interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case

SCOTUS invoked the Purcell Principle, which is that courts shouldn't make changes that affect an election too close to an election, to block a decision that would have required Texas to change its maps *last December* but now since it advantages Rs it's fine to change maps after voting has started

This is why local police have and should have resisted working as immigration enforcement. Public safety decreases when the community can't call on police to help them when they are victims. They won't report problems. Crime will increase.

The devil is an expert theologian and probably understands the Bible better than anyone on Earth. Doesn't mean he follows it. So, Jeffress might be right based on the company Trump keeps...

He was the pastor of 1st Baptist in Wichita Falls when I was a kid. Fox News did a great job of finding one of the most anti-Catholic Baptists I've seen to comment on the Pope. Doesn't surprise me that he joined the Cult of Trump.

Oof.

closing a layoffs announcement post with “If you're looking for a new career direction, check out our open positions“ is…a choice. the cloudflare choice at least

This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...

So, without the Iran war? It's incredible how much free rent Obama and Biden have inside the heads of the people in control of our government.

This kind of tweet can easily promote stereotypes, so it's important to stipulate: Not every football coach is a bigoted moron. x.com/SenTubervill...

USA Dodgeball All-Star match is on ESPN News right now, followed by some kickball championship. The Ocho is back! #sports #dodgeawrench

I would have never heard the “expectant widow” joke if the President didn’t amplify it. #uspol

Madonna Gustave Doré's Madonna featuring the Christ child stretched out in his mother's arms prefigured for his own crucifixion. https://kraft.blog/photo/madonna/

The grift never stops. The White House Correspondence Dinner had ~2600 guests. President Trump’s White House Ballroom will have a capacity of 1000 guests. This isn’t a governmental event, and it wouldn’t be held at the WH either way. Ignoring that, the ballroom isn’t even a viable venue for the...

Pope Leo XIV fired a bishop for stealing $270,000 from his own diocese. Then he forced out the cardinal who tried to protect him. Despite Donald Trump’s claim, Pope Leo is strong on fighting crime.

I’ve been using Evernote for about 16 years as a paying customer. In a month, they’re increasing my price from $83.13 last year to $250. I think it’s time for me to jump ship. I mainly use it to store scans of paper things I want to keep (I did like their OCR functionality). What are y’all using...

It’s… the same photo. Same people on the left side of the pool. Same exact clouds. Same ducks in the pool. Did their “cleanup” go so bad they’re resorting to third-grade photoshop skills?

I'm working on the gap btwn having your own home on the web & the open social media platforms (Bluesky/AT and Mastodon/Fediverse/ActivityPub). The WP ActivityPub plugin & the in-review Bluesky plugin are great. But, how can we make it easier to start? What about photoblogging? Too much friction.

Watch this space! Over the next few weeks, @pfefferle.org and I will be working on a small Hackathon to bring the open social web into the WordPress.com reader (or the other way around), so you'll have more reasons to like the… https://herve.bzh/bridging-the-open-web-and-the-wordpress-com-reader/

This is still absolutely false, mathematically, but it's also a lie about what he actually said in the hearing (he said $600 and $10, which, again, is also incorrect). Anyway here's my thread about it from yesterday: bsky.app/profile/astr...

I mean, I know we make the 1984/Big Brother comparisons, but this is pretty much 2+2=5

They think you're stupid.

SMITH: You're also trying to dress up the friendly skies, telling people not to wear sweatpants to the airport DUFFY: Yeah. Look at what Sandra Smith wears and that's what you should wear to the airport ROBERTS: We also look forward to what the FAA has to say about the near-collision in Nashville

Really great that they donate so much to medicine in Austin, but the naming scheme could use some work. Austin will have: Dell Children’s Medical Center (with another “Dell Children’s North Austin Medical Center”) Dell Seton Medical Center UT Dell Medical Center Seton…

I am genuinely glad when people self-reflect and realize that the path they are/were on was destructive. Sadly, as with many of our faults exercised, we realize the impacts long after we're able to mitigate them. I am curious how many people will hear this and reflect upon themselves vs dismiss.

Rode in my first autonomous vehicle today (to pick up the disabled minivan from the shop). I’d say a good, focused human driver is better today, but it was better than the average human on a normal day. Sample size of one, so not an actual conclusion! #waymo #av

It is funny to think that I could turn on the radio and hear "A dedication now from Leo from Rome to a Donald back in DC... 🎶You're so vain / You probably think this song is about you 🎶

someone on nextdoor made this AI slop making fun of people who support the proposed library at the plaza BART station and it unironically rules. @bart.gov please make this real

The cold-calling “business funding advisor” who tried to argue with me that our local non-profit youth baseball program should use his services… My brother, trust me, you are barking up the wrong tree. #coldcalls

And it's a kind of power that Trump (and politicians generally, to be fair) does not understand. It's power of authentic witness. The Pope is simply sharing religious teachings, he's not trying to order anyone to do anything.

The minivan has some electrical glitch somewhere. Both main and auxiliary battery have gone bad twice now in the four years we’ve owned it. #cars

I’m grateful for the alt text, because my pre-caffeinated thought was “the pope has a foot-operated lightsaber now?”

Untitled Flowers outside of the Main Building (Golden Dome), University of Notre Dame. https://kraft.blog/photo/154757/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note

Y'all laughed when I bought a Slurpee-powered car.

Just earned a badge on Untappd for my 15th anniversary on the app. Freaking mind-blowing I’ve used it for that long. And somehow fitting that it was at a little gathering at the seminary at Notre Dame.

When does Iran announce that they made no such agreement? #uspol

“A whole civilization will die tonight”. This is unhinged. I don’t understand how anyone of good will can ignore how evil this is. #uspol

Huh, police tape is surrounding the place I have my mailbox. No wonder Saturday’s delivery attempt failed.

It is the year 2026 AD. Super hackers have gained illicit backdoor access to the AI Claude through the Chipotle support chat.

Oh shit, that was a close one. www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...

This is the important information I want from my feed.

In honor of the Claude Code source being leaked, I have generated a list of WordPress specific spinnerVerbs and tips. Add this gist to your claude settings.json and have fun! gist.github.com/ryanwelcher...

Press This 2.0.2: Major Bug Fixes and Improvements A bug fix release for Press This went out and I forgot to post about it... The biggest fix: saving posts that contained… https://kraft.blog/2026/03/press-this-2-0-2-major-bug-fixes-and-improvements/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Untitled https://kraft.blog/photo/154255/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Just over a month ago, I went to San Francisco for a work trip. I had a lingering cough, but after talking with my primary care physician and going to the clinic twice in January, I did not think I was contagious. When I arrived in San Francisco, I noticed I was short of breath […]

I’ve Seen This Before I hope they didn't pay anyone for this logo... #wordpress #notwordpress https://kraft.blog/photo/ive-seen-this-before/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Only In Bottles I don't care enough to research, but why in bottles specifically? https://kraft.blog/photo/only-in-bottles/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social