Mug of Glop
@mugofglop.bsky.social
Professional scientist. Amateur kvetcher. Substandard skeeter. Aspiring sleeper.
A large fraction of this country operates in the policy space of "I am right because [I imagine or hallucinate that] God told me this was his plan and no other justification is ever needed."
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A large fraction of this country operates in the policy space of "I am right because [I imagine or hallucinate that] God told me this was his plan and no other justification is ever needed."
Wait come on really???
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Wait come on really???
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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Wow it really is just like God.
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Wow it really is just like God.
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Having spent time at the Portland ICE facility, I honestly agree.
oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Having spent time at the Portland ICE facility, I honestly agree.
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oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
It’s so funny that the Goodyear Blimp pilots still wear military/airline-style pilot uniforms. Like, my guys, there’s no one you need to exude authority to. You’re already the most revered air crew in the world.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
It’s so funny that the Goodyear Blimp pilots still wear military/airline-style pilot uniforms. Like, my guys, there’s no one you need to exude authority to. You’re already the most revered air crew in the world.
Republicans wanting people to needlessly die is really getting into fetish territory now.
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Republicans wanting people to needlessly die is really getting into fetish territory now.
Crazy that the guy repeatedly photographed asleep at official functions calls anyone else "sleepy".
Trump: "The department of everything. We have a department of everything. You know what that is? I think that's called the White House. Into a terrible situation caused by a man named Sleepy Joe Biden. He used an autopen last year for the turkey's pardon."
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Crazy that the guy repeatedly photographed asleep at official functions calls anyone else "sleepy".
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Every American should have this in their wallet:
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every American should have this in their wallet:
My "I'm not Enron" memo is getting a lot of questions already answered by my memo.
In the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’”
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November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
My "I'm not Enron" memo is getting a lot of questions already answered by my memo.
How would this make it more affordable for either the consumer or the health insurance provider?
Rand Paul: "What is the Republican plan for healthcare? My plan would allow for people to buy their insurance through a collective. Basically to buy their insurance through Costco or Sam's Club or Amazon."
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
How would this make it more affordable for either the consumer or the health insurance provider?
So Andor cost only about twice what a Disney Star Wars movie did (if I'm being generous) and delivered about eight times the run time of a much higher quality product. Seems to me like a good investment.
For 8 great Star Wars movies (or, more exactly, narrative arcs), that seems more than fair to me. ☺️
Disney Spent More On ‘Andor’ Than Any Of Its ‘Star Wars’ Movies
Disney has revealed it spent $60.5 million on Star Wars streaming series Andor in 2024, giving the show a total cost of $705.5 million - far higher than the spending on any of the movies in the saga.
www.forbes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
So Andor cost only about twice what a Disney Star Wars movie did (if I'm being generous) and delivered about eight times the run time of a much higher quality product. Seems to me like a good investment.
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Topline: Ariana is a young journalist targeted by the Ortega regime in Nicaragua. ICE is just straight up attempting to have a journalist—who was granted asylum—executed using a single missed phone call (if it even was made and they’re not just lying) as a bogus justification
So this is someone I know who got snatched by ICE for the crime of missing a phone call while she was at work. She needs help and it would be good to help her.
Donate to Help Free Ariana from I.C.E., organized by Lisa Munyan
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November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Topline: Ariana is a young journalist targeted by the Ortega regime in Nicaragua. ICE is just straight up attempting to have a journalist—who was granted asylum—executed using a single missed phone call (if it even was made and they’re not just lying) as a bogus justification
What the fuck? It's fifty-five fucking degrees Fahrenheit right now. How is he so cold???
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
What the fuck? It's fifty-five fucking degrees Fahrenheit right now. How is he so cold???
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“trump is ecstatic to meet the muslim socialist immigrant mayor of new york while MAGA’s strongest soldier from georgia-14 resigns in disgust” is a fucking coalition-breaking disaster for the hard right
no, it’s fucking terrible for trump, lol
I don't know if it makes sense to describe what happened today as "good PR". The Fox crowd doesn't seem terribly thrilled about the meeting either.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“trump is ecstatic to meet the muslim socialist immigrant mayor of new york while MAGA’s strongest soldier from georgia-14 resigns in disgust” is a fucking coalition-breaking disaster for the hard right
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MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
Funny, I'd've definitely put UM's all-time low somewhere in the Rich Rodriguez years...
Here’s a long-term chart — showing today’s all-time low for Univ of Michigan current conditions, going back 70 years.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Funny, I'd've definitely put UM's all-time low somewhere in the Rich Rodriguez years...
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
They're imagining the Chinese potentially doing what the FBI and CIA are *literally* doing. Get a grip.
HINSON: As a mom, I think about watching a baby monitor. That's a very intimate moment with your baby and to think the Chinese could be spying on your morning routine
BARTIROMO: Why are they spying on moms?
HINSON: They just want to know what Americans are up to to undermine our way of life
BARTIROMO: Why are they spying on moms?
HINSON: They just want to know what Americans are up to to undermine our way of life
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
They're imagining the Chinese potentially doing what the FBI and CIA are *literally* doing. Get a grip.
Read Amanda's reporting! It's good and cool and no one can stop you!
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Read Amanda's reporting! It's good and cool and no one can stop you!
I can't help but feel that we're reaching a singularity where every single new thing that happens in the world is the dumbest thing you've ever heard of and dumber than you could have possibly imagined.
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I can't help but feel that we're reaching a singularity where every single new thing that happens in the world is the dumbest thing you've ever heard of and dumber than you could have possibly imagined.