Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.

This is what Trump thought was an appropriate Thanksgiving message. It's hard to know whether the lies, the hatred, or the disdain for our country and its laws are the worst part of this. Please read the full text, available here: www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/t...

GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…” Wanting to address this isn’t radical. NOT wanting to is. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is a war crime www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Daily painting of #sunflowers in support of #Ukraine Hermann Mühlen - Sonnenblumenstillleben #art #flowers

Drying hotspots are emerging across the Middle East, Asia, South America, along the US west coast + swathes of Canada, with Greenland, Iceland + Svalbard showing dramatic drying trends, + the Iranian government contemplating evacuating Tehran due to water shortage. 6/6 share.google/0eyMBdzbmWkA...

Lake Superior getting feisty

South Park depicted Hegseth as a total poser.

Then as now ...

It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality

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In practice, I suspect this means applicants will lie about who made AI-generated inventions, the PTO will let them, and those patents will be in trouble if and when they are enforced in court. 3/3

What to do about AI inventorship is a hard problem. The prior PTO guidelines, now withdrawn, at least tried to grapple with it. The current approach is simply to say that people can be inventors, AI can't, and assume that ignoring AI conception somehow takes care of the problem. It doesn't. 2/3

The PTO has updated its AI inventorship guidance to declare that it is going to pretend there is no issue. 1/3 www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Happy Thanksgiving! Eleventh Circuit unanimously upholds order sanctioning Trump and his attorneys for a frivolous suit against Hillary Clinton. Panel includes a W and a Trump appointee media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

"Bird Stand" US Patent 12245583

Happy Thanksgiving to all the patent folks on Bluesky (and also you turkey burlesque show fans).

I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.

A new report from Germany has labeled the Model Y the most defect-ridden new car you can buy. Read More: www.jalopnik.com/2035447/tesl...

Throwback to our beloved ambassador, Zephyr. 🐺 His howl echoes for the hundreds of wolves being silenced as protections are stripped away. Learn how you can take action to protect them engage.nywolf.org/site/SPageNa...

Daily painting of #sunflowers in support of #Ukraine #RussiaGoHome 🎨Christopher Pierce - Double Sunflower #art

Next time someone asks what's the matter with Musk's Twitter, show them this: An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.

this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.

Another great read from @scrawford.bsky.social: "We can’t rely on the insurance industry to be the only risk-signaler for homes. These companies may be tracking hurricanes and wildfires, and translating those risks into higher premiums, but they are likely to exclude saltwater intrusion coverage."