UK, on recent deployments against Russian aggression & priorities in the High North: “when a crisis erupts noisily and dangerously as it has done in the Middle East, I understand people questioning why all UK military assets have not been deployed to deal with it...”/1 www.gov.uk/government/s...

UK defense secretary warns Putin of serious consequences if Russia sabotages undersea cables or pipelines. news.sky.com/story/politi...

It is truly a mystery why more women than ever choose to stay single

An outstanding essay on an outstanding country fighting an outstanding war: We left #Ukraine out in the cold...so they figured out how to deal with it themselves. They did it in a way to send a message. It's a moment of poetry that adds purpose and meaning to necessary military actions, aka art.

A lot of nonsense in said by know-nothing, fabricated VPOTUS today (while supporting far right European politicians using US taxpayer $) — but saying Russia invaded Ukraine in a genocidal war because of Europe green energy and so it was justified is some truly half-assed propaganda /1

Vance has been trafficking in conspiracy slop for years - but this is another low. He accuses Ukrainian intelligence of interfering in both America’s and Hungary’s elections. “This is just what they do,” Vance said. Not it isn’t. This is what the Kremlin says they do.

“It’s the paradox at the heart of the current transAtlantic debate. Politically, the war with Iran has widened the gap between Washington & many European govts. Operationally, it has underscored how heavily the US relies on Europe—and how cooperative most European govts are. We’ve been here before.”

“China depends on Gulf energy to sustain growth. Russia benefits from higher more volatile energy prices. Iran gains leverage from the Hormuz choke point. Each of these nations has incentives that run counter to the economic stability of the US & its allies” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/o...

I think we really do need to be clear that these qualify as war crimes and tweet-bragging about intention to commit those war crimes is disturbed, inhuman, and does as much to end the rules based order — where human freedom > might makes right — as the hybrid aggression Putin wields

If you live in the mountain west, stuff like this should be a core voting issue. It’s about the survival of an entire way of life. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/c...

Anyway

Is there still congress because www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

There’s a world coming where Ukraine has left everyone behind and I don’t think anyone at all is ready for this.

“There is a fly standing on my eyeball but I don't even care because all I can think about is cake and wanting it badly.” Genius.

What an amazing view of Earth from Artemis II. The Sun is behind the Earth, illuminating a thin crescent. This low-light shot, taken by Reid Wiseman using a Nikon D5, shows auroras over the poles, city lights & glow of the atmosphere. And yes, there are stars! 🔭🧪 www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

All of us know people who have doubts about birthright citizenship You should know why it is the most fundamental part of equality in the America that was forged in the Civil War Either we believe all people are created equal, or the constitution is bullshit www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

No it is not good that this is happening while we are in the early phases(?) of a war with no underpinning strategic objectives wapo.st/3OfHHck

I see were to the “appointing personal aides, bodymen, and attachés to positions of power” part of the administration breakingdefense.com/2026/04/hegs...

Is “octopus glory hole” on the bingo card for apocalypse or non-apocalypse? Very cool study: wapo.st/47D71zu

This one goes out to the one I love This one goes out to the one I left behind A simple prop To occupy my time This one goes out to the one I love

We have men and women winging it toward the moon, and our president can only focus on rolling in the dirt When did America stop wanting leaders?

I understand the un-clipped version of this remark will resonate with some Americans. But saying your angry because you kicked a hornets’ nest without much plan beyond “I think I can stamp them” and then none of your buddies showed up to get stung with you is a bit, you know, not how it works. /1

This year, one of my favorite holidays—National Run for Office Day—has landed on the last day of Women's History Month. For any women reading this who have considered public service, take this as your sign to make a first move today. This quiz can help you get started: runforofficeday.com/quiz

Every time they talk about meritocracy just remember that that isn’t why isn’t of these bros have their jobs and they will do everything to destroy the chances of advancement on merit www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

No rush or anything, super important to carve out me-time

There are some very lucid points in here from Gen McChrystal, especially about the “the three great seductions” of covert action, special operations, and air power. Also about why we need national service to knit us back together as a nation. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/o...

This is a well done video piece on how — much like how most health advice until recently came almost entirely from data about men — car safety has been designed for men and women are being disproportionately injured & killed in crashes (despite being safer drivers!) www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o...

It’s funny — the Netflix algorithm is hot garbage & is basically “you watched a show with a lady, here are more shows with a lady! Plus 16 awful psychological thrillers by Harlan coben” but if you watch a terrible military movie the algo is a magic carpet ride to other truly terrible military movies

Sometimes flipping to a random page of a random sorority cookbook from 1980 can yield hours of entertainment

Also I just want to say, and if this applies to you, you will know. Stay in the line instead of putting that app on your phone.

Help I read too much news today

My obit of Robert S. Mueller III. We will not see his like again. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/u...

It would be a really good time to have state and national governments that extol science and expertise instead of fanfic www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Lots of detail in here about how Russia aids its stooges wapo.st/4lNPR8b

A different way of headlining this is that Western technology helped Russia on the battlefield for the last four years — and it mattered Good details here on the latest Ukrainian offensive www.wsj.com/world/europe...

“So, should mankind be feared or wondered at? Are we a terror or a gift? Are we of the world, or are we the strangers who break the world apart?” Actually a very good point here that reading Antigone is way more useful than reading Oedipus www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/t...

This essay from @philklay.bsky.social is good “This isn’t simply about rhetoric, but about a fundamental view of power and its relationship to violence that filters down to strategy.” That lust for violence has audience in many sectors in America, & we are ignoring how it seeks to end our history

There’s this thing called taxes to require American business and billionaires to pay their fair share of what we actually need in this country and not whatever fickle whims they decided will get them clicks and headlines

Deliberately and explicitly targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime under the Rome Statute of the ICC. ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat...

“Remained unforgiving” “Render no longer alive” The non-language of the news is dragging us into the abyss

Just a reminder we have already lived through all this crazy and could completely predict the accelerating downward spiral consuming our nation but somehow elected it again 2017: www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07...

10 yrs ago, candidate Trump could not shut up about “palettes of cash” “handed to Iran” by the nuclear deal made by Prez Obama. (Fact check: it was frozen Iranian assets unfrozen by the deal, this was not US money) Sanctions relief is new cash for the Iranian regime www.boston.com/news/politic...

Few have done as much to document Robert Mueller’s lifetime of service defending the United States of America from enemies foreign and domestic as @vermontgmg.bsky.social remember reading this in 2018 and just thinking — ok, yeah, that’s the guy Worth reading today www.wired.com/story/robert...

This is not the first story of ICE being used by people close to the admin to “solve” problems with ex-partners and custody disputes It warrants independent review by the inspectors general that no longer exist, or congressional inquiry, if congress still exists

The future is bleak but we dance toward the abyss, spurred on by our basest instincts and desire for fantasy to be a first-person narrative

Totally normal times

Americans have been fed a pack of lies about national health care and government responsibility for generations — and now we pay more for less care than any other rich, developed nation, but live comfortably in the illusion of our righteousness. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/w...

“For Orbán in Hungary, it took about four years, for Vučić in Serbia, it took eight years, and for Erdoğan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year” www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

Crucial point: Trump's Iran fiasco is very likely exacerbated by advisers who feed him highly simplified versions of the intelligence, says @mollymckew.bsky.social. "They give him bullet points written in crayon." On the pod Molly breaks down the failures here: newrepublic.com/article/2078...

Some thoughts on developments in Iran, with @gregsargent.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...