Big news here: the White House has backed down from shutting down I-5 this weekend following our reporting last night.

You're writing this down right? Good. As I was saying my car sucked so bad my wife left me. Yes I can spell my name for you.

" 'We pioneered the first solid-state power generator with over 44% heat-to-power efficiency and a clear path to over 50%,” said Forrest' " che.engin.umich.edu/2025/02/06/h... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhbH...

Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

Just learned the difference between a croque monsieur and a croque madame is an egg and it’s named that because the egg looks like a ladies fancy hat. That’s when society worked, when we were all putting little hats on sandwiches.

When you make a successful post on the internet

Solidarity is the only way

I've recently been reminded that at least some of the immigrants that Abbot sent the Texas national guard to kidnap, are the same immigrants Abbott flew to Chicago in the dead of winter in flip flops and a t shirt to overwhelm the city. Instead Chicago residents clothed, fed and resettled them

If data centers are approaching the total size of regular utilities in capacity terms, should the default be that they can be treated as just another class of "customer"? www.distilled.earth/p/these-data...

Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...

All the press reporters have handed in their press badges to the Pentagon, even Fox propaganda News handed in their press badges. The regime is losing control. We the People are fighting back. The regime is going to increase the violence to try to get us back down. Don't stop the resistance.

Portland has fallen!

Big part of the trouble with politics these days is that "we disagree on the right solution to this problem" and "we disagree on the material reality of what the problem is and how it functions on a fundamental level" are treated as equally legitimate

From AKPM: Hundreds are still sheltering - now Day 4 - since Typhoon Halong - in ill-equipped local schools. Emergency supplies are being shipped in, as evacuations are taking place, but the coordination takes time. “We know that folks are miserable.” www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...

“Kids”

2012: Things aren't the best, but they can get better! Moral arc of the universe, etc. 2016: Oh no, WTF? 2020: Thank god people figured out that was a terrible idea. We're not out of the woods yet but with strong leadership and a focus on solidifying voting rights, we could be 2024: Fuck me

If you would like to be sad I recommend reading any feature article from 2014 or earlier. The undercurrent of optimism. The general lack of cynicism. The unspoken belief that the future would be better than the past That's a world we all lived in

I just wanted some sushi 😢

You can't insure it. It hard to drive. It's ugly. It's a hard to park as a real truck but can't do truck things. It falls apart. It rusts which is why you rarely see an unwrapped cybertruck. If someone *gave* me a cybertruck I'd junk it for metal and use that money as a down payment on a Honda

Coming up on #KTLA: High grocery prices were a key issue in last year's election. Prices have continued rising since then, and supermarket operators say they're seeing shoppers cutting back on spending -- a red flag for the economy

#Malta: On the eve of the anniversary of the assassination of 🇲🇹 journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, we reiterate our call for all those responsible for this murder to be brought to justice.

Can governors legally call up their own state's national guard to protect polling places on election day? They need to keep ICE and the Feds far away from people voting.

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Shutting down a government so one dude can continue to get away with having molested kids.

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

I don’t think it’s *just* the dumpster on wheels that women don’t like…

I’d like to stop talking about ICE so I can focus on talking about ice in Greenland, Antarctica, the Arctic, and elsewhere.

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Again, WHCA, where u at?

I mean not getting into West Point allegedly broke Charlie Kirk's brain. They want elite trappings without having to compete for them.

This is doing nothing to dispel my long-held conviction that much of recent Silicon Valley innovation is largely about addressing the various ineptitudes of young entitled men

The dominant business plan these days seems to be let’s turn everyone into slaves, who famously never revolt

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

What the fuck are we doing?

every single person in ICE must go to prison, from contacting officer to administrative assistant

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

Americans are straight up living under an arbitrary tyranny that will one day be remembered with horror now it's just a matter of waiting until a critical mass of them give a shit

"It's important that none of us grow numb to it.... or accept this as normal" A sobering warning from Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) youtu.be/uW27-2_57XM

Here’s the thing. We still have the power (probably) to say that this image must not be what America is. We still have the power to say “fuck no, we refuse to allow this to be what the streets of America look like.” Attend a “No Kings” rally this Saturday. And then vote in 2026.

Note which children are deemed adults and must face the consequences of their actions (Black boys holding flashlights; teen girls who get pregnant) And which adults are always smol beans who aw shucks have oopsies, fail upwards, and are constantly excused (40 year old white male politicians)

On one hand, nationally renowned media law expert Jane Kirtley says the Frey administration's apparent efforts to circumvent open records law are astounding. On the other hand, the city attorney appointed by Frey says it's all fine. www.startribune.com/mayor-jacob-...

Yup

A woman gets duly elected by the people and the government refuses to allow her to do her job. What the hell is going on in the US? What a shit government system you have there. It's an incredible mess.

I find it grimly very funny that Ben Gvir spends his time going around to witness famous people being tortured and to go scream in their face that they are terrorists. It's like he can't grasp the abstract concept of human suffering- he needs to see it himself. And dole it out

Trump and Speaker Johnson think that destroying our health care and jacking up the cost of groceries is about hurting Democrats. It’s not. It’s about hurting and punishing the American people.

America has no kings. That’s kind of the whole point.

Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.