one thing that went wrong in our political media culture is that journalists so deeply internalized a backwards version of 'the cover-up is the crime' they assume that anything that's being done out in the open is just 'a thing that happened' that needs to be subjected to the 'objectivity' standard

I'm willing to test this theory

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

I wrote about being inundated with AI writing at every turn, unwittingly turning my brain into the AI police, and how shitty AI writing is randomly showing up in my real life outside of the internet www.404media.co/your-ai-use-...

We've reached the point where one party has so obliterated the rule of law that everyone else continuing to abide by it will only hasten the end of our democracy. That's a recipe for chaos and violence. It's terrifying, and I don't know what we do about it.

We're in the Ranking Pedophiles phase of rationalization.

I’ll be damned. The Pulitzer board did it. Good on them

Beaudie's Book of the Week: 'Cahokia Jazz' by Francis Spufford #BookSky

Eastside Bar & Grill, May 2026

get in loser we're getting Reconstruction right this time

I do wish it was better understood by now—especially by folks in the media—that these "warnings" from large AI corporations in fact function as "advertisements" www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...

future historians are going to look at this era as a siege

FISH COP: do you know why I pulled you under

this has to be disqualifying, not just for judicial nominees but for anyone who wants to be taken seriously in civilized society

Beaudie's Book of the Week: 'Chasing Shadows' by Ronald Deibert #BookSky

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

Beaudie's Book of the Week: 'Fever Beach' by Carl Hiaasen #BookSky

Backstage with Alan Menken last week in Toronto. I had the pleasure of singing some of his unreleased material at the Stratford Festival in 2019 and it was nice to have another chat with the legend.

Upcoming show in #LondonOntario for Downie Street Collective:

Beaudie's Book of the Week: 'Where the Axe is Buried' by Ray Nayler #BookSky

Beaudie's Book of the Week: 'The Adventures of Mary Darling' by Pat Murphy #BookSky

Again: young people might not realize that this kind of repugnant racism was unacceptable to express publicly, *not that long ago*.

The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.

The Strokes played Coachella against a backdrop listing all the world leaders that had been assassinated by the CIA, a count of the number of universities bombed in Iran, and footage of the bombing of the last university in Gaza

Orban made grand appeals to “Christianity” and “Western Civilization,” but his “illiberal democracy” was just a scam, a way to make him and his buddies rich while subjecting Hungarians to stagnation and robbing them of their freedom. Sound familiar? (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The fact that Mamdani just seems like a cheerful normal guy who's policies are things like "we're going to tax second homes to fund pothole repairs" or whatever and yet this generates panicked responses like "This is basically Stalin's great purge turned up to eleven" is... telling. It tells things.

Last month in The Onion:

For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩‍🚀🚀💕 *All four astronauts went to public schools!

I maintain that among the media's biggest mistakes has been continuing to ask Trump questions as if he's a normal guy instead of asking things like "Can you explain who Jesus is" or "Describe the process of pumping gas"

We have entered the “you can’t kill me if I commit suicide” phase of American Decline

One last point: When governments talk about "age verification," they also mean "identity verification" So even if you're 55 years old, you will be virtually carded and all your social media activity will be linked to your identity. That means no online anonymity and raises privacy issues for adults

they didnt prepare or research any of this in advance because they think they have superior genes and are an evolutionary leap for the human race so itll all just work out

JD Vance PR team really getting their moneys worth from American papers. Blatant propaganda.

easily one of the funniest guys america has had in decades

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

the world was a better place back when these apolitical dipshits just kinda sat politics out instead of in 2024 when they all voted for Trump entirely based on vibes and then googled what tariffs are the day after the election

was that Melania speech one of Iran’s demands

vance is so personally off putting that even foreign electorates want nothing to do with him

In Bariworld world, Kanye releasing a single literally called "Heil Hitler" is less antisemitic than Ms. Rachel.

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

Whenever someone says "there are no civilians in [country]," they are making an argument for genocide.

I think people are allowed to draw conclusions about the American people based on their decision to put this man in office bsky.app/profile/pear...

we'll see how it shakes out over the course of years, but as of right now, mamdani is definitely showing how the future of good progressive governance means "use government to do good things and then post about it" both parts are important!

Same energy as this post. They'd gladly accept millions dead, war crimes, rampant corruption, rapists in charge, and every other issue with the Trump admin as long as they get to hate trans people openly. It's a sickness. bsky.app/profile/leba...

Hegseth firing Generals who wouldn't go along with his purge of Black and female officers www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

I like it how you can see the time when Trump's speech occured

The Trump administration finds every aspect of Canada a trade irritant. Our existence is a trade irritant. I wish more news coverage reflected that reality.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.