Sometimes friendships require compromise. For example, my best friend is half Bernese Mountain Dog, and is happy as a clam in the frozen tundra that is currently Northern Virginia. Me, not so much.

I genuinely can't wait to be complaining about how hot it is.

I'd REALLY like to thank the brilliant county road clearing guy who came back to our already cleared road and thoughtfully cleared the space in front of my mailbox... By plowing about a ton of ice INTO MY DRIVEWAY.

Bye, Felicia! Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role and is expected to retire soon, sources tell Nick Miroff. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Hostage diplomacy... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...

"When the facts change, I change my mind. Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus. Fascist best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Most corrupt administration ever. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

The good guys don't erase their history.

Happy Burns Night to all who celebrate!

There's a Secret Service Agent sweating his next polygraph right now, I'll bet... www.cnn.com/2026/01/20/p...

It also gave cold comfort to a watching world that fears the future of the transatlantic alliance now lies in the hands of a modern Caligula. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I guess we're just going to forget that the administration encouraged Iranian protesters with promises of support, and then sat by doing nothing as thousands of them were murdered. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

"Increasingly, by choice or by accident, this is the role our nation has taken: the role of those who make peaceful revolution impossible by refusing to give up the privileges and the pleasures that come from the immense profits of overseas investments. "

I found my next job 😳

If you do nothing else this weekend, go watch the Star Trek The Next Generation episode, "The Drumhead." I'd forgotten how incredibly powerful and relevant it is.

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” -Aristotle

Learn the secrets of my childhood meeting with Groucho Marx… ONLY in the Colbert Questionert!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLXD... #ColbertQuestionertExtraordinert #Colbert #TheLateShowWithStephenColbert #GrouchoMarx

Very. Bad. Shoot. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...

Trump cabinet secretaries conspired to violate Constitution, (Reagan -appointed) judge says www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Well, ok. @washingtonpost.com

Good morning.

Exactly

Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran. We might be fighting on three fronts externally, while attacking our own cities. Hundreds of Iranian protesters feared killed; U.S. considers military strikes www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

People think the pendulum of our society swings back and forth in a two-dimensional plane between extremes of Left and Right, but they forget the third dimensional axis between smart and stupid.

Agents may use deadly force only when NECESSARY, that is, when the subject of such force poses an IMMINENT threat of DEATH or serious bodily injury to the agent or another person. This was a very bad shoot. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

“A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.” -Thomas Hobbes

When I was a child, I remember a revelation coming to me. There were two shows on our TV back-to-back between school and dinner: Gomer Pyle, USMC and Star Trek. I saw how the world perceived Gomer and, say, Spock or Kirk differently. (Gift article) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

It's heeeere! @theonion.com

My biggest concern right now with Venezuela is actually Iran. They're losing a lot with a US run Venezuela, and they're not gonna be happy. They don't respond symmetrically, either. This could get bad.

The other night, I had yet another "lost M*A*S*H episode" dream--this time with the twist that it was a Star Trek crossover. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are trapped in the past. Spock is wounded and while McCoy and Charles fight to heal Spock, the rest of the crew have to divert with the crazy--

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” -Marcus Aurelius

I'm visiting Central Florida, where jacked-up 4x4 pickup trucks with loud exhaust pipes run rampant. They're all immaculate, with knobby tires that have never seen an unpaved driveway, much less gone "off-road." I name thee, "Performative Redneck."

A Dog's Life

“Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.” -Aristotle

Last night I dreamed I was watching a lost episode of M*A*S*H called "The Black Sheep" where Frank Burns's younger brother Joe arrived wounded at the 4077. Frank refused to talk to him, claiming he had been disowned by the family for dropping out of college to voluntary join the Army.

What did you do this morning?

Shaping up nicely! #RSTATS github.com/jimeharrisjr...

1/ An experiment by Sarah Brosnan and Frans de Waal with capuchin monkeys showed that capuchins will be content in an environment where all can trade a rock for the same reward: a cucumber slice. But as soon as they see another monkey receive a grape in exchange for a rock, they become angry.

Been using Claude code to turbocharge my old Koopman DMD #Rstats package and wow! github.com/jimeharrisjr...

Star Trek episodes you've watched more than six times with a gif

*sigh* if only this were in Celsius

I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America. Little SEDANS that should fit four at most but when you open the door 27 clowns spill out. HOW??? They will DUST THEMSELVES OFF as they leave the car. The HORN will make the little eeooh-eeooh sound. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

GREAT reporting here, although I admit the headline made me chuckle. “Could Tether do more to stop financial crime?” Well, yes they could stop committing it, for one.

“The stories that we’ve heard are just heartbreaking, and it’s just unbelievable that somebody like that would receive a commutation,” Mr. Gana said. “This is not a case that should be political. This guy belongs in prison.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...

Ok, I can't deal with Twitter, but Roger Stone threatening to sue Grok is low key the funniest thing in a long time.

Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape — theonion.com/trump-impose...

Pictures of Dustin and me...

Grok schools crypto bros on CSAM in the block chain.