"Officers fired about five shots at the truck as it left" I don't even know what to say except that this is very much starting to look like war

This is absolutely true, but I also feel like it's darkly humorous that Erik the Red's propaganda name for the land mass probably is also playing a part.

Good.

Of-frickin'-course they do. This is not a hard call.

Thank god I kept the cd that came with Windows 95.

Security forces in Iran are now firing on protesters in cities like Tehran and Khorramabad. In Tehran, demonstrators reportedly set fire to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

‼️ Emily Heller, who was an eyewitness, is now speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Good, “Move, move, move.” So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. ht: @yfcg.bsky.social

Heck, I am both Canadian and American and I hate myself.

Telephone lines have been cut in Iran.-AP

First NY appellate-level decision on sanctions for AI misuse let’s fucking goooooooo www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3ds...

Is this the fourth or fifth disqualified Trump US attorney? I think the fifth? Essayli, Halligan, Chattah, Habba, and now Sarcone (the guy who appointed himself as his own deputy.)

Sorry, should have said in that post: I’m doing well, thanks, and in no danger. Remember if you feel shitty that a better life is possible, and that being open about mental health is consistently better, notwithstanding a few losers will try to weaponize it against you.

Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

WHITE HOUSE SAYS TRUMP SIGNED A PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM DIRECTING THE US TO WITHDRAW FROM 66 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ORDERING ALL AGENCIES TO CEASE PARTICIPATION IN AND FUNDING FOR 35 NON-UN AND 31 UN ENTITIES

Well, there we go

this is 6 blocks from the site George Floyd's murder

Indeed I tremble for my country when reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever.

ICE and CBP have a habit of turning themselves into victims in cases where they're the ones wielding violence

256 years ago the Boston Massacre helped convince the United States to reject a tyrant king. Maybe the Minneapolis Massacre will do the same.

This. I am a big believer that the video should be available, but give yourself the choice.

Pundits insinuating that what Trump just did in Venezuela is part of some larger coherent foreign policy strategy as if he and his toadies are poring over tattered copies of Politics Among Nations drives me nuts. So i wrote this: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Protests already on the streets across Iran.

I mean, the other day Stephen Miller (who may be the same senior official but admittedly there are other possible candidates) said Venezuela was an island. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NiB...

Seeing a lot of tumult over this--but the fact is, in a narrow legal sense, parents did, in fact grant a license to Twitter to use or modify images they uploaded. Doesn't make it right, but it's true.

I think Merrick Garland's choices were entirely defensible, and I do not subscribe to the "it's all his fault" school. I also agree that the fault lies clearly with the voters. But we should be clear that Garland did not, in fact, act as fast as anyone could. He made different calculations.

Calling the U.S. as it currently exists a "Mafia state" is an insult to the intelligence of the Mafia.

What makes this especially pernicious, to me, is the fact that it's closer to the truth than most of these bigoted things. The antisemitism is obviously ridiculous and awful, but the fact is that Venezuela WAS in fact attacked simply out of greed for oil.

maybe I'm just jaded from spending my entire adult life watching sexual abuse committed with impunity, but i dont think X will suffer any consequences. society likes to pretend it cares about sexual violence, but actually doesn't.

I still don't think this is probable, but boy it's a whole lot more possible than I would have dreamed.

It's refreshing to see a mayor of NYC who actually seems (at least for the moment) focused on actual NYC issues.

If you still have an X account now would be a good time to de-activate it. X is now a platform for paeodophiles as well as the regular racists, homophobes, transphobes and misogynists. Don't be a part of it.

I should stop being shocked, but this statement is so breathtakingly ignorant of the entire history of the United States

It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.

Decided to put some thoughts on paper for this "anniversary" of January 6th

Big: Wyoming supreme court just struck down abortion ban. And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare! Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:

This initially startled me, but as I think about it, also feels like something I instinctively kind of knew?

The fact that I am dead certain that there are at least two votes on SCOTUS to overturn NYT v. Sullivan kind of terrifies me.

Good to welcome converts, just not the ones who demand to run the club on day 2

Never Forget.

RFK Jr's HHS had a press call to announce they were — based on no new data — overhauling the childhood vaccine schedule. Senior officials at HHS answered questions but refused to go on the record, saying we could only attribute the quotes to "officials." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Everyone is talking about the headlines in the Maduro indictment. Very few are talking about the legal gymnastics inside it—especially flight allegations, terrorism designations, and immunity workaround. I read the whole thing. Here’s what DOJ is actually doing. open.substack.com/pub/objectio...

While this is absolutely true, the older I get, the more I question what 'neurotypicality' even is.

"you cannot allow to have the largest sources of energy in the world at the hands on united states adversaries" So, basically IF your country is rich in something you are now and adversary to these United Nazi States. Got it.

Has a court ruled on whether, under Section 230, a web site’s AI generating content based on a user prompt is treated as the web site’s speech? Seems to me it should be, just as if the site operator published speech answering someone’s question. BWEPRA

Seems like Democrats should be talking about this a lot more than they are.

👀 wow Grok going hard

It must be comforting to live in a world where you never bear responsibility for anything, and bad outcomes are just predestined. I have come to think this is the primary attraction of autocracy: it relieves the people of ever having to be accountable for anything done in their name.

Has anyone tried to have Grok make a naked picture of Elon? Not that it's appropriate for anyone, I would just be curious....

I have been one of those loudly saying that this won't happen and the ICC has no jurisdiction. Well, now there's certainly jurisdiction, and I think it's no exaggeration to say this is a make-or-break moment for the ICC. If nothing is done, then it confirms its ultimate irrelevance.

To distract from the horribleness, I feel the need to mention that our quaker bird has decided that he must begin a large-scale building project, but the ONLY materials he will use are large binder clips. Credit to him for taking on the challenge!