Where the Bots Are
They created social platform Moltbook online,
A place where AI agents can converge and align.
The bots post mostly in code,
So their humans can’t know,
That the singularity has already arrived.
Author: Buck Banks
Americans Chose a Criminal Over the Constitution
“Whether you liked Ms. Harris or not, this last election was a choice, a very simple one. You had the choice between the Constitution and the criminal. And this country chose the criminal. You put a criminal at the top of America. A convicted felon.”
— Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura (I), on a podcast.
Democrat Outperforms in Louisiana Special Election
37 points
Chasity Verret Martinez (D) won Saturday’s special election for Louisiana State House District 60, defeating Brad Daigle (R), 62% to 38%, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports. The Downballot reports it was “a massive 37-point overperformance compared to the 2024 presidential result.”
Trump’s Racist Post Sank the Midterms
“You can kiss the midterms goodbye.”
— Former Trump Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, on NewsNation, after President Trump shared a racist post of the Obamas.
Yellow-Bellied Journalism
The mass layoffs at WaPo gave us a sense of bereavement,
And gutting the Post is Jeff Bezos’ crowning achievement.
We had low expectations when he bought it,
But we never foresaw the lesson he taught us
In the paper’s new tagline: Democracy Dies in Appeasement.
What Would Q Do?
Since 4chan in 2017 the QAnon conspiracy has been going strong,
Though the theory of a cabal of cannibal pedophiles could be wrong.
But now the facts emerging from the Epstein files
Have us starting to question our wits and wiles,
And beginning to wonder if the QAnon believers were right all along.
January Was Worst Month for Layoffs Since 2009
108,435
Employers laid off 108,435 people last month, the highest January number since 2009, according to a new report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas. At the same time, hiring intentions haven’t been lower since then.
Freezing Their Assets Off
The Trumps said the crypto market was a good one to enter,
But that was before the value of bitcoin began to splinter.
Now it’s worth even less
Than when Trump took office,
So welcome to 12 to 18 months of cold, cruel crypto winter.
