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Intel and the Trump administration are discussing the possibility of the U.S. government taking a financial stake in the troubled chip maker, according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that could advance President Trump’s America-first manufacturing agenda while relieving political pressure on Intel Chief Executive Lip-Bu Tan.

Thank God we stopped that socialist menace, Kamala Harris, and picked a free-market hero who will now patriotically seize Intel for the Motherland.

I, for one, am utterly blindsided that the guy who didn’t technically do a Nazi salute and only theoretically entertains eugenics ended up “fixing” his AI into one that’s basically Mein Kampf with a silicon chip.

Secretary of State Pete Hegseth said Saturday night he had placed Marines at Camp Pendleton — located south of Los Angeles — on “high alert,” and they would be sent into the city “if violence continues.”

Ah, yes. The classic “We’ll only crush dissent if they make us” play.

Fortunately for Hegseth (and his orange overlord), their base are the most gullible dipshits ever assembled. These are the people who think Seattle was burned to the ground and that Antifa has an HR department. Never mind that Trump and Company have been very open about their intent to manufacture an excuse to use The Insurrection Act. The only way this would’ve been more predictable is if it was a scheduled event.

Luckily, this only bans weather-altering chemtrails. Us leftists are still free to put the chemicals that turn the frogs gay into the water supply.

the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children

…with the support of the world’s most gullible rubes.

Time for centrists to migrate some goal posts yet again and insist that arresting judges isn’t fascism, and everyone saying otherwise is just being alarmist. Rinse/repeat ad infinitum.

Color me shocked!

Gullibility appears to cut across party lines, with respondents identifying as Democrats just as likely as Republicans to believe at least one of the 10 false claims.

Yea, ok. Go on… Let’s read the very next paragraph:

Republicans were, though, more likely to believe Russian disinformation claims than their Democratic counterparts, with 57.6% falling for at least one Russian disinformation claim, compared with just 17.9% of Democrats and 29.5% of people who didn’t identify with one particular party.

Oh! So Democrats are not “just as likely as Republicans” to believe at least one of the 10 false claims. Both-sidesism is just incredible.

Bringing masculinity back.

Time and time again, history shows us that caveat-laden arguments about what is or isn’t a concentration camp only occur in countries with sound political systems. When people are splitting hairs over the specific methodology and intent behind mass detention and human rights abuses, that’s when you know you’re looking at a vibrant, civilized society. It’s as true today as it was a hundred years ago. Civilizations are healthier when citizens are raising trivial objections to the use of the term ‘concentration camp’ on the grounds that their neighbor’s rendition to an oversight-free mass prison still technically exists within a legal framework, at least on paper.

When doing threat modeling from here on out, it is now unfortunately important to consider the question “Am I a moron?”

Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed — in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical — and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.

Felt germane to some current events. And also some other current events.

The Americans who voted for this will continue to be astounded by any suggestion that these actions are—in any way—cruel or bear any resemblance to any historically bad actors.

Merlin Mann has a way with words. He somehow makes this piece of advice I’ve heard a thousand times actually feel compelling. Challenge accepted, Merlin.

Dan Sinker writes about the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, their immense power in Indiana, and the man, George Dale, who relentlessly fought to bring ‘em down.

It is destructive and it is awful and not everyone lives to see the other side, but it always, always fails. It takes work. It takes fighting back. It takes throwing punches. It takes doing whatever it takes to beat it back, to protect those that are most vulnerable from its many attacks. And through it all, it feels impossible that we will win.

But we will.

Watch as Jorge Manrubia Díez uses Turbo 8 to make a responsive UI in a Rails app.

Good grief. The way Turbo 8 is shaping up is really impressive. It really does feel like another giant step forward for Rails productivity. Also really wild just how simple the DOM diffing technique is—how have none of us thought about doing this since pjax’s inception in, what? 2011?

50 Years of Hip-Hop Samples 1973-2023. This thing is really well done.

Kemosabe’s a hedgehog. And he’s got a voice like an angel

Some Scots can’t say “Pulple Burglar Alarm”

The band of Intergalactic Monsters. Tiny Desk Concert. Solid.

Anyone in the market for a $3,000 backpack that follows you and, oh, is also a smart speaker?

The internet was just a funner place in 2014