picture, thousan words, etc etc

Remember when people were fired for *reposting* accurate quotes from Charlie Kirk after he was killed.

WBAL in Baltimore helping viewers understand the difference between watches and warnings

Good words of warning here. AI models are generally designed to read and incorporate (and, in a sense, believe) virtually everything they find online, with very few guardrails. The information can get divorced from its original source, context, & rebuttals or retractions. That's a really big problem

Scoop: U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee joked to embassy staff about procreating while sheltering in place on Tuesday in a memo one U.S. official described as “awkward” and “odd.”

The White House explanation mostly checks out. Mostly.

Could someone please reset the "Hours without an embarrassing DOJ filing" clock to 0?

21% @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

I like to distract myself from the terrifying political news by reading the ridiculous political news.

Bored of Peace

Bad enough to kick a reporter out. Worse to lie about it. Worse still to smear the reporter involved by a) accusing her of fabulism — a career-ending accusation — and b) falsely claiming she’s been sued for defamation Not dramatic enough? There’s audio: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The DOJ is receiving criticism for removing, then replacing, a photo of Howard Lutnick on Epstein's Island from the Epstein Files. This comes after new reports of Lutnick and Epstein's close years-long relationship after Epstein's child sex crimes conviction.

These dogs are having the time of their lives following this week's historic blizzard in the Northeast. Please enjoy. 14/10 for all

This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange. Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119. me, for @forbes.com

(Media) SCOOP: Weeks ago, the owner of the Washington City Paper had offered to purchase The Washington Post's sports and local sections, keeping their desks alive. The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead. www.theverge.com/policy/87683...

Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats

Trump is working hard to set/reinforce a frame that connects immigration, financial fraud, & election fraud. He and the right wing propaganda machine will keep producing “evidence” to fit this frame, then use it to justify attempts to suppress voters, kick voters off rolls, and delegitimize results.

This hasn’t received nearly enough attention: Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander. Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander

Breaking news: A man attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) while she was speaking during a town hall meeting in Minneapolis, spraying an unknown liquid at her, according to police. She appeared unharmed and kept speaking. https://wapo.st/4rgMk3J

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

The NSF just released a "dear colleague" asking for ideas to inform its plans to restructure the National Center for Atmospheric Research. This includes proposals to repurpose NCAR's Mesa Lab, an architectural icon below the Boulder Flatirons, for "private use."

No one: Absolutely no one: Not a single soul on planet Earth: Verizon Wireless:

With ten days until our contract expires, our unit is not willing to settle for less. We're standing together until we reach a fair deal.

Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent… “We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”

Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/vide...

Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...

A White House spokesperson said Trump’s response was “appropriate.”

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

A headline to sum up our times:

We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.

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.@PabloReports: What do you make of the White House blaming the police for what happened on January 6th? Lieu: The White House’s statement is batshit crazy.

Even though the flu vaccine this year isn't as good a match for the virus as in years prior, it's still 75% more effective at keeping kids out of the hospital than no vaccine at all, says @Elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.

Truly Trumpian grift. Insider trading on an illegal invasion.

Congressman Thomas Massie’s first reaction to the invasion/abduction of Venezuelan leader.

Speaking with Vanity Fair in November, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles admitted that a military strike in Venezuela would require a congressional act of war. “If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress."

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner

It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams

And may every day be another wonderful secret.

New Fox News poll shows Trump's approval on: Border Security: +2 Crime and public safety: -5 Immigration: -10 Foreign Policy: -15 Economy: -22 Healthcare: -25 Spending: -25 Tariffs: -28 static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/...

The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of

This photo of Bill Gates and a person whose face is redacted, from the Epstein files, shows two doors bearing the Signature Aviation (a.k.a. "Signature Flight Support") logo. Source: Epstein’s estate, via the House Oversight Committee. H/t @gnobes.bsky.social for spotting the Signature logos.

hi hello sometimes leaking documents is in the public interest www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.