Here’s something I saw while walking the dog
Pete Hegseth, our new Secretary of Defense, appeared on a podcast last year endorsing dangerous fanatical views including “sphere sovereignty,” which advocates subordinating “civil government” to Old Testament law and the death penalty for homosexuality and other so-called violations.
Hegseth is as nutty and dangerous as a cyanide fruitcake, and he’s also a drunk and now he’s running the largest armed forces in the world. I’m sure this will be fine.
A brief history of 80 years of radio station ID jingles. “We pack in so many earworms, you’re going to need an exterminator.” On the Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast.
Instead of defending American consumers and small businesses, Trump and his allies are going after the imaginary threats of “wokeness” and DEI.
Trump will prosecute predatory businesses, but only those who oppose him. Businesses that support Trump will be free to lie, cheat and steal.
Cory Doctorow has more.
Washington Democrats feel like they need to be less antagonistic to Trump this time around, lest they appear “shrill” and “cringe.”
Are you fucking kidding me?
Democats say they need a better messaging strategy. They think they should have more moments like a viral video during the pandemic of Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) making a tuna melt.
Are you fucking kidding me? Tuna melt?
Washington Democrats don’t need a messaging strategy. They need spines.
Me clicking on a restaurant website: I wonder when they’re open and what they serve
Restaurant website: O U R M I S S I O N
Glad to hear that ActivityPub support is still in the pipeline for Tumblr. It’s a little thing, but it’s a bright spot in an otherwise shit week.
AI business leaders are talking about “AI workers” and “AI employees.” But artificial intelligences aren’t people — they’re machines. Calling them workers or employees sets up further exploitation of actual, human workers.
Also:
Across America, CEOs are ordering their workers to experiment with AI, while workers are googling “how do I turn Copilot off?”
Save your outrage: Elon Musk’s inauguration salute is just another distracting meme . The new administration will bring four years of far more important battles.
Jan. 20 was a day as historic as the fall of the USSR. As Ezra Klein says: It wasn’t just a change of administration — it was a regime change.
Now what?
The national Democratic Party is still playing by the pre-2025 rules. Bipartisanship, coalition-building, winning the votes of persuadable Republicans. That won’t work anymore. The national Democratic Party needs to wake the fuck up.