Ten years ago today, in April 2016, the Boston Globe printed a satirical front page imagining a future Trump administration. The page was called "alarmist," "hyperbolic," "dystopian." But we’ve put up with so much since then it now looks like . . . a slow Thursday?

This, in its own way, is as delusional and disastrous as his pledge to wipe out their civilization just yesterday.

"If you want an argument for throwing Republicans out of power, it’s that they wouldn’t even [have stopped] Trump from committing genocide. That’s what toadies they are." On the pod, @jenrubin.bsky.social is so good on the need to keep the focus on Trump's unfitness: newrepublic.com/article/2087...

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

The Artemis II crew just reported several impact flashes—explosions from hypervelocity impacts of meteoroids with the Moon—during the solar eclipse. We make a big effort to see a handful of these from Earth with telescopes. That astronauts flying by the Moon saw >4 in tens of minutes is AWESOME.

Absolutely incredible Nutella ad.

Lifelong space nut here: In honor of Artemis II’s impending arrival at the Moon - and what would be rock pioneer Joe Meek’s 97th birthday - here’s our cover of Meek’s 1962 hit, “Telstar” (named for 1st communications satellite). Geeky video by me. To Infinity and Beyond!! youtu.be/yw4EHH40A7U?...

“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.” Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)

“In a sane world, Americans wouldn’t have elevated an arrogantly ill-informed and reckless man to make the gravest possible decisions for our nation. Nor would the U.S. Senate…confirm men and women deeply ill-equipped to perform their duties.” www.americaamerica.news/p/how-much-d...

“The US has complete control of Iran.” That line aged like milk in the desert sun the second the talking point left their mouths.

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No Right Is Ever Safe – but Progress Is Possible The outrageous assault on birthright citizenship should prompt us to reflect on the fragility of democratic progress - and our own responsibility to defend it. My new piece:

For everyone wondering when the lunar flyby will be and how you can follow along, it looks like NASA will have live coverage starting at 1 pm ET Monday on YouTube/NASA+

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Pfizer has ended its large Phase III Trial of an updated COVID19 vaccine. They were not able to enroll enough people to meet their goal. A major problem is the FDA’s wholly unreasonable demand that people with chronic conditions, who benefit most from the vaccine, not be allowed to participate.

Literally been saying this for a while now. We are besieged by wealthy people who rather buy a democracy than live in one.

i too would like a suit preloaded with snacks tbh

jesus christ

Artemis II is headed for the moon! GOES-19 caught this amazing view of the exhaust plume from the rocket as it launched from Cape Canaveral.

There are now 10 toilets in Space International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1 Artemis II on way around Moon: 1 This will be the first time a toilet has left low earth orbit!

If we're talking about Mark Levin's nasally voice, it's time to pull out the clips of his voice played over Master Shake clips.

I assure you that if 8 million right leaning protesters had turned out against Obama it the NYT would have given it banner treatment eg POPULIST REVOLT

I will Venmo any white house reporter $600 to read this to trump and give him a pen and paper to do it

The NYT quotes a young conservative operative without identifying him as such. On the left, the NYT quotes him wondering why anyone would think Trump is different from any other president. And then on the right, is that kid's Substack insisting that Trump is different from any other president.

It’s such a laughably bad argument for the war on Iran to say “The people there want regime change.” I want regime change in the US, and I 100% do not want the US to be bombed. F off with garbage arguments.

Look, if you're like me, you have seen a loved one's cognitive decline. One thing they do is this: talk about how they are not experiencing cognitive decline. They try proving it a lot.

A chilling story leading the Minneapolis Star Tribune this morning this morning. ICE agents followed, Minnesota democratic lawmakers who had been critical of ICE in the state, stopping multiple times to take pictures of their houses. This is what a police state does.

We invaded Venezuela, kidnapped their leader and installed a puppet, and are now pillaging the country's resources just like the fascists in the 1930s did, and somehow this has already been normalized and isn't being treated as the crime it is

Well, I am not sure what my analysis here is worth, but here is my 7,500 word primal scream of a military historian's take on the War in Iran. My best summary: this war is dumb as hell. acoup.blog/2026/03/25/m...

When you look at the last year it's hard to say what would have been different if a really competent, energetic and aggressive team had sat down on day one and said, what do we need to do to get inflation higher? Like full Apollo 13 energy.

Considering the fact you got David Simon to write a small essay in this thread makes it, perhaps, one of the greatest posts about The Wire in the history of social media

7 years ago, we learned about Bob Mueller’s conclusions. Today, there are a lot of posts on social media claiming it was a farce, or worse, a fraud. But those posts are disinformation. Here is the actual information, with links for those who want to do a deep dive. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Bruce Springsteen apparently can’t get enough of the Twin Cities. Before he kicks off his tour in Minneapolis, he’ll perform at the No Kings rally on Saturday at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul.

Iran is “in the dominant position” as it disrupts the global economy by closing the Strait of Hormuz, says historian Alfred McCoy. He also argues that while the U.S. and Israel have “smashed” much of Iranian infrastructure, Iran still has the capacity to hit many targets in the Gulf to fight back.

Chris Murphy: "This is nonsensical. This is what happens when you put real estate developers and talk show hosts in charge of American national security."

It will never not confound me that Joe Biden's every blink, every step was heralded as a sure sign of decrepitude, whereas Tr8mp's blaringly obvious decrepitude is laundered as boldness and strength.

It's interesting to watch Trump's support crumble with people who are losing their minds over Cluster B Personality disorder symptoms/characteristics that the Mental Health field have been warning about for a decade. 1/

Somebody on here called it the "Dunning-Kruegerrand" 😂

“This is one of the most grotesque crimes of our time.”

We as Americans cannot fathom how profoundly destabilizing Trump’s insane Greenland saber-rattling was to European allies. It was a rupture that will never be fully repaired — and yet America has already forgotten it.

Just a year ago, we heard reducing the deficit was so important Elon Musk had to fire as many scientists, forest rangers and Black women on the government’s payroll that he could find. Now? 🤷🏾‍♂️

I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane: The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...

I have never seen a cross-examination go so badly

I could watch this all day

A simple celebratory post about completing my PhD went viral for all the wrong reasons. Here’s how I managed the backlash and used the attention to promote my research, says Juliet Turner go.nature.com/4sQu3uX

“Robot dog guarding the data center” is the cherry on top of your dystopian sundae.

Draw an iceberg and see how it floats! engaging-data.com/iceberger-re...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️ @listigeplaylists.bsky.social open.spotify.com/track/6xWOex...

Someone needs to send an ambulance to X