One reason why oil prices aren't going to go down soon: you aren't going to be paying for just the oil that was sitting in Hormuz the whole time, you're also paying the equivalent of a going-on-3-month storage fee.That oil has been sitting there not making money and they want to recover those costs.

Meanwhile at the Whitehouse...

🧵 Some thoughts on the DNC autopsy report: 1. Given that the person who wrote it has refused to turn over the source materials, a simpler strategy for Ken Martin would have been to release them immediately, state that it is an unfinished, sloppy product, and then sue Paul Rivera instead of whatever

So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count

Trump on Iran War: Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation

TOMORROW, Tuesday, May 5th from 4:30-7:30pm at Saint Francis High School, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is hosting an open house on the I-794 redesign project. This is a great chance to make your voice heard on this project. www.794lakeinterchange.wisconsindot.gov/i794outreach...

"Meditation", Je Shen, Chinese Artist, 2026

The crucial thing to understand about Peter Thiel is that he adores "The Lord of the Rings" and no one in human history has ever so utterly completely missed all the salient points of what a book is about.

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You know I knew that Door Dash woman looked familiar

I am on a blocking rampage with this new octopus video that is very clearly AI. And honestly I think this is what's going to cook us: the number of people saying "who cares". Second only to the number of people who can't seem to come to terms with the idea that something that is factual 1/2

Look at all that DEI sending astronauts around the moon.

Not sure who else is feeling this, but I enjoy other people enjoying the Artemis II flight far more than the flight itself. Go on and nerd out about space stuff and I'll just be happy you're jazzed about it.

It's happening guys. First Noem, now Bondi. Hegseth, Miller, et. al. are hopefully next. www.npr.org/2026/04/02/g...

Well this is pretty dope that Barack is chiming in about the home state.

yeah im bummed about sora. bummed i sora bunch of stupid fake videos

Pulitzer-worthy

This week we learned of yet another appalling incident of forced labor and human trafficking in the H2A guest worker program. The H2A program is out of control. It's time for Congress to create an H2A visa cap. How many more abuses will it take before Congress acts? 1/

I really need us all to move pancake day to a weekend, I don't want to have to wake up early to celebrate and I make pancakes on the weekend anyways. Call me grumpy.

Sometimes I get a little upset when I live in a collapsing dystopia for many years

Give it a rest already.  Wisconsin has safe and secure elections, as repeated counts, courts, and audits have repeatedly shown—and no thanks to President Trump, who’s still peddling the same conspiracy theories he was five years ago. www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.

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NEW: Wisconsin Eye going offline is a disaster for transparency and public access to state government. Republican leadership enforcing antiquated rules is making a problematic situation a whole lot worse. Let's recombobulate: www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/wisconsin-...

Based on my own reaction to this, I guess I'm "rooting" for Netflix? Ugh...

Happy New Year BlueSky.

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A human review of the AI-generated false flag did not stop police from rushing to the middle school where they found the "suspect," a student who was dressed as a military character for a Christmas-themed dress-up day.

I don't know if Canadian liberals realize just how badly a lot of liberal Americans needed to see Mark Carney win. I watched the debates for Christ sake. It was so important to me to know that after who we elected, there was still some sanity left in the world.

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I get that people are suffering from food insecurity. I've donated and hope you do too to your local food assistance programs, but this is exactly how I feel about last night.

We're going to have a computer do the phrenology

As a white man, I hate AI for appropriating my culture of being confidently wrong about things while using Reddit as a primary source.

This dysfunction and chaos cannot continue. This is folks' lives and livelihoods we're talking about here. Republicans need to end the shutdown now.

City Launches Drive Ahead of Federal Cutoff of FoodShare Benefits

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

Not that I can, but if you can, you should.

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again. These two gotta go.

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

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