My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?" Turns out, mom was right.

... we've proved it again and again, That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld You never get rid of the Dane. ... We never pay any-one Dane-geld, No matter how trifling the cost; For the end of that game is oppression and shame, And the nation that plays it is lost -Rudyard Kipling

... we've proved it again and again, That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld You never get rid of the Dane. ... We never pay any-one Dane-geld, No matter how trifling the cost; For the end of that game is oppression and shame, And the nation that plays it is lost -Rudyard Kipling

BREAKING NEWS: In a unanimous ruling without hearing any argument, the Utah Supreme Court REJECTS the legislature's request to stay redistricting deadlines: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah

I grew up back when an armed movie character demanding "Papers, please" was a sure sign that the scene was taking place in a repressive police state. It feels surreal to be inside that setting now.

For your Friday, another stunning view of the cosmos from JWST—this time of jets of plasma blasting out from a newly formed star. It looks like a painting.

Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔 on.ft.com/3K05vhS

This is not ok.

I'm trying to grok this marketing claim. Assuming 'no product used' means zero odor elimination. 7x that would be...

“Stringer noted that real police officers do not wear ski masks.” I think I see a problem…

University Ave in Provo was highlighted in the latest clip by @justineunderhill.bsky.social - www.youtube.com/shorts/wxGWU...

It's frustrating that I'm using the the same clunky keyboard UI with my TV remote that kids used in the 80s when they entered their initials into an arcade high score.

Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...

The crickets are making some nice music tonight.

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

I think the correct term here is political commissar.

And most of it ends up in the bike lane.

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

The gall of screaming that 'ThEy ReFuSe tO aSsiMiLatE!', while we prevent them from participating in society.

This is an insightful point from the declaration.

I'll be surprised if someone doesn't try to do a Tiananmen tankman reenactment during the DC parade.

ICYMI — ICE DIRECTOR: “These are real people with real families you’re hurting.” He says this not about immigrants… but about ICE agents. A record-setting lack of self-awareness.

Sesame street advocating lawlessness. youtu.be/MNghp9tPXjo?...

Wild scenes from Mount Etna today….good thing they had helmets though 🤣

Protected bike lanes have a near-magical ability to produce cyclists. This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

For my own sanity, I'm looking to expand my feed beyond the political dumpster fires. Any recs for other good stuff (science, history, poetry, tech, nature, hobbies, random thoughts, etc.) to read here? Doesn't have to be just cutting edge stuff. I'm happy to read intro level material.

Kīlauea is doing its thing again Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/oG5zz9S...

It doesn’t take much to add joy to our public realm. #CityOfSmiles

Requisite GIF any time this comes up. Bike infrastructure is mobility infrastructure. Drivers who argue bike infrastructure is only for the able bodied are arguing in bad faith and have likely never met a person with mobility issues.

The amount of courage it must take to leave your family and friends to travel to another country to pursue graduate school studies in ANOTHER LANGUAGE is more than most folks can muster in a lifetime. Leave students alone!

I can never remember which Gen Z/X/Y corresponds to what age group & I'm tired of looking it up whenever one is mentioned. I'm now just going to assume that I am them all. I am ageless.

This exchange is so very telling. Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this: "I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"

You are totally free to drive your car into Manhattan. When you do, you are seizing expensive real estate for your private use. You want that for free? That would be socialism.

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

Every so often I think of this post and smile.

If it was for putting gum under the desks, I can almost sympathize with the detention. /s

🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read. He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

Same vibes as Dolores Umbridge trying to take over Hogwarts.

At most places, if even a suspicion of this happened, suspected people would not be let back in the building or network. Police would be called, and an all-hands-on-deck effort would take place to investigate, quantify, & repair the situation.

2/4. The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones.

Even in the best of situations, being a student is a precarious time - financially, mentally, etc. I can't imagine the stress of getting your life yanked away like this, too.

This is a separate setting than the default privacy settings in Venmo. Many don't know where to find it. I advise everyone to check your Friends List settings shown here.

SB 195 got worse, AGAIN. In a stunning walk back to some of the gains made as recently as last week, the House significantly worsened the bill going back to something very similar to a moratorium. See the post below by Sweet Streets. Please contact your Utah state senator ASAP

Red-level alert for the Utah active transportation community. Please write to your state reps (especially in a red district) asking them to oppose SB 195, which would prevent SLC from implementing any traffic safety measures. Here's part of the email I wrote to my reps (feel free to reuse).

If it’s actually fraud, then refer it for criminal prosecution. If it’s just spending you don’t like, then report it to Congress so they can cut it from the next budget. Do it by the book, and no court in the country is going to have an issue with it.

not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl. can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities

Are YouTube shorts basically the same thing as videos, except viewers can't change the playback speed? Why are they a thing?

This should be 25th amendment level conduct. The president ordered water to be released from a random dam in California nowhere near the wildfires and then claimed it would help. That’s literally Mad King behavior.

Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of government contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