@bencollins.bsky.social TIME FOR A NEW NAME BRO

We all have days like this

Sorry, the context for me reposting this is this from @gelliottmorris.com which seems broadly in line with my earlier thought. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-14...

update: iranian embassy & they stay winning at the posting game

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

Watching Brazil, South Korea and Hungary get rid of their authoritarians

Tremendous Baghdad Bob energy here: www.foxnews.com/politics/ira...

My tribute to the Artemis 2 crew in the style of Jack Kirby

My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.

STUNNING new footage from the Moon

@jcsalterego.bsky.social holy shit Jerry what’s with the cleanup in the tux?

Two points about the downed F-15 crew in Iran: 1. Hegseth threatened “no quarter” against Iran, making the situation worse for those downed fliers. 2. Media speculation that the fliers could be used as “hostages” is sloppy language. They'd be prisoners of war taken during combat. Not "hostages."

DEVELOPING: A U.S. fighter jet was downed over Iran. One pilot has been rescued, and a search for a second is underway, officials say.

the clock is ticking. lawmakers have a narrow window to reverse course and fully restore the Strait. If that doesn’t happen soon, Americans will start changing their summer travel plans- and they will NOT forget why when they head to the polls in November.

I don't know what SCOTUS will do on birthright citizenship case, it's anybody's guess. But if they endorse Trump's diktat, the only response is defiance. Outright, open defiance by the states. A decision not just erroneous but illegitimate, beyond their power, null and void from the day it's issued.

It's not surprising that the Trump administration is relying on legal opinions by discredited racists to justify their attacks the 14th Amendment. But IMO the bigger problem is that SCOTUS even agreed to hear the case. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

‼️ Houthis announce: • “We affirm that our fingers are on the trigger for direct military intervention in the event of other coalitions joining with America and Israel against…Iran…” • “We will not allow the use of the Red Sea to carry out hostile operations by America and Israel against Iran…”

89% – percentage of disaster aid requests Trump has approved for states with a Republican governor and two Republican senators 23% – percentage of disaster aid requests Trump has approved for states with a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

@jmcgnn.bsky.social welcome back and hope you’re feeling better… I confess I first heard of your injury as a “crowd surfing” injury and thought man, that’s interesting…

real mad king stuff

Elizabeth Banks

Quick FAQ for phone security 🛡️ 🤖 Android Guest Mode: Settings > System > Multiple users > toggle "Add users from lock screen" ON. (Do this pre-trip!) 🍏 iOS quick Face ID kill: Squeeze Side Button + a Volume Button until the power slider appears. Tap cancel. Boom, Passcode required!

Umberto Bossi, the Italian politician who created the far-right party Northern League in the 80s and then helped Berlusconi win and govern, has died.

They said it. We’re all thinking it.

This @the-independent.com story is such an obvious lift of mine that they didn’t even bother deleting my site’s referral URL. And no, they do not credit me for reporting it first or (intentionally) link to my story. In j-school, rewording someone else’s reporting was called plagiarism. 1/

If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.

Senate dems have a chance to do THE FUNNIEST THING tomorrow

cool www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com

Pretty serious allegation here. "Witnesses told the BBC that the Israeli soldiers had arrived disguised in Lebanese military fatigues and used ambulances with signs of Hezbollah's Islamic Health Organization." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie, finally. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He knew - and he left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/

Time to discuss the realities of, "So You Want to Launch a Ground Invasion of Iran." 1. First, of course, you need ground connected to Iran. That means Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan or Pakistan.

As an unwilling connoisseur of agitprop, Iran really hit it out of the park with "we're fighting the Epstein Class that either rapes children or kills them"

Turns out lawlessness is not a winning strategy. See you at Nuremberg 2.0

It makes perfect sense for Iran to throw cheap drones at these air defense systems that shoot off $2 to $4 million dollar missiles at a time. When they start seeing more drones getting through they will understand that the air defense systems are getting depleted. 🧵

Democrats say Donald Trump has spiked prices, taken massive bribes, started a war, and killed American civilians. These swing voters say that’s missing the point.

theyre just all so fucking stupid and we were told we had to be respectful and treat their stupid fucking opinions seriously even though we knew its all bull shit and now here we are

sorry i missed your text, are you still bombing iran from the blanket fort

People who moved to the UAE for tax purposes are now, I assume, closely examining a map of the region.

"Gentlemen! You can't war in here. This is the play room."

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

The Conference of Catholic Bishops is... not playing around in this brief. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...