$100 for anyone who can show me how to get ChatGPT to stop using emdashes. it's driving me insane

Finally, an honest motto for MAGA populism: "F*** the Constitution."

In the 30s, American communists & sympathizers who visited the Soviet Union were so deluded that they were unaffected by the visible dysfunction. Eugene Lyons, who lived in Russia at the time, wrote that Soviet tour guides quickly began wondering if all Americans were so stupid.

The content America didn’t know it needed

Saying it again: we are just not very far out from some major crisis caused by deepfakes.

Apparently every country independently rediscovering Peronism is the carcinisation of political science

We've waited for this day so long

The president telling a private company they must fire their executive or face consequences is something that "conservatives" would've been incensed about 3 minutes ago. And yet wake me up if there's a single outraged GOP elected official or Fox News segment on this topic.

Even when his mental faculties were arguably intact, he was a catty drama queen, a gossip, and incredibly vain. He's probably one of the most blatantly effeminate leaders we've ever had.

Last month's hearing in Boston on self-driving car was like a parody of the attitudes Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein critiqued in Abundance.

OK but if I could do this I would

This thread is wild

Insane thread

It's almost like it's some sort of "negative railroad" situation

Mother of dragons

In 2024, the US had its most peaceful year in terms of violent crime since man walked on the moon. The murder rate was the lowest since 2016, and the 5th lowest since 1965. Property crime is at its second lowest since records began.

Dude explains why communities need trees so it keeps the area much cooler Enough of the cookie-cutter properties