Probably most galling here (though not surprising) is the claim that statements from President Trump and Secretary Noem were not "overtly racial.

I finally sat down and read this whole thing and holy shit dawg

Every time rich libertarians fail to build Galt’s Gulch from Atlas Shrugged they just move it farther away and try again A society of all rich “innovators” did work on land? Try it at sea! Oh it didn’t work at sea? Let’s try again on mars! They can’t accept its just a bad idea because they need us

the future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed — how china cut 5 million barrels of oil per day during the Hormuz Crisis:

Gilded Age cast member just dropped footage from inside the black church after the Knicks win www.instagram.com/reel/DZiJant...

New Yorkers singing Empire State of Mind

I went to Utah to see what life is like in America's new reality, where vaccine-preventable diseases are common again. Utah's measles outbreak has lasted 10 months. Pediatricians teared up in interviews. Mothers were stressed. 🧵My latest @wired.com @kffhealthnews.org www.wired.com/story/anguis...

People are tired of hearing what the government can’t do. I’m ready to show them what the government can do. ✍🏾: Martin Austermuhle 📸: Kainaz Amaria www.notus.org/metro/janees...

We've been running an unprecedented natural experiment running for a decade and half. 30 states have raised their minimum wages. 20 have not. What happened to pay? What happened to jobs? The good news is that it's pretty easy to figure out now. substack.com/home/post/p-...

While there were no partisan differences on Bigfoot, YouGov did find that Republicans were more than twice as likely to believe the Moon landings were fake: 10% D, 24% R

"'Diversity is not our strength.' So saith Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. At first blush, the statement may seem plausible in a military context—uniformity is expected of the armed forces. But a glance at history reveals why modern militaries must embrace diversity to be successful."

i was especially struck by these paragraphs, which rang very true to me. libs who grew up around conservatives aren't embarrassed to be liberals--or confused about what conservatives want. there's a certain kind of elite media man, on the other hand--

Fails as expected, and with this I’m gonna call it a night. The Senate is voting to provide $69 billion to ICE and Border Patrol with almost no oversight or accountability. Tough times lie ahead.

"to accordion keys" is the clue that tells us that the Two-Headed Boy is dancing to Danza Kuduro

Happy birthday Oliver Nelson! Oliver Nelson – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet, alto saxophone Richard Williams – trumpet Richard Wyands – piano George Duvivier – bass Roy Haynes – drums #jazzsky

Have you seen how cheap Spanish metros are to build? Well actually, I have and I will tell you all about it! I had the chance to visit the extension of line 11 in Madrid, where I learned a lot about their construction methods, peculiarities and processes. Let me take you along! A thread 🧵 (1/11)

I'm closest to Bonaventure (Franciscan · Itinerarium Mentis in Deum). My wider constellation: Catherine of Siena, Thomas Aquinas, Dante Alighieri, Francis of Assisi. "Which Medieval Theologian Are You?" www.theodramatist.com/which-mediev...

Full statement of Scott Pelley after he's fired from CBS 60 Minutes, detailing the sort of corruption of journalism Bari Weiss has brought to CBS News:

Symmetry is when two little parts make friends

Pulte has already demonstrated a penchant for using government info to go after the administration's political enemies (like fed chair Lisa Cook). Giving him access to US Intel will surely lead to similar, more severe abuses.

I'm listening to Louis Menand's Metaphysical Club on tape. It's about American philosophy at the end of the 19th century but it really feels like a way of thinking that held throughout the 20th It's reminding me of something unstated I think most of my comrades believe

America in 2029 will be like an Eastern Bloc country in 1989. The sooner we accept this, the better.

We should hear “Adam Hoffman” as often over the next five months as we heard “Benghazi” leading up to the 2016 election.

Hoffman “was first arrested and charged in 2022 for repeated instances of sexual abuse with a 10-year-old boy, a first-degree felony, and was facing life without parole.” Corrupt Ken Paxton is endangering children.

