An ecology professor said something that keeps coming back to me: Whenever there is a resource that some organism has worked to build, there will always be a parasite that evolves to steal it.

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.

Today, I voted YES to release the names of Members of Congress who used taxpayer dollars to settle sexual misconduct and other misconduct cases in Congress. No more abuses of power and no more hiding behind a system that shields perpetrators. We will always fight for justice for survivors—period.

Please read and call. Flood the zone.

Cool algae formation on my walk around the Reflecting Pool today.

A novel but accurate description

No locusts? Dang.

Today’s Thought….

NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The stunning stupidity continues: www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

Notice how a book can make you gay, a vaccine can make you autistic, a mask can make you sicker, and a poster of the Ten Commandments can make you moral, but guns don’t kill people.

Exclusive footage shows the White House Correspondents Dinner security.

This is why it's important authors read a lot, Murakami has no idea this has been done already

A US special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was arrested for allegedly betting on that operation, netting him $400,000 in profits, according to a person familiar with the matter. www.cnn.com/2026/04/23/p...

George Will is the WaPo’s leftist columnist now.

Maybe it’s not a coinkydink that they bigfoot arrested the mayor of the city where Crash Duffy can’t keep the ATC running.

“The controversial 1,000-bed facility is owned by the private prison company GEO Group, which entered into a 15-year, $1 billion contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in February.” $1 BILLION dollars lining the pockets of a private prison company. www.insidernj.com/baraka-arres...

Make it make sense