They have no qualifications, they are incompetent, they spend their time on culture wars, they break the institutions they are supposed to run, they fire good people, they put AI into everything for no reason, and then when kids are killed by missiles or planes can’t fly or whatever the next thing will be they blame others and provide “updates.”
It's morbidly hilarious that Scrooge was written as the most comically cruel businessman that a Victorian could come up with and the modern ruling class identifies with him so much that they're doing puff pieces about how he's just misunderstood.
friendly reminder that in 2025 DOGE terminated roughly 400 FAA employees in roles that oversaw air traffic control, aviation safety assistance, safety specialist in IT roles, maintenance mechanics
Do with that information what you will
“Nothing can stop AI, just get used to it” and “The industry that makes this technology will completely collapse if the wrong guy has an affair” seem like somewhat contradictory ideas
NEW: The @nytimes confirms that ICE deliberately electronically "disappeared" tens of thousands of people in detention and ordered contractors to refuse to reveal where they're held to family or lawyers.
30% of all immigrants detained in ICE jails now have their location hidden.
Just to be clear. They shot down a 14 year old kid for "intending to throw stones".
Not for actually throwing stones. Not for even preparing to throw stones. Just on intuition that some time few hours or days into the future he might consider throwing stones.
UnitedHealth made over $6 billion in profit in just 3 months. Reportedly denying about 1 in 3 claims.
You paid your premium. They denied your claim.
They kept your money. Then they called it a "record quarter." And it's all legal.