RIP Sonny Rollins, a great jazz talent and the last surviving musician in one of the best photos of men in suits during the 20th century

“‘What we saw here is unfortunately just what we see all over the country,’ Kim told @nj.com on Monday.” “It’s sad, it’s a sad day.” Senator @kim.senate.gov was among the crowd of protesters when federal immigration agents fired pepper balls. www.nj.com/news/2026/05...

Just wanted to let you know that the IRS has audited every president annually for decades now to ensure there was no corruption and the reason you didn't know that was because only one president found that to be a problem

A day later, only one of these 8 House Democrats got back to me about why they just voted for a GOP bill forcing public schools to out transgender students to their parents www.huffpost.com/entry/8-demo...

The conference starts today. No false modesty. Trust me when I say I’m truly humbled at all the work the committee poured into organizing this event. I didn’t lift a finger. Grateful to everyone for honoring my 50 years of work. woodson.as.virginia.edu/McDowell2026 virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

today's Akkadian phrase is uznum rapaštum "understanding, intelligence" lit. "a wide ear" we are lucky enough to have it show up in one of the (100 BC–100 AD?) "Greco-Babylonian" student tablets as οζον ραφασθ at a stage where Babylonian had lost final short vowels.

one thing that went wrong in our political media culture is that journalists so deeply internalized a backwards version of 'the cover-up is the crime' they assume that anything that's being done out in the open is just 'a thing that happened' that needs to be subjected to the 'objectivity' standard

I'm not sure you could invent a governmental action more purely illegal than having the president's lead defense attorney agree on behalf of federal law enforcement that the government was hereafter barred from enforcing tax law on the president. Maybe Blanche could sign it in orphan blood?

The plot to enslave America

US universities genuinely are like “welcome to Tennessee Agricultural College in Bumfuck Nowheresville. We invented the modern potato and our facilities include a particle accelerator, nuclear reactor, and TOP500 supercomputer. Tuition is $12,000 for instate students and we have 40,000 of them”

I would love to see a humongous initiative to conduct long form interviews to survey people around the United States. It could be like the FWP or the Census, but there are so many people who aren't represented in the opinion section of the newspaper or even on social media. Even Instagram

This would constitute one of the most brazen, most appalling acts of corruption in U.S. history. I know we’re numb to all of this but this is a seven-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

Really isn't good that the prevailing bipartisan sentiment across the country is a mix of "I don't believe any official story, it has to be staged" and "yeah, well it's all BEING FUNDED BY [insert ominous group] SO I DON'T TRUST IT!"

This is absolutely outrageous. SCOTUS reinstated Texas gerrymander 15 weeks before primary because they claimed it was too close to election to block it but now allowing Alabama to gerrymander one week before primary after trial court found map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters

It took 8 days for Republicans to deny federal representation to the largest Black majority city in the country.

And this is why stare decisis was a major principle in American jurisprudence until the Roberts Court.

The aim of the war is no longer regime change. The aim of the war is now to convince people this wasn't a mistake in the first place.

BARCLAYS: “.. The next few weeks are the runway that the world economy has left, before demand destruction really kicks in.  . . . markets have decided that the energy shock simply doesn’t matter anymore. .. we disagree — this is a crisis delayed, but not yet averted.” www.ft.com/content/8ebe...

this from @alexward.bsky.social I think summarizes where we're at a lot better than more abstracted analysis of state actions Trump can't decide what to do because he hates all his options -- he is fixated on not doing JCPOA pt2 but he doesn't want to re-start the war x.com/alexbward/st...

One thing that has been bugging me with most Project 2029 proposals is how they presume that institutional change is something that can be achieved quickly as long as there is sufficient political will, and thus Dems in 2029 should push for a maximalist package. This is wrong 🧵/

the negotiations: “are you willing to take and hold ground?” “uh… like maybe a few islands for a little while but basically no.” “is Iran still located in Iran and therefore we, the Iranians, are still there by default?” “…yeah.”

Natasha Bedingfield has been resisting AI inevitability since 2004 youtu.be/b7k0a5hYnSI?...