Jennifer Ouellette

Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:

“War-a-Lago”

By Barry Blitt @newyorker.com

"Wow. A big drop" -- CNBC highlights that labor force participation is now the lowest it has been since in late 2021, before the covid vaccine was widely available

we also experience anxiety

this is not news. we have been a fully sentient posting museum since at least 2016

First they came for the trans people, and I said nothing because I wasn’t trans. Then they were like actually I’m pretty sure you are trans and I said no I’m not and they went okay well show us your penis then and I said what no get out of my face and they said that one’s a girl get her

Robot 'mice' developed to inspect Large Hadron Collider The UK Atomic Energy Authority developed the robot with the European nuclear research centre, Cern.

Robot 'mice' developed to inspect hadron collider. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Geology specimen photo

A piece of opalized wood from The Comet opal mine in Koroit, Australia.

📷 Gene McDevitt

#minerals #geology

Kristi Noem Didn’t Give a Sh*t About ‘the Details’ Such as a woman who was here legally and helped the homeless—but was then deported anyway.

NEW: Here's the story of a woman deported by Kristi Noem. Legally in the United States (as a DACA recipient), she is the mother of a U.S. citizen and was working to help the homeless—but when she went for an appointment to get a green card, she was deported.
www.thebulwark.com/p/kristi-noe...

AI and X-Ray Scans Turn Thousands of Ants Into Stunning 3D Models A new high-tech scanning system is rapidly turning thousands of ants into stunning 3D models—building a digital library of Earth’s biodiversity.

🐜🔬 Researchers at the University of Maryland and KIT in Germany are using a synchrotron particle accelerator and AI to build a massive 3D library of #ants. #science

👉 scitechdaily.com/ai-and-x-ra...

A post on X from the betting platform Polymarket that says “BREAKING: Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing symptoms of anxiety.”

Literally as I’m arguing with someone about whether AI companies are misleading people into believing their technology possesses God-like super-intelligence I see this monstrosity

It also really started to delve into women's roles in a thoughtful way. In a world where marriage is everything, what happens when one becomes a very young widow with no heir? Takes a lover as middle aged widow w/o wanting marriage? Chooses to be a spinster? Falls in love above one's station?

Those aspects had the same richness and depth of feeling, bittersweet heartbreak and moments of pure joy, that made "Queen Charlotte" extraordinary. So the Bridgerton series still has me on board. :) (3/3_

First half of S4 didn't grab me (Netflix, please stop releasing things in parts). But second half brought it all home. Francesca's storyline (no spoilers but oof), Violet figuring out who she is as her kids grow up and marry, the queen and Lady Danbury navigating a complicated friendship... (2/3)

Having just watched S4, the best most compelling moments, IMO, weren't the central romance (which was just fine, nothing more). But these characters have grown and become more complex over successive seasons and S4 really tapped into multiple relationships/themes. (1/3)

Was Bridgerton Season 4 setting up Queen Charlotte Season 2? | The Mary Sue Here's what we know about Queen Charlotte and other prequels and spinoffs in the Bridgerton universe after Season 4 on Netflix

Would love a S2. Queen Charlotte is Bridgerton at its best (followed by S2). Why did it feel like ‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 was teasing ‘Queen Charlotte’ Season 2? www.themarysue.com/why-did-it-f...

Suffering From “Creative Hangover”? You’re Not Alone A new study finds that artists experience negative emotions the morning after their most productive days.

You know that feeling of emptiness and exhaustion after a creative spurt? A new study has a name for this phenomenon — “creative hangover” — plus some surprising findings.

It really, really does not work anywhere close to this way.

By morons for morons

Same author, last June: “Identity politics is division and it is fatiguing.”

The United States Could Lose the Gulf Iran’s attacks on its neighbors are a reminder that the United States cannot protect them.

“Gulf states can no longer believe the United States can or will protect them from existential threats. And even as they are forced to openly cooperate with Israel in its war, they increasingly view it as a threat.” My new piece on the Gulf and the Iran war.

foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/i...

In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.

Trump is an imbecile. These very foreseeable outcomes were well known and that’s why no one ever ATTACKED Iran 🤦‍♂️

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

the best way to deal with price pressures is to throttle supply is what Keynes said

I'm so glad she wrote this. The portrayal of her in this series is, to me, indefensible. She deserves an apology from the filmmakers and FX.

And if you hear yourself saying you portrayed a real person (who's alive!) in a particular way to manipulate your audience, please go improve.

CLE has a long tradition of celebrating our large Irish community. As some have become more conservative, everyone should read this. As we celebrate and listen to the music this St. Patrick's Day, really listen to it. And act accordingly. The occupation may be coming for our neighbors here as well.

During WWI, a daredevil pilot helped invent the first 'drones' Lawrence Sperry’s autopilot proved planes could fly themselves.

During WWI, a daredevil pilot helped invent the first ‘drones’ www.popsci.com/technology/d...

Cricket right now