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“Taney died on October 12, 1864, at the age of 87, the same day his home state of Maryland passed an amendment abolishing slavery.” I hope it’s what killed him.

The idea that it is the Democrats' job to be Donald Trump's nanny and clean his dirty diapers every time he soils himself (but never be allowed to impose any real discipline) is nonsense. The core condition Democrats should have for supporting anything is "impeach and remove."

Believe it or not, this is a hopeful sign. Most professional-class Republican lawyers have decided that the costs of working for the Trump administration far exceed the benefits. They do not have faith in the longevity of this regime.

This is how to protest.

Who’d’ve thunk it

He somehow manages to make everything sound rapey

Now, this is one crazy ass story. www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-try...

bye, bitch

🚨NEW: The Supreme Court just granted certiorari before judgement in the Trump admin's requests to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Haiti and Syria, "deferring" the request for an emergency stay and setting oral argument for the last week of April.

Some personal news: This is my last week at The Washington Post. I’ve loved so much of the last 9 years here, but my faith in the paper’s current leadership is broken beyond repair. Incredibly excited to get to work w/ the newsroom below (I start in June) Get in touch on Signal : 9178872891

I don’t think I’ve seen a post more deserving of being ratioed all year.

One day I'm going to tell young people that it didn't always used to be this way.

TRUMP: "I thought, as Secretary of War, you were going to do the planning for our invasion of Iran." HEGSETH: "No, I thought, as Commander-in-Chief, *you* were going to do the planning for our invasion of Iran!" BOTH: "Oops."

As I keep saying, the only profitable use of generative AI is fraud, surveillance, and disinformation.

Waiting to see how someone who screwed up a fairly simple assignment will somehow make it my fault that they didn't read the very specific instructions I provided them after I had already walked them through the process several times.

Europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of Hormuz:

LOSING MY MIND at how good this reel is from the strike at sunrise today. Unmute! Please fellow meta platform owners(?) promote it! www.instagram.com/reel/DV86YrU...

This only furthers one of the issues I have become most convinced of over the past 8 or so years. It's not so much that The NYT or (pre-Bezos' knee-bend) the WaPo were, in their entirety, doing a terrible job covering The Current Moment. It's that the POLITICS DESKS are uniquely toxic.

No one asked my opinion about what Bluesky should do next. But since this is the site for opinions no one asked for, here's my $0.02 ...

Turns out maybe there's a reason for all that weak, woke coalition building stuff that Trump and Hegseth so disdain.

gotta say, this rings more true to me as what the actual caesar would say. he saved brutus’s ass so many times...

and she asked all the women in the room to stand up because (paraphrased) “i wouldn’t be here without all of you.” such an amazing moment.

What a paragraph. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

So happy for Autumn Arkapaw! She’s so talented. A quick fact: Ryan Coogler has only ever worked with female cinematographers. His team represents the best of us.

Dear Republicans, Your policies have made everything more expensive at the kitchen table - healthcare, groceries, housing, and gas… You dont have a pandemic to blame this time around and blaming Biden for your bad policy decisions does not fix this shit. Be prepared to be voted out in November!

Trump's ICE goons arrested a wheelchair-bound decorated war hero who was just ONE interview away from becoming a U.S. citizen and threw him in jail for FOUR MONTHS! Zahid Chaudhry won seven medals and lost his legs serving our country in Iraq-but that didn't stop ICE from arresting him.

Who else indeed would be this much of an asshole?

I've had several days to think about the shoe thing, and what I've concluded is if you're too weak to not be bullied into wearing basic ass shoes that are way too big for your feet you're too weak to be in federal government.

Here’s my plea to the national security press: don’t report what he announces at face value. You’ve been suckered over and over to cover his fake trade deals and ceasefire “announcements” like they are real. He’s desperate to look like he’s got a plan. Make sure it’s not fake.

Afghan who fought for US forces dies in ICE custody as Trump on track for grim record www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Our friend Paul Conroy was more than an outstanding photojournalist, he was a brave, decent man who ran toward the truth when others ran from it. I’m absolutely shocked by the news. Rest easy, Gunner Conroy 🙏

Switzerland has said that it refused two US requests to fly over its territory yesterday in operations linked to the current war on Iran, citing its neutrality under international law jrnl.ie/6985831

Monday: We have won Tuesday: Iran is about to surrender Wednesday: High oil prices are good Thursday: There is nothing left to hit Friday: They have no army, navy or missiles left Saturday: HELP

My travel to Cosyne was barred by the Trump admin, so I'm here on my personal dime. I care about the COSYNE community, I committed to co-chairing. And I always learn here. But the worst part about this travel ban is my lab colleagues— students and fellows—couldn't come. /1

God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee

NEW: Two senior MOD whistleblowers with inside knowledge of Palantir's systems have come forward to @thenerve.news to say government ministers are ignorant of the grave national security risks the technology poses. Hugely important by @charlienotold.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...

This weekend I am diving into Barbie Zelizer's book HOW THE COLD WAR BROKE THE NEWS, which posits that the decline of journalism predates the era of Big Tech. Out from @politybooks.bsky.social:

Oh right, it's the Idea of March!

#BrokenTimes willful credulity. What "promised economic boom"? Stupid's economy was a shitshow, ruining Biden's boom, well before war. Now it's Trump's clusterfuck economy. For Trump, a Promised Economic Boom Collides With the Costs of War www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...

In a survey of 1,000 hiring managers, 59% say they emphasize AI’s role in layoffs because it “is viewed more favorably by stakeholders than saying layoffs or hiring freezes are driven by financial constraints.” Only 9% said AI had fully replaced any roles.

Archive.org has the option of downloading the who lot of them via Torrent, which I am doing now.

Existence of Mamdani in the media criticism discourse is so useful because it demonstrates what the media could be doing to Trump if they ACTUALLY thought that he was an aberrant threat to our Republic. Not that you need to do this for Trump but: You can just write negative stories based on nothing!

This is everything

You know what? Fine, tech bros. You win. You get to do algorithmic pricing. But in return, we get to do algorithmic taxing on everyone with a net-worth over $5million. As a little treat.

Never fund DHS again. Abolish it completely. If someone wants to moan about "but but we have to ____" yeah fine we can discuss a new department, but *this* department has to go.

Real dumb lack of foresight from Oil there; Oil shoulda had more sense and better advisors; Oil seems like it’s just in it for bribes and social media exposure; if only Oil could think for like thirty seconds or not make ragingly stupid and pointlessly destructive and self-harming decisions

I see the new head of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire is supporting DOGE, a proven failed, wasteful, expensive government program that cost taxpayers billions without saving a dime... because it makes people he dislikes upset. Very on brand.