Objection overruled, counsel may continue

this is pretty much spot on imo

Imagining the world where that defense AI goes terminally paranoid and won't let anything run because it concludes everything but it is malicious.

defense is always going to be disadvantaged because of the always:once disparity. but things get tipped disproportionately in the direction of attackers when cost is both equal and high. that's essentially the position Mythos appears to represent.

Conservationists face grueling conditions, low pay, & a rising mental health crisis. On the Mongabay Newscast with @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social, Jessie Panazzolo discusses "eco-grief" & why the industry must stop exploiting passion to build a more sustainable future for those protecting the planet.

Yes everything is horrible and AI is making the world stupider, but this written and hand-illustrated field guide to the intertidal zone of Maine is worth going “cool!” and celebrating. 🙌 🦀🧪

Government internet shutdowns are isolating millions, silencing dissent, and blocking information about human rights abuses. Join EFF and Amnesty International to learn how journalists, emergency responders, and ordinary people can persist. Live on 4/16 at 9:00 am PT eff.org/livestream-...

Difficult to describe how unusual it is for @icrc.org to speak publicly like this. "Heavy explosive weapons with wide-area effects struck densely populated urban areas, including the capital Beirut, without effective advance warnings." ICRC Outraged by Deadly Strikes in Densely Populated Areas

If only there was a website with all the info parents need to find child care in New York City, including a map with every licensed provider in each neighborhood… Oh wait! Now there is: nyc.gov/childcare

so inside the hyperreal simulacrum the trump cult lives in, he has struck an incredible peace deal to reopen the strait of hormuz by using threats of genocide, leaving hapless libs reeling. in actual reality, fewer ships went through on wednesday than on tuesday

Before I became an American, I was Lebanese. Parts of my family live in Lebanon. Anyway, you don't need those bona fides to feel this way, but what is happening in Lebanon right now is a complete outrage. The people there, who mostly are just trying to carve out a living, don't deserve this.

New comic: Name that bellicose babbler! www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

In Lebanon, nearly 1 in 5 people has been displaced by Israeli attacks, leaving the government to manage a modern crisis without modern digital infrastructure. www.wired.com/story/we-wer...

“To find out, I talked with my friend…” Aaaaand I closed the window. No one cares what some nepobaby’s friends think, that’s not what journalism is, they’re wasting everyone’s time.

Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽‍♂️

The push to move the international mathematicians conference came even before Sharif University of Technology in Tehran was bombed, destroying and damaging multiple buildings. Its alumni include Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious prize in mathematics.

…especially if - as today’s events appear to indicate - the bucket is empty & has a big hole in the bottom

Flower pillow 🌱🌸

“Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.” ~ Matshona Dhliwayo Hoping for you, a bit of peace on this #RoseWednesday ~ and perhaps a little time in your garden 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #Gardening #Zone10a 🌹 #GardenersofBlueSky

Good morning! It’s 0 Celsius here (& was -7 yesterday) and the crocuses are cool with that 😎🌱 #spring

“I asked ChatGPT”- ok well I asked the mycelium and it said to plant more trees and to tell you to return to the forest

The NSPM-7 is coming to a town near you! While Trump’s budget is set to fund a new FBI unit to flag Americans’ beliefs as “terrorism indicators,” FBI is training local police via fusion centers on how to “investigate and disrupt extremist movements.” Read our statement on NSPM-7 on Substack.

🔏 "In less than a decade, Donovan had done something remarkable. With hard-fought evidence gathered from inside American classrooms, he had mobilized a coalition of high school science teachers, education researchers, and geneticists to accept that prejudice might be a solvable problem."

Brutal.

“Joint venture”

Authoritarian whiplash at its finest: Trump spends days threatening to wipe out Iran’s bridges, power plants, even an entire “civilization,” then suddenly declares the U.S. will just “hang around” to help Iran manage traffic and oversee their “Golden Age.”

***For Those Who Lived Under the Threat of Nuclear Annihilation***

Pedro Sanchez is the best leader in the world right now, by a mile.

Trump’s utter disregard, from the get go, for the rule of law made this moment inevitable. Here’s what we need to be doing about it. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

Hoping against hope that nobody in the situation room tonight studied political science with Randy Newman

The White House Correspondents Association is planning to "honor" Trump at its dinner three weeks from now. No way. It was egregious before. Now it's obscene.

🌱 It's a beautiful day to soak up the sun. #bloomscrolling #flowers #garden #Zone8b

After Trump's latest genocidal utterances, I'm posting this again from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944: “America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.

We have an Iranian friend in Tehran who has devoted his career to translating Thoreau for an Iranian readership. Starting with 'Walden,' through Thoreau's anti-slavery works and essays on civil disobedience, the lot. We have not heard anything from him since the bombardment began.

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

the way people have absolutely zero principles genuinely disturbs me. they believe nothing and will say anything that brings them their next paycheck. this is no way to live. it’s disgusting. i do not understand how this isn’t a bot and an actual real human being

Pope Leo invited all people of good will to contact their congressional representatives to remind them that attacks on civilian infrastructure are “against international law” and also are a “sign of the hatred, the division, the destruction human beings are capable of.” apnews.com/article/pope...

Terrific conversation here between @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social & @anatosaurus.bsky.social about why it's SO important for people who support democracy & equal justice to put our bodies in the streets to peacefully demonstrate of popular solidarity vs. fascism. Hopeful & powerful stuff!

"Whatever happens tonight, the president, by saying such things, has already changed the world for the worse, and made acts of mass violence more likely.... These words are America’s words, until and unless Americans reject them." - from @timothysnyder.bsky.social today #SayNoToGenocide

This is already an indelible stain on our national history, culture, consciousness, influence, standing And EVERY SINGLE member of the group that could STOP THIS immediately—the Republican members of the House and Senate—stands there in the dock of history's judgment, like quislings of other eras

Wood violet (Viola riviniana) in moss. #moss #bloomscrolling #naturephotography

Reuters: A rapidly aging and increasingly unpopular warlord who, since rising to power ten years ago, has inspired worshipful loyalty from his small but politically influential core comprised of radicalized nihilists and fundamentalist believers, elicits worldwide panic by tweeting “Death to Iran.”

File articles of impeachment. Again. It's okay if you don't have the votes. This is about having a soul.

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: As the Artemis era unfolds, lunar scientists are hopeful renewed in situ exploration could blow the lid off three major moon mysteries. By the incomparable @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social. www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...

Millions of American voters wanted to be villains. They came to believe it’s the key to success, while goodness is weak, woke, loser stuff, done only to signal. Offered the option of unvarnished villainy, they enthusiastically took it. Seeing others suffer more made them feel big. And here we are.

How bleak is it that the *best case scenario* is that he is just engaging in his most ambitious bit of market manipulation yet and will call it off ("we have reached a great deal, a tremendous deal, to save Iran") at 4:30 pm after shorting everything and watching the market tank

Trump has a new executive order designed to keep you from voting. Read here to understand what he’s up to & why I suspect he’ll lose in court. He’ll keep trying so our job is to stay well informed. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

My latest in @thebulwark.com Seems appropriate today.

They are all coming out now #TulipTuesday 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling