Greetings EricR, would you like to be human trafficked to Dubai?

Told a room full of investors and startup types that the administration’s attacks on immigration and universities was like “scuttling three aircraft carriers”. Tell the truth when you can.

Checking in on Graham Platner country. Will report back later.

I’m glad LC published this, and I’m glad to be a paid subscriber for LC, and I’ll continue reading them every day, but this article is rife with false equivalence. Did Jacobin pass?

Ezra Klein has been a (unwitting, certainly unpaid, and clearly unaware) GOP asset for as long as I’ve been aware of him.

Hope the folks at the Times are happy with the role they played in platforming and legitimizing this know nothing bigot propagandist.

The first time a unit is overrun, this will get mentioned over and over. A platoon more than 1000 rounds fewer than one with 5.56 based weapons will be the one that loses in modern combat.

Is Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” (1994) Twee? Did Twee exist in 1994? Is there proto-Twee worthy of concern?

I just assume this authorizes local smokies to shoot migrants as game meat, or something else equally deranged, I’ll read eventually

You’re crazy for this one, Tom

He picked up 77 million votes after attempting a coup d’état, I don’t understand this argument

Particularly good and eye-opening episode of Second Breakfast with @tonystark.bsky.social and @uticaeric.bsky.social. Find it on the China Talk feed!

If you heard a DoD senior leader say “[we are] the only entity engaged in geoeconomic competition with the enemy”: 1) Which organization do you think this is? 2) Is the claim plausible? 3) is your company hiring? Seriously, I’ll work the fry-o-later and I’m available nights and weekends.

Bad Bunny’s going to have the strangest Wikipedia page if Harris wins this.