Honestly, the great crisis of our society is the unwillingness of institutions to inflict consequences. Impeach the president, fire the sex pests, expel cheating students, excommunicate an unrepentant heretic, prosecute the war criminals. Believe in your institution enough to enforce its rules.

🚨 Christina Koch has officially become the farthest any woman has ever traveled from Earth

Well, I am not sure what my analysis here is worth, but here is my 7,500 word primal scream of a military historian's take on the War in Iran. My best summary: this war is dumb as hell. acoup.blog/2026/03/25/m...

I salute the pedantry of the child’s new toy.

Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman

I don't know if the constitution has failed us, but I sure know these conglomerations of pathetic worms in the shape of men have failed the constitution. If the constitution is broken, it is quite literally because the founders could not conceive of men so spineless. It never occurred to them!

It sure seems bad that as an American citizen, I have no idea.when our president will lawlessly and unilaterally take us to war with Iran because there has been no public debate at all.

A friend describing the work of @robertjbennett.bsky.social: "Dead God Empire, Fantasy Cyberpunk, and Kaiju Bureaucracy Detective are all premises that hit dead center of my interests"

NEW: The Supreme Court has held that IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

thank goodness it's finally Meat Day

This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.

Let’s talk about abolishing ICE. Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.” /1

Starting the new year off strong: Wordle 1,657 6/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟩⬛ 🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

It's midwinter's eve tonight. If you're quick about it, you can start your timed THE DARK IS RISING read-along before midnight. (tonight's portion is Chapter 1, 'Midwinter's Eve'. Tomorrow is 'Midwinter Day' and 'The Sign-Seeker'.)

The Locked Tomb series is often pitched as "Lesbian Necromancers in Space" but I had never considered the question: do we have a series of Lesbian Necromancers NOT in space?

Hey you

The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.

this is how you lose the dish war

Not too shabby y’all. Not. Too. Shabby.

To all the doubters, AI is so close to being perfect Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic

Most relatable depiction of a human I’ve seen in a video game recently.

Paul Saunders rt if you agree

Well that's rude NYT Games 😛

Emergency cute dog alert: Maple likes margaritas, apparently

Remember Decker's golden rule: when crisis starts, instead of immediately posting stream of consciousness, stand up, pour yourself a strong drink, and do something else. The takes can wait an hour or two.

so I have a lot of complicated thoughts about the specific issue at hand, but I have to point out that’s not what “magical realism” is

"Whats this line item?" "Counterintelligence, sir" "It says they bought over 10,000 pizzas in FY25?" "Yes, sir"

Vinegar does no good, nor do other acids. Baking soda does no good, nor do other bases.The three tear gases are not neutralized by any of them. Milk does no good either. You need soap/detergent and water for skin and clothing, and always only plain water for the eyes. Lots of it. That’s it.

Tough day at the Wordle factory today. Roughly half the users failed to guess it, even after six tries.

Thanks everyone, the memes have been great but it's time to go back to mostly ignoring the Pope.

you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"

Pritzker centralizing all temporal and spirituality authority in preparation for the coming Khanate

Pleased to wake up to learn that PP lost his PP in the election last night. You know, his Place in Parliament

🚨 YEATS: TURNING AND TURNING OF THE WIDENING GYRE EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH THE FALCON NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR THE FALCONER, CENTRE NOT EXPECTED TO HOLD

This is high art

Two things that are true: 1. Government is not a business trying to run it like one is dumb. 2. People and project management are real skills and business is a good place to hone them.

you can tell romantasy truly is ascendant as a genre because while people are saying very nice things about A Drop of Corruption, the negative bits are mostly "why isn't your murder mystery series a romance instead"

My most millennial belief: sometimes a Tumblr effortpost is the most reliable and insightful word on a subject.

As an appreciator of midcentury American Edu/vertizing films, I very much enjoyed this classic example of the form: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhBb... Asbestos is what makes it strong!

We gotta reject “Well, RFK jr. is right about some things” and accept “if we don’t confront the real problems with our systems, it becomes much easier for con artists like this guy to manipulate people.”

its honestly so cool to be so bad at making cars that when one of your cars explodes outside the hotel of the fascist president you are puppeting everyone just assumes your car blew up organically and doesn't even consider that it might be intentional

'Tis year. Welcome year. Please be kind.

Every day we stray further from God’s light.

Guys, we’re saved! I see… a cactus…

i have accidentally made another feature-length animation video

Sue, being a perfect angel. She was very timid at first, but she's definitely getting more comfortable.

And to everyone who followed the mods starter pack, I can't promise any amazing content, but here's a bonus Greta.

Thanks to @desertbus.org for another fantastic year. Helping out, even in small ways, is one of the highlights of the year.