So Tesla is really some sort of international money laundering operation, right?
Making cars is their “waste management” right?
Or am I the crazy one?
Making cars is their “waste management” right?
Or am I the crazy one?
Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk
Chants of ‘Elon’ erupt after compensation plan approved despite opposition from several high-profile investors
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
So Tesla is really some sort of international money laundering operation, right?
Making cars is their “waste management” right?
Or am I the crazy one?
Making cars is their “waste management” right?
Or am I the crazy one?
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“I want teachers who use AI to extrude lesson plans to be embarrassed about it and/or to be teaching at a school where nobody ever looks at the lesson plan…And if a teacher is using their AI “teaching assistant” to grade essays, I want to encourage that teacher to leave the profession immediately.“
The Coming AI Teaching Assistant Boom (And Cheating)
Matt Barnum (who is, thank God, now at Chalkbeat) just made three predictions about AI in education, and one of them makes my head hurt.
curmudgucation.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Dom Flemons, Raleigh Wide Open, Raleigh, North
Carolina, October 4, 2025 (photo by Todd Gunsher)
Carolina, October 4, 2025 (photo by Todd Gunsher)
October 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Dom Flemons, Raleigh Wide Open, Raleigh, North
Carolina, October 4, 2025 (photo by Todd Gunsher)
Carolina, October 4, 2025 (photo by Todd Gunsher)
So in nine months we’ve reached the point where the president is building a ballroom for his oligarch buddies while literally just taking money from the treasury 🤦♂️ good job America
I feel like people missed this. On the $230 million shakedown, when Trump said, "I'm the one that makes the decision," he accidentally confirmed that he is appropriating for himself the power to order Todd Blanche to approve it:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
October 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So in nine months we’ve reached the point where the president is building a ballroom for his oligarch buddies while literally just taking money from the treasury 🤦♂️ good job America
Suburban North Carolina came out 👊✌️
October 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Suburban North Carolina came out 👊✌️
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The General Assembly should be working for you, not taking away your freedoms. Here’s my statement on their shameless plan to redraw North Carolina’s Congressional maps:
October 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The General Assembly should be working for you, not taking away your freedoms. Here’s my statement on their shameless plan to redraw North Carolina’s Congressional maps:
"Now, the federal government is out of compliance with federal disability law," one OSERS employee told NPR. Another wondered: "Who will families go to when there's nobody left?"
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education
Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.
www.npr.org
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
"Now, the federal government is out of compliance with federal disability law," one OSERS employee told NPR. Another wondered: "Who will families go to when there's nobody left?"
“Doing the studies to make the proof.” 🤦♂️
Tell me you don’t know how to science without telling me you don’t know how to science.
Tell me you don’t know how to science without telling me you don’t know how to science.
Trump also made the dubious claim there is “no autism” among Amish people.
Trump And RFK Jr. Double Down On Unproven Tylenol-Autism Link: ‘We’re Doing The Studies To Make The Proof’
Trump also made the dubious claim there is “no autism” among Amish people.
www.forbes.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“Doing the studies to make the proof.” 🤦♂️
Tell me you don’t know how to science without telling me you don’t know how to science.
Tell me you don’t know how to science without telling me you don’t know how to science.
October 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I’m going to record an album of other people’s songs unless they tell me they want to opt out.
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I’m going to record an album of other people’s songs unless they tell me they want to opt out.
Hey, Bobby Jr, for once in your life, read a damn book!
September 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Hey, Bobby Jr, for once in your life, read a damn book!
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Stands on rooftops: 📣 🗣️
🗣️THERE IS NO LINK BTW ACETAMINOPHEN & AUTISM. IT HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR MANY YEARS IN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
🗣️THE ONLY REASON THEY ARE TALKING ABT THIS IS THAT THEY DO NOT WANT AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO EXIST.
🗣️IT IS EUGENICS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER. -EmilyPhD
🗣️THERE IS NO LINK BTW ACETAMINOPHEN & AUTISM. IT HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR MANY YEARS IN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
🗣️THE ONLY REASON THEY ARE TALKING ABT THIS IS THAT THEY DO NOT WANT AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO EXIST.
🗣️IT IS EUGENICS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER. -EmilyPhD
+follow $ trail on Tylenol claims, too! Look at who authored latest "study" this admin will trot out as their "evidence"! Look at that author's COI! Note that 2024 JAMA study found no link& attributed prev, v weak findings to confounding! Ask a science journalist!
buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...
buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...
Pregnancy pain relief blamed, again | Autistic DJ makes Coldplay interesting
Is exposure to acetaminophen in utero linked to being autistic?
How many autistic people care about this question?
buttondown.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Stands on rooftops: 📣 🗣️
🗣️THERE IS NO LINK BTW ACETAMINOPHEN & AUTISM. IT HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR MANY YEARS IN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
🗣️THE ONLY REASON THEY ARE TALKING ABT THIS IS THAT THEY DO NOT WANT AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO EXIST.
🗣️IT IS EUGENICS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER. -EmilyPhD
🗣️THERE IS NO LINK BTW ACETAMINOPHEN & AUTISM. IT HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR MANY YEARS IN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
🗣️THE ONLY REASON THEY ARE TALKING ABT THIS IS THAT THEY DO NOT WANT AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO EXIST.
