ToD isPAy
@dinorocket.bsky.social
Politics of a bleeding-heart liberal(I will not give up that term), wrestling takes of a decades-long smark, Magic takes of a filthy casual, and probably some other stuff. Background is Lucius Junius Brutus, who overthrew the last king of Rome.
They said AI would be a game changer and they were right…
because it makes me wanna flip the table.
because it makes me wanna flip the table.
Hey what's going on with people getting arrested for trying to block AI data centers all over the country
It's almost like the AI industry and fascism have the same goals in mind IDK IDK I'm not a doctor
It's almost like the AI industry and fascism have the same goals in mind IDK IDK I'm not a doctor
a man in Oklahoma was speaking out against a data center in his community. He went a few seconds over time and the city had him arrested for trespassing
February 19, 2026 at 9:32 PM
They said AI would be a game changer and they were right…
because it makes me wanna flip the table.
because it makes me wanna flip the table.
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Once again, I am promising Democrats there are literally thousands of former department of justice people who will crawl over broken glass to prosecute this administration given the chance
A large banner of Donald Trump was hung outside of the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, DC, emphasizing the White House’s control over the nation’s top law enforcement branch that once pursued criminal prosecutions against the president. https://cnn.it/4cBCqW7
February 19, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Once again, I am promising Democrats there are literally thousands of former department of justice people who will crawl over broken glass to prosecute this administration given the chance
This… seems to be the standard way that techbros now approach every job handed to them, they just feed it into their preferred AI and c&p the response.
Clearly the first jobs AI should remove are the techbro middlemen.
Clearly the first jobs AI should remove are the techbro middlemen.
DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT ‘Is This DEI?’
Federal grants that had been approved after a full application and review process were terminated by some random inexperienced DOGE bros based on whether ChatGPT could explain—in under 120 characters—that they were…
Federal grants that had been approved after a full application and review process were terminated by some random inexperienced DOGE bros based on whether ChatGPT could explain—in under 120 characters—that they were…
DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT ‘Is This DEI?’
Federal grants that had been approved after a full application and review process were terminated by some random inexperienced DOGE bros based on whether ChatGPT could explain—in under 120 characters—that they were "related to DEI." That's what the newly released proposed amended complaint from the Authors Guild against the US government reveals about how DOGE actually decided which National Endowment for the Humanities grants to kill.
www.techdirt.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:40 PM
This… seems to be the standard way that techbros now approach every job handed to them, they just feed it into their preferred AI and c&p the response.
Clearly the first jobs AI should remove are the techbro middlemen.
Clearly the first jobs AI should remove are the techbro middlemen.
Letting kids enjoy outdoor activities simply because the kids enjoy doing those things?
What a concept!
What a concept!
NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
February 19, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Letting kids enjoy outdoor activities simply because the kids enjoy doing those things?
What a concept!
What a concept!
Referencing Chucky 1 is pants-wettingly terrifying for any former leader.
I don't know why, but the judge is now citing the historical precedent of Charles I of England. This is an incredibly ominous sign for Yoon.
February 19, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Referencing Chucky 1 is pants-wettingly terrifying for any former leader.
The whole country is now a casino.
It seems nuts to me that CNN has partnered with an online gambling site (Kalshi) and hypes their betting lines as “news” to report.
February 18, 2026 at 9:58 PM
The whole country is now a casino.
Having trouble with an annoying coworker who has become a third party thinker?
Use religion to help you for a change and tell them you’ve given up AI for Lent!
Use religion to help you for a change and tell them you’ve given up AI for Lent!
February 18, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Having trouble with an annoying coworker who has become a third party thinker?
Use religion to help you for a change and tell them you’ve given up AI for Lent!
Use religion to help you for a change and tell them you’ve given up AI for Lent!
Every agent of ICE behind bars.
That is the only position that the @democrats.org should have.
@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Compromise is not an option.
That is the only position that the @democrats.org should have.
