I really enjoyed Laura Poitras’s + film on Seymour Hersh. It’s unsettling throughout, with a depressing takeaway being his singularity: his readiness to push further & dig deeper than almost anyone else, while journalistic institutions, then & now, repeatedly fold www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/m...

The US is at war with Venezuela. No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity. US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.

Just arrived today, two CDROM #FOIA releases from the FBI, one on the group Masters of Downloading and one on Captain Midnight who hit HBO with a broadcast signal intrusion in 1986.

Try this link, still based epsteinsecrets.com

A sunny winter day in the PNW is a treat. A sunny day with a pair of eagles with the olympics in view is an extra extra special treat

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Based data base epsteinsecrets.com/network?node...

That look of mild disappointment (for not petting him constantly)

Mountain magic (never gets old)

Roller skates is the secret sauce, isn’t ?

Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta. Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.

Finally. Snow. Shoes. Snow Shoes

45 years of John Young's papers and the Cryptome archive have been added to Stanford's archive and is available for researchers to request access to: searchworks.stanford.edu/view/in00000...

my unpopular opinion is that you’re not supposed to get mad at people for not caring about your birthday. you’re turning 46 Carol, not 11. get over it.

I love Wes Anderson, but I keep hoping he’ll one day flip his shtick: the wounded male lead, the token quirky woman, and twelve + dude entourage

2025 and this should not be happening but here we are: a medical establishment that can’t grok things like long covid or long Lyme or mold sickness. It’s better than five years ago but still deeply broken

So close yet so far. It’s like what will it take for mainstream medicine to take stealth infections seriously?

So enjoying: the book and the hot chocolate with homemade mascarpone whipped cream (left over from last nights flourless chocolate chocolate cake)

I felt to play with color

Remarkable story though also remarkalbly fscked up. www.gofundme.com/f/save-casey...

The look of next-level, pure comfort

And five?

The one block that is still going strong, whose faith in Trump has yet to flatter, which likely made a real difference in getting him elected is MAHA and not even a blip of a mention www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...

thomas chatterton williams, whose main literary output is three memoirs of declining quality, and who has written the same essay ad nauseam for 10 years, nonetheless has a sinecure at the atlantic, a teaching job at an elite college, and a nice handful of prestigious fellowships

Blazing, blazing and blazing sunset

Updating the Epstein files cache on @ddosecrets.com today. Some of it's already added, more in-progress

With the 60 minutes leak, the many recent Epstein releases, etc., I think we are seeing the future of government accountability under authoritarianism: Leaks, hacks, data dumps, releases of big document caches. Journalists and the public will have to learn how to digest this stuff. 🧵

So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions

So this happened.

well, archivists gonna archive. torrents remain undefeated www.404media.co/archivists-p...

Good reporting by @hsouvainehorn.bsky.social "But this tension between MAHA and Zeldin is part of a genuine vulnerability in the MAHA-MAGA alliance—as much as they may agree, disturbingly, on other things." newrepublic.com/post/204576/...

Well worth a watch on many levels. From the astonishing acting performance of Luca Marinelli, to the story telling and stylish presentation. The lessons are there to learn. The final lesson is stark and clear. Please watch it if you can.

A clear clarion call to learn from the (frightening) lessons of the past: www.npr.org/2025/09/11/n...

People must grasp the idea of “media capture.” It’s when authoritarian regimes and/or their powerful allies take control of media to stifle independent voices holding the government to account. It’s one way Hungary’s Viktor Orbán keeps power. In the U.S., it’s what the Ellisons have done with CBS.

Make no mistake, this is competitive authoritarianism. The regime is using the power of the state to coerce the press away from critical coverage. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

“A Home Depot in Los Angeles installed three high-pitch noise-emitting machines outside to deter day laborers from seeking work there, causing them to suffer headaches and nausea, advocates alleged at a press conference on Wednesday.”

🧑‍🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…

Definitely repost and share this one.

Book Authors: make sure to check to see if you are eligible for payment (re: Anthropic Copyright Settlement Website) One of my 2 books is (both should have been my one of my publishers failed to register my copyright) www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.

Book Authors: make sure to check to see if you are eligible for payment (re: Anthropic Copyright Settlement Website) One of my 2 books is (both should have been my one of my publishers failed to register my copyright) www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

An example of mold that can make you sick, is not visible, and won't come up in air tests. This mold is below the shower. American housing is of such poor quality because they simply use materials you should never use in bathrooms.

The anti vax sentiment was so entrenched by the time Covid happened there was no enabling with these pieces. But few want to grapple with a much longer history

While I'm skeptical anything will come of this meeting (in the short term), it's still extraordinary & shows the power MAHA wields. If the EPA director sits down with a mid-level MAHA advocate, they're scared/beholden. Democrats need to get on board with taking this movement seriously, but how?

Can't wait to see my dog nephew in a few days: his given name is Ole, though I prefer some of his nicknames: Russet Potato, Cinder Block of Cuteness, Juggernaut (he likes to run and then torpedo you)

Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet

Just overheard at cafe: ‘I’m sorry to hear there are Italian narcissists, I was hoping it was a local American phenomenon’ hah: if only tho I suspect it’s worse here? Or maybe not?

I’d like to think the crows have settled here in droves to be close to Bruce Lee

We buckle up. We insure. But leaks, we often let them slip, and when they strike as a flood, it's devastating, and it drowns our wallets and our health. If you own a home or apartment, it's easy to add this gizmo: www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

I've been living in WA state since June and I find myself in 2 sleeping modes: sleepless in the summer, and sleepful in the winter