🗣️IT IS EUGENICS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER. -EmilyPhD
Are we doing a fascism yet? 🤔
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Are we doing a fascism yet? 🤔
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Letterman on Kimmel and Colbert 🔥
"You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian—a criminal—administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works"
"You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian—a criminal—administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works"
September 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Letterman on Kimmel and Colbert 🔥
"You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian—a criminal—administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works"
"You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian—a criminal—administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works"
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The deaths of regime allies command demonstrations of collective mourning and punishment of those who accurately describe the dead. The deaths of regime enemies and those they deem disposable is fodder for little jokes.
Vance on Trump's strikes on boats: "I wouldn't go fishing right now in that area of the world."
September 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The deaths of regime allies command demonstrations of collective mourning and punishment of those who accurately describe the dead. The deaths of regime enemies and those they deem disposable is fodder for little jokes.
“The Troy, New York, engineering school is getting the no-bid contract because of its “unique ability” to link data on children and mothers, according to the notice posted this week.”
IOW - they will crunch the numbers until they get the answer RFK paid for.
IOW - they will crunch the numbers until they get the answer RFK paid for.
Federal health officials intend to award a no-bid contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate whether there is a link between vaccinations and autism.
Trump administration to award a no-bid contract on research into vaccines and autism
Federal health officials intend to award a no-bid contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate whether there is a link between vaccinations and autism.
bit.ly
September 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“The Troy, New York, engineering school is getting the no-bid contract because of its “unique ability” to link data on children and mothers, according to the notice posted this week.”
IOW - they will crunch the numbers until they get the answer RFK paid for.
IOW - they will crunch the numbers until they get the answer RFK paid for.
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Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.
September 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.
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the people who mocked and made up shit about the attack on paul pelosi have thoughts about decorum and we should definitely take them very very seriously
September 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
the people who mocked and made up shit about the attack on paul pelosi have thoughts about decorum and we should definitely take them very very seriously
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Labor unions representing educators and school employees are suing President Donald Trump's administration over its immigration crackdown, saying arrests near school campuses are leading some students to drop out.
Teachers sue over Trump's immigration crackdown, saying students are staying home
Labor unions representing educators and school employees are suing President Donald Trump's administration over its immigration crackdown.
bit.ly
September 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Labor unions representing educators and school employees are suing President Donald Trump's administration over its immigration crackdown, saying arrests near school campuses are leading some students to drop out.
Listening to Some Mothers this weekend. RIP Mark Volman, (AKA Flo) ✌️❤️🎶
#nowspinning #zappa #vinyl #vinylcommunity
#nowspinning #zappa #vinyl #vinylcommunity
September 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Listening to Some Mothers this weekend. RIP Mark Volman, (AKA Flo) ✌️❤️🎶
#nowspinning #zappa #vinyl #vinylcommunity
#nowspinning #zappa #vinyl #vinylcommunity
When this came out partying like it’s 1999 was futuristic, now it’s retro. Either way, it always hits.
#nowspinning #vinyl #everythingsbeenweirdsinceprincedied
#nowspinning #vinyl #everythingsbeenweirdsinceprincedied
September 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When this came out partying like it’s 1999 was futuristic, now it’s retro. Either way, it always hits.
#nowspinning #vinyl #everythingsbeenweirdsinceprincedied
#nowspinning #vinyl #everythingsbeenweirdsinceprincedied
All analog, mastered from Bear’s tapes 48 years later…in pink!
If I had a time machine I’d go see this band. ✌️❤️🎶
#nowspinning #vinyl
If I had a time machine I’d go see this band. ✌️❤️🎶
#nowspinning #vinyl
September 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
All analog, mastered from Bear’s tapes 48 years later…in pink!
If I had a time machine I’d go see this band. ✌️❤️🎶
#nowspinning #vinyl
If I had a time machine I’d go see this band. ✌️❤️🎶
#nowspinning #vinyl
September 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Aracheoastronomy
drive-by bank machine
Car seat cash bar
Industrial strength
Love beads
butt-naked
Peace sign
Out-of-body
Roach clip
(I could do this all day! 🤣)
drive-by bank machine
Car seat cash bar
Industrial strength
Love beads
butt-naked
Peace sign
Out-of-body
Roach clip
(I could do this all day! 🤣)
MW's Words First Used In Print in your birth year is your personal We Didn't Start The Fire:
commoditize compact disc
core inflation de-stress
closed-captioned
first world problem
female genital mutiliation
laser disc laser printer
hip-hop space elevator
...
www.merriam-webster.com/time-travele...
commoditize compact disc
core inflation de-stress
closed-captioned
first world problem
female genital mutiliation
laser disc laser printer
hip-hop space elevator
...
www.merriam-webster.com/time-travele...
Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 1979
See which words were first recorded in 1979. Or search for other words by the year when they were first used.
www.merriam-webster.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Aracheoastronomy
drive-by bank machine
Car seat cash bar
Industrial strength
Love beads
butt-naked
Peace sign
Out-of-body
Roach clip
(I could do this all day! 🤣)
drive-by bank machine
Car seat cash bar
Industrial strength
Love beads
butt-naked
Peace sign
Out-of-body
Roach clip
(I could do this all day! 🤣)
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The charter grifters seem to have learned that the money is easy and there are no real consequences, so.
August 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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