Semiquincen-Ken-nial
@kenj1986.us
He/Him, Dad, Hubsband [sic]
Michigander [derogatory]
Trans Rights [militant]
Trekkie, Ham Radioist
"What do such machines really do? They increase the number of things we can do without thinking. Things we do without thinking—there's the real danger."
Michigander [derogatory]
Trans Rights [militant]
Trekkie, Ham Radioist
"What do such machines really do? They increase the number of things we can do without thinking. Things we do without thinking—there's the real danger."
Pinned
Gavin Newsom Sounds Like He's Running. Will Democrats Go For Him?
The outgoing California governor is invoking Bill Clinton as his spirit animal in an apparent lead-up to the 2028 primary. In conversations with Joe Hagan, he makes a case for his ideas.
www.vanityfair.com
stop trying to make gavin fucking newsom* happen
*an opportunistic billionaire-owned slick-back shiny-toothed spineless centrist trans-hating unhoused-criminalizing police-fellating gun-grabbing takata airbag of a man
*an opportunistic billionaire-owned slick-back shiny-toothed spineless centrist trans-hating unhoused-criminalizing police-fellating gun-grabbing takata airbag of a man
The ADA is fucking gone, fam. They're going to drive anybody who isn't white, fit, cis, straight and, ultimately, MAGA from public life. Please don't think that simply losing the midterms will stop them.
TSA says it is removing chairs at document checks in airports, requiring staff to stand for their shift.
TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.
TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.
TSA officers must now stand up on the job
The agency is removing chairs from document-checking stations.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
The ADA is fucking gone, fam. They're going to drive anybody who isn't white, fit, cis, straight and, ultimately, MAGA from public life. Please don't think that simply losing the midterms will stop them.
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Trump: Pretend I'm running, please. If we don't win, they'll end up impeaching me
October 2, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Trump: Pretend I'm running, please. If we don't win, they'll end up impeaching me
everyone will have always been against it all along
The day that Biden grew so angry at Netanyahu that he nearly cut him off: "He was just completely fed up with everything and I think at that moment he was ready to just say, 'I’m done,'" Brett McGurk recalls as he releases "Brink," his memoir of Gaza war. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
‘Ready to Blow His Stack’: How Biden Nearly Cut Off Netanyahu Over Gaza
Brett McGurk, who was the top Middle East adviser to President Joseph R. Biden Jr., offered the first inside-the-room account of American efforts to manage the Gaza war.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:37 PM
everyone will have always been against it all along
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sort-of former-historian here to underline the whole "memoirs are deeply suspect as sources and notoriously unreliable" thing everyone already understands implicitly
The day that Biden grew so angry at Netanyahu that he nearly cut him off: "He was just completely fed up with everything and I think at that moment he was ready to just say, 'I’m done,'" Brett McGurk recalls as he releases "Brink," his memoir of Gaza war. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
‘Ready to Blow His Stack’: How Biden Nearly Cut Off Netanyahu Over Gaza
Brett McGurk, who was the top Middle East adviser to President Joseph R. Biden Jr., offered the first inside-the-room account of American efforts to manage the Gaza war.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
sort-of former-historian here to underline the whole "memoirs are deeply suspect as sources and notoriously unreliable" thing everyone already understands implicitly
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Solid chance Openai goes belly up and takes softbank and oracle with it. Couldn't happen to more deserving companies.
October 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Solid chance Openai goes belly up and takes softbank and oracle with it. Couldn't happen to more deserving companies.
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waking up every day in 2026 like:
October 1, 2026 at 5:57 PM
waking up every day in 2026 like:
i don't think $450 an HOUR is enough to take enemy fire
what the fuck are we even doing here
a trillion fucking dollars
what the fuck are we even doing here
a trillion fucking dollars
Pentagon raises danger pay for troops for the first time since 2002, increasing hostile fire pay to $450 and imminent danger pay to $275 per month. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
October 1, 2026 at 8:25 PM
i don't think $450 an HOUR is enough to take enemy fire
what the fuck are we even doing here
a trillion fucking dollars
what the fuck are we even doing here
a trillion fucking dollars
maga's four freedoms
freedom to use unlimited slurs
freedom from taxation
freedom from information
[there's only three because they can't count]
freedom to use unlimited slurs
freedom from taxation
freedom from information
[there's only three because they can't count]
October 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
maga's four freedoms
freedom to use unlimited slurs
freedom from taxation
freedom from information
[there's only three because they can't count]
freedom to use unlimited slurs
freedom from taxation
freedom from information
[there's only three because they can't count]
time for a game of "saudis, americans, israelis, or whoops"
Several explosions are being reported in Sanaa, Yemen.
October 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
time for a game of "saudis, americans, israelis, or whoops"
lol
get rekt, heirachy
get rekt, heirachy
JUST IN: US judge finds law criminalizing noncitizen voting unconstitutional reut.rs/4djMF18
October 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
lol
get rekt, heirachy
get rekt, heirachy
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wE nEeD tO gRoW ThE gAmE
**proceeds to make the most exciting games harder and harder to watch** 😑😑
**proceeds to make the most exciting games harder and harder to watch** 😑😑
From 1950 through 1995, the entirety of MLB's postseason aired on free TV. Here's where that line has gone every year since then.
