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I don’t think Trump is unsophisticated in the way he wields language
— far from it.
He can load up the graphic detail through vivid, dynamic verbs when he wants to,
-- such as in one of the stories of bravery he told in his State of the Union address, perhaps with the help of his speechwriters:
“He absorbed four agonizing shots, shredding his leg into numerous pieces. … And even as he was gushing blood, which was flowing back down the aisle — helicopter lands at a s…

Opinion | What Trump Is Doing to the English Language
There is a morality to verbs, especially in political speech.

So there actually is an "Insect-Defense Agency" in the U.S. government: https://www.notus.org/policy/usda-bed-bugs-infestation ... It was probably formed following a certain incident immortalized in the famous space documentary 'Deep Space Homer': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4jWAwUb63c

Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75B in its IPO, selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, which would value the company at ~$1.77T (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)

SpaceX Seeks $75 Billion in Record IPO Plan to Fund AI, Launch
SpaceX is seeking to raise $75 billion in an initial public offering that would be the biggest of all time, as Elon Musk’s rocket, space and artificial intelligence company targets a historic debut that could clear a path for more mega-listings.

i'm not wild about this LP — it's ok, but maybe i should make space on my shelf and spin something new (i mean old) in its place
i paid six bucks for it a few years ago ... i'll bet i could still get a couple bucks for it!
it bears mentioning that paul chambers went to my high school
tommy flanagan is also from detroit, but he didn't go to cass tech, he graduated from northern (as did my father before him)

Has somebody else encountered the following TTRPG paradox?
You are in 2 to 4 games. Because of life, stuff and session cancellation, you will play max two sessions a week, most of the time only one, and sometimes you'll have several weeks without any session.
You add one game.
Why? Because of all that white space in your schedule!
Suddenly, you have up to 5–7 sessions a week as the stars align and all your GMs and fellow players manage to get their schedules in ord…

RE: https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/116332667717903322
I really think that we _are_ starting to build those tools. I'm party to a lot of discussions about how to use these tools well, and a lot of that starts to look like systems design: what are controls? What are the feedback loops? Where do we need to add new frictions? Where do we need to eliminate old bottlenecks?
We are still very, _very_ early in this.
But the work is getting done, and a lot of us 'haters' need to get in the drivers seat and start putting up useful critique like mttaggart's. I don't agree with the entire article, but it's solid work and solid case report. It’s very good stuff. We need a lot more of these conversations.
And we need to let people hate it. Not to be confused with obstinate blocking, but to have the feelings of hating it, of disliking the processes it engenders, of finding those new footings — or rejecting the bad ones. We can't look at this clearly unless we have the space to hate it.

English speak people, a question for you:
How would you pronounce the following word "pataty"?

Australia is failing to meet its environment targets, argues ecologist https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2026/05/australia-is-failing-to-meet-its-environment-targets-argues-ecologist/

Australia is failing to meet its environment targets, argues ecologist
Australia is one of 17 “megadiverse” countries that account for 70% of Earth’s biodiversity. However, Australia is unique in having the highest mammalian extinction rate in the world. That makes conservation on the island continent, where most of the wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth, all the more urgent. Conservation and environmental scientists have […]

thinking abt this carel willink. its just liminal space pics from a century ago. the emptiness of this public space left this one german guy uneasy 100 years ago. what's your favorite historical archive of this feeling

Space Force guardians provided critical support during high-profile U.S. military operations in Iran and Venezuela
— experience that underscores the need for additional resources to prepare the service for future conflicts,
a senior official told DefenseScoop in an exclusive interview Friday.
Operation Midnight Hammer and Operation Absolute Resolve were carried out by the joint force in June 2025 and January 2026, respectively.
Pentagon leadership have touted the rai…

EXCLUSIVE: Space Force’s role in Iran, Venezuela raids fueling push for more resources
Space Force guardians provided critical support during high-profile U.S. military operations in Iran and Venezuela — experience that underscores the need for additional resources to prepare the service for future conflicts, a senior official told DefenseScoop in an exclusive interview.