A couple of other necessary changes to those proposed by Jack White: -repeal the 2nd amendment -pack the Supreme Court -federal mandate independent commissions to draw electoral districts -reassert the 14th and have it apply to anyone convicted on Jan 6th -repeal pardon power

Red states get way more back from Washington than they send; the opposite is true for blue states. Do goons like Mullin and Graham think it's tenable to further than imbalance, but to do it punitively? Like, good luck with that.

Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.

Effects of PM2.5 from coal mine fire smoke on long-term incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.28.26345097v1

DHS is now going after the Haitian community in Springfield, who are in the U.S. legally. This is the same community targeted by the racist “eating the cats, eating the dogs” lie during the campaign. Again, they’re in the U.S. legally. MAGA objects to their race, not immigration status.

Federal agents are kidnapping ethnic minorities and sending them to concentrations camps where they are denied both due process and adequate care. Some have died. They’re also hurting/killing those who object. I’m willing to bet Anne Frank would recognise these terrible things.

Look, I hate Trump and everything but he has: 1) outed the secret Nazis in my social circle 2) made them look like the dumbest hypocrites

I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed. When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL I was traumatized for years from reading the news story. The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.

When bigots can only ever get halfway there, we call it Xenophobe’s Paradox

Some gold jokes here and in the replies

Look what we can accomplish if we put our mind to it!

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

A firearms instructor?! So he is supposed to be one of those “responsible gun owners” we keep hearing about?!

The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made

Long-term ambulance, emergency, and hospital use following mine fire-related PM2.5 exposure: analysis of linked data doi.org/10.1088/2752... via @ioppublishing.bsky.social

2nd amendment enthusiasts always prattled on about how gun rights were the guarantee of freedom from a tyrannical government. We always knew it was bullshit, but it is still surprising how eagerly they turned into Brownshirts.

New environmental health paper. In the years following a coal mine fire in rural Australia, respiratory symptoms like chronic cough increased with smoke exposure. But! A decade or so later, some evidence of attenuation, possibly indicating recovery!

These two men deserve praise for their service.

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

Picard morality tip: If one side of a conflict preaches purity of bloodline above communal benefit for all, join the other side.

How can we debate policy meaningfully with people who don’t understand reciprocals?

The real war on Christmas is journals sending review invites with 14 day turnaround in mid-December.

Awful day here in my adopted country. Guns are terrible. No one should have one. Australia has very good gun controls. I hope we learn like we did after Port Arthur and make firearms even harder to access.

Nevada and Florida both went Trump in 2024 and they really deserve this.

Stephen Miller is to blame for the evil ICE is doing. Trump is to blame for listening to Miller. The Republican party is to blame for supporting Trump. MAGA voters are to blame for re-electing Trump. There's enough blame for all of them to share.

Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/

When you grow up in America, you’re told to stand up for what you believe in. Unfortunately, you’re told this regardless of whether your opinions are antediluvian quackery that will cause untold physical and mental suffering.

Uh how can Alina Habba step down from a role she wasn’t in legally? Isn’t that just being fired?

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times Oasis Green Day Pixies Spoon [no fifth, but I saw Jet twice when they opened for Oasis in 2005]

I am Jack's blinding white hot fury.

Thrilled to report that we, the Hazelwood Health Study, won Monash University's Vice Chancellor's Excellence Award for Research Team of the Year (STEM). This award is also bittersweet as after 10 years of documenting the health effects of mine fire smoke, Hazelwood closed this past June.

Larry Summers Announces He Will Step Down From Chair With Belt Around Neck

This is so obviously stupid, I initially read this as a sensible member of the Fed warning about the consequences of cutting immigration and mass deportations. But he’s actually invoking deflation as if it’s a good thing!

*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.

It’s amazing that the last time I heard of this guy was about 30 years ago, and same as now it was because he was being racist about New York. Also, don’t trust anyone who would choose hot dogs over goat.

New eatery near me and, uh, does “fanny” mean the same thing in Australia as it does in England?

*NEW STUDY ALERT* We found no real evidence of increased mortality among people with cancer due to smoke exposure from the Hazelwood coal mine fire. Of course, this doesn't totally rule out an effect (on a larger scale, it may be detectable), but if there is one, it's probably small.

Do I smell burnt toast? Could I draw a clock if ask? Is the lampshade looking slightly off? Because I really need to make sure I'm not having some sort of cerebrovascular event when I read this.

Whoop whoop! My team from the (sadly, now defunct) Hazelwood Health Study won the Dean's Award for Team of the Year! More here: www.monash.edu/medicine/new...

*screaming impotently into the void*

Worst moment for any indigenous tribe or any youth hostel.

The boy and I were surprised by a sting ray while swimming in the Jervis Bay Territory.

In 2016, JD Vance mused that Trump might be "America's Hitler"

Americans will do anything to avoid cooking vegetarian.

Reliving a key moment in Australian history (I’d only consumed non-alcoholic beers)

Ingraham: A Democrat congressional candidate was thrown to the ground by an ICE agent. Good work

Dark times getting darker.