SCOOP: WIRED has learned the identity of the DOGE operative at the center of a whistleblower complaint about social security data www.wired.com/story/john-s... by @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social

A burgeoning scam aimed at writers is "we want to interview you on a podcast, we admire [insert your latest title]" and they want a (for example) 2000 dollar fee. I only appear on podcasts I know of, reputable ones, and of course they don't charge. ANY fee = scam. Here's just one list of scams.

"He was vaguely saying things like, 'Really, I can help you out. I can do things for you. ...If you could, you know, give me the names of protest organizers, maybe I can help you out.'" Inside an ICE effort to generate snitches.

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

arXiv is being spun out from Cornell University and is looking for an inaugural CEO. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37961678...

"Illinois" "Suburban Chicago" — look just skip to the chase and say this was in Rosemont, aka the tiny personal fiefdom of one very lucky, very evil family:

"Jennifer Schuessler has meticulously documented the destruction since the beginning... But there’s something about seeing a callow young man blank out when asked why he destroyed so much that really brings home the mindless destruction of this campaign." www.lawandchaospod.com/p/doge-bros-...

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Any answer other than “the president is a historically stupid man only now he has dementia” is journalistic malpractice

Here is you chance to become a Wizard of Speed & Time, and it won't cost $1000/sparkle!

you wanna learn VFX? The VFX school is closing. All their shit is free. Torrent files and everything grab it while you can thevfxschool.com

The more I think about this, the angrier I get. Imo, McCarthy's lack of punctuation adds nothing and only makes his work harder to read. But this line is great. "As well ask men what they think of stone". It's well-punctuated and the words sing! This is embarrassing Mrs. Roose & Thompson.

Everyone else in the room when a former DOGE employee was deposed.

This is known as as Brandolini’s Law, a.k.a. The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle which says that it takes an order of magnitude greater effort to refute bullshit, than it does to generate it. AI accelerates this with an unknown exponent.

It's widely reported and believed by many that the injuries from mustard gas incident in Bari, Italy, in December 1943, led to the development of mustard gas variants as chemotherapy agents for various cancers.... But.....

Honestly I need historians to be the plaintiffs in every case I cover because if they make it to discovery you just KNOW those primary sources are going public. Exhibit A: The American Historical Association uploading video depos of the DOGE bros to YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkCz...

Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music Several dozen folks did Some even dubbed music over the original clip. I haven't been able to get this out of my head. So I give you A Bluesky exclusive: Reservoir Ducks 🐣 🪶

Taking a break today from posting about concentration-camp matters for the newsletter, I wrote instead about a sociological study that might shed light on the Trump administration's reckless violence and the loyalty of his most diehard supporters.

FWIW the brown sugar oatmilk shaken espresso is a) delicious, b) a straight-up menu item at Starbucks, it just doesn't have a short name, c) substantially less delicious when made with real milk (I make them at home all the time now and have done tests)

I can tell you this writer is my least favorite kind of motherfucker customer. As a barista it's my job to manage complicated drink orders and it's not actually terribly difficult to do. This asshole rolls his eyes when his wife says "skim milk please" and we all think she should leave him.

OH: “And that’s why rules based plans reviews are better than AI ones.” I am now eavesdropping intensely to hear what went wrong.

I didnt know this (not American) but this is absolutely wild

Reminds me of how prominent conservative bioethicist Leon Kass uncapped his devastating quill pen to inform the world that he found the public eating of ice cream from a cone repulsive.

"Let's just start with the normal, unboosted one million volt discharge to establish a baseline." He goes on to show a lightning-resistant top won't save you as he melts the interior of a Ford Econoline van. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoGb...

I didn't even include the lawyer's best burn! Lawyer: You say you have an understanding of what DEI means and when I ask you, you say you need to reference the Executive Order [EO]. Do you need to reference EOs to define every word you use in your everyday life? Opposing Lawyer: Objection.

This is absolutely hilarious and deserves a Veep-style TV adaptation.

consistently offended by the stupidity of the opposition

Things You Absolutely Have to Get Right, No Discussion Howards End Finnegans Wake Katharine Hepburn Barbra Streisand Edgar Allan Poe and of course Florodora

Gavin Newsom, Kristi Noem Nod Silently To Each Other In Plastic Surgeon’s Office

For all the hate Daylight Saving Time is getting because of our "lost" hour, can we at least acknowledge that the daytime/nighttime hours are back to normal. I genuinely hate the early nighttime schedule and I'm glad it's over for now. #DST

I absolutely loathe the modern style of news writing where you put the name of the thing you're talking about two paragraphs in to make sure folks scroll past ads. I get it (barely) for clickbait about entertainment, but the return of fucking POLIO feels like it should be in the headline

Last year, this guy (left) from DOGE used ChatGPT to find NEH grants that were too “DEI” for Trump, and canceled them, including mine, as shown by the letter I received last April (right). Huge new NYT article on the back story link below

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying… “Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

Here's how the day of the Jacob Winkler trial started. His is one of the Juicebox Jeanine prosecutions that failed in epic fashion--basically an unhoused man she tried to turn into a grave threat to Trump bc he had a cat toy. This is Beryl Howell and an AUSA who doesn't know Judge Howell.

normally when you hear the word "pro se plaintiff" you hang your head but no seriously, read this one

My wife is conducting research for a workshop about those of you who like to thrift/shop for vintage clothing. She needs to get 100 people in her dataset, and I would appreciate it if you would take 5 minutes to fill our her survey! Pass it on to your friends who love vintage! tinyurl.com/22vczxe6

orph is a number now

I've invented a new number: Orph (pronounced Orp-fff) It goes in-between eight and nine. Please adjust your countings and calculations. You're welcome

First reported by @decaturish.bsky.social, GA State Sen. Elena Parent will not seek reelection. In 2025, Parent, who represents one of the most progressive districts in the South, east of Atlanta, dared a trans parent to find someone to challenge her for reelection in a recorded anti-trans screed:

So apparently Blick is trying to muscle in on the art supply distribution and pressure the smaller companies to buy from them at higher prices? I need to look into this but bad Blick! Bad!

Despite the recent suckstacker writing, I rode the CTA 4 times today and experienced zero feeling of crimes (homeless).

No, Kristi, he did not say that. winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/rough-men-st...

ending her career lying about an orwell quote while the entire room is getting news notifications about how she’s been fired and clearly doesn’t know it, perfect

TIME’s latest cover time.com/7382697/trum...

Also, buy popcorn.

*races into the room, out of breath* YOU MIGHT SAY THAT SHE'S LOST FACE *collapses in a dead heap*

OMG. There's a fairly short list of "even worse" and Trump found it.

checking on how Indian Fox News is handling this conflict

Bro, H. P. Lovecraft was famously antisemitic and his wife was Jewish. The two are not incompatible.

New blog post: I put together a list of concerts that happened at the Uptown Theatre from 1975 to 1981 — along with a sample of what music critics wrote about the shows. www.robertloerzel.com/2026/03/02/u...