I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Dante put Fraud at the very very bottom of hell For A Reason. It corrupts everything and makes all other “sins” possible

It was a bit of a squeaker in retrospect. An 83 election probably would have been different after 2 years of recession and high unemployment.

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“You have a right to flee for your safety, and so if you drive off and you hit one of these people, that’s their fault for impinging on you.” - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, June 2025

Seeing people saying dems haven't fought like DPK (the majority party) in South Korea. Yoon declared martial law and suspended all legislative activities out of the blue in a national address. (skill issue TBH) His own party (PPP) opposed him which made impeachment inevitable.

This seems significant: not a FORMER DHS official, but a SENIOR (current) one saying the officer who fired acted counter to training. This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One. I think they know this is bad. Really bad.

Assuming dems get control of the house (seems likely), I'm totally behind non-stop impeachments. Until then, it seems like a waste, but I know opinions vary on this.

The governor’s office in Asqaneh, North Khorasan Province, is burning. #Iran

Bellingcat has identified remnants of a US missile visible inside a three-storey apartment complex, hit during the US military raid to capture President Maduro on Jan 3, 2026. The strike reportedly killed at least one civilian in Venezuela. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

I agree but I want to stress that they ARE reacting quickly.

Job openings dropped to 7.1M in November, undershooting expectations.

ADP private payrolls “added 614k jobs in 2025 ... other than the dramatic decline in 2020, that is the weakest year we've seen going back to 2011.” - Schwab

Second tanker seized today. www.bbc.com/news/live/cw...

Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt: “Putin is increasingly humiliated as allied satellite regimes fall one by one, exposing Russia’s dwindling influence and its inability to safeguard ships under its protection.”

U.S. special forces have likely already seized the Russian-flagged tanker Marinera in the Atlantic, Reuters. The operation is supported by U.S. and British surveillance aircraft, including KC-135T Stratotankers and P-8 Poseidons. Despite a nearby Russian sub and navy ships, the U.S. proceeded.

Hell, yeah, Athena. Pomegranates are awesome.

Huh. Catching up to the fact that Bayer owns Monsanto.

This is so exhausting. I am really looking forward to the great divorce between influencers and politics. Probably wishful thinking.

idk man, probably woulda been smart for the "insurgent campaign" to get the endorsement of the popular retiring incumbent instead of just sneering at it. Good luck in the primary though I guess.

literally I don’t wanna hear shit from Europeans unless THEIR leaders are doing anything to stop this tyrant. economic sanctions? pulling diplomats? extremely strongly worded statements? because they have done ~fuck all~ so far

I see the armchair military strategists are out tonight.

@gabimccauley.bsky.social I have bad news for you.

So about 7% of the SPR capacity.

Literally no idea why every website for an establishment in Manhattan doesn't have their location in cross streets - bold at the top of the homepage.

The bulk of recent US blue-collar job losses come from manufacturing, where employment has shrunk by more than 81k over the last twelve months The downturn has hit almost every subsector, but transportation (mostly cars), electronics, & wood products have been hit particularly hard

I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day. Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me. 🧵

Texas and Florida at the tip of the spear of totally devaluing US educational institutions.

@josephpolitano.bsky.social has a good total employment chart. There has definitely been some stagnation, but there are a number of reasons for that beyond AI.

To put this in perspective, here's the number of tech sector hires per year (JOLTS data). 2025 900,000 2024 972,000 2023 864,000 2022 1,260,000 2021 1,404,000 2020 1,080,000 2019 1,250,000 2018 1,220,000 2017 1,180,000 2016 1,150,000 www.anildash.com/2026/01/06/5...

Last week I heard an Iran expert on NPR talking about how the protests are significant but not anywhere close to 2022. Looks like that's changing. Economics (and water in Tehran) is a much tougher problem to solve than quietly relaxing rules on hijabs. We'll see. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I don't think it's true (or helpful) to say that Denmark recommends fewer vaccines because their healthcare system can treat the diseases better. The trend is for countries to move to universal recommendations over time. Some countries do it much earlier than others.

I'm curious what would happen if a bunch of people prompted Grok to generate mushroom or pee pee tape images.

The problem is that this will get picked up by the admin and state media as evidence that ICE, etc. are succeeding, whereas it is a longer term trend.

"luv our NHS (won't fix it by the next GE though)"

Mike Johnson’s razor-thin House majority took three hits today — Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation, the unexpected passing of Doug LaMalfa, and the hospitalization of Jim Baird following a serious car accident. With Tom Massie fighting hard with leadership, the Republican margin shrinks to ONE.

Even with expanded territory, Germany also had a population of 80M.

Looks like we're past flu peak in NYC.

Johnson clenches.

I wonder if this is what the people celebrating in Doral imagined. www.bbc.com/news/article...

“The more we develop AI, the more we see that the world is not science fiction. The world is a lot more complicated than that.” Yep.

I remember talking to one of my buddies about The Endarkenment in the late 90s. (Millgram later made the concept famous but it was floating around) It's continued to be a pretty steady progression since then.

Looks very much designed as a purely diplomatic mission.

Unfortunately reduced measles vaccination rates and measles outbreaks is a global phenomenon. www.unicefusa.org/stories/meas...

Is this for real? My god what a f*ck up. His read started rough, way to nervous & uneven but the end here is about as big a mess as you’ll see on the network evening news. Truth is that every local news anchor in the country had a better show tonight than this guy…

Again. From 1985 to 2015, only 7 discharge petitions were successful in the House of Representatives. Since 2023, 7 discharge petitions have been successful. With Hakeem Jeffries as MINORITY Leader & Mike Johnson as Speaker, it has been FAR more successful than it historically has been.

"Popularized convenience stores" seems like 7/11 erasure. This was definitely written by a Pennsylvanian.

#MetalMonday: Fabergé jeweled gold and silver-mounted charka shaped as a #bird Workmaster's mark of Anna Ringe, St. Petersburg, c. 1896 H 2in. (5.1cm.) engraved with the Russian inscription 'Christmas Tree, 4 January 1897' #BirdsInArt www.christies.com/lot/a-jewell...

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