will farrell 👏👏👏

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” ― Robert A. Heinlein

Good morning. I watched the State of the Union so you didn't have to. I'm barely hanging on. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/mau...

Amazing. youtu.be/WPKHKkylciI?...

AI is a corrosive technology. Free article. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

"I always resented all the years, the hours, the minutes I gave them as a working stiff-I couldn’t understand the murdering of my years yet my fellow workers gave no signs of agony, many of them even seemed satisfied, and seeing them that way drove me almost as crazy as the dull and senseless work."

Meanwhile, according to Financial Times, investors are scrambling to take advantage of the lucrative yacht marina business, because the yacht business is booming. All those big boats need parking places! And the DOW is at 50,000! God is good. gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/u...

AI is a socially corrosive technology. But it's more than that. It's a massive house of financial cards due to circular financing and accounting games that hide information from investors. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

"No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them." - Elie Wiesel, 1928-2016.

This one hits hard.

What problem is Trump's new global 10% tariff meant to solve? If it's about leverage, ask: How much leverage do you get from a tariff that disappears in 150 days? If it's onshoring: Who builds new factories based on tariff that disappear before the factory is built? It's a tax. That's all it is.

Tolstoy coming in hot at the top of Part Three. A sentence for the ages. Damn, for real. 🔥

The Trump administration's erasure of the scientific finding that emissions driving climate change endanger public health drew swift condemnation from Catholic leaders, who characterized the move as morally indefensible.

Dow 50,000 seems like an extraordinary headline, until... you add some context. The aggregate stock market return during the second Trump presidency ranks as 21st out of 23 developed countries. Here's my youtube-splaination. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...

The United States is the greatest threat to life on earth. #climate Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

“Plato describes how great wealth, in fact, makes it virtually impossible to become a good person…. Thomas Hobbes was concerned that the very wealthy develop a sense of ‘impunity’ — that they seek to stand above both the moral and legal laws that govern society.”

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children. — Dietrich Bonhöffer

If you want to understand where you truly live in North America, go here. #bioregions www.epa.gov/eco-research...

Worth knowing. popular.info/p/the-corpor...

The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.

Deliver us from this evil. #trump

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

We are a cruel, immoral nation. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...

Human society is based on mutual aid, cooperation, sharing-without those attributes it would perish. Will perish." -Edward Abbey

I'm sure American evangelicals will make similar statements. Pope demands end to the 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...

"If the life of natural things, millions of years old, does not seem sacred to us, then what can be sacred? Human vanity alone? Contempt for the natural world implies contempt for life. The domination of nature leads to the domination of human nature. Anything becomes permissible." Edward Abbey

And yet, growth capitalism marches on, led by a cabal of money worshipping Republicans that willfully ignore science. They represent the greatest threat to life on the planet in human history. #climate www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/w...

I'm a single issue voter. If you don't support universal healthcare, I really don't care about anything else you have to say. And the reason is I'm losing my ass paying for healthcare. More than $2000 per month, and that is criminal. #healthcare wapo.st/4lH0rwc

In his 100 days as pope, Leo links climate, environment to broader global issues www.ncronline.org/vatican/his-...

The church should back climate candidates to fully endorse a culture of life www.ncronline.org/opinion/chur...

Withholding aid is an act of violence against innocents. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Happy to see the new Pope speak out against AI as an existential and environmental threat. #pope #ai #memphis

1 in 5 butterflies in the U.S. have disappeared in 20 years, according to a new study co-authored by UCLA’s @TravisLongcore.bsky.social. Published today in @Science.org, the study is the most comprehensive butterfly population assessment ever conducted.

Zelensky finally gets a meeting with some adults. #ukraine

The far right's obsession with rare earth metals is the new Lebensraum. We need Ukraine's soil for our dystopian future dominated by AI and fuel cells. #trump #minerals #ukraine

The United States now playing the role that communist satellite states once played in the UN: sponsoring resolutions in its own name but on behalf of Moscow.

It's been surreal seeing so many Americans commenting about pulling for Canada in last night's hockey showdown with the U.S. It reflects how much people loathe Trump's attempt at bullying a trusted ally. I pulled for Canada, as well, and didn't think twice about it. 🇨🇦 #canada #hockey

I look forward to taking my daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren back to THE GULF OF MEXICO this summer.

Fresh King Cakes (not the frozen ones in Memphis stores) from Louisiana. #mardigras

Despots typically face ugly endings. Especially ones that hurt children. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...