I’m not a lawyer, and I’m exhausted, so I can’t say exactly which part of the constitution forbids it, but if the constitution does not forbid the president from suing the government in his personal capacity and then ordering the government to settle in his official one, it forbids nothing.

keep honking! I'm taking your feedback seriously and considering next steps

Me trying to quickly think up a fake name but the only other object in the room is the president

Me: [idly looking up info on popes] Wikipedia: This list is incomplete; you can help expand it. Me: wut? Wikipedia: [lifts eyebrows suggestively]

Hey people selling wooden frames on Etsy, “the design focuses on photo display to guarantee a stable, user-friendly experience meeting core functionality compliance standards” is why you don’t have an AI bulk write your product descriptions

The fact that "being taxed on a wealth that would take most people dozens of generations to gather" is "the scariest thing she's ever seen" means the world isn't scaring millionaires and billionaires nearly enough yet.

TMZ DC to RFK, Jr. [British accent each syllable carefully enunciated.] "What is your fascination with Roadkill? And dead animals?"

A new analysis finds that tech giant Palantir Technologies paid $0 in federal income taxes last year, despite raking in hundreds of millions in taxpayer money to build out a mass network to surveil Americans in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security.

Mamdani: If the NYC apartment you keep solely for bi-yearly affairs with your mistress costs over 5 million dollars, you gotta pay more tax NYPD officer who’s been on disability since 2006 because he stomped too hard on a lady during an arrest and fucked up his ankle: This is a travesty

Feels important to uplift Rep Pressley's leadership. She puts in a lot of work on issues that others often don't see as a priority. I've appreciated her anti-criminalization work over the years. She's a worker.

the year is 2029, trump refuses to leave the white house and instead seals himself in his ballroom bunker. no one remembers and he dies alone

i wanna buy a really good hug i do not have a job but i can pay in blood or kohls cash

imagine trying to sustain a serious intellectual culture in the midst of this

Here’s a link to the full statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury ⚓️: www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/archbis...

Great thing is he can speak in generalities about this subject and Trump thinks it’s a personal insult

“filth” is an absolute face-spitter of a word

Life isn't some movie. No sewer clown is coming to save the day.

Guys, I think I might know where all the bees went…

As a Buddhist I must say, “Holy Shit!”

If Bluesky goes down for good it’s important you know th

! Forbidden

Why is Stephen Miller always tilted when you see him on TV? You'd think he'd be able to afford a properly-fitted human skin suit by now.

hitting like on posts so people think im smart and understsnd what theyre talking about.

Brb creating a new branch of humanities called humanaughties

“Our research consistently revealed that one of the best predictors of a sleepless night was having a gong sound near one’s bed,” said lead author Dr. Sylvia Mott

The father AND the husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer were both texting the same young women on her staff. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u...

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Last month in The Onion:

WARREN: I want to understand how slashing healthcare for families so Meta gets a $3b tax cut is a 'really good outcome for the American public' IRS CEO BISIGNANO: I don't see the two as correlated W: Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?

On top of everything else, this also appears to be one of those shitty white movies that have an Asian name or theme in the title and feature no Asian people.

A lot of people don’t know this, but doctrinally, all you have to do is allude to the existence of just war theory to a) make the war in question just and b) checkmate the Vicar of Christ.

many of my problems would be solved if society trended towards potato sack-based fashion

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

While Jackie Robinson isn't here to be acknowledged on the day named after him, do you know who is? Mrs. Rachel Robinson herself. Who will be turning 104 in July. And she still serves on the board of the Jackie Robinson Foundation

The number of ‘bells’ an English Bluebell has reflects its age It is dependent on the increasing size of the bulb, root system & leaves capable of managing the weight, nutrients & water Individuals plants can live over 15 years. Established colonies can be a thousand years old

Popesplaining

“Everybody’s using AI for everything nowadays, and if you don’t, you’re a misfit outsider who should be stoned to death in the town square, and then resurrected virtually from your data so you can be stoned to death in the virtual town square, for infinity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...

Absolute perfection from @colsonwhitehead.com.

Berlin, 1990, on the subway late at night after the reunification celebrations. A young couple, a man and a woman, are making out furiously opposite me. Then they each stop, sit back and stare exhaustedly, smeary red circles of lipstick surrounding both their mouths.

"These congressmen worked hard to get to the top of a competitive field of notably rape-y politicians. Voters have made their voices heard by choosing the very rapiest. Should we punish these talented assaulters for their success?"

Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, shared a bombshell with reporters that the outgoing leader had diverted taxpayer funds to bankroll the American Conservative Political Action Conference. trib.al/ct7GGV3

When the going gets tough, I start crying

time to autistically fall asleep in the shape of the number 4

Sam Altman always looks like an AI-generated version of Sam Altman

just labeled my meds “illegal war genocide” and I actually got a check for a few billion dollars