Do pro-Indy books & anti-AI share motivations? “ ‘People are over the internet and virtual meetings…They’re not the same as having a human to human connection…’ Hill can joke about the mistaken elegies for bookselling… the state of independent stores is healthy but “precarious.” Costs are high...”

7/ Many people assume science changes automatically once evidence exists. It doesn’t. Institutions resist change. Professional identity resists change. Educational systems resist change. And outdated frameworks can persist for decades after evidence evolves.

It will be performatively cruel to their "enemies," meaning normal Americans in blue states just trying to have normal lives. Because those people objected to red-state Republicans bullying trans people and Muslims or whoever the target-du-jour is. You kept them from being bullies. They hate you.

Norway will open talks with France on joining its nuclear umbrella, French President Emmanuel Macron and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said, reflecting growing European concerns about relying on the United States for security.

Re available law firm AI: “Kirkland had to do more than use those because “we don’t get hired for the floor” except when the Trump Admin hired them for the Bargain Basement price of $0 + payment FROM the firm for the privilege of doing pro bono work for Trump Admin. Or was that an AI hallucination?

The retired judges detail Trump’s fraud against the Court: “dismissed this case before the Court could complete its inquiry into whether there was an actual case or controversy & then cited their “settlement” of this case as the legal justification for looting the federal treasury of $1.776 billion”

Other countries have agency & domestic politics, too 🇳🇴

I don't blame the Norwegians one bit for this. This is a great example of how Trump is destroying our standing in the world. Norway was a founding member of NATO in 1949. Look for others to follow.

Like. I. Said. 1. France is now the nuclear guarantor of Europe. 2. France's uniquely aggressive nuclear doctrine (embracing first-use without warning) serves as a distinct deterrent to a serial limit-tester like Putin. 1/

BREAKING: Ethics complaint just filed against Pam Bondi — & it's damning She ran DOJ like a weapon — & now 100+ scholars, retired judges & retired FL Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince — joined by @democracydefendersfund.org @ldadorg.bsky.social & LFRL — are holding her accountable -TN

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““The move by Norway is significant as it has long…believed its security was…via close alignment ​with Washington. Stoere travelled to Paris… to meet ⁠President Emmanuel Macron & sign a new defence agreement with ​France, which includes Norway joining a French-led nuclear weapons initiative.”

Opponents of a massive data center plan for Box Elder County say they want to vote on the development this fall – but if not, they're ready to take legal action.

Threat to Baltic resistance… “Lithuanian outlet Volna Litva said that while for an ordinary person this amounts to an “unpleasant leak,” for political emigrants from Russia & Belarus the information… could expose the legal entities through which exiled media outlets and NGOs operate in Lithuania.”

The two leaders met in London to sign the "major" treaty, with goals of deepening the connection between the UK and the European Union. https://l.euronews.com/saNn

I was the Senior Systems Admin for the contact center in South Carolina that handled SNAP, Medicaid, and DHEC (among other things) We had to connect into the state database because of the massive amounts of things we had to verify about every single caller before we could help them

Place your bets #whitehouse

Congratulations to Johnny Garcia, who won his primary for TX CD-35 last night despite the shady, GOP-funded “Lead Left” PAC spending $900,000+ supporting his opponent. This is part of a pattern, but it can be defeated. Garcia caught it, raised the alarm & won the runoff, despite being the underdog.

Musk’s Starlink power is also security risk for Poland & Ukraine… every country using it for military comms. “Russia's advances have been complicated by a decision by billionaire Elon Musk to deny Moscow's forces access to his Starlink satellite-based internet service.” apple.news/Afkx9OZHbTGG...

The San Diego suspects were 10 and 12 at the time of the mosque shooting in Christchurch. They grew up consuming that content. PERIL's Cynthia Miller-Idriss in NBC News on the online ecosystems turning radicalization into a template. bit.ly/4vbzFRC

This is Ken Paxton's mugshot. He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption. Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him.

NATO being made redundant by members’ treaties w/out US. “The deal, due to be signed when Polish PM Donald ​Tusk meets his British counterpart Keir Starmer in London, will improve border ⁠security, tackle organised crime and deepen defence cooperation with the European Union, the statement ​said.”

“Google is force-feeding AI with no way to opt out,” Weinberg said Tuesday in a statement, referring to Google’s Search overhaul. “As a result, their results are getting worse, not better. We want to be the place that puts users in charge & allows them to decide how much or how little AI they want.”

What a joy this conversation with @taramulder.bsky.social was! She manages to bring the experience of pregnancy and childbirth in ancient Rome vividly to life, and I wanted to know HOW. She told me that and more--including the "anti-acknowledgements" she wrote... draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...

