You are a skilful and trusted vizier. You will advise me wisely on how best to rule the kingdom. You will not scheme or plot. You will not inveigle my other courtiers into turning against me. You will not lie to me about scheming or plotting. If you scheme or plot against me, you have to tell me,

This line in particular makes me feel ill: "The dissent would require that the 2026 congressional elections in Louisiana be held under a map that has been held to be unconstitutional." SCOTUS' Republican majority has long required elections to be held under illegal maps—when it hurts Dems.

Remember, back in December this same SCOTUS said it was too late to change Texas' maps (that had just been changed in August) after they were deemed (by a Trump-appointed judge) to be unconstitutional. So Dec. was too late, but May (after ballots have been sent) is fine? WTF?

This Saul Steinberg cartoon making fun of fascist architectural projects feels very contemporary right now for some reason.

leaked software industry training manual (2026)

Most striking to me about these memos is the radically different assessment of the harm imposed by the president not being able to pursue his initiatives. Over the last 15 mos., that harm has in numerous cases been treated as almost per se serious and irreparable. Here, it gets no analysis at all.

The Federal Reserve shows that without Trump's tariffs, inflation would be back down to pre-pandemic levels. And this doesn't even include the more recent price spike due to the illegal Iran war. Biden's policies were working. Anyone who thinks Republicans are better for the economy is flat wrong.

Can't stop thinking about this Adam Zagajewski poem

"Tucker Collins, an 18-year-old freshman at USC, attended a 'No Kings' protest in Los Angeles on Mar. 28. He ended up getting shot in the eye with a less-lethal projectile by a Department of Homeland Security agent and is now blind."

Only 23% of government workers believe they “can report a suspected violation of a law, rule, or regulation without experiencing retaliation.” That's way down form the share the prior year (72%) who said they could report suspected illegal activity without fear www.thebulwark.com/p/two-more-g...

I had no idea about this aspect of Hughes' life and work.

The US-Israel war on Iran has emitted 5 million tonnes of CO₂ₑ in its first 14 days. The world currently has 0.6 million tonnes of novel and permanent CO₂ removal (CDR) capacity annually.

How Palantir, not Anthropic, led US bombs to kill 175 civilians, mostly 7-12yo girls, in a school in Minab, Iran on Feb 28. How embedding automation - not LLMs in this case, just image processing and sensor fusion - in military workflows mutes human judgment, causes errors, & diverts accountability.

“Axis of Evil” types across the globe when they recognize MAGA

This is insane.

"it's way easier to get round earth articles published in serious scientific publications than it is to publish flat earth articles. this is a problem, as I am a flat earther"

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

Hey elder punks, get your blood pressure checked. We're not getting any younger. If yours is too high, get on meds. We need punks more than ever right now.

You can easily tell that American media has been captured because the president and “commander in chief” claiming to be unaware that his military is conducting horrific war crimes should normally be big, shattering news

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

Dear Russia, Iran's fire is making oil prices spike. Spiking oil prices makes economic problems for us, so we're making it easier for you to sell more oil. In sum, Iranian military success against us reduces economic pressure on you. Just, you know, FYI. Sincerely, The geniuses leading America

For all the but how can we afford space exploration folks…this means we’ve already spent more on this war that started last week than Cassini cost in the 26 years it took to build, launch, and operate it.

Hiring the dregs of Liberty Law School for the DOJ is the legal equivalent of drafting 13-year-olds into the infantry

Most likely all being done illegally, like much of the rest of the government operates now

strategery is back, baby

I am super bummed that someone is picking on me because I am not happy when the press minimizes public corruption. I am just an average reader, I don't have thousands of followers and am not prepared to defend against pile-on attacks from large accounts with quote-posts designed to inflame.

Corrupt Monopoly era

Corrupt Monopoly era

Jim Henson - The Countryside [USA, Novelty] (1960) https://redd.it/5dogqr https://youtu.be/xmFIYQSdjac

Guitar tune-up evening

Speaking of our *real* fascist administration, he notes: “I don’t think they’re going to get over, but I think the ultimate goal was always to get rid of the elections completely and just do a complete takeover.”

Among Trump FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson's other encroachments on the First Amendment, don't neglect his regulatory vendetta against NewsGuard, a private media-rating service that Ferguson blames for having given negative ratings to some conservative outlets [Jacob Sullum]

At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

Reminder to set up a monthly donation to ProPublica, if you haven’t.

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

I've seen videos of the indiscriminate use of tear gas on a large crowd that was clearly peaceful and filled with Portlanders of all ages, and well off the macadam facility. We banned tear gas for a reason. I join Councilor Green in calling for enforcement of our laws.

holy shit!! BLENDER IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD NOW BOY, MAYA WHO

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Did you know NDAs between data centers and local governments are *common* and the issue’s never even really been litigated?

Elected officials should not be signing non-disclosure agreements with private interests. Period, full stop. insideclimatenews.org/news/1701202...

I usually don't release discarded draft versions but this feels like it might be useful today

Some folks might assume the guy was fired for being absolutely terrible at his job But it could’ve just been that he looked short on TV and Trump decided he wanted somebody taller There’s no real accountability here without prosecution

“The President, Vice President, and ALL CIVIL OFFICERS of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” - US Constitution Article II, Section 4

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I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.