Pope Leo XIV on AI:
“Artificial intelligence needs to be disarmed. The word [disarmed] is strong I know, but deliberately chosen because this moment needs words capable of attracting attention, awakening consciences, and indicating paths forward for humanity.”
Imagine telling the world that you're liberating the women of Iran and one of the first things you do is blow up a school full of girls. Extraordinary.
Ironic that one of the legacies of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is a presidency that can initiate wars on whim, without even the pretense of building a case to the American people first.
Remember when we learned that our wealthiest and most powerful people were connected to a guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring? And then that guy died mysteriously in a jail? And now we just don't talk about it.
Members of Congress should be forced to use whichever healthcare plan they pass, but the tier that costs the most and covers the least.
Their healthcare coverage should be tied to ours, and reflect the financial burdens and lack of coverage they are forcing on us.
A senior White House official accusing a federal judge — appointed by his own boss — of “insurrection” for ruling on a case isn’t just reckless. It’s authoritarian propaganda, plain and simple.
Stephen Miller should be fired.
David Lynch gave us the language we needed to better articulate the indescribable strangeness of our shared reality. “Lynchian” is so overused because it’s a viscerally understandable word without any known synonyms. I can’t imagine a more beautiful artistic legacy than that.