@GenePark It's akin to the loss of physical media. That was our space. We owned it, such as it was. The walls on which we hang the accouterments of our personality are torn down to make way for our becoming a single corporate-approved monoculture.
@mehdirhasan This is such a cynical view of politics. It's a basic tenet of Trumpism that if you're losing it's because your opponent is doing something nefarious. Maybe people are just feeling risk-averse after the Platner hullabaloo?
@mattyglesias "The better the models get at fact-finding and truth-seeking, the more they output left-wing views," should be a revelatory moment but it won't be.
A stranded pig got a "claw machine" rescue in flood-hit #Guangxi. During local flood relief efforts, the claw excavator operator lifted the pig out of the water, drawing smiles online amid the rescue work. #FloodRescue
@GenePark Acting like there's some moral imperative to support anything financially is one of the biggest issues with modern fandom. We don't have to engage with anything we don't want to. You don't need to justify it.
@offbeatorbit Hipster isn't just a specific music scene. A lot of people associate it with the man bun, swirly mustache, craft beer and suspenders type of vibe and that definitely is Lumineers-adjacent, at best.
“Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a victim of a politicized, vindictive White House and its lawyers at what used to be an independent Justice Department. We are so pleased that he is a free man. Justifiably so." — from Abrego's attorney Sean Hecker https://t.co/ipYb4hwHnI