Sounds totally routine. I try to have 4 routine medical checkups annually. Because my fantastic US private health plan includes this very standard benefit for all healthy people. To stay healthy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Barry White > Bari Weiss

If someone’s spending all their time & energy trying their hardest to get you to hate folks that are different from you, instead of running the 37 different companies they’re supposed to be leading as CEO, a good rule of thumb is to ask why.

The world lost someone today who represented the best of humanity, while deepening our understanding of what that means, & of other creatures on our shared planet. A life well lived, pursuing meaning & her passion until the very end. RIP Dr Goodall & thank you. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Would not be surprised at all if Putin’s recent incursions into NATO (including US) airspace, Hegseth’s summoning of the flag officers to Quantico, Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland and Zelinskyy’s warning of a potential Russian attack on another European country are linked. 1/

Shame we never saw the same justice here in the US that France and Brazil achieved with their corrupt former leaders. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Moral bankruptcy and abject cowardice.

Butch: “See you in Valhalla, brother” Sundance: “what the hell are you talking…” Butch: (winks, with a grin) Sundance: (looks at Butch quizzically. Then a broad smile spreads across his radiantly handsome face as they both burst out laughing) Fade to black. #RIPRobertRedford

All the universities, including my alma mater, that capitulated to Trump’s illegal attempts to extort them could have joined Harvard to stand together for the rule of law. Instead they cleared the way for further consolidation of authoritarianism in the US. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

“Can the President replace the existing Vice President with Stephen Miller by executive order?” JD Vance, August 29, 2025

@ruthmarcus.bsky.social‬ reports on Pam Bondi, whose Justice Department has vigorously defended even the most extreme elements of Trump’s agenda, and demonstrated a willingness to exact revenge against the President’s political enemies.

When the next financial crisis hits, does anyone think Trump & Bessent have the expertise, authority or credibility to calm markets & coordinate a response? When the next pandemic spreads, does anybody believe RFK Jr has the runderstanding, experience or plan to stop the spread & develop vaccines?

A shameful abandonment of Ukraine, European and US security and principles. Still, entirely predictable - Trump understands only his own self interest, not the interest of the US and our allies. What was Trump offered in Alaska to carry water for Putin? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Democratic officials at all levels need to do whatever it takes to stop this. Once we go down this path, any chance of reviving elected democracy is lost until Trump, Vance & their enablers are removed from positions of power. Look at Russia, Turkey and Hungary. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I think this guy has taken an average of 1 1/2 taxpayer funded vacations for each month he’s been in office. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Thank you @theguardian.com - at least one major news outlet is highlighting this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We should stop taking the administration’s presentation of this deployment as a “parade” at face value. With Trump illegally sending thousands of National Guardsmen and marines to LA without cause, deploying tanks and significant heavy military materiel and www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

This may capture the absurdity of the current administration better than anything I’ve seen in a while.

Probably fine.

A ringing endorsement from the PM who was bested by a head of lettuce might not be the boost the administration is looking for. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

This should be getting a lot more attention, particularly in light of the earlier @npr.org report by @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social concerning Russian efforts to remove data from HHS while DOGE was accessing critical data and systems. The threat is huge and ongoing. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/gop...

Luthen’s wig is Andor’s sly tribute to Obi-wan “Ben” Kenobi’s secret identity.

Saavy Vatican insiders knew that Pope Deep Dish I defeats Pope Pizzaballa I every time.

Dear @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social and @claudiasheinbaum.bsky.social - thank you for reminding the world that two out of three ain’t bad.

This seems very unwise. And very unnecessary. apple.news/AvdfDaQcVRgS...

We are seeing our critical national security infrastructure disintegrate in real time. apple.news/A-xMkEAswTqe...

McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

If Apple TV really wants to break through, it could do worse than releasing outtakes of Gary Oldman in deep method acting mode not batting an eye & continuing in character as his Slow Horses costars completely lose it in response to every thundering fart and belch he delivers.

This is how you report on tariffs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Hello NATO? Yes, I’d like to report an attack on one of your treaty members. The United States has been captured by a hostile power. Please send support post haste to remove its representatives from Washington DC.

For context on why Trump & Vance sought to humiliate Pres Zelenskyy in the WH today, this article provides insights: Ukraine has not only protected Europe from Russian incursion & degraded its aggressive capability, it is also a huge asset for US intel on Russia. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Genuinely curious what research has been done exploring the extent to which Elon Musk and Donald Trump are indebted to entities linked to Russia, China & / or Saudi Arabia. Not beneficiaries by means of commercial agts, rather have borrowed $ from them, whether or not secured (eg by TSLA stock).

The most effective thing @mcuban.bsky.social could do right now to protect our democracy - hire all of the people working for DOGE 3x what Elon is paying them, subject to providing a detailed description of what systems they’ve accessed at what level, & stick them in a locked room with no internet.

Calling the people associated with the Trump administration mediocre is an insult to the proud history of mediocrity in American politics.

Focus in German Bundestag elections has rightfully been on the alarming rise in support for the neo-Nazi AfD. However, if results hold & the FDP & BSW fail to make the 5% threshold, it’s arguably a decent result for German mainstream democracy to show it can deliver results w/o bad faith actors. 1/2

Q: “Now pay attention, 007. We analyzed all your mission data and concluded that the Aston Martin is no longer up to the job. Too conspicuous for surveillance, insufficient room to store weaponry and the latest defense gadgets and, frankly, we got a better offer for co-branding opportunities”

This is the way. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

If I were Tim Apple, instead of investing billions to develop another crappy AI interface nobody asked for, for a fraction of that I’d offer a simple way to interact with family & friends, leveraging my reputation for privacy & safety, & experience creating great alternatives to bad legacy tools.

Additional reporting from @theguardian.com on how DOGE is being run and staffed, as well as outside and WH support. Intensifies concerns about scope of security breach, given lack of vetting, governance and transparency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is what courage, humility and leadership look like. 👆 @maxwellfrost.bsky.social you are an inspiration to our country. Keep up the great work.

Serious question- anyone know Dr Myechia Minter-Jordan, head of AARP? Mobilizing 1,000,000 retirees to DC to protest Elon’s impoundment of Social Security & Medicare is the mission the AARP was created for. @warren.senate.gov - Dr Minter-Jordan is your constituent. www.tbf.org/who-we-are/p...

Serious question- anyone know Dr Myechia Minter-Jordan, head of AARP? Mobilizing 1,000,000 retirees to DC to protest Elon’s impoundment of Social Security & Medicare is the mission the AARP was created for. @warren.senate.gov - Dr Minter-Jordan is your constituent. www.tbf.org/who-we-are/p...

Donald Trump & Pres Elon “Hey guys, rolling out a new policy program - Weimar Germany, circa hyperinflation era, but with world’s strongest military, nuclear weapons and global hegemony, whaddya think?” America:

Man, if I were investor in Key Square right now, I’d seriously be thinking about whether I needed to pull my funds over concerns about potentially fatal IT security and treasury access risk.

Process server delivering order in civil case to dinner party hosted by Hannibal Lecter, w/ Elon Musk, Jeffrey Dahmer & DOGE in attendance: “sir, I have an order temporarily restraining Elon Musk from eating another American citizen!” Dr Lecter: “Is that so? Do come in, we’re just starting dessert”

Impeach. Bessent. Now. @wyden.senate.gov - we hope you are in touch with Chairman Powell and working to ensure the integrity and stability of our financial system. America’s workers and retirees are depending on you.

How soon can we end the de-Baathification and move on to the long overdue de-Nazification?

@stephenking.bsky.social - as the genius behind many terrifying stories in which the literal apocalypse is engineered by a mad, seemingly invincible villain of inconceivable cruelty, are you able to, maybe just this once, skip to the end & let us know that everything winds up OK? Yours, America