-its-lik...