the people pushing the “AI is here to stay” narrative are mostly… wait for it… the people who will profit from AI staying. AI is not here to stay if we kick it out and slam the fucking door

I’m in a lot of writing groups, and sometimes these groups attract aspiring literary types who say things like “I should just write a romance novel because then I’d be published”. They think just because something’s easy to read it was easy to write. The poem is devastating

Gordon Parks had some wonderful images of showgirls in Life magazine back in 1958. They accompanied the article “Without the Girls, Show Biz Is No Biz”

“I’m American, you stupid bitch! […] Put that on the news, let Trump see it!” Exactly, sis. Tell those cowards.

we're so fucked like our activists are arguing about taylor swift while the supreme court is thinking about overturning the voting rights act.

swifties™️ attacking dr ally louks for pointing out that actually romantic objectively has sapphic undertones… some of you are never beating the homophobic allegations because why does ‘sapphic’ and ‘taylor swift’ in the same sentence make you fly into a rage

I am one of these women. I have been legally abused by Andrew Cuomo for years after being harassed as his staffer. Now he wants to be mayor. Shame on you Cuomo and thank you ⁦Zohran Kwame Mamdani⁩ for speaking out on this injustice.

You can lead an ordinary life and be an extraordinary writer. And even if you're a mediocre writer, please write. Someone will resonate with your words. We need long form content in this world of slop. I want to see people being earnest and thoughtful.

It's always been obvious, and has been clearer than ever the last two years, but Mamdani's campaign has really been a showcase in how utterly unreconstructed American Islamophobia is. You can still, with total impunity, get on TV and say "I believe this man will do 9/11 part 2"

All private equity needs to be abolished and carved up. All of it. Return the ambulances, fire trucks, and restaurants to the people and make it violently toxic to put a P.E. firm on a resume.

the energy i brought to vote for Zohran Kwame Mamdani on the NY Working Families Party ballot line ❤️‍🔥

rip to this meme

AOC: He had to defeat a Republican and the old guard of the Democratic party at the same time. He was fighting a war on two fronts and not just one. And he still won resoundingly. And I think the message that that sends is that the Democratic Party cannot last much longer by

Complete millennial whimsy cultural victory

putting on my childlike wonder cap for a bit... like damn, this is all we have.

watching people around the world come together this week to celebrate how cool space exploration is has been so powerful. it’s rare we all get to celebrate something positive for so long. i think it’s important to have that to remind us how a better, kinder world is possible

I am sick to my stomach. I can't for the life of me wrap my head around the fact that Congress is doing nothing. Even if you don't have the majority -- protest, force votes every day, file impeachment articles -- do ANYTHING. Disrupt ANYTHING. Anything at all is better than this.

This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat.