American news media abandoned their duty to report critically and the American government abandoned its sworn obligation to uphold the constitution and demand accountability. And now, a madman uses the might of the American military to wreak havoc throughout the world, with no restraint whatsoever.

More photos from Israel bombing Rafie Nia Synagogue in Tehran

No one in the USA will ever outdo the boldness of New York. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/s...

I asked ChatGPT the question below. The answer: the probability is 0.00000000001. One can change assumptions and get dramatically different answers, but even if we assume that another civilization exists in the Milky Way, the odds are still 0.002 that is lies within 10,000 light years from us.

Dear American friends, your president commands all the attention, as usual, but let yourselves slip into an Easter mood and dream of the Promised Land.

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This round belongs to the liars and fact-twisters. There are ominous developments on our planet, driven by climate change, but all we can talk about is oil and gas supply and the price of gas. FF companies love the profits and laugh at our vain warnings. www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...

Shy beauty

Spring flowers draw all the attention, but other plants may take their place in the sun.

The Conservative Agenda: less health care and more prisons

For all my stylish women-friends who will travel through Paris (unlocked article). www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/s...

Spot on.

Those are the words of a "potential" war criminal (pushed and encouraged by his "potentially" war criminal president)

🤯 Stop scrolling and look at this detail. This is Pysanka, a 1,000-year-old Ukrainian tradition of decorating eggs with intricate, symbolic designs. Each pattern tells a story of life, protection, and renewal. 📹: PysankaArt/YouTube

An old gem, as a reminder

I remember how Russia amassed large numbers of tanks and troupes, expecting to start a brief war and quickly take over Kyiv. Four years later, they're still at it. I wonder if the USA started a war with Iran with the same expectations.

GORSUCH: Do you think Native Americans are birthright citizens under your test? SAUER: Ah, I think ... so. I have to think that through.

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A ProPublica investigation finds the DOJ under AG Pam Bondi dropped about 23,000 criminal cases, including terrorism, fraud and drug probes, while filing roughly 32,000 new immigration cases in six months, highlighting a major shift in federal prosecution priorities.

Dancing with a beluga whale. Original post

A clear-eyed opinion of Jeff Epstein's role in moneyed society. "The dark connector’s role is to make it easier for people of standing to move between their public obligations and their private desires without too much friction." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...

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Between X's "The World is Beautiful!" and Bsky's "The World is Shit and Capitalism is about to Collapse!" there ought to be a better place.

Their business model - to hook users onto their platform - was judged illegal (unlocked article). www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/t...

Warming oceans are synchronising humid heatwaves. Global, connected, and harder to survive. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The King of Crazytown. - @markjacob.bsky.social art by - @anntelnaes.bsky.social

A war of bombs, lies and liars

Every ideology ends up resembling the others by its demand for human purity, whereas humans are inherently imperfect. The organizing system is less important than the means of accountability embedded in them, systems that keep the consequences of human failings in check.

This is a great list of techniques for getting real information out of a Google search and avoiding AI slop and paid results. (One thing not included is that if you add "-ai" to a search, you block the AI summary) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

The warmonger who is also a petulant child

A view from within Iran is instructive. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/w...

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It's the economy, stupid! Actually, it's not, or at least not that much. The American economy rolls along, regardless of which party governs. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/o...

The man who claimed he can shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and get away with it, has found the limit of his omnipotence. Unfortunately, the genie of war cannot be put back into its bottle.

Mr. Trump expects the whole world to march to his beat, prepared to punish anyone who does not. And then he wonders: why do we have no friends? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/w...

While Trump complains about the dependence of Canada and Europe on American defense, the dependence of Arab states on American defense doesn't seem to bother him. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...

French news humiliated Trump by airing a split screen of him dancing at a rally while bombs fell in Iran. A disco anthem on one side. A war zone on the other. #cdnpoli

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This war will have a profound, permanent geopolitical impact. "In Asia, U.S. allies feel the deficit acutely as they struggle to counter China’s surging military and increasingly aggressive regional maneuvers." The American monetary or armaments deficit will linger. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/w...

There's lots that is extraordinary about the USA, but their governance is the shits and their politics are in the toilet.

Sen. Coons: The clearest winner from this war in Iran is Russia. It's stunning that Trump is on the phone with Vladimir Putin and spending more time consulting with him than he is with Congress and the American people.

A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy to try to intimidate her during Marine Le Pen's trial for embezzlement — something they've done to other judges around the world

What mother wouldn't want her son or daughter to die in sacrifice to President Trump's ambitions?

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Here's a helpful perspective on Iran. "Here is what I know for certain: Iran is older than any regime that has ruled it. Across three millenniums of poetry, philosophy, empire and renewal, this civilization has outlasted conquerors and kings, clerics and generals." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

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