As a historian of the American West, I winced to hear Trump blatantly ignored all our scholarship in his SOTU, prattling on about an "unforgiving wilderness" and "empty" landscapes-- without the slightest acknowledgment of the Indigenous and Mexican presence on these same lands.

Pour one out for the poor comms staffers who need to pay enough attention to this shit to respond and fact check

Sargon Hammurabi Ashurbanipal Gilgamesh

A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.

Attempt to post Trump met with “failed to load blob” Bluesky error message LOL

No cheating, your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist

Some safety tips for the big storm! Be safe, everybody.

What problem is Trump's new global 10% tariff meant to solve? If it's about leverage, ask: How much leverage do you get from a tariff that disappears in 150 days? If it's onshoring: Who builds new factories based on tariff that disappear before the factory is built? It's a tax. That's all it is.

The brain drain from science in the US isn't to other countries, but from science to non-science (e.g., I know scientists driving for Uber). The one exception is that students and postdocs are choosing other countries over the US because of the lack of funding, the danger, and the uncertainty.

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

Oh, you think it's ai because of em dashes? Where did ai get em dashes from? WHERE DID IT GET THEM, MOTHERFUCKER?

Complaining that following the Constitution will stop you from doing the thing you want to do is... an admission that what you want to do is unconstitutional. You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.

As an independent author, this is a marketing tactic I hadn't considered. 🤔 Make room, @govwesmoore.bsky.social. Love ya, but poppa has books to sell. 🤓

Now there's a name I've not given a shit about for a long time; a long time.

My thoughts on Stephen A Smith potentially running for president are: Could we please stop fucking electing celebrities and get back to the business of running the country with boring people who just want to do a good job. Thanks

Democrats should propose amendments to the SAVE act that require the government to furnish free IDs to all eligible voters before requiring them, automatically register all people to vote, expand mail-in voting, and create a national voting holiday. Then watch republicans block them.

HAL JORDAN: In brightest day, in blackest BEASTIE BOYS: NIGHT! HAL JORDAN: No evil shall escape my BEASTIE BOYS: SIGHT! HAL JORDAN: This is awkward because when I invited you I thought I was messaging Beast Boy from the Teen Titans.

I knew her testimony sounded familiar.

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

GALLEGO: Why is the agent who shot Renee Good holding a camera phone & weapon? LYONS: The US attorney was requiring to have video leading up to arrests, so officials have used phones for that GALLEGO: Maybe you shouldn't be trying to be an influencer and wielding a weapon at the same time

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLANKA

A single balloon? Heck, back in my day, it would have taken nearly a hundred red balloons to trigger this sort of overreaction. 😏

Has anyone checked in with Nena lately?

Nerds assemble! I need recommendations for a speaker who can talk not only about the growth in awareness of ADHD/autism in the UK, and the importance of accommodations etc., but also the sociological aspects of underdiagnosis/stigma in women/minority communities etc. Pls repost for wider reach, ta.

With a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla & revised expectations.

If you have a ring camera, it is possible to return it and get a refund, and looking into doing so might be well worth your time. bsky.app/profile/tris...

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

I’m surprised the local fire marshall approved TPUSA’s use of pyrotechnics in that middle school auditorium. 😆

Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) says he was uninvited from a bipartisan White House dinner for governors "As the nation’s only Black governor, I can’t ignore that being singled out for exclusion from this bipartisan tradition carries an added weight — whether that was the intent or not"

No Kings includes Draft Kings

Pretty sure this is very old news to most of us, but nice to see major outlets finally catching up. No but seriously please consider getting off of substack as soon as you can. There's lot's of other non-nazi alternatives. Thanks. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

My contribution to Super Bowl Sunday is this Jewish Aramaic incantation bowl with a demon on it. From Nippur, Mesopotamia, circa 6th-7th century CE. Truly a super bowl.

The Super Bowl halftime show featuring Bad Bunny is expected to take place between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. ET. The alternate halftime show by Turning Point USA featuring Kid Rock is expected to take place between 1930 and 1932.

And that is how this super bowl, this lovely, shimmering object, embodies a story about the global interconnections of the medieval world, a world of diverse religious traditions and a reminder of a vibrant trade spanning the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean basin.

Donald Trump has disinvited Maryland Governor Wes Moore, the only Black governor in America, from a bipartisan dinner for the nation’s governors. Moore is the vice chair of the National Governors Association.

Having to teach folks spycraft and opsec is an amazing bingo entry, sad, but amazing.

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “No, your UNIQUE value proposition.”

Portrait of Michelle and Barack Obama former First Lady and President of the US 📷 Pete Souza

Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover

I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers. Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now: bit.ly/4a2VtHw

Pamela Jo Bondi is protecting pedophiles. She is disgusting and needs to be investigated.

Donald Trump will never know this L❤️VE.

I'm unsubscribing from something every day.

Prue is metal af

Doing a little Message Vision Checkup with Dr. Mara Einstein, author of the amazong book Hoodwinked. If you had to put a name to YOUR industry bad guy, who would it be? Listen to this amazing conversation on the latest episode of Nerds That Talk Good!

Another packed house in Howard County, Maryland tonight showing up in support of CB16 and against the opening of an ICE detention center in our community. #Resist #ICEout @maddow.bsky.social

Remember when Kid Rock sang “I like em underage”?? Yeah.

Remember, Abolishing ICE is the compromise position. The actual goal should be every member of the organization tried for crimes against US citizens.