Seems like the “reflecting pool” is reflecting the state of life in America today. Puke green, cheaply done, and over-policed. There, I said the dumb cringe cliche thing! Now no one else can have this dumb take. We don’t need a soapy op Ed about how symbolic this is!!

Just got tickets to game 6 of the NBA finals. Now to take a big sip of water and log on for the first time today. Looking forward to the big game!

so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...

You should be able to criticize your government anonymously online. Full stop. "Age verification" legislation is just a pretty name for "forced online ID checks," meaning everything you post is associated with your government name We have to stop this. theintercept.com/2026/03/05/k...

Here are last, on the shores of the sea… brother we’re about to hang 10 and catch some fuckin gnar waves.

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

This is why there is no free speech without anonymous speech. This is why online ID checks / age verification is incompatible with the 1st amendment and human rights. This is why "make everyone use their real names" is not a real solution to online hate & harm www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Impeachment. Now. @jayapal.house.gov

Another fulfilling day of work at the herbivore park of Jurassic World. These big dawgs are so chill, the electric fence goes down all the time and they don’t even care. I’m going kite surfing later. I love my job.

Time to get your public comments in on the proposed Waters of the U.S. rule that would strip protections for countless wetlands and streams. Trout unlimited has a tool on their page that will automatically send your message to the EPA as well as your representatives: www.tu.org/conservation...

A parallel universe where life is exactly the same, except the money you pay to the government is called Texas and the state is spelled Taxes.

This shit is all kinds of unconstitutional. apnews.com/article/immi...  Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns

NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

For a movie called “Gladiator” this guy seems pretty mad!!

Another video of Senator Padilla’s violent arrest at DHS Sec Noem’s press conference in LA. You can see him thrown to the ground by FBI agents and handcuffed. (video shared by Padilla’s staff with Elex Michaelson of Fox LA and posted on X)

The Navy told me the ocean keeps eating their fighter jets so I asked how many fighter jets the navy has and they said they just go to the fighter jet store to get a new fighter jets afterwards so I said it sounds like they’re just feeding fighter jets to the ocean and then the Navy started crying.

It’s a brutal time for young men. Somehow, Palpatine has returned.

Ea-nāṣir is the recipient of the world’s oldest complaint letter. He’s reportedly the worst businessman of the 18th century, a mediocre conman whose actions should have him put out of business. Is this fair? Here’s a thread on the most up-to-date research on this captivating figure.

I work on a team at the Italian CIA, and my boss just saw a photo on my computer screen and said “Mamma Mia, that’s ah Jason Bourne.”

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #607,997!

Two members of Trump’s campaign staff got into a verbal and physical fight Monday with an official at Arlington National Cemetery where Trump was participating in a wreath-laying ceremony. The official was trying to stop Trump staffers from filming in a section where recent US casualties are buried.

over the course of nearly ten years, we've logged every fatal shooting by a US police officer in the line of duty. we did it one at a time, day after day, updating info as we could. we've now logged more than 10,000. i can't tell you how proud i am of all the folks who worked on this over the years.

christ www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com The intro you wrote for Aspects by Mike Ford primed me for reading that book in a particular mindset, and that book has stuck with me for months since in a way no other book has, and I’ve read several of his other books since. Thanks for introducing me to his work.

This might be flying under the radar (so please RT!), but the US Copyright Office is soliciting comments for its decisions on training ML/NLP/AI systems on copyrighted material (even *non*-generative AI). They need to hear from researchers, so please comment! Deadline Oct 30. www.copyright.gov/ai/