@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Compromise is not an option.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Every agent of ICE behind bars.
That is the only position that the @democrats.org should have.
@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Compromise is not an option.
That is the only position that the @democrats.org should have.
@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Compromise is not an option.
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"the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children"
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children"
Praising the guy who exploited 9/11 to create ICE…
February 17, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Praising the guy who exploited 9/11 to create ICE…
The wild thing is that we were on our way towards this in the 00’s. Then the Epstein cabal decided they needed a scapegoat/distraction.
The idea that the “centrist” position is denying Trans rights is unjustifiable.
The idea that the “centrist” position is denying Trans rights is unjustifiable.
Again, all I'm asking is that any Democrat who wants my vote support 1. Reverting Trump's anti-trans policies, 2. Commit to fighting against the future erosion of trans rights, and 3. Support legislation codifying trans rights into law.
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
February 16, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The wild thing is that we were on our way towards this in the 00’s. Then the Epstein cabal decided they needed a scapegoat/distraction.
The idea that the “centrist” position is denying Trans rights is unjustifiable.
The idea that the “centrist” position is denying Trans rights is unjustifiable.
I do not fear the arrogance of the idiotic.
But vigilance is required.
If @schumer.senate.gov and the Dems let a single voting measure get through Congress it’s y’all’s asses who will be the first to be attacked by Trump.
But vigilance is required.
If @schumer.senate.gov and the Dems let a single voting measure get through Congress it’s y’all’s asses who will be the first to be attacked by Trump.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I do not fear the arrogance of the idiotic.
But vigilance is required.
If @schumer.senate.gov and the Dems let a single voting measure get through Congress it’s y’all’s asses who will be the first to be attacked by Trump.
But vigilance is required.
If @schumer.senate.gov and the Dems let a single voting measure get through Congress it’s y’all’s asses who will be the first to be attacked by Trump.
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as always, the proper stance when trump and the goons sue is “fuck you, make me”
UCLA said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is backing off.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
February 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
as always, the proper stance when trump and the goons sue is “fuck you, make me”
Yeeeeaaaahhhhhhh this is him saying what a lot of us suspected for the last year. When Rs flip back to vote for Trump it isn’t because he’s threatening them politically…
INBOX: Rep. Thomas Massie, who has enraged Trump for his insistence on blocking tariffs and releasing the Epstein files according to the law, just issued what is widely known among Chinese dissidents as "a declaration of no suicidal intent" (不自殺聲明), a sign of extreme distress.
February 14, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Yeeeeaaaahhhhhhh this is him saying what a lot of us suspected for the last year. When Rs flip back to vote for Trump it isn’t because he’s threatening them politically…
I was taught the same, which was extra egregious as a lot of the kids in my class had military parents.
Logistics and supply chains are what makes a military. The North just had to outlast the South through better logistics. The martial skill of the generals was fairly well matched.
Logistics and supply chains are what makes a military. The North just had to outlast the South through better logistics. The martial skill of the generals was fairly well matched.
In school I was taught the Confederacy were better militarily and just lost because they had less manpower. Likewise I was taught the Germans were the most amazing fighting force ever and only lost because the spiritual descendants of the Confederacy came riding to the rescue.
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I was taught the same, which was extra egregious as a lot of the kids in my class had military parents.
Logistics and supply chains are what makes a military. The North just had to outlast the South through better logistics. The martial skill of the generals was fairly well matched.
Logistics and supply chains are what makes a military. The North just had to outlast the South through better logistics. The martial skill of the generals was fairly well matched.
Epstein Administration.
Dr. Oz appears to have invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentines Day party in 2016, long after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting sex with underage girls.
February 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Epstein Administration.
That’s the thing that RFK knows. Americans paying so damn much for healthcare has basically subsidized the global pharmaceutical industry.
Killing it in America will have far reaching global consequences.
Killing it in America will have far reaching global consequences.
February 13, 2026 at 2:37 AM
That’s the thing that RFK knows. Americans paying so damn much for healthcare has basically subsidized the global pharmaceutical industry.
