Ben Shapiro: "This MOU appears to be a disaster that does not achieve any of the signal goals that were set by the administration at the beginning ... in my opinion the vice president, the chief negotiator, has not well served the president"

Outa-state whiners: we had to wait a whole week. In-state winners: “Primary election voter turnout would be 41%. That would mean the highest voter turnout so far in the US among the 26 states that have held primary elections…, and a rate nearly 2X that of most other states.”

Reagan is rolling over in his grave. Iran’s nuclear ambitions were not curbed, and they have learned that threatening the Strait of Hormuz works and will undoubtedly leverage it in the future. Now, Iran gets to build brand-new infrastructure under this deal. Before the war, the strait was open, Iran was being crushed by sanctions, and 13 service members were still alive. Now, 13 Americans are dead, families have paid billions at the pump, sanctions will be lifted, and the bombing has stopped. This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.

Can I feel icky about zoos in general but also be sad that LA zoo is in crisis?

“has been noticed by Reddit moderators and Wikipedia editors, namely that their websites are getting flooded with promotional content from brands trying to do AEO, or AI-engine optimization”

Roku City is famously a swing state. This move will put Roku/Fox behind just YouTube Hulu for political ad supported streaming viewership will have major implications for 2028. Immediate q: will Roku provide spending transparency reports like @Meta and @Google?

🚁 Why do we use helicopters on Election Night? For many decades, we have partnered with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department to fly ballots in on Election Night. Helicopters help deliver ballots from faraway Vote Centers to the Ballot Processing Center faster. @LASDHQ

As far as I can tell, Tulsi’s big “secret biolab” bombshell is recycled Kremlin propaganda. These labs were never secret. The U.S. spent decades funding biosafety and disease-surveillance work abroad under Nunn-Lugar, with the facility lists posted publicly by the State Department and our own embassy in Kyiv. Russia invented the “secret bioweapons” spin in 2022 to help justify invading Ukraine. Our own intelligence flagged it as disinformation. Now Tulsi is laundering that exact line, while conveniently forgetting the first Trump administration funded this same research. Nothing was hidden and the only thing being manufactured here is the coverup. Tulsi, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

Elon Musk held up a chainsaw, fed USAID into the wood chipper, and at least 600,00 people have already died as a result - two-thirds of them children. History's first trillionaire.

First the web got flooded machines writing for humans. Now the machines are writing for machines. Welcome to the era of ~sloptimization.~ My latest for @TheAtlantic:

About 2,000 LA SoFi Stadium food & beverage workers reach a tentative deal with Legends Hospitality days before the start of the FIFA World Cup. Under the new contract, workers receive: - Major pay increases, with most workers clocking $40/hr or more - Job protections against AI automations, including kiosks and cashier-less technology - Strengthened privacy measures that prohibit workers from forcefully giving away their SSN or immigration status It also includes a right-to-strike clause if ICE or Border Patrol threaten employee safety in the workplace.

Fútbol is life. 🇿🇦 🇲🇽 Mexico gave the world the Treaty of Tlatelolco, the first agreement to ban nuclear weapons from an entire region. South Africa gave the world something even rarer: it built the bomb, then chose to get rid of it. Both countries provide a shared reminder that the greatest victories happen off the field too. #FutbolisLife

They expect us to believe these results and not ask questions 🙄

Worth the read. Thoughtful outline on the problems, solutions. Most worrisome is how human labor will become irrelevant to companies & capital, and how impossible it is to imagine our gov't, run by those w/ $ handing out pink slips, would ever rewrite the social contract.

Polymarket told NPR it was pulling sponsorship of some creators spreading LA mayoral election fraud claims. On Monday, Nick Shirley shared a post calling the LA mayoral election into question (it also misunderstood how Polymarket odds work). The post was sponsored by Polymarket.

Unlike the Knicks being in the NBA finals, some things, like explosive nuclear weapons testing, should stay in the '90s.

Jeremy Strong as Zuck. Can’t wait.

Almost like someone was trying to throw off public perception on how popular his candidacy was? That’s weird! Who would have done that!