Republican congressman 👇🏽

How does Avatar 3 have 1b in sales already? Who is going to see these? I continue to know nobody irl who goes to see them and don't hear much about it online either. It's all very fishy.

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Maduro’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.

Vile

I can’t believe he doesn’t have a sound plan bsky.app/profile/nyti...

Holy shit.

This room at maralago looks very secure 😅 bsky.app/profile/pale...

I don’t know what moment Chuck Schumer is made for, but it sure as shit isn’t this one.

Sept 1 1939: The Führer announces that Poland is a clear danger to the nation, and that "In order to put an end to this lunacy I have no other choice than to meet force with force. Since 5:45 a.m. we have been returning fire, and from now on bombs will be met by bombs."

the american century of humiliation

Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"

Trump: "We're gonna take a lot of money out so that we can take care of the country"

Seems impeachable but what do I know bsky.app/profile/atru...

This video is nuts bsky.app/profile/atru...

Specifically, a protest song about how the sons of the rich were able to avoid fighting, like fighting-age Donald Trump who got four deferments for being in college and another for bone spurs.

Trump's face starts drooping as his eyes keep closing

whoops

This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner

Real life bsky.app/profile/atru...

I guess in the eyes of congress if a Mexican court indicted Trump and then the Mexican army ran an operation to abduct him on those grounds that that would not be an act of war 😆

Imagine if Obama did this from Martha’s Vineyard 😆 bsky.app/profile/nikk...

"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'" - WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago. And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.

"By proceeding without any semblance of international legitimacy, valid legal authority or domestic endorsement, Mr. Trump risks providing justification for authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere who want to dominate their own neighbors." NYT Editorial Board www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...

This feels like a culmination of several deep pathologies: congressional passivity, executive aggrandizement, national security exceptionalism, politics as theater, war as theater.

A Japanese artist made the print DHS lifted to spread anti-immigrant hate. Can't make this up.

Paul Graham has been having a several months long “Are we the baddies?” moment on X. Here he concedes that people have had their fears come to pass when it comes to tech billionaires misusing their wealth to capture political power.

Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to do the greatest thing ever.

Tesla vehicle sales fell 8.6% last year, dropping the Elon Musk-led company well behind China’s BYD in the global ranks of electric-car makers. Fourth-quarter deliveries declined 16% to 418,227 vehicles, trailing analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg

Guess who's got a personal productivity system? @ianlandsman.com - and he's telling @aaronfrancis.com all about it. It turns out that Claude is indeed very good at working with Markdown 👀

Popped into Elon's feed for the first time in probably a year. It's batshit crazy 🤣 Sad though how many tech people still think he's someone to look up to. There's plenty of other people who have made lots of money, you don't have to idolize Musk.

I typically can’t stand the “two buds talk off the cuff about their lives” podcasts but you and Aaron pull it off. Genuinely look forward to listening each week. Excited to hear all about this!

Well, this is all very reassuring

Been working on a pretty sizable application I was inspired to build last night with the kids. Will discuss on the show next week (and release here maybe before then), but it's crazy how much you can do in HTML/CSS/Javascript with AI these days.

Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct? Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.

Q: “To the extent members of Congress are up in arms this happened to them, who should be held accountable?” JACK SMITH: “Trump. He directed his co-conspirators to call them to delay the proceedings.” As @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty try to take millions from taxpayers. 🤔

Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.

Imagine if Dems had moved with literally any urgency at all. If they acted in the way they claimed to feel instead of playing pat-a-cake for 4 years. bsky.app/profile/thet...

“Did you believe you had sufficient evidence to obtain and sustain a conviction against Donald Trump for interference with the lawful transfer of power?” JACK SMITH: “Yes.”

In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."

In good news, Trump is weak af when people are willing to stand up to him and stop fighting amongst themselves over pointless bs. bsky.app/profile/govp...

My kids have measles, I lost my job because of tariffs, and now my electricity bill is gonna double. But at least now I know there won’t be a Hamilton II.

This week @aaronfrancis.com & @ianlandsman.com talk about what software development will look like at the end of 2026 thanks to AI. Is it going away? No. Is it going to change? Absolutely. Are you going to spend less time writing code? Almost certainly 👀

One striking thing to think about is that he daily posts things that would get you fired from any other job if you posted them, even on a personal account.

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 113: 2026 Predictions. Have a listen:

It's time to take a bold stand in defense of America's oft-maligned billionaire class. www.slowboring.com/p/lets-all-p...

I knew there was something recognizable about the farmer in Marty Supreme but didn't put it together it was Penn Jilette. Wild.