One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
According to email documentation in the Epstein files, Bill Pulte’s grandfather allegedly worked with Jeffrey Epstein in 2004 to help broker a real estate deal by which a Russian oligarch disguised a $100 million transfer to Donald Trump.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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No. Commenter is conflating them with Epoch Times.
He did more damage to the east wing than he did the Iranian nuclear bunker.
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
When @wired asked me to look at Silicon Valley in the age of Trump, I saw the crash of the idealism that originally drew founders--and me--to the tech revolution. Selling out the dream will not serve those moguls (or us) well. www.wired.com/story/silico...
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
Every single guy in Trump’s orbit looks like a guy who was at a bachelor party where they accidentally killed a stripper
WATCH: @pattonoswalt.bsky.social’s message to Trump’s out of shape ICE “Pillsbury Stormtroopers” realizing they’re “the biggest douchebags on the planet”:
“For the sake of the country, stay home and play video games and eat snacks.”
We’re at war with Iran, Trump’s gone into hiding, nobody will tell us our objectives, plan or end game, our Sec of Defense is a useless dipshit, our Sec of State lied about it, our DNI loves the leader of Iran’s greatest ally, & tomorrow we’re having a parade for Trump’s bday.
Also came to my mind. He held out for Pet Sounds on cd. Beautiful.
It's a fairly common name in the Persian American community here in NoVa. My guess is it was one clueless choice followed by another.
The Best Aircraft Carriers of the World:
Where did Pope Francis go wrong with America's right-wing Catholic bloggers? For one thing, his celibacy was voluntary.
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
Economics might seem -- from the outside -- like it's about competition. But really it's about creating the miracle of cooperation, where folks from all around the world enrich your day in a million tiny ways. It's that beauty that I'm worried about losing.
What some people aren’t factoring into their analysis is the reality that companies were buying tons of inventory to beat the tariffs.
That’s cash taken from being able to invest or hire. In fact the probably cut costs and jobs as a result.
#econsky
In addition to keeping planes in the sky, apparently DEI also kept defense communications secure.
The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.
Well, that last sentence me might be the SecDef’s office 🍻
NGP-VAN is flailing. They've become slow, lazy, vastly overpriced, and unresponsive to change. It's insane to rely on one company now owned by a private equity firm which cut costs and laid off employees...DURING AN ELECTION! Democrats need to wake up. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
The Empire is striking back, but we know how this story unfolds.
The Resistance stands firm & grows. Those who were trampled by the powers of darkness joined & fought back.
We are #AltGov, and we are here to help.
The fight has only just begun.
1. Monday - fell apart
2. Tuesday - broke my heart
3. Wednesday - same
4. Thursday - didn't even start
5. Friday - I'm in love
@juliusgoat.bsky.social
Probably should’ve waited until after climate change was fixed to have a reactionary backlash.
Cheney to Vance: “You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you’re losing. That’s tyranny.”