BREAKING: SPLC files motion to dismiss based on vindictive prosecution, alleging "top-down, retributive campaign in which [Trump] directed his Justice Department to go after those individuals and groups he deemed his political enemies, including the SPLC." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“Musk ordered Starlink service switched off… as Ukrainian forces advanced on ​Russian positions… U.S. Navy tests were disrupted last summer when a global Starlink outage cut off connection to unmanned military boats, leaving them bobbing in the ocean.”

Cautionary tale of computer storage media & hardware dependence & obsolescence. Tacit knowledge dies. Whither AI? “Second, a lot of people who developed floppy disks and systems that use floppy disks are starting to retire or pass away, which means that a lot of tacit knowledge is disappearing.”

Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros may have had personal contact with grand jurors in the now-tainted prosecution against the group of Operation Midway Blitz protesters known as the “Broadview Six,” a defense attorney told a judge Tuesday.

“Germany, Norway, the Netherlands & the EU summoned Russian representatives… after Russia threatened ​strikes on targets in Ukraine's capital Kyiv & urged foreigners, including ‌diplomats, to leave.” EU & member states summon Russian envoys after Moscow tells foreigners to leave Kyiv - Reuters

As someone who has been helping museums and historic sites prepare for this anniversary for nine years, and who has written and spoken about the 250th extensively over that time, let me just say: yes, this is stupid.

“Germany and the Netherlands, in coordination with NATO, have reached agreement ​to assign the German-Netherlands Corps, based in the German city of Muenster, to the defence of Latvia and ​Estonia.” NATO to beef up forces assigned to defend Baltics in war, sources say - Reuters

An incredible photo for so many awful reasons. That you Senator @kim.senate.gov for standing up with courage.

remember: the lower court had *already* blocked Alabama's map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander but 2 weeks ago, the Supreme Court instructed it to reconsider in light of Callais now the lower court is like....yeah so uh this is still unconstitutional! ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Instead of engaging with me and others about the poor conditions, ICE sent in an armored vehicle and a line of armed agents that only poured gasoline on the fire. Civilians were tackled and restrained, and agents fired pepper balls and spray into the crowd. 2/4

In normal times, the fact that government officials at HHS blatantly lied to the public and got caught would be a scandal of unusual size. Everyone involved in this disinformation scheme against the people of the United States should be held accountable.

No coincidence then that Quisling O’Leary is pushing this nightmare in Alberta. “The gas-fired power plant will generate roughly the amount of energy used by 8 million households in a year, or 15 cities the size of Calgary, setting the province back about 20yrs in its emissions reduction efforts...”

Donald Trump is now responsible for 28% of the US national debt. That's $11 trillion. In 250 years of American history, no president has added more. That's not an opinion. It's math.

The layoffs at Meta are so dystopian — Employees were told to work from home, then layoff emails went out at 4am while they were all sleeping. No phone call. No HR meeting. No human on the other end. Just an email. Meanwhile, Meta made billions in profit last year.

Google cut 12,000 jobs. Amazon cut 27,000. Microsoft cut 10,000. All while posting record profits. And every major company will run this same playbook. Most people have no idea what’s even happening. This is the new economy.

I'm convinced most of the national debt isn't really debt. It's fraud. It's theft. It’s corruption. And the American people are the ones getting robbed. It’s the biggest financial scam in history.

I went to buy a copy of my new book Liar's Kingdom to give to my mom--my local bookstore was sold out, so I tried Barnes&Noble and was told that it was sold out all over the city except a single copy in Brooklyn. My reaction: Common Brooklyn, why are you the outlier? (Actual reaction: thank you!)

Just love stories like this about people making a difference in their own communities. This NPR series is focused on climate solutions around the country like this effort in ruby red Utah -including a town called COALVILLE- to "bring more renewable power to the electric grid."

Here's the series: www.npr.org/series/11995...

Just when you get the little one settled down for the night, the teenagers start playing practical jokes.

Stunning comparison: right on the money. Can't wait for more Trump lies when he signs anything from this war (if he does). It will be full of lies and total crap. Yup: stupid Trump versus brilliant Obama.

“U of Wisconsin Law School report… a comprehensive assessment of state accountability laws that state attorneys general can enforce against federal officials… Ample state civil laws enable disgorgement.. More than 30 states have their own false claims acts, many with private recovery provisions.”

Meanwhile allies Canada & Mexico realign trade w/ EU, Baltic & Scandinavia prep for summer defense of Ukraine & offense against Russia, Saudi Arabia heads a coalition of willing MidEast away from US, China expands socioeconomic influence, & Israel’s democracy implodes. Iran is pebble, world is pond.

Seventeen years without raising the federal minimum wage is unacceptable. Working people deserve a real living wage, protection from wage theft, and job security that puts families before corporate profits. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...