just became aware of this--the regime wants to clear-cut massive chunks of Oregon's old growth forests in the name of timber production. you have until March 23rd to comment. i know we have endless fucking things to scream at politicians about--this is an important one too.

I saw this and at first thought "no, there's no way 'we definitely had alternative leadership in mind for Iran but I blew them up alongside the schoolgirls using AI' is what the White House is actually saying, that's too clueless and evil to be real"

Fossil fuel pollution’s effect on oceans comes with huge costs. A new study details the vast price society is paying for burning coal, oil, and gas. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/02/foss... #environment #ClimateScience #ecology #SciChat

And if there’s anybody who knows anything about violations of human morality and international law, it’s Vladimir Putin

I just read this and found it surprisingly gripping. He says no doctrine would seem “more sinister and alarming than that a President [...] can vastly enlarge his mastery over the internal affairs of the country by his own commitment of the Nation’s armed forces to some foreign venture.” (p. 642)

What fictional CANDY/CANDY BAR--from a show, movie, comic, video game, book, etc, would you most like to try? I'm gonna get the ball rolling by saying...pretty much everything featured in this literary classic would be Hoovered into my gaping maw like a whale-shark with krill

The Vought Curve.

I’m GenX so I’m going to add covert wars in Central America and South East Asia

Lying liars to cover for the pedophiles. Abusing the offices of law enforcement meant to serve all Americans over time, not just the temporary title holders. Hunt all of them down to face justice. EVERYONE!

Karen, 65 with a UK passport and a valid tourist visa, was handcuffed, shackled, driven 12 hours to an ICE detention center, then incarcerated for a 6 weeks. Why? ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. And she’s not alone. #DemsAbroad www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Evergreen

In the age of data, know the supply chains. Political risk is investment risk.

Congrats to @ncaaup.bsky.social & all who fought against this surveillance policy that would've allowed admin to hijack microphones in the classroom for secret recordings. This move would've chilled classroom discussion & suppressed students' willingness to ask questions & take intellectual risks.

While operations are coordinated at a members-only, private beach club — in between fundraisers and parties.

It's interesting choice not to just say "deaths"

Look out for higher energy prices as international LNG supply shrinks, increasing demand for US exports, and increasing domestic natural gas prices leading to higher electricity prices. Renewables are such a strong hedge against price fluctuations.

Functioning democracies place anti-corruption regulation and enforcement as a high priority. Not enforcing against corruption allows malign opportunists to garner outsized wealth and influence that helps steer policy and choose leaders. Corruption exacerbates democratic decline.

All journalism should explicitly describe limits to reporting. Including billionaire ownership.

The dark fleet is not a vessel problem. It is a network problem. AIS manipulation, false flags, and shell ownership are coordinated across fleets to move sanctioned oil at scale. Vessel-by-vessel monitoring misses the system behind the activity. windward.ai/blog/what-is...

Adding to my serendipity spot for lecture this week, Ratings Week.

Eppur si cambia

pro tip for sharing extremely fucked up climate news: if you don’t include a doable action step, it’s just gonna burn people out I got about a bajillon of em. how bout: find out when your local planning and zoning people meet, show up and support clean energy projects and dense housing

This is why it is/was good science. And tears at the grain and soul to know what happened.

No wonder Trump went to war with Iran in the dead of night, with the Capitol empty, most Americans soundly asleep This war is illegal. Full stop. The worst abuse of presidential power in American history aims to cement a dictatorship on U.S. soil My instant column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

If it is "war," the Constitution is clear: only Congress has that power.

Also unsure how the people of Iran are e supposed to coordinate a new government without the internet.

Susie Wiles is wearing an Apple Watch during a highly classified meeting on Iran. Unreal.

It is possible to believe two things at once: That the long-suffering people of Iran deserve freedom from their despotic leaders, and that a bombing campaign by the current highly corrupt authoritarian government of America is unlikely to bring it.

Individual solutions won't stop systemic problems, but talking to the children in your life about the myriad dangers of AI is now a necessary part of being a responsible adult.

Consumer tip: Switch to an EV if that is at all possible for you to do.

Under curent circumstances, an average Ukrainian night of 100 Shaheds would mean the death of Dubai's economic and societal model. And Emirati THAADS and Patriots will serve little purpose against low-flyers. "Epic Fury" isn't going to be as easy as it's supposed to be

OFFS. When Iran tried to interefere in 2020, researchers caught them and called them out. Then the Benz-Weiss-Taibbi-Musk-Jordan-Trump axis labeled those researchers "censors" ... and set about defunding them and dismantling their organizations.

"In total, the gas plant could emit as much as 24 million tons of greenhouse gases per year." JFC

Great piece from @timharford.ft.com on the famous Asch ‘conformity experiment’. Yes participants conformed with the group. But it only took one dissenter to make the participant much less likely to conform - even when the dissenter is wrong! Lesson: Let’s value dissent! www.ft.com/content/f94c...

First of all -- fuck you, Pete. None of this is happening in the faculty lounges of your fever dreams. Second, I've taught military personnel in our PhD programs and if you think slamming the door to Harvard and Princeton in their faces is "having their back" you're even dumber than you sound.

In my time at Princeton, we've had several Army officers in our doctoral program. They've all done excellent work. When this former Princeton undergrad says we're actually teaching them "the enemy's wicked ideology" I have no idea what the hell he's talking about but, of course, neither does he.

We’re well past the “…without representation” or “tyranny of taxes…” parts of Mr Paine’s pamphlet by now, right?

if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

Lovely winter’s afternoon to stop by 30 Rock. I could hear the theme music play. All those flags. I wonder how many this will regime will invade, or extort with tariffs. 20 years is a lifetime.

Vomitous.

This is the way. Also, if you come for Radiohead…

Fair.

The media and academia have an obligation to not remain neutral in the face of authoritarianism. These institutions need liberal institutions to exist in any meaningful way. Authoritarianism is an existential threat. Our devotion to "neutrality" will keep us from fighting for our own survival.

Wouldn’t it be wild if a former president struck a deal to avoid this very thing and your boss backed out of it because that president was Black

If you're not yet convinced that AI is going to ransack the UK economy (perhaps more than any other economy), read this:

The coverup is always the crime that brings them down.

In one week’s time we will be in Lyon for the Ça Presse festival alongside @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social & @rsf.org to discuss UNDER PRESSURE, the new report on threats to cartoonists’ freedom of expression. Sign up now to receive a copy by email on release. cartoonistsrights.org/under-pressu...