Just write anything. It literally doesn't have to make sense even to you. If you're any good at this, you will be the last person to ever know

The Trump DOJ quietly closed more than 23,000 criminal cases in the first six months of Trump's second term — abandoning hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and other offenses as it shifted resources to immigration cases, according to an analysis by ProPublica.

The Supreme Court ruled today that a practitioner's religious beliefs are more important in treating you than any science bc science that counters one's religious beliefs violates the practitioner's right to free expression and exercise of their religious beliefs God, this country is dumb af

The U.S. just lifted sanctions on Russian cargo ships and multiple high-profile narcotics figures. Dozens of names were removed from the Specially Designated Nationals list—including vessels tied to major Russian leasing operations and individuals linked to Mexican and Colombian drug networks.

OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.” You can’t trust chatbots.

if you don’t like the process of writing then don’t be a fucking writer, it’s not that complicated

Trump: "I don't believe in building libraries or museums…It's most likely going to be a hotel with a beautiful building underneath and a 747 Air Force One in the lobby, which is going to be a trick."

Oh this is a quote that will never come back to haunt him.

For “no real reason” I’m going to say how much I have loved the magic school, magical kids and meaningful exploration of history in @dhonielle.bsky.social’s Conjureverse series, in case anyone wants a series about magical kids. www.theconjureverseseries.com

I think a desperate all-hands-on-deck moonshot effort to build EVs affordably is the only thing that could save any western automaker from being completely cooked

Frog looked out of the window. The snail was not there yet.

"ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps."

SecDef insider trading on his own war. Utter moral bankruptcy

This contains broad vague language that would ban any book for readers under 18 that has LGBTQIA+ characters or themes (like my Dotty Morgan books).

Golden retriever runs 15 feet after owner mimes throwing tennis ball

probably completely obvious but the reason Project Hail Mary is doing so well (apart from being very well made) is that it is all about problem-solving, cooperation, self-sacrifice, and forming deep relationships with those from far away. All values that people feel a desperate need for right now.

You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.

"The third No Kings protests were an unmistakable display of political force..." "Two-thirds of participants live in suburban, small town or rural areas, a 40% increase over last time in protesters from outside big cities..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

A true Trump scandal:

Your periodic reminder that there is a website that lets you listen to local radio stations anywhere in the world This is honestly one of the coolest inventions ever, imo. Global access to hyper-local imagined communities

It's official. We made history.

Again, the first Tea Party rallies in April 2009 -- heavily promoted in advance by Fox News -- only had about 300,000 attendees across 750 cities, but the media treated it like the Second American Revolution. There will be multiple *individual* No Kings rallies today that have more people at them.

Chuck Schumer likes to imagine how his politics play with an imaginary middle-class middle-aged couple on Long Island, but I don't think he realizes that couple is currently constructing a guillotine in their suburban backyard and stockpiling Molotov cocktails.

MN State Capitol. #NoKings

Atlanta is showing up to say no ICE, no war, No Kings. #NoKings

Huge turnout in St Augustine, Florida. #Nokings #staugustine

Oh this is stunning

Happy Friday! Your assignment for the weekend: Tell a favorite author how much they mean to you. Find 'em on socials, hit up the contact form on their website, email their agent. It's rough out there & these little moments of connection & validation help us keep our heads up. Thank you!

It is so awesome he posts these scripts for people

There are a whole bunch of reasons to turn out for #nokings tomorrow but here are maybe the top two: 1) huge turnout is a signal to republicans edging away from Trump and puts steel in Dem spines. 2) least we can do to honor bravery of Minnesotans who turned the tide

Ohio House passes House Bill 249 restricting public drag performances, with penalties ranging from a first-degree misdemeanor to a fourth-degree felony #NOH8

"Donald Trump’s disgusting racism is what he uses to convince his supporters to ignore his pathetic job performance. And it works. Trump is objectively bad at running the government, but he’s objectively good at running a Klan rally." @elienyc.bsky.social nails it here

That congestion pricing is working -- like, really really working! -- is important for the larger effort to restore faith in govt. Take big swings, get big results that people can actually feel. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/o...

"Among various staffers and officials working within the august confines of the Pentagon and Department of Defense, the former ‘Fox & Friends’ co-host...is known as “Dumb McNamara.”" Pete Hegseth's new nickname, among his colleagues, per reporting for Zeteo's First Draft this morning:

He should have spent the rest of his life in prison and the reason he isn't is bc John Roberts personally intervened to prevent that

JUST IN: Democrats tonight have flipped a GOP-held state House seat in Florida. And not just any seat: This is the district that contains Mar-a-Lago. (It voted for Trump by 11% in 2024). That's right: Trump will now be represented by a Democrat, Emily Gregory, in Tallahassee.

It's truly obscene, and someone needs to be working to shut this shit down (in addition to everything else, I know).

"I'm doing my part!"

This tech is great innit?

Republican Senator John Kennedy just blamed Trump for the shutdown: “The Democrats offered a deal. We said accept it. Trump said no.” That deal would have ensured TSA agents got paid this week.

Kennedy: "Democrats offered to open up everything but ICE. Ted and I said, 'Ok, let's accept,' then at the same time we'd offer a bill for reconciliation where we don't need any D votes. That way we're out of the shutdown and DHS is back open. Thune submitted that to Trump. He said, 'No. No deals.'"

I’m glad we’re winning the war with Iran — because I’d hate to see what “losing” looked like! 🫣🙄

But fewer people have pronouns in their bios now. America has spoken!

This is the most minor of points, but HSI is actually a talented & important arm of federal law enforcement. Hate ICE, sure, but HSI does real work on transnational smuggling, human trafficking, and fighting child sex abuse. Wasting THEM standing around in airports hurts our country in a real way.

Climate/renewables arguments aside, this is the president's administration paying a foreign company to invest in states where Republicans are in charge rather than ones where Democrats are in charge -- using tax dollars to punish people who didn't vote for his party.

I met a lawyer while traveling who asked me "Why is a system where fundamental rights are decided by nine legal scholars better than a system where those same rights are decided by religious scholars" and it's hard to come up with an answer that isn't preference.

First images from those meetings

It’s hard to know whether to believe the dangerous, extremist and isolated regime Or the Iranians

Strange situation where we await a statement from Iran to check whether there's any truth to what US president is saying.