What are we even doing here man

Every day, I think: there’s no possible way it can get dumber and more embarrassing. And then Trump does something like this. And yes, this is real. It is all too real.

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com

Stade Francais scrum-half Louis Foursans-Bourdette blaming their loss at home to the Dragons on the players having too big a lunch for an early kick-off, leaving them sluggish for the first twenty minutes, is the most hilariously French thing to ever happen in rugby

Christianity is the biggest, most profitable scam in America.

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work. Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world. (Published May 2024)

Why does the American tax system favor the wealthy? And how did it get this way? I chatted with Jon Stewart about this back in 2012. Sadly it's only gotten worse since then. We must keep up the fight to fix the system.

Elon Musk had DOGE defund USAID, the largest humanitarian organization in the world, causing HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of deaths from starvation and disease - and Trump GLEEFULLY approved it. It’s the single most evil act in US history. Cartoon by Mike Luckovich

Well, well… If the 14th amendment was not meant for modern immigrants, then the 2nd amendment was not meant for modern arms. #truth

George is cautiously making some great progress. His heart is pure but he just has some trust issues but we are working through those

Hi All, just sent out my free weekend update a little early so as to not disturb Easter. I start with the extraordinary story of Russian casualties in March, 95% of which were caused by Ukrainian UAV. And the Ukrainians believe this is only the start. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” --Anne Lamott

“Does someone have a more chill way to describe 762,000 African deaths?” “Let’s go with messy.”

Trump has insulted and tariffed his European allies, persuaded Denmark to prepare for a US invasion and, by pressuring Ukraine and not Russia, encouraged Putin to keep fighting. All of which he has forgotten. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

It's hard not to think of Paxton's definition of fascism when considering the extent to which the federal government under Trump has been reduced to a) a rogue murder state outside the nation's boundaries and b) a rogue, ethnic cleansing/mass deportation operation *inside* the nation's boundaries.

New post. The big story of the last day was whether the USA under Donald Trump would leave NATO. Actually, it is unlikely to happen now (maybe later though). This is not because keeping the US in NATO is in Europe's interest--it is because it is in Putin's. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

You’d think the press would learn after ten years that a guy who doesn’t shut up is never saving anything for the big speech.

Donald Trump lies with the confidence of someone who’s never been burdened by the truth.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

If you didn’t see it coming, you weren’t paying attention. And he doesn’t have to do it formally to defy Congress, he can do it with actions that they can’t stop.

“The supremacist narratives that built this civilisation directly equated the desecration of nature with “progress”. open.substack.com/pub/georgets...

Man with his dog flees from bombs in Tehran. (Photo by Pooria Hatami)

“Ecology is bigger than capitalism, bigger than human civilization itself. Yet for most humans today ecology takes place somewhere in the sidelines of existence, or in a classroom. We fail to grasp the gravity of our ignorance of everything that exists” open.substack.com/pub/georgets...

Sign of the Day (from NYC):

At Rheinmetall, the German defense company, the CEO still thinks drones aren't important www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Remember Hillary Clinton’s emails? According to the GOP, it was the greatest threat the US has ever faced. Meanwhile, Kash Patel’s emails actually got hacked and leaked, and suddenly it’s no big deal. Strange how that works. www.cnn.com/2026/03/27/p...

Rising Conservative Star Just Guy Wearing Nazi Armband And Crying https://theonion.com/rising-conservative-star-just-guy-wearing-nazi-armband-1849855062/

While you ready yourself for "American Week", here's my chat this morning for @mrjamesob.bsky.social on the UK's @lbc.co.uk Today: Does even Trump know what Trump is going to do next in Iran? 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/887979...

I've come around to nuclear power as part of a clean-energy mix, but I covered the 1979 Three Mile Island accident and it still haunts. Especially now that DOGE is involved. I tried here to convey what's at stake. (Bonus: Old photo of me at TMI) @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/doge-targe...

The cost of your flight went up because you searched for it twice. Your rideshare costs more because your phone battery is dying. This is surveillance pricing – corporations using your own data and behaviors against you. In the US Senate, I’ve got plan to ban it.

I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc. But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.

I just love Niall so much! Best part of my feed tbh

Wow, turns out vaccines during pregnancy are... safe and effective, even protecting babies! Incredible! Truly shocking! It's almost like science works?!💉🛡️👶 This admin keeps peddling COVID-19 antivax nonsense, but science prevails.💪 Science: 2,978,547 🧠🪱: -785

Since cannabis was decriminalised, the number of drug-related convictions in South Africa’s courts has plummeted, and it may be having a positive effect on serious crime convictions. Read groundup.org.za/article/how-... by The Outlier and GroundUp Staff

This should be an impeachable offense. I understand that we’re way past any of that, but that shouldn’t stop us from naming it.

Give your key defenses and fortress cities to Russia which has been unable to take them in 12 years of fighting, and then we who are acting to strengthen Russia will pretend to help you protect the rest of your country. This is shameful, rotten, and stinks of corruption.

The California sheriff who last month seized over 650,000 ballots has ties to a movement of radical right-wing local enforcement officials that has embraced election denialism and conspiracism. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/cali...

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

A gold mining company linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son has stripped vegetation from the land in central Zimbabwe, and polluted rivers and streams. Read groundup.org.za/article/mini... by Brenna Matendere and Mary Taruvinga

Surprised Iran hasn’t figured out they could end this with some made up very prestigious award.

it's incredible that as long as you do the right amount of bigotry you can just rob the country blind and enough people will not care, even though those same people will be filled with incandescent rage if someone uses food stamps to buy a 12 pack of diet coke

Still wondering if inequality is out of control?

Amazing just how far little Dolly Parton has come in 5 weeks since we found her roaming the streets all on her own

you wouldnt believe this big wooden horse, oh it’s so beautiful you wouldnt believe and theyre saying “mr trump youll never get that horse in.” look at em back there. the fake news. but we’re gonna bring in that horse folks and we’ll say “thank you, bye bye” but they don’t think we can get it in

This is utterly extraordinary. If Hegseth et al got this wrong, think what else is happening with the drug boat strikes and much more. The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm. Gets worse as you read it. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...

An unaccounted for part of the economy is how much young people virulently hate AI, despite how aggressively it's being forced on them. They realize it's making their friends dumber and ruining the world and they want nothing to do with it. From the Penn student paper: www.thedp.com/article/2026...

We rescued this dog on Sunday. He’s in a bad way but we believe we can change his entire life. It’s been a very challenging 48 hours but we can already see progress (1/7) 🧵

goid morning mr president, which pillar of american society are you destroying today sir, pls advise which doomsday scenario i need to pretend ive always supported today sir 🫡