On the "disenchantment" of scientific rationalism. "The experience of a sunset becomes something like, 'Those colors and their interplay with the physical world is very beautiful.' But it's not, 'I wonder what God wants me to feel when I look at this sunset?'

Love it: the night after he was kicked off of CBS for good, Stephen Colbert hosted a public access show in southeast Michigan.

some people do still move their legs while motoring on an ebike, i've seen it even

You've probably heard about Anthropic's Mythos, but did you know open-source AI tools have been doing the same thing for the past year? I wrote about these bug-finding systems and why they might be better than Mythos for critical infrastructure firms. www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-vuln...

Today’s premium newsletter is part 1 of my "What If...We're In An AI Bubble?" series, covering the scenarios that could burst the bubble - starting with token-based billing's destruction of most AI products, and the slow collapse of data center construction. www.wheresyoured.at/premium-what...

Kars4Kids, the charity known for its repetitive jingle, must stop broadcasting its ads in California, a judge ruled. The judge found that Kars4Kids’s ads violated the state’s laws against false advertising and unfair competition.

The good taxpayers of New York have given me a pair of Meta glasses because I am low vision disabled, and I seem to have used them more than a lot of people on here, so let me say a little about my experiences:

Since we're all talking about dogpiles now, and I had mentioned my own experience dealing with them a few times in the last couple days, I figured I'd write a longer thread explaining my experiences with them and specifically why they're specifically worse than just "a bunch of people being mean"

So let's explore the claim that the Big Bad Media ignored Trump's crypto grifting. Is it true? Well, no. It's been heavily covered by all the biggies. The reason you don't see it is because you see those headlines, and you don't click them. You don't share them. And other people don't see them.

I found this and it may bring a smile!🙂 This is called the "feather-drying dance of the Great blue Heron"

The extremely rare catcopus.

Listen to this farmer. Farmers were not "lied to"! Trump *campaigned* on starting a trade war. Everyone knew perfectly well that he was going to start a trade war. They thought his handouts would make up for it. They have absolutely no one to blame but themselves.

The End Times are here.

This is Blu. He is here for booty scratches. Can also easily be over there for booty scratches. Or there. Just say the word. 13/10 (TT: 24hddsd)

Someone out there decided it would be a good idea to put a German Shepherd in charge of babysitting a bunch of Doberman puppies and they were 100% correct

Anyone else fucking sick of Brian May planting daffodils in his village www.ctvnews.ca/entertainmen...

Friday night's #Jupiter system with Europa shadow transit (including a brief appearance of Callisto's shadow). 100 x 2000 x 15 ms RGB in Celestron 8" + 2.5x powermate + ADC. #astrophotography

This video has been falsely claimed to show Iranian missiles striking a US warship today in the Strait of Hormuz. The clip comes from a 2016 military exercise in which the United States and other countries sunk the decommissioned USS Thach near Hawaii. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

“As the New Deal showed, it’s possible to heed and tend to the needs of communities on both sides of the rural/urban divide. We can’t simply wave a magic wand and recreate the New Deal, but we can rebuild.” www.liberalcurrents.com/can-we-win-b...

I am not being hyperbolic. Our insistence on segregating our histories, in encapsulating the struggle for voting/civil rights as a Black struggle and not an American one, has helped bring us to this moment. We did not have representative democracy until 1965. W/o the VRA, it is unlikely to survive.

If you want to feel what I’m feeling (joy), boil 5 oz of water, pour it on 8 oz of dark chocolate (70% ideal but I just used dark vegan chips), stir til the chocolate melts, then put the bowl in an ice bath and mix with a mixer for about 8 min. Stop when it looks like whipped cream.

This beautiful piece made me think of the work of @decassette.bsky.social

Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950) El Capitan, 1925. Coloured Woodblock.

This Wall Street Journal headline might be the thing that breaks me

Where are the journalists? They should be FOCUSED on this hypocrisy? Why didn't Dana Bash ask this kind of question of @raskin.house.gov instead of suggesting that criticism of Trump encourages political violence? 2/2

I’m starting to think that the “mentalist” they had at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner might be a fraud. 🤔

ICE has violated almost 100 court orders. Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order. That's an out-of-control agency that shouldn't get another dime.

I live for this shit

This is the way.

New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally. It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...

@radiofreetom.bsky.social I've just relaized what Oumuamua, the first confirmed object from interstellar space, reminds me of. I've got a bad feeling about this.

Incredible sequel. Edge of my seat!

Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...

Absolutely insane numbers on data center buildout. I haven’t vetted these by they’re about right based on memory/back of the envelope.

Kid Rock crowd very unpredicatble.

Xavier Becerra addresses single-payer healthcare in California in a way I can appreciate. He talks about the logistics of making it happen. He says it won’t be easy, but it can be done. I respect that. Too many politicians make it sound easy, then drop it once they’re elected. Becerra gets it.

Trump has deleted his Truth Social post depicting himself as Jesus. This comes after the post was heavily criticized by MAGA allies.

Artem Tikhonov The Spillway canvas/oil 140x150 cm

I’ve been checking out Xavier Becerra… and I like what I’m hearing. Serious experience. Solid on the issues. Not just talk. And he’s hitting the issues the right way. Feels like someone who actually understands what California needs. Let’s keep eyes on him together.

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Okay this isn’t really happening anymore so I can tell you how l had “internal ICE sources”: the 3000 very stir-crazy ICE agents were all going wild on Minneapolis Tinder. Local girls would match with them and string them along for intel. They loved to brag about what they were doing all day

I think someone found the actual video here youtu.be/jV96uhFWgmA

"When my constituents behind my drywall communicate with me through static electricity or the dripping of my faucet, they tell me one thing over and over again: light a post office on fire. Yet when I bring up the issue on the floor, all I get is physically restrained."

Congrats to the midwest regional salesman of the quarter, my son-in-law, JD.

How about a history thread as a timeline cleanser? I recently read this history of the Gilded Age on the @economist.com. It uses the term "robber baron." Where did the term come from? It makes no sense. Its weird origins are wildly unexpected—& reveal a LOT. 1/20 www.economist.com/interactive/...

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I hate having to do the "look, they're normal just like us" post, but sometimes you have to do that when American propaganda tries to convince everyone Iranians are "animals".

Don't think I've ever been as terrified in all the Trump security crises. As @pkrugman.bsky.social said, "It’s the most astonishing, awful thing that I’ve ever seen, and we’ve all seen a lot of awful things." Mainly as cope, and to teach it, I keep asking why. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

The Easter lamb cake thing is breaking my brain.