reading moby-dick and getting brainwashed by Big Spermaceti

From No Foreign Wars to Imperial aspirations, without even taking a breath. All of these bastards need to be vigorously opposed now and voted out in November. No time for dooming.

“There’s a project to essentially starve the public system and then reallocate the signals”: Project 2025 aims not only to stop funding public media, but also to replace it with outlets politically favorable to Trump -- Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social @rodneybenson.bsky.social @pbs.org

The guardrails against this sort of thing have just completely disappeared. And that is rather frightening.

"Prof Stefan Gössling, at Linnaeus University in Sweden and … said all-economy-seat planes, 95% flight occupancy and using today’s most efficient aircraft could cut fuel use and therefore emissions by 50-75%."

They've cottoned on to Plato.

"Marco Rubio, we salute you!" A real thing that was said by the CBS Evening News anchor tonight.

“The Brazilian response reflects a hard-earned lesson from the comparative study of democratic collapse: early, forceful, and legally grounded intervention is often the only way to stop backsliding once elites signal a willingness to subvert electoral outcomes”

Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated

Easy-to-miss tidbit on the long-term, purposely built synergy between Orbánism and MAGA: the first field trip of Lonsdale/Weiss's "University of Austin" UATX students to Hungary's "Matthias Corvinus Collegium," the Orbán regime's official propaganda training school

Given these accounts have left the misinformation about judge Sagi up after being corrected multiple times, I'm correcting my assertion that they spread misinformation. Rather, my belief now is that they are engaged in disinformation.

Fuck Francesco Silvestri (or Francis Sylvester of Ferrara) #philosophy

Last year Liz Truss attempted to use legal action to defend her reputation. Private Eye has obtained a transcript of her meeting with lawyers. From ‘Private Eye - The Year In Review 2025’. Available to watch in full on the Eye’s YouTube: youtu.be/AQ5Xxj2EwGQ

Reformed January 6th participant (who refused a pardon): “You can't gaslight me. I was there. I saw the officers being pepper sprayed. I watched one of them fall down and hit his head and his back. So don't be telling me it wasn't violent.”

Dec 17-19, 2025 poll of 1,094 U.S. adult citizens (+/- 3.8 points): Jan 6, 2021 5 years later, how do Americans feel about the Capitol takeover? 72% disapprove of those who took over Capitol 92% of Democrats 61% of Republicans 11% approve ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Ja...

% whose view of what took place at the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021 is closer to, people participated in [legitimate political discourse | a violent insurrection] U.S. adult citizens 21% | 59% Democrats 4% | 91% Republicans 43% | 34% ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Ja...

% who say Donald Trump has [a lot | no] responsibility for the takeover of the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021 U.S. adult citizens 42% | 22% Democrats 81% | 3% Independents 37% | 18% Republicans 10% | 46% ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Ja...

How many Americans say the following groups were involved in the January 6, 2021 Capitol takeover? Trump supporters 70% Some members of Congress 40% Antifa 27% Trump opponents 27% The FBI 26% Black Lives Matter 17% ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Ja...

% of Americans who say participants in the Jan 6 Capitol attack should be... Arrested and tried for their participation 64% Barred from holding public office 58% Granted full pardons for any crimes in relation to the attack 18% ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Ja...

This is spot-on from @gregsargent.bsky.social—and exactly what my next book is about: “Trump is making it unusually explicit that in this sphere of influence, Trump-approved oligarchs will be enriched by our regional spoils.“ newrepublic.com/article/2049...

What JD Vance thinks about the courts and the rule of law

This will devastate millions of families who rely on these services to survive. Make no mistake: this has nothing to do with supposed "fraud" or any other excuse Trump whips up. This is about enacting revenge on states that stand up to him and his cruel agenda.

Don't forget the part where Grammarly is a keylogger! That's one of the very few apps we flat out forbid on our staff computers, if only for basic security reasons.

Breaking: CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Abortion remains legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court strikes down laws, including first US pill ban.

Thoroughly moronic & disgusting. Here, the guru for Vance, Thiel and others in his own words.

1989’s U.S. military action in Panama offers no constitutional cover for Trump’s Venezuela attack. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

I could never understand how Hitler and the Nazis managed to brainwash so many German people. We are now experiencing a living example. The only bright spot is our current administration's gaslighting doesn't seem to be working on a large enough scale. Let's pray that sanity holds.

Honest Q: is Bondi's DOJ capable of a successful prosecution on "narco-trafficking" charges?

This is such a fucking violation of the First Amendment

I think the Danes are absolutely right to be alarmed. We have to stop this mad man.

Thread very much worth reading

I'm also curious about this. Speech to text is one of those things that was already pretty well developed technology before it was infected with the LLMs-do-everything approach, and I know some transcription software now inserts nonexistent text as a result. Are there still good tools?

Does anyone ever wonder why we are doing this to ourselves?

The ethical and legal damage will be with us forever but it’s the raging incompetence that will strike first, within the next few days.

The Constitution is clear: Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp to the President. On these counts, Congress has failed.

@socio-steve.bsky.social knows ball

Even this wasn’t planned out and if this wasn’t then nothing was.

The idea that Trump-MAGA are "anti-interventionist" is based on a confused reading of their hatred of multilateralism and international law and institutions. I argued this during Iran bombing debate (h/t @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social): newrepublic.com/article/1969...

"Ironically, using AI to 'sound professional' usually achieves the opposite."

What a complete putz

NBC News: “How soon will elections be held in Venezuela? Within 30 days?” Rubio: “Elections? I think it is premature at this point.” The US is going to be there for the long haul.

It's quite incredible how this poor and inaccurate tool has been prioritised and integrated *so* effectively that I regularly have people tell me something they've 'looked up' and I have to say 'you're not just reading the AI overview are you' and they are. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Every time I see a news article about ChatGPT pushing vulnerable people to harm themselves and others, I want to know how the universities who have eagerly proclaimed their partnerships with this company intend to account for the increasing evidence of the harms of this tech

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

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"

Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.

Excellent commentary, exactly on point

FOLKS NEED TO REALIZE HOW HUGE THIS IS For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot. That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.