Priceless post from the official White House social media

This is Fitz and June. Fitz just got here and thinks this place is pretty great. June was here first and thinks it's time to return Fitz. 13/10 for both (TT: muester)

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Tesla ran a pipe into a ditch, which inspectors found a black liquid pouring out of. The liquid tested positive for hexavalent chromium, familiar to anybody who has seen “Erin Brockovich.”

Pulitzer-worthy reporting here from Minnesota immigrant news @sahanjournal.bsky.social. 70+ children detained during Operation MetroSurge. 30 sent to Dilley. Two dozen held >20 days, a Flores violation. 7 still detained as of March 10. ~20 have been deported. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

Well done, Trump & Friends.

British woman died in Ghana trying to recoup money from scammers, inquest told

NEW: The naysayers said there were no good uses for AI, but as @agreenberg.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social explain, it actually appears to be pretty good at letting North Korean hackers inept enough to expose the prompts they used to "write" their malware steal millions in crypto.

The Texas legislature rammed through a gerrymandering bill at the request of Trump. Virginia actually voted in favor of redistricting to counterbalance what Texas and other Republican-controlled states have done. Yet only one is considered a "power grab." Oligarch-owned media in a nutshell.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration reports a near-miss incident involving an Air Canada jet at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Monday.

Every Canadian and American should watch this.

Take notes, America.

"Patel didn’t file this to win. He filed it to show Trump he’s not just a dilettante flying around on the FBI jet, but a loyal crony fighting back against the fake news ... come on, dude, we’ve all seen your little beer party with the hockey team. A sober, serious public servant you are not."

Maybe Americans need to sort out their irrational addiction to massive pickups and SUVs first.

Reading the FT front page story about a Chinese company introducing a battery with a 1500 km range & six minute recharging time & about how two Chinese companies own more than half of the global EV battery market & I am struck by the different realities the US and China occupy. We’ve lost the plot.

LUTNICK: It is outrageous that Canada will not put US spirits on the shelf. It is insulting and disrespectful to America SHAHEEN: They won't do it because of the insults from this president and comments like yours

Fruit cart scene in AN ADVENTUROUS AUTOMOBILE TRIP (1905) directed by Georges Méliès. This is the earliest version of the chase movie staple that I have seen and it is enhanced by hand-colored oranges, courtesy of legendary film colorist Madame Thuillier's team.

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Petal deer, 2012 by Ellen Jewett, sculptor known for her often surreal depictions of animals #WomensArt

So long, Iceman. Toronto fire crews broke up Drake's promo ice sculpture last night after fans showed up with sledgehammers and flammable liquids.

Happy #EarthDay! 🌍🌎🌏 Here's an updated graph of how much carbon dioxide (CO₂) has changed since the first Earth Day, which is driving recent climate change.

A group of Ecuadorian fishermen survived a US drone strike, were detained at gunpoint, phones wiped, ship blown up, disappeared to El Salvador, then released without charge. “They knew we were fishermen. Even the Salvadorian authorities said things had been handled very badly.”

The “Editorial Board” is alive and well on Earth-2, where serious medical research ignores vaccines to focus on ‘shrooms.

how can you not be romantic about baseball

Imagine flying across the world to actively interfere in a foreign election, only to use your speech to complain about foreign election interference. That’s exactly what JD Vance did in Hungary. There’s a reason no one takes him seriously

William Kelley: “The secret to screenwriting is short sentences, small words, and BIG pictures.” medium.com/go-into-the-... #screenwriting #writing #scriptsky

EVs account for half of all vehicle sales in China and already outsell petrol cars in most of the so-called first- and second-tier cities, which include megalopolises such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Will gas-driven cars soon disappear? www.ft.com/content/c78e...

Evil. Fucking evil. Donald Trump is evil. He’s an evil human being.

Gunman who killed a tourist and wounded 13 others at Mexico's famed Teotihuacan pyramids had planned the attack days in advance, officials say. Evidence points to him being inspired by Columbine High School massacre in US u.afp.com/SE9a

American incompetency is the new American exceptionalism.

Kobo, a Canadian company that doesn’t data-mine your reading preferences and collate it with the history of your online purchases, your Whole Foods grocery shopping, and your Prime Video habits. Which is what Amazon does.

Column: The Kindle ecosystem shows how users have ceded control, with nearly every keystroke tracked for profit and its dominance setting the terms of the marketplace. After Kindle removed downloads and backups, The Post's Michael Coren switched to Kobo.

NEW: A horrific new bill introduced by Chip Roy would weaponize immigration law to target "socialism"—defined so loosely as to include even advocacy about economic equality—so that naturalized citizens could be stripped of their citizenship and deported. www.thebulwark.com/p/chip-roy-d...

Few classics of Indian cinema are as exhilarating as Ramesh Sippy’s 1975 hit SHOLAY! See a new restoration at the Egyptian this Saturday, co-presented with IFFLA 🇮🇳 The 24th edition of IFFLA runs 4/23 - 4/26. SHOLAY (1975) plays 4/25 at 7 pm. www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...

The Americans sure don’t see the world or themselves the way we do. They look at these figures and say “He’s underwater! Alarm bells ring for his presidency!” Everyone else says ruefully, “One in three Americans still supports this bullying, dangerous, demented, self-destructive regime.”

No sympathy for the human. This is a cruel and medieval “sport”.

America’s gone barking mad. The Pentagon’s annual budget request just for small drones is around that of Ukraine’s entire military budget for a year. Coincidence no doubt that Trump’s two sons are big investors in a small-drone company. arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/p...

Media needs to stop with "critics say" and just quote the actual language of the bill. HB 249 creates a new category of "seminudity" which can be used to arrest women who aren't nude, but are wearing clothing — leggings, t-shirts without bras — that religious groups feel is too provocative.

Used up: * 45% of Precision Strike Missiles * 50% of THAAD interceptors * 50% of Patriot air defence missiles * Tomahawks and long-range missiles down by 20–30% This creates a “near-term risk” for any conflict with a major power like China. 2/3

Trump has created a defence crisis for the US. The military has heavily depleted key missile stockpiles during the Iran War, raising concerns about readiness for another major conflict, CNN reports. One expert warned it has opened “a window of increased vulnerability”. 1/

Hegseth is once again putting national security at risk by removing the military’s requirement for influenza vaccines.

"dominant predator"

Planning to sculpt Abe out of a big chunk of oak this spring/summer. As soon as the barn and frozen shoulder thaws a bit. Meanwhile these studies help keep me focused on how strong and good humans are capable of being.

did a ryan beedie write this

Straggler Cicadas To Appear https://theonion.com/straggler-cicadas-to-appear/

Hegseth has never seen the crew quarters of a US naval warship. An SSBN (ICBM ballistic missile) sub remains submerged for around two months, never surfacing while on station. Imagine flu spreading through it while deployed. Or an aircraft carrier w/ 5,000 people (including air wing).

Make this make sense.

Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...

Why assume the Fed Chair nominee is a coward—as in wants to do the right thing but is just too scared of the consequences—when he perpetuates lies about the 2020 election? Isn’t the more straightforward explanation that he’s into it, and will therefore aid the anti-Constitution project when asked?