I really like Pluribus, but I can't help but be nagged by just how incurious Carol is about the nature of the world and how it operates in the swarm. I realize it suits her character to be misanthropic and solely dedicated to reverting things mostly because --

Recently, my friend: "John, I'm 40 years old, I've got bad knees. It's over."

I don't want to say the Schumer optics are bad but Gavin Newsom just invited him on his podcast.

Chuck Schumer needs to go. The best thing he can hope for his legacy at this point is that people won't regularly piss on his grave after he kicks it.

Ahh, but does this shop contain itself?

Y'know how in Dante's Inferno, the lowest rung of Hell is frozen and is reserved for betrayers, who are chewed in Lucifer's three mouths for eternity? I think the insurance co doctors who deny patients medicine and care they need to get paid exorbitantly go there. They betray their oath every day.

Haunting article about the way authoritarianism comes to overtake the US govt during the Trump admin, called "competitive authoritarianism," where we don't have death camps, but instead use the power of the govt to chill speech and capture the executive branch. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

1. EXCLUSIVE Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information. The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work

Do me a favor, like this if you can see it. I'm not fishing, I'm trying to see if my comments and posts are being hidden for some reason.

Meanwhile, on X

a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job

I like this site because of the respectful discussion and better vibes. On the other hand, I do like to fight.

These people don't have friends, they have useful and not useful people that can either be exploited or dismissed. Everything is transactional, so there are no real human connections, and everyone is seen through a lens of hyper, sociopathic utilitarianism.

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

Destroying the empire out of grotesque stupidity is very on brand for this country.

I am having trouble regulating my moods because everything is simultaneously so terrifying and so stupid.

Unilaterally shutting down USAID via Executive Order and merging it with State is openly illegal and Dems should immediately converge on D.C. and call for protests if Trump tries to do it.

Sorry boss, I was unproductive this afternoon because there's a sneaky little coup, and the US economy is about to drive off a cliff. That staff newsletter will just have to be a Monday problem.

NEW: Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated the GSA and they're looking for ways to use White House credentials to access agency tech, potentially allowing them to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say. w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and- Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...

I'll give you bits of the letter I sent to my nephew on his 18th birthday:

I am trapped.

“Cool!”

Yes, thank you! I don't need to see the same photo collage of newspapers saying Trump was guilty for the thousandth time as if you actually said anything.

Gen Z is apparently surveiling themselves??? They've done a self Orwell?

This man is an embarrassment. He and everyone like him need to be ejected from the party like vomit from a drunk freshman.

Why do these guys hate their wives so much?

I will say this, the disagreements and discussions on here are a lot more substantive and thoughtful than on Hitler lite app.

Keeping an eye on these two. From this: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/o...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the FDA to revoke authorization of Covid vaccines in 2021, when estimates had begun to show that the rollout of the shots had already saved about 140,000 lives. nyti.ms/4hkaSnl

2025 started with possibly the worst fire in California history and David Lynch dying. No ominous portents here, no sir.

NOOOOOOOOOOO!

Thank you, Spotify, perfect.

In the event of an evacuation, be ready to go with a go bag. Here’s what to pack. 🎒

That's not a super great chart to see for the flu.

⚠️ Some common myths and facts about @fema aid! Learn more at fema.gov

The world has been at its hottest for the past 10 years, with 2024 now declared the official record-holder. !!! #ClimateCrisis This is what 1.5 looks like. It is going to get worse!! Stop subsidising & burning fossil fuels ASAP. You too, AUS !!

I feel like you're doing it wrong?

The actual article: www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...

Publications in the past week built substantially on our knowledge of the brain's waste disposal system—glymphatics—and the implications on sleep and brain aging. Featuring exceptional work by Nedergaard Lab and @jonykipnis.bsky.social erictopol.substack.com/p/our-sleep-... open-access

Amazing that the Supreme Court heard arguments on the Tiktok case on Friday and will render a decision on it before the 19th, yet it took them over two months before they ruled in Trump's immunity case. Funny that.

"Why Los Angeles was unprepared for fire"

i’ve been trying to find out how people can donate to support the incarcerated firefighters and here is an article linking to an LA org that is taking donations to support them

Dry, windy conditions helped the Los Angeles wildfires spread — and a third round of winds, with gusts about as strong as Friday’s, is expected to last from Saturday into late Sunday morning or early Sunday afternoon. nyti.ms/3Px6h5n