Killing it in America will have far reaching global consequences.
Killing it in America will have far reaching global consequences.
We had concentration camps during WW2.
I suspect that these ICE concentration camps are worse.
I suspect that these ICE concentration camps are worse.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 13, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We had concentration camps during WW2.
I suspect that these ICE concentration camps are worse.
I suspect that these ICE concentration camps are worse.
Seriously, what do they gain by waiting?
February 12, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Seriously, what do they gain by waiting?
“Diplomacy is their weapon”
“When did it stop being ours?
- Paraphrased from Doctor Who’s episode Hell Bent
“When did it stop being ours?
- Paraphrased from Doctor Who’s episode Hell Bent
Every time China visits, Peru gets a new shipping port and every time America visits, Peru gets a new thinly veiled death threat
February 12, 2026 at 7:29 PM
“Diplomacy is their weapon”
“When did it stop being ours?
- Paraphrased from Doctor Who’s episode Hell Bent
“When did it stop being ours?
- Paraphrased from Doctor Who’s episode Hell Bent
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Not only is this what you would do if you were trying to kill a technology and a company developing it ….
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
February 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Not only is this what you would do if you were trying to kill a technology and a company developing it ….
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
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They literally dragged a minor employee out of a Target as he was wailing that he was a US citizen, roughed him up in their car, and then dropped him off bloodied and bruised in the freezing cold a couple of miles away, so miss us with this.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
They literally dragged a minor employee out of a Target as he was wailing that he was a US citizen, roughed him up in their car, and then dropped him off bloodied and bruised in the freezing cold a couple of miles away, so miss us with this.
Like giving a howitzer to a mall cop…
my understanding from reading people in the know is that CBP was known as the place for fuckups who couldn’t hack it anywhere else and was considered a backwoods clown agency
now they’re being given infinite money, no supervision and - apparently - drone lasers
what could go wrong
now they’re being given infinite money, no supervision and - apparently - drone lasers
what could go wrong
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Like giving a howitzer to a mall cop…
There is no universe in which homeschooling actually gives a competitive edge in college admissions. This is just more “defund the schools and force women to stay at home and be teachers to their kids” bullshit.
Looking for an edge in college admissions? Just pull your kid from school. Homeschooling, long associated with hippies and religious conservatives in the U.S., is in the middle of a rebrand and a boom.
The Homeschooling Hack
Looking for an edge in college admissions? Just pull your kid from school. Homeschooling, long associated with hippies and religious conservatives in the U.S., is in the middle of a rebrand and a boom.
nymag.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
There is no universe in which homeschooling actually gives a competitive edge in college admissions. This is just more “defund the schools and force women to stay at home and be teachers to their kids” bullshit.
Romance literature is in the middle of a modern renaissance period. It’s public, popular, and actually getting respect as its own genre.
And HARLEQUIN somehow can’t make money off of that? Nah. Who bought Harlequin and decided to run them into the ground?
Ah. It’s News Corp. Of course.
And HARLEQUIN somehow can’t make money off of that? Nah. Who bought Harlequin and decided to run them into the ground?
Ah. It’s News Corp. Of course.
After 40 years of publishing, Harlequin will end its iconic historical romance line in 2027:
#Booksky
#Booksky
Harlequin Is Ending Its Historical Romance Line After Nearly 40 Years - Reactor
The publisher's decision to end its historical romance line in 2027 comes on the heels of controversial changes to its international publishing tactics
reactormag.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Romance literature is in the middle of a modern renaissance period. It’s public, popular, and actually getting respect as its own genre.
And HARLEQUIN somehow can’t make money off of that? Nah. Who bought Harlequin and decided to run them into the ground?
Ah. It’s News Corp. Of course.
And HARLEQUIN somehow can’t make money off of that? Nah. Who bought Harlequin and decided to run them into the ground?
Ah. It’s News Corp. Of course.