Democrats should absolutely campaign on not just abolishing Trump's slush fund, but clawing it back and giving it to people who deserve it. #uspol

If they’re going to destroy the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement, then we probably need a new Civil Rights Movement. #uspol

We’re taking a relatively small improvement in information technology and using it as an excuse to build a society without people. What the heck is wrong with us?

Just when you think you’ve aced it with your well-considered, scientific answer to HOW people have babies, your kid comes back around with “WHY do people have babies?”

How many parents of Star Trek characters can you name unassisted? Don’t list them in the response, that will ruin it. #startrek

Please no more maxxxing

So now we know... 1. Democrats can defeat incumbent Republicans in special elections in 2026. 2. *Republicans* can defeat incumbent Republicans in special elections in 2026. Conclusion: incumbent Republicans are going down in elections in 2026! #uspol

So the Supreme Court has ratified one of America’s great lies, that fighting racism in elections is itself racist. Yet another day when the stakes get higher and the possibility of compromise slips away. We have to stop these fascists from returning this country to White minority rule. #uspol

like...now is the moment. make the positive case that immigration is good and that the problem is not that people are cheating but that our laws are so restrictive people are put into impossible positions, which harms them and us.

Hot take: the US-UK "special relationship" is the most oversold pile of crap in all of global relations. It doesn't deserve a second of analysis by anyone, anywhere. #uspol

I liked this analysis of why Chicago Pope does not bow to Trump. It's not so much commentary as explanatory journalism with quotes from Milton. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/24/trump-pope-leo-catholics

I had heard Claude Code was getting better so I had it build me a little game where you guess whether an actor was ever on Star Trek. We ended up arguing over whether Kirsten Dunst played Young Guinan in “Rascals.”

Trump’s twisted use of diplomatic rhetoric is part of the sham of this war. The press is acting as if when the ceasefire expires the cruise missiles will automatically start flying again. In fact, it would be completely within the President’s power not to kill children, not to waste resources […]

I feel like the American media spent a decade learning the word "lie." We don't have time for them to spend that long learning the word "chaos." #uspol #iran

I suspect that the rest of the war with #iran will be a lot like it is right now. #uspol

I’m 42 and it’s my first day on Adderall. AMA

The Supreme Court-mandated tariff refund portal is the natural end state of all Trump policy initiatives.

Today I'm wrestling with "First do no harm" and what it means for how healers lead. Enjoy the illustration of Achilles bandaging Patroclus. https://www.patreon.com/posts/first-do-no-harm-155777018

No matter what ends up happening with #iran, whatever “deal” Trump ends up with will be compared point by point with Obama’s, and probably not in its favor. Which is exactly what he deserves. #uspol (Not that I believe the hype around the negotiations… as they say in my neighboring state, show me)

I read a post from somebody a while back arguing that what Star Trek needs next is a Game of Thrones style epic with multiple viewpoints that eventually connect. As different as that would be from a captain-centered show, I think that’s right. Maybe let the franchise rest for a few years then go […]

@brucetheknife love your handle :-) I have a bad habit of singing "Mack the Knife" to my kids

Spending All Morning Getting My Kid a Doctor’s Appointment: A Case Study In 2025 my second son was born. He saw Pediatrician A who was in network with Insurer A. We loved Pediatrician A and would have been happy to stay with her the rest of our son’s life. (1/x)

If Hungary can turn back fascism after 16 years, any nation can.

I had the slightest hope Vance would reach an agreement because 1) I believe he is against the war 2) it could differentiate him from Trump without an actual betrayal and 3) it would make him be seen as presidential. But I doubt he was actually empowered to agree to anything. He may have as […]

Oh god they vibe coded a war didn’t they? #uspol #iran

Bloody hell. Researchers invented a disease, published two fake papers to see if LLM’s would ingest them and kick them up as fact — and then it broke containment and all the major AI’s bought in. Information pollution. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Ex Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under Obama👇🏽

"Only Trump can know." "Only Trump can decide." It's an article of faith for them. It's a false faith. The President works for us and is obligated to explain himself. #uspol

We need some way of reckoning with the violence of what we all felt today. #uspol #iran

I sure as hell hope every news outlet the rest of the week is asking how close we got to a nuclear first strike. #uspol

maybe decades of encouraging presidents to bomb whoever they wanted with no congressional oversight was bad.

Here’s hoping the Cabinet Signal chat is on fire right now

If you’re wondering about how to be a leader in an organization without being a manager, I have some thoughts: https://www.patreon.com/posts/designing-style-154908247

When exactly did Easter become Christmas? And can we turn it back somehow?

If you can’t explain what your guilty reading pleasure is, I’m not convinced you’re reading anything at all.

RE: https://mefi.social/@MissConstrue/116336602637066860 This. 💯

So tired of sports betting

Scarpetta is the strangest show you will ever watch.

Sometimes I feel like I’m just living in suspended animation until the AI bubble bursts.

Boy have I got a book for this guy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/30/jd-vance-alien-ufo-are-demons

It's time for American institutions to come out against the war. https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-institutions-154111522

In the midst of everything I’m still mad about what Trump said about women’s hockey.

“Our first and last words have been the same from day one, and it will stay that way: someone like us will never come to terms with someone like you,” said Lt Col Ebrahim Zolfaghari, an Iranian military spokesperson […]

“Why isn’t she under their spell?” “Never takes off her headphones.”

One day I’ll write my exposé on the byzantine user experience of “your kid has a problem” in America.

@Guillotine_Jones you may have the best profile art in the fedi

The smartest people in the world are the ones who said Trump would run the US like a petrostate. #uspol

A random thought. You're watching a commercial and an AI says something cute or clever or sassy. I can guarantee that line was written by... a writer.

It’s interesting that in the course of giving Reno more to do, they’re making her less of a comic relief role. Which makes Tig more of a mainstay Star Trek actor than a guest. Which can only be a good thing. #startrek