How it’s going How it’s going to go

The Russian Navy held a #VictoryDay parade in the Black Sea.

The outro to The Beths song Metal.

"The lesson of America 2025 is not that the Americans are stupid, although that is a contributing factor. The lesson is that this rot spreads if you let it. It spreads if you don’t punish it. It spreads if you don’t make examples of the people who tried it..." ifloz.substack.com/p/accountabi...

Was this fallout from your datacenter ban veto, or did you veto the datacenter ban because you had already decided to drop out and knew it wouldn't matter? Or did you veto the ban in hopes of gathering datacenter cash but everyone hated the veto, so in the end the cash wouldn't matter?

I've been enjoying checking in on wallstreetbets from time to time www.reddit.com/r/wallstreet...

Important: "...there are at least five significant takeaways from these materials—none of which paint the Court in an especially flattering light. And at the heart of most of them is Chief Justice Roberts."

Yes!

I can't reconcile Justice Thomas' speech today about how important any job worth doing is worth doing well, and that it's critical not to skip any steps, and that a judge owes follow the proper procedures to the American people, with his acceptance of gifts and participation in the shadow docket.

Nobody wants to live on top of the tragic Surfside collapse site. www.bisnow.com/south-florid...?

*HASSETT: HORMUZ CAN BE OPENED WITHIN TWO MONTHS

New York Times today: "Iran’s Schools and Hospitals in Ruins, Times Analysis Shows" If the US military did this they need to be strung up. This is shameful.

We didn't deserve this day.

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social you have about 3 hours to work with your colleagues to impeach and remove before WWIII really gets going. Do it.

Constitutional lawyer here. I don't think it would violate the Constitution for the VP/Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment, but the intended constitutional remedy for this behavior is impeachment & removal. The fact that that remedy is politically impossible is a scandal and a crisis.

"Service says designation reflects ‘longstanding traditions’ in the fleet"

MFer knows parts of his dismembered body will hang from various light poles around Washington DC after his junta loses the midterms.

$5.69/gal diesel tonight.

DCA go-around. Frontier 690 "Kit the Kermode Bear" 3/30/26 2142 #DCA #GoAround

The Smell of Death, by Edvard Munch, 1895

Again private equity ruins an industry for profit at the cost of the public good. REV Group bought a small but mighty fire apparatus manufacturer in Nesquehoning, PA and closed the factory several years later. The culture clash of profit over quality ruined 60 years of American excellence.

A well-funded Koch-affiliated MAGA redistricting disinformation campaign is using Barack Obama's likeness in mailers received by Virginians today. Obama actually wants to you to vote YES. In the words of Louise Lucas, Republicans started it and we're f***ing finishing it. #Virginia

Snoozing during the most boring global company town hall ever.

Lately, when I heart a post it usually means "I hate this but agree."

Merchant mariner and historian @mercoglianos.bsky.social graciously shares his well-informed insights on the Iran situation and consequences for Middle East oil shipping. Today's update has a lot. Recommended: youtu.be/DcGKmkZT3Rg

Most important long read of the week; a thoroughly educational brief on alignment of political goals with military planning, and what happens when they diverge. #iran #strategy

What was Walt Schultz was smoking when he designed the Shannon Shoalsailer? #Sailboats #Weird

If the Dems who win in the 2026 midterms get squeamish about prosecuting this administration, we'll need to elect a bunch of new people running on Nuremberg shit for 2028. This isn't a joke. It's the law. It's justice. Biden let Trump back in the WH and this happened because Joe didn't do his job

The US energy secretary has no idea what commodities are and why. FT reports: "Chris Wright said on CBS’s Face the Nation that oil and gas prices “shouldn’t go much higher than they are here” because “there’s no energy shortage in the Western Hemisphere”."

Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney coming back to ruin America is what happens when you let Nixon resign and don't go after everyone in his inner circle. We saw what happened when we did nothing about Trump. This time, we have to make sure none of his inner circle come back to haunt us in the future.

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My coworker of Iranian descent has parents and siblings in Tehran. He is all in for this American war. They want all the Muslim clerics out and this is their chance, he says. His parents are wiling to give their lives so the young ones can live freely. But if this fails it'll get worse.

@repauchincloss.bsky.social Informative contribution on Bloomberg this morning about the strategic incoherence of this administration and the consequences of its self-imposed weakness in Ukraine and other theaters. Important historical perspective of resulting impairment of military leadership.

Very illegal.

perhaps I have made a mistake

@toasttab.bsky.social can't order even with Apple Pay without signing up, which means giving you my phone number. Used to be able to check out as guest with Apple Pay. This sucks.

@markwarner.bsky.social After voting today in the special election, a canvasser asked me to sign your ballot access petition. You continue to support this criminal mafia running the federal government by confirming their appointees. So I said no. And I welcome a competent primary challenge.

Hi @timladerach.bsky.social I appreciated your very competent discussion with Bill Rosello about Alexandria city development and other issues. You immediately answered YES in support of the old town waterfront pump station, which was surprising because this project is clearly already a boondoggle,

@sirstuck.bsky.social You don't have replies on your PCB posting but I am going to guess V1/V2 are 12AX7 and V3/V4 are EL84s. How close am I?

Notable message from President Zelensky. The USA is clearly putting pressure on Ukraine to hand over more of its land to dictatorial Russia. Good to see the Ukrainian pushback--but the USA should hang its head in shame.

Are those Whitefish Energy power poles? #badbunny

Civil litigator here with years of experience of business people’s emails to each other in disclosed evidence for disputes. As a general rule: the senior the business person, the less effort they put into emails, and the more effort expected from those reading them. Effectively a mark of rank.

Tired: Trump Derangement Syndrome. Wired: Jeffrey Epstein Withdrawal.

If I have the right Nellie Bowles, the partner in question is Bari Weiss

If he does so, he will become my arch enemy.

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social It's already illegal. Do better. Say NO FUNDING. Make them fix their problem.

I struggle to think of anything that might be in the Epstein Files that could possibly be worse than what he's doing right now every day right in front of us.