Are US passports only valid for a single term of a president? Does everyone have to renew them at the same time? Otherwise why would you put a person who won't be around after 4 years on a passport that last longer?

Oh no how will California live without these billionaires who have a million offshore accounts and fourth homes in Florida and an army of tax lawyers and don’t pay their taxes anyway

you're gonna have to be more specific

Until executives are held legally responsible this will continue to happen.

Today is #NationalPenguinDay so we're remembering that time we made a Penguin out of Penguin Books. It's a Penguin Penguin. 🐧

America is obsessed with size for some reason. Anyway a normal country would ban these for safety reasons.

If you squint real hard you can see the exact moment when our cat jumped on the bed and meowed directly into my ear last night

🧵 The web is disappearing 🕳️ From Pew: 26% of pages from 2013-2023 are ☠️ A new study in VANISHING CULTURE gives hope: 16% have been restored through the Wayback Machine. 56% are preserved before they disappear. 📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE free from Internet Archive: archive.org/details/vani... ⬇️

The reason journalists are still attending the WHCA dinner is because they all hang out on X and cooked their brains into thinking it's normal. They have no idea how abnormal it is. Their entire information environment and social construct is telling them this is exactly what they should do.

Some person decided that despite strawberries being red 🍓 and mangoes being orange 🥭 to use this colour scheme for strawberry and mango flavours. I have nearly made mango tea twice at the office by mistake.

Obviously it does not matter to the people who think he's a business genius, but Trump not understanding percentages gives an indication of just how much actual work he's done managing his own businesses

The Onion is worth $479.1 trillion and exactly three Bitcoin, since we’re just saying stuff

if i buy this will i be as happy as the guy staring at a garbage bag half filled with his shit

It's not hyperbole in the least to say Musk purchased a six-month shadow presidency for $280 million and used the power of that shadow presidency to 1. Steal the government’s data, 2. Permanently damage the state’s ability to regulate his businesses, and 3, kill non-white people.

If only there was a word for “exploitative sexual behavior with a 16-year-old girl when he was 30.”

"The indictment is a grotesque attempt to recast white people as real victims of racism. In the DOJ’s telling, advocates who spent decades dismantling the Klan are its secret benefactors, 'enriching' themselves by secretly creating racism — something in such short supply it can only be generated."

Let's be clear: The Trump Admin's vendetta against the SPLC is a sign of how impactful their work is. The SPLC has been at the forefront of exposing some of America's most notorious hate groups, like the KKK. The fact that the Trump Admin feels threatened by that speaks volumes.

100% this. Pandering to the bigots who want us harmed us not the way.

Erm why Bluesky. Why are these 'selected' for me?

Whenever someone earnestly posts about something 'I need to know' or some take that 'I must read' and then post a link to their substack I'm immediately struck by the fact that I don't need to read anything that much. There are a 100 other newsletter platforms. Use any of them. leavesubstack.com

“Over on Twitter, they’re” shhhhh. Shhh. Shh.

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X. I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!). So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

Handy Guide: ✅ Free Speech: When GCs who had no relation to my University complained to try and get me kicked off my course ❌ Not Free Speech: Exercising one's right to peaceful protest against those advocating your exclusion from society – on the campus you have to live and work in

People are urging participants in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to wear pro-1st Amendment pocket squares or take a bathroom break when “guest of honor” Trump speaks. I have a better idea: Cancel the damn dinner.

can this be a solution?

How can anyone think this man is smart? Not everyone can have a penthouse. That's not how buildings work. That's not how supplya nd demand works. Like he's just not smart.

One thing that's worth repeating: There is *zero* evidence that "substack helps you get readers". The only thing that we've ever seen that helps grow an audience is other authors mentioning your blog or newsletter, which is not the platform's doing. Substack just takes credit for that!

‘Sometimes Things Have To Get Worse Before They Get Better,’ Says Man Who Accidentally Turned Shower Knob Wrong Way https://theonion.com/sometimes-things-have-to-get-worse-before-they-get-bet-1825917073/

I guess one side effect of Tesla FSD being approved in NL is now they are open to lawsuits for selling something that doesn't exist. hw3claim.nl/en

If you're the new lead of a LGBTQ+ advocacy org and your very first act in the job is to express sympathy for JKR in a national newspaper... Maybe... Idk... Just putting it out there... But maybe you're not the right person for the role.

I feel like you can post this pretty much anytime sadly. theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...

Whatever you do,

Lol if you have enough money to pay airfares, hotels and tickets this is not breaking the bank. The best way to save money is not to go at all. news.sky.com/story/englan...

I have no idea why this event exists. IMO, the purpose of journalism is to interrogate power, not schmooze with it

Anyone who thought the bigots would stop at the T in LGBTQ needs their head examined.

Also, hoping the lady who says Obama is guilty of treason, the guy who thinks Trump is Jesus, the lady sleeping with her security detail and who drinks on the job, and the guy who harvests raccoon penises will vote the president mentally unfit for office doesn't seem like the soundest strategy.

Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)

Having lived in Soho and knowing it's a surprisingly residential area even though people do not think it is because they see it only as a place they party I am still annoyed that anyone chooses to live in an area and complain about existing venues in that area. Just like Ministry of Sound :(

One more reason not to buy the SpaceX IPO finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...

trying to post through it rn

Seems fine.

For the life of me I can’t understand how a gay person could ever vote for a Republican.

I'm shocked any media company seriously uses X anymore I mean why on earth...

I hope this bankrupts FIFA if I'm honest. US hotels slash summer room rates as World Cup demand falls short Industry executives say fans are being put off by expensive match tickets, inflation fears and anti-American sentiment... archive.is/202604150653...

One job of journalism is to identify changing circumstances that require changes in policy. So when the first-ever convicted-felon president assaults the free press, why would reporters honor him at a dinner just because “that’s what we always do”? Wake up. Cancel the Correspondents’ Dinner.

Unsurprised as last year we got scam messages about our booking and there was no help available from booking.com they would get back to us in 24-48 hours (they didn't) and there was no follow-up even though the scammers had all booking information somehow. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ok. So why didn’t it?