A recent issue of Natural History magazine has a feature on tropical katydids Incredible creatures! Hard to decide which were the most amazing, but these lichen katydids are *next level*

I paid over $4 a gallon for gas today and it felt great. Don't know what all the bitching is about. That's my country I'm paying for. I sprayed some around the parking lot 'cause that's my goddamned right. Jesus died for this price. I drank some.

“.. With tariffs pushing Canadian aluminum elsewhere last year, American companies became *increasingly reliant* on imports from the Middle East .. “.. Those sources are now imperiled by the Iran war ..” 🤡 @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

A group of wolves is called a pack. A group of fascists is called a CPAC.

Pete Hegseth removed 4 decorated Army officers—2 Black, 2 women—from a promotion list. The Army Secretary refused, calling their records exemplary. Hegseth overrode it. Possibly illegally. They gave decades to this country. He erased them & called it meritocracy. This is white Christian nationalism.

"Can't afford DRAM for my PC or diesel for my truck" sounds like a hot new country song.

Only 23% of government workers believe they “can report a suspected violation of a law, rule, or regulation without experiencing retaliation.” That's way down form the share the prior year (72%) who said they could report suspected illegal activity without fear www.thebulwark.com/p/two-more-g...

A wry aside (inspired by @stanveuger.bsky.social): Implementing unconstitutional tariffs ensures you get all of the distortions and costs of tariffs, and (assuming refunds are required), none of the revenue. Lose lose.

An underrated Miyazaki classic #LGM

It is ironic that the US decided it had to go to war with Iran to stop it from building a nuclear weapon and potentially closing the Strait of Hormuz, two things it had no intention of doing, and is now in a position where Iran is going to build a nuclear weapon and leverage the Strait.

youtu.be/OQvDRe79F8k?... @chuckdpe.bsky.social

OH MY GOD STOP TRYING TO SAY X IS AN IMPORTANT PLATFORM ITS NOT ITS THE SIZE OF PINTEREST BUT IF I WAS LIKE 'DEMOCRATS GOTTA WIN THE COMMENTS WAR ON PINTEREST' THEYD LOCK ME FUCKING AWAY

Deutsche Bank strategist Maximillian Uleer is today’s winner. He devised a TACO prediction metric: when Trump’s approval ratings drop & inflation expectations rise & stock prices fall + Treasury bill yields rise Trump chickens out and changes course.

Good afternoon. This is your daily reminder that Trump just lifted sanctions on Iran to give them $14 BILLION to hep fund their war against us. In other words, your daily reminder that this is probably the dumbest war of all time.

I live in NC. The most delicious part of ALL of this, is that Phil Berger redrew his own gerrymandered congressional map, and then lost it. 💀 #karma

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🚨California diesel prices just reached an average of $7/gal for the first time ever. That’s not just a milestone- it’s a warning. Trucking and agriculture run on diesel. Higher costs are coming- and they won’t just stay in California.

It's so cool how some things are so classified that Dem Senators cannot even see the documents, but the president's son-in-law has top secret clearance and the ability to negotiate secret deals on behalf of the entire country.

When movies were shot on physical film, the film was measured in feet. This is why any recorded thing is now called ‘footage.'

im being told Iran just launched over 100 pronouns at the USS Abraham Lincoln. Total loss. It's the USS Gaybraman Linc-hon now.

“Why is the Strait of Hormuz not open if we’ve won?” Watching @adammockler.com dog-walk 🐕 Scott Jennings never gets old. (H/T @acyn.bsky.social )

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Candy is being crushed at heretofore unseen levels.

Someone or someones made $580,000,000 in exquisitely well-timed oil trades that took place 15 minutes before Trump's dubiously optimistic post about the negotiations with Iran. Gift link ⤵️ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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Normal private credit market stuff. No red flags www.reuters.com/business/ope...

Does anyone seriously believe anything he says here? Is it even remotely tenable to have a president whose statements are so erratic and lacking in credibility?

again I point out how strange it is that high-level diplomatic negotiations of war and peace are being conducted by freelancers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, both of whom have egregious conflicts of interest, and not the actual secretary of state

It is interesting how desperate markets are to believe him.

“C.D.C. appointees told us that we could not put our qualifications in our email signatures anymore. We couldn’t say if we were an M.D. or a M.P.H. or a Ph.D. Nobody explained why.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The white folks whining about standing in long TSA lines at the airport will never make the connection with black folks standing in long lines to vote.

Never in my life have I believed Iran state media over our own government. Until now. That’s not being “unpatriotic,” it’s having a brain that functions.

every single financial institution would benefit from hiring exactly one (1) progressive to walk around the office all day long going “are you fucking stupid?” to anyone within ear shot

huh. #time_flies ⌛

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A great question!

“Growth is lower, not just for one quarter. It stays lower throughout all of 2026 and all of 2027.” In English: this isn’t a blip. It’s a persistent hit to jobs, incomes, and the economy’s trajectory.

How much blood and treasure must we spend just so Trump can dismantle the achievements of a black man?

The US President casually announcing his intention to commit war crimes on social media. That's where you're at, America.

Incredibly funny that the president of the United States can do this and retain command of the American Armed Forces, but I said it about a literal Nazi and got fired from a job writing superhero comics.

Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.

As a Marine platoon leader in Vietnam, Mueller was shot and later returned to lead his platoon after his recovery. He received a Bronze Star for valor, a Purple Heart, 2 Navy/Marine Commendation medals, Republican of Vietnam Cross of Valor, and numerous other medals.

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"the pentagon didn't even have a plan to deal with iran closing the strait!" okay but the thing is: that's not the pentagon's job. that's never going to be the pentagon's job. the pentagon's shown serious incompetence here but this isn't it let me explain

Because the president of the United States is the dumbest motherfucker on the planet. It's just that simple.

Going to war with a country, then immediately floating the idea of lifting sanctions on its oil to prevent your own economic collapse, is the definition of strategic failure

The Rapture is a moronic 19th-century theological concept, primarily popular among inbred American Evangelicals, that Jesus Christ will return to suddenly "snatch away" (or caught up) all believers, both living and dead, to heaven before a period of global "tribulation". 😐😑

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