Saw this plate in the wild today. How offensive is it to pretend farming in Virginia began with Europeans planting tobacco? signsandtagsonline.com/products/cus...

To a Happy New Year of accidents. jbordeaux.substack.com/p/the-flukes...

60 Minutes oddly not censored in Canada. www.reddit.com/r/interestin...

Willful sauntering in an airport should be a federal felony punishable by 15-20 years.

Wondering how to watch the Winter Solstice livestream from Newgrange? Our short how-to video guides you step by step. 📅 21 Dec ⏰ 8.40am 🌅 Live from inside the chamber Save the link and tune in: gov.ie/solstice #WinterSolstice #Newgrange #ShareTheSolstice #OPW

Just to be clear. It’s the John F Kennedy center legally. Just like it’s still the department of defense

I have been loathe to suggest any impacts of political pressure on federal statistical agencies, but this is worrying to me.

Notes from my former career. jbordeaux.substack.com/p/knowledge-...

The Trump administration plans to require all foreign tourists to provide their social media histories from the last five years to enter the country. Yes, I said TOURISTS — not immigrants. This is insane. It will DECIMATE the U.S. tourism industry.

Today, with @situ-research.bsky.social, Lawfare released the first videos in our new investigative video series “Deportation, Inc.: The Rise of the Immigration Enforcement Economy." Watch the first two videos at www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.

afsa.org/at-the-break... Major Findings 86% say changes in the workplace since January have affected their ability to advance U.S. diplomatic priorities. 98% report poor morale. Nearly 1 in 3 are considering leaving the Service.

And it’s got a spectacular price at $1,850.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

⚖️ DoD Law of War Manual, page 1075: "For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal." ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...

Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

I REMEMBER. In 1981, nearly 100% of people with AIDS died, often rapidly. I remember weeping. I remember Ronald Reagan's refusal to say "AIDS". I remember the brave patients, loving caregivers, and the defiant power of ACT-UP. And finally the miracle of modern therapy. Rise up for World AIDS day.

Fifteen Years xkcd.com/3172/

Yes, Apple Watch. I can still “do it.” But, and do hear me: I don’t want to.

This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The word “testing,” as the kids say, is doing a ton of work here.

“‘Affordability is overrated.’ – Larry Kudlow This is what happens when the people running the economy never have to live in it.

This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.

www.dvidshub.net/news/551341/... For my NCR friends; get some earplugs tonight.

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

I'm thinking today of all my fellow veterans but especially the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were kicked out of the military this year despite being highly qualified and serving honorably. This injustice will be a stain on our nation's history.

@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org This needs more exposure.

Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath? Character isn't something you tell people about. It's something you live.

Chimps Can Weigh Evidence and Update Their Beliefs Like Humans Do - Scientific American The jokes write themselves.

New York Times editorial board has compiled "a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion." www.nytimes.com/interactive/... This is what "not the odds, but the stakes" was all about. During the 2024 campaign, those 12 markers could have been in place and operating to guide news coverage everywhere.

There are children on the White House payroll spending their days creating these cartoons - while career professionals petition food banks to feed THEIR children as the White House wants them to starve and lose health care. We had a good run, America. Mostly.

I’m not saying I’m imagining the future of the White House “ballroom” is as a giant garden and arboretum run by the Smithsonian and open to the public - I’m just saying that helps me sleep at night right now.

Jane Goodall's final message from her last interview:

Shout out to the Cubbies, the only Major League Baseball team with a urinal in the dugout. @cubsbot.bsky.social

Trans rights are kitchen table issues for all of us. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

As I enter my last trimester, a brief message. open.substack.com/pub/jbordeau...

I dunno who needs this, but Dwayne Gretsky recently covered Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al" and it's the most fun you will ever see a group of friends having with each other www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ER2...

[COPY] The Unsettling open.substack.com/pub/jbordeau...

settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off

The correct response.

I do wish the media would stop showing the snuff film of 11 deaths at sea. @msnbc.com

The thing about RFK that gets me is that there really isn't a historical analog. Even among genocidaires and mass murderers, I don't think there's ever been anyone as generally anti-life and anti-human as Kennedy, and I'm not sure anyone ever has or will match his ultimate death toll

For some reason, I’m reminded of this odd saying today. “Il Duce ha sempre ragione”

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"Ensuring the U.S. can fill the jobs of the future is not just an economic issue, but also a matter of national security." RAND experts highlight the states that are already leading the way in building future advanced manufacturing workforces: https://bit.ly/45qClRq

Ask yourselves what purpose this serves. What was the motivation? Who was this harming? Who was offended? Refuse to give hate a home.

Told ya. wapo.st/45UETav

Just in case there was any doubt, ChatGPT 5.0 still makes up completely random citations that don't exist and should not be used for literature search.