Reading some of the big names in philosophy rn and didn't realize Descartes went through a Jordan Peterson phase before he died. Meditations on First Philosophy is one of the more useless things any person has written

Trump just described voting as "the greatest privilege of them all." We don't call it a privilege here. It's a right.

New from me: statescoop.com/oregon-acces...

Who needs the Post's sports desk when you can get commentary like this for free

hey not to be bossy but if everyone could stop posting shirtless pics of RFK that would be superb

windows pcs are generally for casual users who mostly use it for web browsing and maybe a little gaming. linux is nearly identical except there's no keyboard. macs are for hardcore experts and professionals who take on the toughest tasks, such as drawing three-dimensional rectangles and squares

Illinois Governor Pritzker, following today's SCOTUS ruling, sends President Trump an invoice for $8,679,261,600 for refunds of the "illegal tariffs" the residents of his state were charged.

Seems very unlikely to pass, but what an idea www.nj.com/politics/202...

Fellow Americans, it is possible to get this one right:

It is my personal editorial position that the term "reported fiction" is bad and not a thing journalists should, generally speaking, embrace.

just read some shocking news

In case you missed it on Friday (I did): The Center for Democracy and Technology announced a new program aiming to “strengthen mechanisms that provide timely, actionable research and analysis to support the cybersecurity and resilience of vital election processes.” statescoop.com/cdt-election...

Texas AG Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against TP-Link, the first in a series his office is filing against Chinese companies that have allegedly harmed Texans statescoop.com/texas-ag-ken...

"some of my best friends are black"

Say what you want about Republicans, but no one is funnier:

Here's a good @theonion.com piece: Mike Johnson admits to knowing something

Cohen to Bondi: "You tried to investigate Ms. Good's widow and you tried to investigate Mr. Pretti. They were executed like Kristi Noem executed her dog."

I’ve watched a lot of congressional hearings over the last 40 years. This performance by Bondi is the single most unprofessional, non-responsive, reprehensible and obnoxious I have ever seen from any witness who has testified before any committee of either chamber.

everyone complaining about this is just jealous they can't afford to take their families to the fancy molestation island and have to settle for regular islands

Minnesota's CIO, Tarek Tomes, is stepping down. New: statescoop.com/tarek-tomes-...

Much has been written about Melania, but this is one of the most fascinating articles I've seen. It seemingly defends the work, but not on the basis of its merit. Rather, he's mad the woke left is unjustly keeping this sort of pablum from the masses. www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02...

Rob Knake, former deputy national cyber director under Biden, said he expects the Trump administration's new cyber strategy (which my colleague @timstarks.bsky.social reported on first!) to be released overnight.

this video from two years ago has only gotten better www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKfH...

The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...

I love when cops use puns in the names of their super serious investigations

Lots of great lines in this piece, but this is the one that does it for me: www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...

You can call me old fashioned but I think five is too young to have kids

If you answer “No” you get an invitation to Mar-a-Lago

The federal raid on the Fulton County Georgia, Elections Office, plus a good round-up of the latest efforts of the administration to collect voter data elsewhere: cyberscoop.com/fulton-count...

NEW: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said he’s readying to bring a more aggressive version of the SAVE Act to the Senate floor. The new bill would not only require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration, but would also mandate photo ID to vote.

Pro tip for anyone who fucks up at work: just use a bunch of impressive sounding jargon to cover your tracks. Maybe something like: "I was harnessing AI and other cutting-edge technologies to drive government modernization" www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Every once in a while, the National Review makes a lot of sense

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Monday confirmed that he received a letter from AG Pam Bondi over the weekend demanding that the state better cooperate with federal immigration authorities and that it hand over its voter registration lists and safety-net benefits data. statescoop.com/minnesota-wa...

Today we will find out that Mike Johnson knows nothing about the shooting in MN.

ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...

shout out to NJ's new governor for taking a risk on Portal technology

JD, it's Friday bro. let's save the baby skeletons for maybe a Tuesday speech

lol what

A governor's office creating a website that points out how the president frequently affiliates himself with other convicted criminals is technically govtech. statescoop.com/gavin-newsom...

“The choice before us is not whether to change, but whether to rise to the moment, to ensure the resilience of our democracy during uncertain times,” Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said. statescoop.com/arizona-adri...

SPORTS. From North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong today:

A reminder that Betteridge's law sometimes fails

The House Homeland Security Committee is holding an oversight hearing with three DHS component leaders, including acting CISA chief Madhu Gottumukkala. It's his first time testifying before Congress in his role. homeland.house.gov/hearing/over...

New year, same confusing policy from Washington. From my SCIF piece last May:

Time magazine's latest incisive analysis

California is not required to turn over its full voter registration list to the federal government, after a federal judge on Thursday granted a motion to dismiss a Department of Justice lawsuit filed last September. statescoop.com/california-v...