Most people just keep a dog for protection. Not my neighbors.

Does ANYONE besides the media give a flip about the DNC's 2024 autopsy report?

FLAG: The Trump Justice Department is now acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection — calling the information about the prosecutions "partisan propaganda" (it is not).

How to distract from Epstein? War in Iran. How to distract from Iran? War in Cuba. DJT has been playing this game since he swiped another kid's Nilla Wafer in kindergarten.

It looks like “my comments were taken out of context “ has replaced “it was only a joke “ when defending the indefensible.

Politico ownership had tried to legally claim during their battle with unions that their broken AI journalism couldn't be expected to adhere to basic journalistic standards (or their agreement with the union) because it was created by coders, not journalists

Um...we don't want "guard rails" for DJT's slush fund, Congress. We want you to do to it what he did to the East Wing.

After indicting Raul Castro, DoJ has announced forthcoming prosecutions of Jimmy Hoffa for racketeering, D. B. Cooper for skyjacking, and Banksy for defacing public property. "We expect all of them to come forward and surrender themselves," said clueless Tod Blanche.

Well...if you're a Republican, you belong, body and soul, to Donald Trump. Whatever crimes against humanity he commits, you're responsible for. If you're not comfortable with that, it's time to change your registration, change your vote, change your voice. You've got no other choice.

Huh. Apparently the pair of murderers at the San Diego mosque yesterday were white supremacist anti-Islamist, antisemitic, anti-gay misogynists. Who would have guessed?

A note: if you read any supposed news item on social media that includes any variation on the sentence: "The room fell silent." It's guaranteed to be AI slop. It's AI's tell. Stop reading and do not share. That is all.

I must admit I'm disappointed with the verdict in the Musk/Altman lawsuit. I was hoping both sides would lose.

Here is a very important video of an otter having his head stroked.

I often wonder whether operators are still standing by, and if they're allowed to sit occasionally.

Not remembering where I read something is an integral part of my writing process.

My review of Jonelle Patrick's latest triumph, The Samurai's Octopus. timothymillernovels.blogspot.com

Xi Jinping of China yesterday warned DJT of the Thucydides Trap. Trump explained that he had it once but had taken a dose of ivermectin and it cleared up right away.

New substack: "Distilled down to their essence, the artist’s tools are the same as the mountebank’s: desire and fear. The only difference is whether we use them to sell illusion or expose the truth." mosesmiller.substack.com/p/hive-mind

Do you think Melania eggs on DJT's late-night twitter storms just to keep him from coming to bed?

Note to self: do not take your evening walk on an airport runway, no matter how impressive the view. Some selfish pilots will apparently not give up the right of way to you. Courtesy is dead.

I think it's time for a reboot of The Love Boat. Only with a twist. Every week Captain Stubing and Doc Bricker have to deal with a new viral outbreak that threatens the lives not only of the passengers and crew, but the entire world. Hijinks ensue. Which celebrity guest will die first?

So @jvl.bsky.social once called this one of the most important pieces ever published at @thebulwark.com Of course, this essay is built on the preeminent work of people like @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social and @angiemaxwell.bsky.social But I think it is especially relevant today.

60 years after the Voting Rights Act, Confederate states are absolutely scrambling, frothing at the mouth, to turn back the wheels of time. If we thought we had made any progress, we were wrong.

Well, I'm glad we don't seem to have made contact with any aliens. I'd be humiliated to take them to our leader.

Kristallnacht v 2026

Actual Epstein suicide note. For real. Really.

A lot of people are complaining about a billion dollars for DJT's ballroom. But you've got to realize, there are SIX mirror balls included.

It's truly amazing. DJT tells the same damn lies about Iran every damn day. The press laps it up, Wall Street breaks out the champagne, nothing changes, rinse, repeat.

Let's face it--any project named "Freedom" was not going to last a whole day with the Trump regime.

May the Fifth be with you.

Here's a headline from the NY Times: "Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants" I can guarantee you that at least 25% of people on antidepressants would quit if Kennedy just stepped down.

The rise in gas prices is temporary. I mean, we're going to run out of fossil fuels eventually.

Wouldn't a ceasefire be over if both sides are, you know, firing?

New substack: There are a few years in your childhood when you can positively fly. It’s a natural progression, when you think about it. We’re born nailed to the earth. Then we learn to sit up, to crawl, to stand, to run, to dance... open.substack.com/pub/mosesmil...

Phew! I thought I was headed to the slammer for sure! The “86 47” message, Mr. Blanche said, is “posted constantly — that phrase is used constantly.” He added, “Every one of those statements do not result in indictments.”

Donald, you need a personality to have a personality cult.

Trump is pulling 5,000 troops out of Germany, says he'll withdraw troops from Italy and Spain. Champagne corks are popping at the Kremlin.

And once again, Happy May Day

I wish they'd quit calling Iran a war of choice. It's a war of impulse. A war of twitch. It's a tangled mass of electrical charges stampeding across a neuron and then plunging over the axon like lemmings. Don't dignify it by calling it a choice.

At least that's how the DoJ figures it.

Can’t really be emphasized enough: It is absolutely true that this will have devastating consequences and do enormous damage, it has been such a long-running project on the right, and they will try to do worse—and also they are doing this because they see a future without them and are terrified

According to Petey, the Iran War has already cost 25 BILLION dollars.But that's a small price to pay for clearing all those old, stale, out-of-date missiles off the shelf. Many were coming right up against their use-by date.

Busy night at the cucina.

We are the LARGEST union in trade publishing history, and we want better for our workers in order to make a sea change for creatives everywhere. Let's take a stand together against the existential threats to the arts, whether stagnating wages, the AI slop machine, and destructive layoffs.

After being attacked outdoors at Butler and indoors at the Hilton, DJT has directed that all his future public appearances will take place in doorways.

Do NOT trust AI. Especially do not consult with ChatGPT about how to hide the bodies of your roommate and his girlfriend you're planning to murder. The chatbot WILL squeal on you. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...