October 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
wE nEeD tO gRoW ThE gAmE
**proceeds to make the most exciting games harder and harder to watch** 😑😑
**proceeds to make the most exciting games harder and harder to watch** 😑😑
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I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
JD Vance on Angie Nixon: "Get the hell out of here. You don't belong in America"
October 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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Yep
Ppl don't have to be persuaded to accept fascism. If it makes them feel good, if they aren't the outgroup suffering under it? They'll handwave literally anything associated with it, if not fully enjoy it.
The only reason the Taliban is floundering now is EVERYONE is suffering, not just women.
Ppl don't have to be persuaded to accept fascism. If it makes them feel good, if they aren't the outgroup suffering under it? They'll handwave literally anything associated with it, if not fully enjoy it.
The only reason the Taliban is floundering now is EVERYONE is suffering, not just women.
This leads to the uncomfortable conclusion that, like average Russians, many Americans would be largely okay with fascism so long as they felt the economy was improving for themselves personally. trib.al/JBa1Ma6
America Has Turned on Trump. But Has It Really Said No to Fascism?
Polling shows the president in free fall. Unfortunately, a number of his most reactionary policies still have disturbing levels of support.
trib.al
October 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Yep
Ppl don't have to be persuaded to accept fascism. If it makes them feel good, if they aren't the outgroup suffering under it? They'll handwave literally anything associated with it, if not fully enjoy it.
The only reason the Taliban is floundering now is EVERYONE is suffering, not just women.
Ppl don't have to be persuaded to accept fascism. If it makes them feel good, if they aren't the outgroup suffering under it? They'll handwave literally anything associated with it, if not fully enjoy it.
The only reason the Taliban is floundering now is EVERYONE is suffering, not just women.
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Finally a president who solved our age old problem of being a country where people wanted to be
“.. We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
October 1, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Finally a president who solved our age old problem of being a country where people wanted to be
if thirty-something percent was an A+, i would have passed precalculus in high school
October 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
if thirty-something percent was an A+, i would have passed precalculus in high school
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bizarre in a state where it's illegal to record a phone call without the consent of both parties. i fucking hate this guy
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
The California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones.
techcrunch.com
October 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM
bizarre in a state where it's illegal to record a phone call without the consent of both parties. i fucking hate this guy
words just don't have meanings anymore
so then how can we be a nation ruled by laws when laws are made of words
so then how can we be a nation ruled by laws when laws are made of words
JD Vance: "We're going after universities and corporations that reject applicants because they were born with the wrong skin color"
October 1, 2026 at 5:36 PM
words just don't have meanings anymore
so then how can we be a nation ruled by laws when laws are made of words
so then how can we be a nation ruled by laws when laws are made of words
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Evergreen
October 1, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Evergreen
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yeah you're on the no pierogi list now John.
Public anger comes for John Roberts
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM
yeah you're on the no pierogi list now John.
i like how they're unironically using placeholder future tech names from turn-based strategy games now
Fincantieri hosted the keel-laying ceremony for the Italian Navy’s second U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) at its Muggiano shipyard 🇮🇹
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Fincantieri Lays Keel of Second U212NFS Submarine - Naval News
Fincantieri hosted the keel-laying ceremony for the Italian Navy’s second U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) at its Muggiano shipyard. Fincantieri press release The keel-laying ceremony for the second-ge...
www.navalnews.com
October 1, 2026 at 1:52 PM
i like how they're unironically using placeholder future tech names from turn-based strategy games now
their parents are murderers
lock 'em up
no, no
string 'em up
being a parent who loves my kid might have radicalized me just a little bit
prayer didn't get and keep my kid's leukemia into remission - it was a years-long slog
fuck these people
i hope they die painfully
lock 'em up
no, no
string 'em up
being a parent who loves my kid might have radicalized me just a little bit
prayer didn't get and keep my kid's leukemia into remission - it was a years-long slog
fuck these people
i hope they die painfully
NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died.
Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan.
Later, a fourth sibling died.
Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.
Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan.
Later, a fourth sibling died.
Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.
Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
www.propublica.org
October 1, 2026 at 12:20 PM
their parents are murderers
lock 'em up
no, no
string 'em up
being a parent who loves my kid might have radicalized me just a little bit
prayer didn't get and keep my kid's leukemia into remission - it was a years-long slog
fuck these people
i hope they die painfully
lock 'em up
no, no
string 'em up
being a parent who loves my kid might have radicalized me just a little bit
prayer didn't get and keep my kid's leukemia into remission - it was a years-long slog
fuck these people
i hope they die painfully
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*watch your party run roughshod over every vulnerable community for a decade*
“Can’t we all just get along?”
“Can’t we all just get along?”
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has emerged as a prominent voice calling on Americans to step back from the political hostility gripping the country. The Republican governor is expanding on that message in a new book. https://to.pbs.org/3VmTJnx
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on his blueprint for depolarizing a fractured nation
In the aftermath of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox emerged as a prominent voice calling on Americans to step back from the political hatred and violence gripping the country. Now, the Republican governor ...
to.pbs.org
October 1, 2026 at 11:23 AM
*watch your party run roughshod over every vulnerable community for a decade*
“Can’t we all just get along?”
“Can’t we all just get along?”
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Our youngest, Gerald, will turn 5 on November 5 so I told him the basic story of the Gunpowder Plot and now he is suggesting British people should try to blow up Parliament every year on his birthday
October 1, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Our youngest, Gerald, will turn 5 on November 5 so I told him the basic story of the Gunpowder Plot and now he is suggesting British people should try to blow up Parliament every year on his birthday
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The news, now with a gambling sponsor.
October 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The news, now with a gambling sponsor.