As is often the case in these cartoonishly villainous days, it's generally worse and meaner than I even thought:

Gift: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/c...

Gift link Silicon Valley’s New Obsession: Watching Bots Do Their Grunt Work Techies compare notes on how long their fleet of virtual interns can labor away without making a mistake www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...

Islamic State crowdfunding donations for jihadists’ wives www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/f15578b...

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wapo.st/4ln7FGW In December, Tuberville also posted “the enemy is inside the gates…” And the brain has left the conversation Its a close horse race for dumbest most racist politician. Andy Ogles from Tennessee or this choad

www.startribune.com/fast-tracked... “The way this docket is going forward is unprecedented. We have never had an entire nationality of people that have been scheduled at such a rapid pace.”

"Netanyahu was staring at the reality that his long-held dream to see the U.S. military bomb Iran may never happen. As the next generation of Americans turns away from Israel, he likely figured he would never see a sucker like Trump in the Oval Office again. It was now or never."

Speaking of small minds, City Councilor Jamie Dunphy thinks tattoos are a way to show weirdness. In Portland, tattoos are a cliche. @councilordunphy.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

I guess that's the pan here too? www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

🎁 “And often they make the IVR” really difficult to get through, so you get frustrated and go online.” "She described working with one government agency that programmed its IVR to simply hang up on people who’d been on hold for a certain amount of time." Try using the CVS IVR! #sludge #modernity

Gift link below The Real Reason California Can’t Build In trying to accomplish every objective and accommodate every interest, all at once, the state set up its housing agenda to fail.

#GiftLink Fallout From Iran War and Oil Shock Deliver Another Blow to World Economy - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/business/economy/iran-oil-shock-economy-global-impact.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SlA.SpSb.4NU9HzmGqLng&smid=url-share

Gift link, if that works. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...

Sri Lankan officials said they were surprised when the Dena and two other Iranian ships asked in late February to drop in at short notice... 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/w...

Putin’s ‘Hidden Hand’ Guides Iran’s Strikes in Widening War Me: As in coordinated? Gift Access: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Crypto and AI are giving hundreds of millions to DEMOCRATS. Pay attention, folks. Billionaires won't die without a fight. These are impacting your primaries. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Medical authoritarianism: one-third (or more) of Americans are putting off necessities due to rising health care costs. Individuals are not allowed to be unwell in #Murica without severe penalty, and they do pay the cost. {WP 12 March} Follow on Instagram: huter_der_flamme wapo.st/4sdN6Q4

gift link we will discuss tomorrow in the larger context of what RFK has said about addicts and camps, etc. www.youtube.com/live/z3z4pnl... www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

Her Lab Worked to Future-Proof Fruits and Vegetables Gift article

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u... headline of the week.

The FBI’s recent raid into a Georgia elections office isn’t about election integrity; it’s about relitigating the results of an election that was free, fair, and secure. https://nyti.ms/4sL2mUo

Chilling! Gift link "In addition, he said, Iran has studied the possibility of “opening other fronts in areas where the enemy has little experience and would be highly vulnerable,” though it was unclear what exactly he was referring to."

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Look who else hates the "DEI"-- Xi and the Chinese Communist Party.... gift link: www.wsj.com/world/china/...

"For families, evictions mean empty savings, disrupted jobs and education, and sometimes living in shelters, cars or overcrowded living situations. Children lose their schools, routines and communities, the very things that help them feel safe and learn... (1/2) vist.ly/4uqbn

wapo.st/4s8CGkB Paywall removed.

Paging The Onion The Trump administration has tapped an eye doctor with no background in air pollution science to advise the EPA on what levels of air pollutants are safe to breathe. Ideology over expertise. 🧪 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/c...

Something about a sucker and his money parting ways... <<Since 2018, Americans have wagered more than half a trillion dollars on sports, and roughly half of men ages 18 to 49 have an active account with an online sportsbook.>> Our obsession with a “quick buck” is destroying us...

paper.suntimes.com/infinity/art... - IRAN TAKES AIM AT WORLD COMMERCE

And the same applies in this case: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u... Keep clinging to power #geriatricparty

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Do Global Oil Markets Have Trump Derangement Syndrome? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/do-gl...

Boo. Maybe this version? www.marketwatch.com/story/invest...

Nice tip of the hat here to the classic @theonion.com headline. (Gift link)

Your Social Security information was stolen and shared! Elon Musk's DOGE employees were apparently responsible. Trump's team also admitted, in court, that our data was accessed and used inappropriately! wapo.st/4rsdCUr wapo.st/46TtxE2 Please repost so everyone can read these 'gift' articles!

@joshtpm.bsky.social has a great ability to see the bigger picture Here’s another terrific example, about how the press jumps from crisis story to crisis story, never telling the bigger story of the administration’s complete incompetence 👇🏿👇🏼👇🏽👇🏻👇🏾 talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/borde...

You criticize DeSantis and Trump, straight to jail www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/03/12/b...

There were 140 preschool children there. They were not hurt. Gift link; no subscription required. Live Updates: Suspect Is Killed in Attack on Michigan Synagogue www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

No one can be as bad as the current FL gov

“Practically overnight, we took an ancient vice—long regarded as soul-rotting and civilizationally ruinous—put it on everyone’s phone, and made it as normal and frictionless as checking the weather. What could possibly go wrong?” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

I like that

DAY AHEAD: Big fight to stop Trump from shuttering and gutting the Kennedy Center youtube.com/shorts/1nn4X...

Edward Teller would agree - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project....

Yes, it was a real plan, it got partially built: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...