Can no one be original anymore?

Chris Murphy went on TV go gush about Platner and brush off his SS tattoo (that he lied about and kept for decades) as a "mistake."

On behalf of my Great Uncle murdered at Auschwitz and the millions of others slaughtered by the SS:

Screw you, Chris.

Tornado that hit Union Lake area had 150 mph winds.

"Only a small portion of the possible track has been assessed, so no path length or length data, as well as a start or stop time, is available yet," the weather service said. "Further details will be released as they become available."

WhY aRe tHe MeTeOrOlOgIsTs AlWaYs WrOnG?

Hey media partners…you don’t have to publish stories that sound like a storm survey is definitive before the survey is completed!

Challenge for people who believe Claude *is* conscious and use it anyway: Explain how you’re not a slaver.

Thing that really gets my goat is the way people are eager to fund this bullshit but you need eleven layers of analysis and a ton of collateral if you want to open a small grocery store in a food desert.

Name a single female actor who has gone gray without pushback.

Trump’s “Warflation” Has Just Begun If he were trying to increase prices on purpose, would he be doing anything differently?

Get ready for some "warflation": higher prices for oil, gas, food (lots of fertilizer passes through Hormuz), goods made with petrochemicals (umbrellas, shampoo, toys, etc.), and pretty much anything that needs to be transported anywhere.
Affordability! open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

I think the secretary of defense should not be a psychopath

seeing more disgusting genocidal racism talk coming from Israeli politicians now that more bombs are dropping.

There is no justification.

Every human being's life is equally precious and demands our dignity, care and consideration.

Full stop.

#sunsetfromthedeck in middle America with a cold front pushing to usurp our almost 80F March day. Grill is fired up. Corgi is relentless with the ball to fetch. Enjoying the cold and cloudy midwestern winter.

#sunsetfromthedeck on an almost 80F degree day in March. Dog got walked. Enjoying Friday cocktails while the seasonally inaugural grill heats for the meats. Hopefully we can keep affording the meats for the summer…

President Trump's Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches At least the specter of corruption in previous presidential administrations (Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich or Biden’s pardon of his son) appeared to be an exception to the rule. Today, however, the ev...

"Biden’s pardons eliminated roughly $680,000 in financial penalties owed to victims or the government. In contrast, Trump’s second-term pardons have forgiven criminal debts of more than $1.5 billion."

www.cato.org/blog/embarra...

It is impossible for anyone younger the 50 to understand how grotesque and unoriginal this is. It’s always the small group of advisors or tactical team.

Why aren’t ICE/CBP/ERO visible on
Their uniforms?

No. I’m not stupid. Please, explain the difference in attire minus US DHS designations.

Is there a healthy fascination with Hitler?

Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie, finally. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He knew - and he left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/

toronto skyline Cyclist who lives in city of over 3 million does in fact know your friend who rides a bike there too.

Cyclist who lives in city of over 3 million does in fact know your friend who rides a bike there too.

These plots shows the highest-leverage policies that win back defectors on both the left and right:

- Increase pay for public sector
- Decrease cost of bus and train tickets
- Wealth tax on billionaires

and the winnable left bloc is bigger than the right

The Alleged Trump Victim's Claims about Blackmail Are as Important as Her Claims about Rape - emptywheel One day before Jeffrey Epstein suicided, the woman who claimed Donald Trump had abused her told the FBI that Epstein and Trump had spoken about blackmail in front of her.

On the missing Epstein files: It's not JUST that DOJ is still withholding a bunch of pages re allegation he raped a teenager. It's that they only released duplicates (those sent to Ghislaine in discovery), raising questions if the originals still exist.

emptywheel.net/the-alleged-...

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

i work with words for a living, so I am biased, but I really think we've got to bring back words. really useful if you imbue them with meaning and arrange them properly!

Point: shouldn’t they have to reveal training data when they make these types of claims? At least, they should release the interactions that led to this conclusion.

Retiring Senator Dick Durbin: If you or your child have ever experienced dental pain, you know that oral health care is essential. That's why I introduced the Promoting Dental Health Act to ensure that the CDC's Oral Health program has the resources necessary to prevent dental disease, build the workforce, and educate families. 2:08 PM • Mar 6, 2026

Rest-Of-Your-Body-Health care is also essential.

Let’s include dental work (teeth are inside your body) in a national health care plan that prioritizes public health and individual liberties not based on any one person’s faith.

Yes, this is a naive post.

I’m not naive. I’m cynical and sarcastic AF.

Wait.

Doesn’t OpenAI need an internet connection to determine where to target the bombs?

Harkin Institute suggests new CAFO moratorium, increased monitoring to improve water quality • Iowa Capital Dispatch The Harkin Institute released a report Friday with state policy recommendations to improve water quality and public health in Iowa.

The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement determined regulations on fertilizers, animal feeding operations and agricultural drainage, among other policy changes, would improve water quality and public health in Iowa, Cami Koons reports.

Make Bigotry Excommunicble Again

Dems.

More of this. Less hand-wringing and strongly-worded press releases.

Accountability matters.

Big news!

The company whose AI-run ATS system emailed me Wednesday with “a position that matches your skills!” on Wednesday just sent their AI rejection of my application.

The system is working as designed. Plan accordingly.

Me, too, now!

Anyone?

I wonder why the prediction market looks like on this.