#Melania Trump’s Memoir Was Bad. The Movie Is Worse. It’s a feat of filmmaking to spend so much time on one person and reveal so little. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...

Opinion: My law enforcement career tells me Alex Pretti's death was unjustified. Chiefs. Sheriffs. Command staff. Your duty is to your community. That duty requires you to Make arrests when crimes are committed. timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2026...

While Minneapolis mourned a man killed by federal agents, Trump’s elite gathered in black tie to celebrate a Melania vanity film. This is what a ruling family looks like. Let them eat cake. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

#Microsoft Pledged to Save #Water. In #AI Era, It Expects Water Use to Soar. Driven by #artificialintelligence frenzy, Microsoft projecting water use at its #datacenters will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face #shortages. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/t...

#Gladys #West, Unsung Figure in Development of #GPS, Dies at 95. As a Navy #mathematician in the 1950s and beyond, she played an unheralded but foundational role in making possible the global satellite-based mapping system. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...

I’ll never forget #AmadouDiallo a foreign student who who was shot 19 times for being black by a “scared” 4-man NYPD squad hunting a rapist as he took out his wallet to show ID on his Bronx doorstep Feb 4, 1999. His character was also smeared at the trial. Not one was held accountable.

Happy Australia Day! We retain sovereignty but appreciate Australia for their support and defense against illegal fishing etc. Have a beer on us today!

Jonesy cartoon in Private Eye No. 1667

Though the Black-eared Catbird of New Guinea and Australia is classified as a bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchidae), males do not construct courtship bowers. Pairs are monogamous as well, further separating this species and others in its genus from other bowerbirds. birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/bkecat4

This sums it up.

“Why would you bring a gun to….” Is irrelevant under the second amendment

Warning: Graphic for some viewers Russians are realizing that penguin camo is ideal in winter, however they forget that they are illegally in Ukraine (no penguins there) and are quickly exposed and destroyed -Gen Thaddeus Snowclaw

Hey NRA, are you good with this? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

Statistic: 2/3rds of murders in Minneapolis so far in 2026 have been committed by DHS agents

Opinion: Why AI Can’t Make Thoughtful Decisions: Computers don’t do well with vagueness, uncertainty. My college taught me how to think, not what to think. That’s what proves most useful when navigating strategic and financial decisions in a technology-driven world. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...

Lest we forget . . . The Pandemic Blues II www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-0y...

Lest we forget . . . The Pandemic Blues www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiSR...

Why Young People Love the #GratefulDead: I was interested in the lost world this #music conjured, a world of teenagers like my aunts who had left home young and hit the road. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/o...

#AI Is Coming to Class. These #Professors Want to Ease Your Worries. Even as some instructors remain fervently opposed to #chatbots, other writing and #English professors are trying to improve them because #students already using it en masse. #education www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/n...

cAllies are not ornaments. They are force multipliers. They are how America projects power without exhausting itself. They are how we avoid fighting alone, paying alone, bleeding alone. Undermining them in a moment of global tension is not toughness—it is sabotage. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

we're a year and change into the second round of this entire scenario and i genuinely think people who are wringing hands and saying "how could we have not seen this coming" need to have their driver's licenses revoked because clearly they are not observant enough to avoid catastrophe

The #Internet May Look Different After You Listen to This: #AIslop is taking over the internet. Even experts can’t tell what’s made by #AI. So what happens to #trust now? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...

#Measles Cases Spike in #South #Carolina: The outbreak has now spread to more than 300 people, most of them #children. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

Several of #Kennedy’s #Dietary Advisers Have Ties to #Meat and #Dairy Interests, even thought Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had promised that his panel, which released new guidelines this week, would have no “conflicts of interest.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

By the way they put out the cell phone video that the shooter was holding WHILE he shot her, because they know it’s incriminating and they think they can control the narrative by releasing it and saying “it proves our side.”

our heater died last night and while i understand i live in southern california and i am not going to die from exposure it’s still only 55* in my house and im cranky

Word and meetings are not sufficient. By request, we are deploying a contingent of Heard Island Defense Forces to Greenland to send a simple message. Flippers up and F*%# right Off! -General Thaddeus Snowclaw

Elon #Musk’s #AI Is Generating #Sexualized #Images of Real People, Fueling #Outrage: Late Thursday, Musk’s chatbot, #Grok, limited requests for #AI-generated images on #X to paid subscribers of the social media site amid an outcry from victims and regulators. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/t...

When Mitt Romney says 'it's time for rich people like me to pay more,' you know it might be time for a change. My latest explores why billionaires are suddenly calling for higher taxes. Read & subscribe at the link in my reply.

How does a Black artist satirize a racial reality that has gone way beyond satire under President Donald Trump? It’s something David G. Brown asks himself every week. capitalandmain.com/capturing-am... by Erin Aubry Kaplan via @capitalandmain.bsky.social

Scientists Discover Oldest #Poison, on 60,000-Year-Old #Arrows. Adds to growing body of evidence that our #human ancestors 60,000 years ago—and even earlier—were cognitively on par with modern humans. #earlyhumans #archeology www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/s...

10 Pieces of Tech Jargon That Confused Us in 2025: Here’s a cheat sheet for decoding this year’s #AI-driven tech lingo, from RAG to #superintelligence. Gift article free without subscription www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/t...

Stephen Miller Is The New Republic’s 2025 Scoundrel of the Year - The New Republic

NYT Guest Essay: Why Does #Trump Get Away With It? He feels no guilt and has no qualms and will leave the nation worse off than it was when he took office. #Democrats are trying to prosecute him for malice when they should be prosecuting him for #malpractice. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...

None of Us Will Live Forever. Some of Us Have a Professional Duty to Plan Ahead. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...

Since when Putin's residence is not a valid military target?

8 Ways #AI Affected #Pop #Culture in 2025: No longer something off in the distance, the new #technology was all over our #screens this past year. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/a...

Before You Toss That Book … Consider that every book you have is a story of who you are. #books #reading www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...

Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention could see that was happening.

So in spring, Pam Bondi said there was nothing to the Epstein investigation, then “closed” it. Now, they “find” 1 million more docs. So did she close this without seeing these docs? Or was someone hiding them?

Here's a shot I got in May of a Cliff Swallow colony on the central coast. There were so many nests I lost count and I can't wait to get back there in 2026! #Birds #Photography #Nature

a group of egrets fish quietly in the morning mist, with a night heron on the near shore. #serenity #birdoftheday

Sal Khan — A 1 Percent Solution to the Looming #AI #Job #Apocalypse: AI will displace #workers at a scale many people don’t yet realize. Companies benefiting from AI should donate a small percentage of #profits to retrain the workers the tech will displace. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...

Putin & Trump should be locked up!

Turmoil at #CBS News After Bari #Weiss Pulls a #60Minutes’ Segment. Several veteran correspondents questioned how Ms. Weiss, the new CBS News editor in chief, had handled the segment, after she defended her decision on a call with the newsroom. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...

As warfare is reinvented in Ukraine, and #SiliconValley races to maintain its #AI lead, #China’s #battery dominance is raising alarms far beyond the #auto industry. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...

#Trump Administration Loosens Protections for Iconic Greater #Sage #Grouse. The government moves to make it easier to #drill, #mine and #graze on 50 million acres of land in the West. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...