New, from me.

that slogan has been so co-opted that I was genuinely surprised this was about actual construction and not VCslop

These are wild details — but it shouldn’t have surprised me that a society obsessed with historical grievances should demonstrate such an indifference to actual history.

Most ethical Republican

Not hard to figure out what facility's air defense they're probing

a fun fact that I will never tire of is that the brits cooked up the idea of a “vote of no confidence“ specifically to ditch the govt that lost the war against the US colonies, which is why our constitutional tradition doesn’t benefit from their innovation

My college-age son is so based that his favorite toy is the block puzzle

the state television of the Second Republic will feature Whiskey Fridays with Ta-Nehisi Coates

Just had some delicious potato and leek soup for lunch, with a little garlic bread. Which is an excuse to say that, in the opening line of Beowulf, “Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum … “ the “Gar” in “Gardena”, i.e. “Spear-Danes”, is the same as the “gar” in “Garlic”, because garlic is the Spear-Leek.

post it once, sam, for old time’s sake. post the “it’s mueller time” vid… i’ll hum it for you.

We should not forget that Ta-Nehisi Coates gave a far better answer to the "right to exist [as a Jewish state]" question than Tucker Carlson. The issue isn't that Tucker is the only one who will say it, but that the American commentariat ices out left-liberal, and often nonwhite, people who say it.

I keep seeing this framing like Bremmer's. It is wrong. Instead: 1. Iran was developing an ICBM when Khamenei imposed a 2,000-km range limit. 3. The programs shifted to space launch. 4. Khamenei lifted the restriction in October 2025 after the June attacks. 5. Now he's dead, and here we are.

No one better personified the political status quo's ability to identify the danger we faced in intimate detail while declining to act on it out of a sense of propriety.

the apex of the neoliberal mountain

It's like the opposite of the bene gesserit. Their plans are measured in minutes

Earlier this week I spoke with a local radio station about the situation with ICE in our corner of Connecticut, in case any of you are curious about that archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/li...

What did he tell her…

This is weird but it’s less weird then the time Nancy Pelosi was received in audience by the State Oracle of Nechung and then ended Biden’s campaign immediately upon her return to America.

It’s starting to seem to me like these people are now so confident of a future Democratic majority that they believe they can do it while purging the left from the coalition. After all, it worked for Harris, right?

Earlier this week, I had the honor of breaking fast at Rikers Island with New Yorkers in custody. It was a night that will stay with me for quite some time.   In a system too often defined by what it takes, I was reminded of what it means to give—mercy, dignity, and humanity. Eid Mubarak, New York.

15 Days to Stop the Shahed

[Triple A game talking head of a dove] HOLY SPIRIT: Yo J, good to see you're awake. JESUS: Felt like I just did 10 rounds with the Devil. HS: No time for that now. You see that fig tree up ahead? Go up and press triangle to investigate it. J: Don't tell me. It's not bearing fruit.

If you want Bluesky to be good you need to be weirder

Only in the details — whether one is naturalizing Catholics from Latin America or declaring natural-born Americans beyond the jurisdiction of the law, his foundational principle of a basically arbitrary “sovereign” decision that defines the boundary of the People is still in play.

Smith is not just a moderate, he's pretty hawkish and close with the defense industry. if he's saying shut it all down those briefings must be unimaginably bad.

I’m pretty apathetic about Hasan, but this is a wild thing for someone who has Bill Kristol as a coworker to say

I do think there’s a kernel of truth in the “solarpunk” fantasy — stable and renewable energy sources suggest the possibility of a steady-state society, rather than one that has to hunt constantly for new resources to consume and more aggressive ways to extract them.

Here’s the Democrats’ 2024 platform accusing Trump of being too much of a dove on Iran.

I would like to see Andreas Malm explain why all this is in the interests of “fossil capital.”

Yesterday they’re talking about invading Iran and today they’re talking about lifting sanctions on oil, just true lol lmao

They’ll be home by Christmas.

Trump-defending reply-guys shifting from "this is fine, Trump said this will wrap quick, stop being a panican" to "idiot, the US is the world's largest oil producer—this was obviously always the plan to flex on China and Europe" Not a great sign re: the forward timeline.

I don't really feel like the press coverage of the metaverse implosion honestly captures the access tech press' role in propping up Mark Zuckerberg's fake innovation mythology if you go back and read "journalism" from this era, 97% was indistinguishable from advertorial

I thought I was going to be able to avoid becoming a China booster but events have left me with no choice.

Forget “Abundance”; it’s time for 丰裕。

"I don't understand why Iran is attacking the Gulf".

get in loser,

We can inscribe “You can just do things” on the war memorial.

Funniest (but not likeliest) outcome is TACO and then centrist Democrats’ campaigns denouncing Trump’s failure to prosecute the war successfully

Bruh

NO PANICANS

vastly wealthy people with access to nearly perfect information are being dragged slowly and against their will to the conclusion that he really is that crazy

might have to make a lemon pound cake tomorrow to celebrate the vindication of the rights of man

Interesting bench…gonna be a hell of a season

I cannot wait for a future Dem administration to have to eat the political shit sandwich of withdrawing Da Troopz from Kharg Island

Perfect

40%+ of outside spending in last night's elections were from one organization - AIPAC. AIPAC was the largest source of Republican money in Democratic primaries in 2024, and it is on track to break its own record. This is an existential threat to the Democratic Party.