Consider all the negative public figures in power right now who started with decades-long impunity on white-collar crime.

*people gather in my yard to watch my house burn* me: wow, i've never had this many visitors before

This is so well-put by kelsey mckinney! Huge businesses are getting so good at capitalism they barely have to do the thing they say they do anymore. Read the whole thing: defector.com/it-shouldnt-be…

ah but joe manchin heard the checks were being spent on drugs so, you know, sorry kids!

they said "hey what book should we talk about" and i said BUCKLE UP WE'RE DOING RAMONA

I have read a lot of ChatGPT output over the last few days and, yes, I am amazed at how often the output reads like something written by an “even-handed” both-sides-er who is repeating info they just learned and is trying really hard not to get roasted in the comments

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I just rewatched Teenage Bounty Hunters (my favorite series in the Netflix One and Unjustly Done Graveyard), which no one has seen and which is perfect, so I’m really feeling this tweet.

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elon is the worst and this stupid website barely works but no one on mastodon watches anything good on tv

so who’s got bluesky invites

Seeing big national newspapers decline to make a presidential endorsement because they don't want to risk Trump's retaliation if he wins is really dark. That's not something I ever expected to see in the United States.

obviously I have not really existed here for a while but feels like Bluesky is slowly achieving some kind of critical mass. Me: bsky.app/profile/andrew… Overdue book podcast: bsky.app/profile/overdu… Take care of yourselves and each other.