“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”

Got music playing on my midnight shift, an old favorites playlist and this came up. It's deceptively good, with Marshall's killer vocal and some great production. And I freaking LOVE the drum riff in the opening. Holds up well... music.apple.com/ca/song/fall...

You're fucking kidding me <facepalm.gif> No, not The Onion

It was only a matter of time…

What Kelly expresses here is astonishing and it reflects what a lot of Americans want. The rest of the world needs to come to terms with this.

Another unintended consequence of climate change. Drought conditions have reduced water supply to ranchers to the point where US beef herds are down to levels not seen since the 1950s. Climate change isn't "coming", it's here, and we're seeing consequences.

Yes, EVs start fine in the cold… EV cold start #ev #evbattery youtube.com/shorts/FnDDC...

Can't believe our tax dollars are going to be spent settling the upcoming exorbitant defamation suit with Sabrina Carpenter, but maybe this is just how public arts funding is going to work now.

“See, inflation knew Trump was taking office and just shrank out of sheer panic!”

Pretty much!

Yes, EVs start fine in the cold… EV cold start #ev #evbattery youtube.com/shorts/FnDDC...

It would be awesome to hear someone say to Johnson's face "If you keep feigning ignorance, Mike, people are going to start believing it!" 🤣

Well-played, Pluribus… well-played

Jesus, this is delusional. Tariffs are a self-solving problem. Other countries stop doing business with you, and once that's happened you lose that income. Does Trump actually believe it and he's truly out of touch with reality? Or is he telling the rubes "hold on, it's gonna be fine"?

Anthems are risky; there's a line between patriotism and toxic nationalism. I know literally nothing about this one, like how much AI content is involved (lyrics? video content?) but I like it as an expression of Canadian values... www.youtube.com/watch?v=djHP...

This popped into a playlist at random a few months ago and ever since I've felt like it's pulling me somewhere... I've said it before but I'll say it again, Sarah Bareilles is better than she gets credit for... music.apple.com/ca/song/1000...

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

Okay, here’s a prompt: drop a film or TV performance that made you completely reevaluate your opinion of the performer.

My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com

A fair question. 😕🇺🇸

I’m sad to hear of the death of Tom Stoppard. I still think Shakespeare in Love was a better Shakespeare movie than many lofty adaptations. I was also lucky to act in Dogg’s Hamlet/Cahoot’s Macbeth, one of Stoppard’s early scripts and a great absurdist protest. #RIP

Watching Falling Down, for the first time since its release. I get a sense that there’s a current that connects this movie directly to Trumpism.

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

Absolutely true⬇️

I'm not going to try to psychoanalyze Carney, nor apologize for him. I think this MOU with Smith is a bad idea, but my own take is that he's decided to simply make sure the federal government isn't an obstacle. That doesn't mean he wants the project. #CDNpoli

This is why more decision makers at corporations need to face criminal charges. Not just civil lawsuits.

You're really gonna go with this, huh? arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

To say that MAGAs are bat-shit crazy, is an insult to bats.

As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.

We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled. He’s going to kill people for oil.

bluesky checked the IP addresses of pro-turkey posters and they're all posting from hungry

Ghislaine Maxwell is the poster child for why inheritance tax is healthy and necessary

Elon’s been taking the piss for years. He’s been training hard.

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Here's the deal: Trump reversed course on the Epstein files when he became convinced he could weaponize it against Dems. And I'm sure he can. But I'm not sure he's able to do that without blowback; however clever he thinks he is, any release at all runs a risk for him.

A little brainteaser I wrote: Writing 'not unlike' is not unlike writing 'like', unlike writing 'unlike', which, unlike writing 'not unlike', is not like writing 'like'. #WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #WordPlay

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I think this is true. Also: I think it won't work.

Calling the ABC reporter’s question “insubordinate” explains everything about how Trump sees press freedom.

Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.

Cloudflare: 99% of systems are operational! Uhhh... that's... um... isn't that an important one?

Women are watching abusive dynamics play out on the national stage and for many it feels very, very familiar to what they’ve experienced regularly— I hope midterms are a referendum

I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk? But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession. But that's just me

Carrot app just going for it today

The brilliance of Mamdani's campaign was that it was... more than "just a campaign". He drove engagement in many different directions, he didn't try to hog it all for himself.

"Waaaaaaa! This was harder than it looked!"