In the early aughts, I asked my high school history teacher where he thought was the likeliest place for a global conflict to start. His answer was Kashmir.

This is state-sponsored terrorism. Absolutely despicably evil that anyone would wake up one day and think to themself “what should I do today….oh I know, let’s go traumatize some Palestinian kids by kidnapping and torturing them.” What the fuck.

What sets this government apart is the level of support and encouragement it provides to settlers, whether through supplying them with weapons or funding the creation of new outposts. This backing has enabled and emboldened settlers to carry out attacks on Palestinians, with the aim of displacing communities and annexing their land.

Wow. That’s some seriously evil bullshit.

Thanks for posting this, I always appreciate primary sources. Especially when they’re short court docs like this.

Wow, that’s really impressive. I don’t really know why, but I want this.

Though I initially thought it was handheld, which would make their claim to be able to print on nearly any surface a little more believable. Still seems like incredible tech.

President Donald Trump’s Education Department restored access to student-loan borrowers’ income-driven repayment plans after the American Federation of Teachers sued the administration for taking down the online applications.

Uhhh this is news to me. Thanks for the detailed email explaining my current options… (/s obviously). I love learning about life-altering policy changes that impact me personally, from the news. Assholes.

don’t think that FAANG companies realize how toxic their image is

Ain’t that the truth. Their behavior and the products they’ve been launching the last few years prove this to me. They’re completely out of touch with society and what consumers actually want. LLMs are another perfect example of that.

Parsing that title was painful.

Not sure if they changed the headline after this was posted, but it’s currently headlined “A mother who traveled to a residential treatment center to visit her child was found dead; her daughter and friend are now in custody” . . . so much easier to read.

As a Jew who has experienced my fair share of actual antisemitism, fuck you, DHS.

We know you’re full of shit. We know that you know that you’re full of shit. And we know that you know that we know that you’re full of shit.

Don’t use me and my people as an excuse to target immigrants. It’s transparent. We know better than most what a scapegoat looks like, you racist pieces of shit.

Yeah, definitely. I delayed my career after grad school because I was assured (by people who were already set for life) that working as an unpaid intern and doing academic fellowships for slave wages would get me a higher-paying job, especially if I waited long enough for the financial system to recover after the ‘08 crash. That was utter bullshit, and now I have significantly fewer assets than most other elder millennials, am way behind on my retirement savings (which lost thousands in the last week thanks to Trump lighting it on fire…), I will never own a home, will never be able to pay off my student debt, and will probably never be able to start a family. Oh and I have good credit, despite my hundreds of thousands of dollars of student debt. I’ve even had a good job for the last 5 years, but it’s all worthless bullshit when upward mobility is practically impossible, and even maintaining my current “wealth” becomes more unrealistic every day. I’m just surviving, that’s all. And I have it relatively good.

I’ve never understood this. He’s a 14 year old child, he’s not an adult. No matter what he might have done, his alleged crime doesn’t magically add 4 years to his life.

Habba is using this child’s life for her own reputation, I would guess…

While this is the shittiest of victories, it’s still a victory. By dismissing the case with prejudice, the judge took away Trump’s leverage over Adams. The prosecutor had originally asked that the charges be dismissed without prejudice, so they could continue to threaten Adams with prosecution if he didn’t do what Trump wanted. That’s how they could hold this over him. This ruling was basically as far as the judge could go within the bounds of the law. It’s not ideal, but it’s definitely better than the alternative.

I’m also confident there’s still a closet full of skeletons somewhere, so it’s not like this means Adams is now magically squeaky clean or anything.

As expected, a pretty wishy washy article from the nytimes. Based on all the recent court orders, I think the law is much more black and white on this than they make it sound. On top of that, notice how they say “lawful permanent residents are also protected by the Constitution,” which is true, but really only half the truth: any human being who exists on US soil is protected by the Constitution. Their legal status has nothing to do with it. So that’s a bit misleading. If you are undocumented you are still entitled to the same legal protections as a US citizen. The fact that many of the people targeted are documented matters of course, but not because they somehow get more legal protections than someone who isn’t. That concept is fundamental to our system.

But legal experts question whether the actions of the targeted students meet this threshold. Lawful permanent residents are also protected by the Constitution, including free speech and due process rights, which could set up a major legal challenge. Lawyers for those whose student visas have been revoked have similarly challenged the administration on constitutional grounds.

When a society continually shows that it doesn’t value education anymore, it’s only logical for educators to go somewhere that still does.

Archive link.

Goldberg assumed it was fake, but he waited for the attacks to happen for confirmation, which they did. Perhaps people are a bit smarter than you think.

I did believe that I was the target of a disinformation campaign. And so when I got the text at 11:44 a.m. saying that at 1:30 p.m. bombs will start falling in Yemen, I thought to myself, ‘Well, if there is actually an American attack at 1:30 p.m., then I’ll know that that this that the Signal chat is real and I have to I have to consider my next steps.’ "

Same here! I was pretty skeptical but it ended up being a lot of fun. I wish it was longer. It definitely has strong TNG vibes, and you can really feel the weight of being captain in some of the scenes. Highly recommend this for any Trek fan, despite the super janky mechanics.

I generally agree, but credit card debt in my experience is very different from student loan debt. I don’t make a ton of money, but I make enough to pay off my credit cards every month, which I use for all my purchases and most bills.

But I also have hundreds of thousands of dollars of student loan debt, which only ever goes up even when I make all my payments. That debt will never realistically go away even if I make really high payments above the minimum, unless I win the lottery. Oh and I actually use my degrees at work, so college and grad school were a huge benefit to me, that I’ll never be able to pay off.

Credit cards, when used properly, are easy to stay on top of if you use them within your means and always pay them off every month. Student loans, even when used properly, are essentially designed to keep you in debt. So I’m 100% in favor of boycotting student loan payments, but I don’t think it’s necessary to boycott credit card debt unless you’ve been scammed or seriously taken advantage of. But more power to you if you do!!

Casey Newton founded Platformer, after leaving The Verge around 5 years ago. But yeah, I used to listen to Hard Fork, his podcast with Kevin Roose, but I stopped because of how uncritically they cover AI and LLMs. It’s basically the only thing they cover, and yet they are quite gullible and not really realistic about the whole industry. They land some amazing interviews with key players, but never ask hard questions or dive nearly deep enough, so they end up sounding pretty fluffy as ass-kissy. I totally agree with Zitron’s take on their reporting. I constantly found myself wishing they were a lot more cynical and combative.

Fuck, I’m sorry that happened to you. It’s ridiculous that every victim of their fraud wasn’t at least made whole, but in addition to the people who should have gone to prison, you and all their victims honestly should have been given a modest fortune as proper restitution for these crimes.