By the way guys, I also did an in-depth look at AI in datacenters today. Particularly relevant given that SpaceX is hoping to make it central to their brand.... www.npr.org/2026/04/03/n...

Everything is awful but here’s a close encounter with a giant manta. 🤿 🦑

If you’ve been troubled by stuff you’ve been hearing about Mamdani & the trans teens care issue in NYC… I think this multi-comment post might help clear things up.

20 Years Later, the Story Behind the fGuantánamo Photo That Won’t Go Away www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/u...

I've eaten so much amazing Polish food this week. Even if it doesn't look photogenic it tasted bloody great. Dreading weighing myself. In some ways my favourite was the second one with the potatoes because it was like £12 and tasted immense.

wtfffff

CNN commentator says the crewmember of the U.S. jet fighter shot down in Iran may be in a “hostage situation.” If Iran is holding the crewman, he’s a POW, not a hostage. That may seem like hair-splitting. It’s not.

For Whiskey Pete, this is a Christian nation. And Christian means Protestant, not Catholic. And Protestant means Calvinist, not Arminian. And Calvinist means Moscow, Idaho, Calvinist, not Grand Rapids Calvinist. Sectarian musical chairs until, in the end, only one is left.

In suit seeking return of 2020 election records, Fulton County requested info from DOJ regarding the timing of events leading up to the search warrant. DOJ says that info is privileged. But Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon previously discussed the timeline in a media interview:

...and, like clockwork, the "You're doing it wrong" crew has arrived. It's the "Learn to code, bro" team all over again, now with a shiny new toy with which to beat people over the head.

I mean, how do you not fall in love with this?!

1. Without Black LGBTQ folks, we wouldn't have the gospel tradition, which is the foundation of all Black American music. 2. If it takes a village to raise a child, my working theory is that queer and trans folks have been some of the most amazing villagers throughout human history. And still are.

From This Is Orson Welles.

Federal agents’ indiscriminate use of tear gases and “less-lethal” projectiles has become a mainstay of protest crackdowns.

"It totally failed."

Reese’s chocolate heir accuses Hershey of altering recipes: ‘It wasn’t real peanut butter’

IDK how relevant it is here necessarily, but this is all taking place in the middle of a brewing turf war between Hegseth and Vance's allies at the DOD.

If this were a Biden Cabinet member, the "damaging rumor" — that Hegseth put on a disguise to go out drinking — would be in the headline.

There's some magic between all those guys. Did you read that lovely article about Verlaine's reading habits and The Strand? Worth googling if not.

I’ve been listening to a lot of Robert Quine recently. While reading his bio I stumbled across this tidbit: in the mid-70s he worked at Cinemabilia bookstore in Greenwich Village with Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine. I have suspect those were some interesting cigarette breaks.

this case is *deeply* sus -cops arrest pastor for Watering Flowers While Black -pastor sues, but federal district court tosses his lawsuit and says cops have immunity -federal appeals court says uh no they don't -federal district court says ..but what if they do ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

It was banned on trains in 1984 and at stations in 1985, but the ban was widely ignored until it was determined that a lit match was the cause of the fire. Page 94 of the fire report PDF here www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/Do...

I'm old enough to remember wooden floor in the actual tube trains and only one carriage being NO SMOKING.

Amazingly you used to be able to smoke on the Underground at a time that certain stations also had wooden escalators.

For the second time in a week I've heard an origin story of the London Underground smoking ban that simply isn't true. As anyone who lived through the period will tell you it was the King's Cross fire that saw the ban introduced.

Bondi once bragged about personally taking down portraits of Biden, Harris + Merrick Garland. Now it’s her portrait that’s in the garbage. Read this scoop from MS NOW:

Eh, I grew up Catholic, it's not like we make a fuss about Good Friday or anything, I'm sure no one will be upset.

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

Two US officials have now confirmed that one of the pilots has been rescued and is undergoing medical treatment. The status of the second pilot is unknown.

A viral clip posted to X on Thursday showed sketchy #Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback blowing up at a Black voter, telling him he should be "lynched" for asking about allegations Fishback behaved inappropriately with teens. www.rawstory.com/james-fishba... via @rawstory.com

It's so nuts to grow up with this symbol on flags/shirts/etc and assuming it's about solidarity with American pows in general only to later learn that it's a specific right wing conspiracy theory how we lost Vietnam

Two guys talking about fertility rates on a podcast together? Oh yeah of course. Oh and they determined the problem is that women have too much access to education and professional opportunities? Wow who could have seen that coming

I remember anything less than 200,000 jobs each month under Biden being viewed as a disaster.

100 percent tariff on... medicine? I'm telling you, one of the best arguments that Republicans are planning to steal the election is that they're actively trying to lose it.

Reporter: Isn't this religious discrimination against Catholics, Mr. Vice President? Vance: Why are the hell are you asking me? Reporter: Aren't you a prominent later-in-life Catholic convert? Vance: (eyes darting) Why yes. Yes I am. Even got a book about it.

Toxic billionaire men hoard resources and poison humanity for profit. Dolly Parton uses her wealth to make sure every child under 5 in Indiana gets a free book every month. Dolly is the absolute gold standard for what a human being should be. ♥️

Uber’s PAC gave this motherfucker $2 million, he’s not standing up for workers or immigrants in this state

Eric Swalwell voted “Yea” on that insane House Resolution 488 that included bizarre Islamophobic language and a special little “thank you” to ICE at the end in June of 2025 when I saw we cannot trust this man…

I'm just going to file this one under, so what. I don't think sectarian Christian issues are even on the long of things I'm worried about in this country right now.

What are you talking about? There's nothing wrong with AI fact-checking!

"Demolition Row" by Jonathan Greenberg published in"Manhattan Inc." April 1985 jonathangreenberg.com/wp-content/u...

Who can forget that time in 1985, when sleazy developer Harry B. Macklowe hired mob boss Eddie Garofalo to illegally demolish four SRO (single room occupancy) buildings on W. 44th St. off Times Square—in the dead of night—without shutting-off gas or electricity?! youtu.be/64Ii9KUSAUw?...

Locus is of great benefit to both new and established writers. That’s as true now as it was prior to the Internet. It’s still a non-profit. Help it keep helping.

If you thought Dum Blondi's replacement might be an improvement, you were mistaken. www.ms.now/news/blanche...

Before Kate Bush, PJ Harvey and the notion that woman were able to be fiercely unconventional and artistically unrestrained, there was Laura Nyro. My favorite one🌟 Captain St. Lucifer (from New York Tendaberry, 1969) #NowPlaying #LauraNyro #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX4B...

I love that sign for "Wee S". Or maybe they sell wees. You really could get anything there in the 80s.

Pam Bondi’s portrait was taken down at DOJ and tossed in a trash bin soon after her firing. MS NOW obtained the photo. The move reflects how deeply unpopular she was among career officials. Ken Dilanian & Carol Leonnig scoop www.ms.now/news/pam-bon...

Chicago’s station is the same with taking out those big long benches so no one can sit

For those who want to go deeper into the story, check out Errol Morris' film TABLOID