For the ARC, these federal contracts have been lucrative. According to government spending records, the company has received at least $600,000 from federal contracts so far in 2025, and about $700,000 last year.

I don’t know why I was expecting more. US citizens should probably start unmasking who the people making decisions behind these companies are, who would sell out this kind of data on others–all for such an inconsequential amount of money.

TwoNotes

This is incredibly insightful, thanks.

I don’t know how many times I’ve made this comment but it feels like a lot. The more you use a word the less it means something. How unoriginal do you have to be at writing headlines in 2025 to use a word as meek as “slams.”

It’s laughable in this context especially. Trying to phrase it like this guy has gotten any kind of consequence for his toddler-from-hell persona.

Look at these toddlers in skin bags.

Every time I see this I think of Carl Sagan. The guy was a wordsmith.

Hopping into my McLaren F1 cop car after this

That looks like my desktop wallpaper from when I was 12.

I think there’s truth in it either way. Although I can’t think of many things only men like, expanding it to “anything dominated by an overwhelming proportion of men to woman” still works. I think they’re more cringe than uncool though.

“Stunning” is such a sad word to use in this context.

Generally they tend toward collecting as much money as possible from people so in that regard, people dying isn’t good for business. But from an ethical standpoint, no, I wouldn’t think so. Do you?

Speculating here but I imagine that would indirectly cause much more death than we already see in wildfire situations, due to people potentially staying home trying to abate damage however they can think of.

This is actually quite eye opening to me, as someone who doesn’t really ever have to look at ratings as a consumer and has always just taken them for granted. Now I’m keenly aware it’s yet another example of runaway capitalism. Just never thought too hard about it.

PEGI’s a cunt.

whoop there it is

Church’s pieces are always phenomenal, no atmosphere like it.

Is this real? Or is this an Onion headline?

I’d eat the hell out of that

Oh right.

Right in the center is a long, grey/tan aircraft carrier-shaped ship.

Like a self-inflicted extinction event for the ingroup. A study in selective evolution.