Don't do drugs, even drugs you buy at the gas station over the counter: www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Nate makes more money than Becky? The gender pay gap is alive and well in the WNBA.

I'm not worried: Once ICE rounds up all the illegals, they'll stop.

Leaked memo from Amazon that warns existing H1B holders to avoid travel back into the USA after the September 21st deadline - their lawyers evaluated the new executive order as not just affecting new applications

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

the most important question when choosing a steak house is what are the potato side dishes

This is one of the best articles I've read in a long time. Sadly, neither the guest author or host post on Bluesky. If you have the time for 40,000 words I recommend you read this. If not, there is an audio version for easy listening. www.notboring.co/p/the-electr...

I guess we're going back to the good old days of having lots of people opting out of healthcare because they cant afford it. I just hope they can figure out who did this to them and can vote in the next election before they drop dead from preventable diseases. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

The top 10 states are all Republican - more struggle The bottom 8/10 states are Democrat - less struggle The (D) states spend more on welfare per capita then the (R) states. If Republican governor's cared about their citizens they would fix this. www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-state...

The fact that taxpayers fund offices within police departments devoted to crafting a polished image of their competence has always struck me as surreal. But even the CIA has rules against impersonating reporters.

Aw Jeez.... "If a dictator ever took charge in this country, the technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back." -Senator Frank Church (1975) open.substack.com/pub/wisewolf...

I guess we could also make information about how much sunlight or rainfall an area of the country might get, or average temperatures, and stop giving schools report cards as well... all things that contribute to property values because if there is no data then there is no problem, right?

After gaining 40 pounds in one year and being tired all the time, doctors told her to “lose weight.” It took three years, thousands of dollars, several doctors and two inches of her height for her to get the right diagnosis.

👀 "Trump has immense power, thanks in large part to the cowardice of many of the institutions that should be holding him in check" paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-g...

Raise unemployment so people need jobs. Recruit people with bonuses the hardworking people that have been there forever cant get. Make them think they are serving their country so you get all the military washouts or rejects. Trumps personal army assembled. www.bbc.com/news/article...

When you don't like the employment numbers, apparently you fire more people to make them better? abcnews.go.com/Business/hir...

Well this sucks... cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

This is awesome: techcrunch.com/2025/07/24/p... "if you attend college classes in Maine (correctional facilities), you come back at a rate of 0.05% — you don’t come back at all."

... budgets are more than just numbers, they represent intent. For far too many leaders in this country, the priority isn’t on serving the population, making sure people get the care they need. It’s about using dollars for other things like tax cuts. www.opb.org/article/2025...

I was adopted via closed adoption, born in North Carolina. It was closed so I have no knowledge of or access to my biological mother’s details. It also means my biological mother isn’t on my birth certificate. So if birthright citizenship becomes a patchwork right, what’s someone like me to do?

all ball

Or we could just build more housing so you don't have to worry about your KYC info being stolen and the be kidnapped and tortured until you turn over your keys. bitcoininflationindex.com/housing/

You remind me of something posted by a BLM protester in Portland. The cops escalated in response to every step protesters took to keep themselves safe, yet the cops kept accusing the protesters of escalating things.

The Polish foreign minister, a writer and journalist who covered the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, clearly knows a thing or two about a patiently-timed response.

“... Oxford grad Elon Musk would have built Tesla in the United Kingdom, Tsinghua University alum Jensen Huang would have built Nvidia in the People’s Republic of China or Taiwan, and Moscow State University grad Sergei Brin would have built Google in Russia.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hmm.

It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.

How do you recover from this as a country? Why is this ok for Trump but no one else? If the president can accept gifts and the attorney general, supreme court, and Congress allow it, it's over for us. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

published another ai blog post. yes, it’s my second in a row. no, i’m not pivoting. i just accidentally started caring about protocols.

New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...

No shit. Who would have thought this could happen?

Wow. Microsoft drops a law firm because it settled with Trump. From another firm: "The partner, who was not authorized to discuss client matters publicly, said prospective clients had indicated that they had lost confidence in settling firms for not standing up to an attack on the rule of law."

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - Franklin D Roosevelt This sweep did nothing to provide for these people. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/r...

Using seven factors – 1) Population density 2) Rodent prevelance 3) Cockroach prevalence 4) Vandalism 5) Litter 6) Air quality 7) Tap water quality Portland came out on top. Interesting that 🪳 get their own category separately from rodents. www.oregonlive.com/trending/202...

We had some of the best people working for the government in fields that matter. Now we get Kristi Noem who is not a subject matter expert on security. www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/04/...

Trump is outdoing himself.

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

Does this mean we get to quit releasing CVEs? 🙃 infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/...

BREAKING: China orders its airlines to halt any further deliveries of Boeing jets as trade war with the US expands

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

Strong moment from AOC’s speech in Utah

“There is only one thing worse than fighting with your allies, and that’s fighting without them.” —Victor Hugo We’re entering the “worse” phase.

Canada has officially issued a travel warning against the US for the first time ever

Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING #handsoff

"The contrast between Hegseth's nonchalance and the military's traditionally hard-line approach to security breaches is also glaring. Others who have leaked highly sensitive information have faced steep consequences." "With privilege comes the ability to get out of consequences," he added.

Does this work? Do people buy used hardcover books for 100x the price of a new paperback?

I also sold my 2008 Honda accord to myself for $1 million www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/t...