I don’t know if this will be useful in any way, but Chinua Achebe wrote this and it explained grief to me in a way that helped digest its intrusiveness: “When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.”

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

“The Woman Who Knows Too Much” Amanda Ungaro says Paolo Zampolli abused her, seduced her underage, recruited girls for Epstein, had a hold on Melania (who worked undocumented for years) He had her deported as they battle for custody. He still works for Trump. She is willing to testify.

Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told reporters at a press conference that Iran has no plans for a second round of negotiations with the US, following an Iranian cargo ship being seized by the US.

This bullet point from Alex Karp/Palantir’s latest diatribe strikes me as the best representation of the whole project. “The elite’s intolerance of religious beliefs…” Let me stop you right there, Alex. You just made that up. That isn’t a thing in 2026 America.

SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/2092...

Anyway, our public libraries deserve more support. Let's fight to ensure they receive what they need to pay library workers fairly, to do the necessary capital repairs/upgrades, and to afford lots of books and other resources, and to offer programming. Good night everyone. #NationalLibraryWeek

Is that bad? Seems bad

Ossoff: "How does American politics really work? It's coin operated. Money goes in, favors come out. It's been running on secret money, corporate money, billionaire money ... all of this gave rise to a depraved president who exploits this rot to empower and enrich himself"

If no agreement is reached on Iran's missile program, another round against Iran, to hit their missile industry, is viewed as quite probable within a few years. -Israeli Army Radio

Iran to send negotiation team to Islamabad, say Pakistani officials asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/ir...

The Asia-Pacific was hit hard and quick by the war in Iran and its energy bottlenecks. Scenes of crisis there indicate that problems are multiplying and spreading.

Those talking abt WSJ post abt Trump might find this post fr Josh Dawsey, one of the first beginning to assess Trump's insane comments during January 6 (and also describing Trump trying to build stuff). This is how dangerous insanity got managed Last Time. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...

incredible exchange here, this website has the juice

“He only exists in the context of pluralistic America.”

Amazing that in the national divorce the libs are getting the NFL, butter and cooking oil, being attracted to adult women, standup comedy, Bud Light, and now also Catholicism

Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.

So if Trump says the Iran War is over 12 different times does that count as Trump ending 12 wars?

Iran’s theocratic regime is playing its cards deftly. Rather than chanting “Death to America”, as is traditional, its propaganda videos play up criticisms of Donald Trump that resonate with a global audience. www.economist.com/culture/2026...

American officials will determine what to do with the disabled vessel once the search is completed, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters. One option would be to tow the stricken ship to Oman, independent specialists said on Sunday.-NYT

in a world of lauren bezoses, be a connie ballmer

Maybe Jared can help out.

Iran's military command says it will retaliate for the US shelling and seizure of the Iranian-flagged cargo ship Touska earlier today.

Dust Bunny on HBO Max is really good

Which means we may be within 72 hours of kinetic actions beginning again.

Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October. Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year. Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce. Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.

Am I the only one who thinks Trump looks silly like he just got moved to the kids’ desk?

Are the Trumps long or short on oil futures tomorrow?

Trump has done more to push the world to renewables than anyone else ever to live. And if he fucks up this week, there will be a world war-type mobilization that way.

This lofty language has two key caveats: (1) they feel an obligation solely in terms of "defense," not more broadly, such as common welfare, public health, or even democracy; (2) they admit a "debt" yet offer no repayment, instead demanding the exact opposite, that the country pay them even more. /2

Palantir has already been paid billions to do this, building surveillance systems, predictive policing tools, ICE tracking platforms, and gang databases that sweep in teenagers because they wore the wrong color. Palantir is glad it doesn't reduce crime, because failure means more gov't money. /5

Forgive me for suspecting a man selling battlefield software might have a motivated view on whether the losers of the last world war should rearm. The "long peace" praised in 14 was built on the settlements he wants to dismantle in 15; noticing that contradiction is mere "theatrical debate." /4

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

Yes AND hire good comms people who know how to walk between worlds and talk like a human to all kinds of audiences, I might know a few dozen criminally underemployed folks who would be happy to help

The fascists aren't actually having fun. I said this in Feb 2025 and it still holds.

18 months. 14 newsrooms. 70 journalists. 1 groundbreaking investigation into a global surveillance empire whose phone-tracking software has targeted world leaders, corporate executives, journalists, activists, celebrities…and maybe even you.

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did on J6 🩸🩸🩸 THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Vance plans to run for President on “continuity, not confusion” Hahahahahahahahahahahaha Good luck with that…

increased beatings have not improved morale as it turns out

Mike Waltz has a freudian slip and calls Operation Epic Fury "Operation Economic Fury"

Grossed out by Trump giving a stupid story about how he was scared during a plane landing means he should get the Medal of Honor. Glad reporters have given up on the chess fluff and admitted Trump is just impulsive and can’t control himself.

The richest 10% of Americans own roughly 87% of stocks. The richest 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.

We’re worse off than we were under Obama’s deal. Period. Trump blew up the 2015 agreement in 2018, and everything went backward. Under that deal, Iran’s enrichment was capped at 3.67%. Since it was canceled the deal, estimates are that Iran got it up to 60%. Just a step away from weapons-grade.

The U.S. military is preparing in coming days to board Iran-linked oil tankers and seize commercial ships in international waters, according to U.S. officials, expanding its naval crackdown beyond the Middle East.-WSJ

Chinese device found in strategic waters near Bali identified www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

A U.S. defense official claims the IRGC has conducted at least three attacks on commercial ships in the strait of Hormuz since Saturday morning.-Axios

Iran’s top national security body says that as long as the enemy applies a naval blockade, Iran will consider it a violation of the ceasefire and will prevent the conditional and limited opening of the Strait of Hormuz.- Iranian state media

Hahahahahahahaha Oh my! Is this an opening para or is this an opening paragraph? This alone should end any normal human cabinet secretary.

BREAKING The Speaker of Iran’s parliament says that President Trump has repeatedly lied today and that the Islamic Republic of Iran is closing the Strait of Hormuz as long as the US military’s blockade remains in place.