Brian MacMillan

If you encounter this, determine if the Republican selection box is bigger than the Democrat one. People argue it's miscalibration (you have to select the Dem by pressing on the lower half of the box). If the selection space is narrower for the Dem than the Rep this is tampering not miscalibration.

HOLY SHIT. In a sworn statement yesterday, an ICE agent told a federal judge that an ICE flight to Equatorial Guinea had been cancelled and so couldn't be used to bring Ahmed Soliman back to the United States. The plane just landed in Equatorial Guinea. prospect.org/2026/10/23/t...

Judgment is entered for $25 bn against Mark Zuckerberg and Meta and for the people of New Mexico in the state's reckless endangerment suit. www.reuters.com/business/met...

In case facts still matter — we have abandoned Ukraine in favor of Putin Russia was never a hoax

🚨 WILLIAMSON COUNTY: Reports of Tennessee voting machines flipping Democratic/ @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social votes to Republicans/@marshablackburn votes 🤔 (Folks in Memphis have said the same)

"Hegseth has the contracts for a "significant" batch of Patriot missiles on his desk. He is not signing off on them," one Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent The official added that the missiles had already been paid for by Ukraine's allies. kyivindependent.com/its-signific...

Yes, the Internal Combustion Engine is dead. It is being replaced with EVs around the world, except for the US, which is become an automotive technology backwater—thanks largely to Trump

Note: TikTok - 15% owned by Musk pal Larry Ellison - permanently banned our "Musk" the movie account on the platform. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

Now is a good time a remember Taganrog SIZO-2 - the Russian prison where Ukrainian POWs are routinely, and systematically, tortured to death. Some poor soul is probably being castrated while fully conscious even as I type this. Russia is the enemy of the United States for a reason.

In a leaked and verified audiotape published today in the Bolivian media, Brad Parscale's partner in MAGA SUR, Fernando Cerimedo is heard discussing with Bolivia's minister of public works their scheme, funded and supported by the Trump administration to kidnap former Bolivian President Evo Morales.

Knowingly stripping Ukraine of defensive capacity while Russian attacks continue is not legally trivial. It can raise liability for aiding war crimes under Rome Statute Art. 25(3)(c), and conflict with Geneva Common Art. 1’s duty not to encourage IHL violations. Knowledge and foreseeability matter.

Counter-revolutions also eat their children.

Tom the Dancing Bug nails it again!

Today Elon Musk has more blood on his hands. These photographs should be in every American living room tonight

I think this post is effective - the dissonance catches your attention and the stories of the people pictured make you reflect (who are 2,4 and 8). Its a pity Sylvia Plath isn't on this grid - it would balance the sex ratio with a very powerful, tragic story.

On this day in 1812, the Battle of Queenston Heights was fought. The British and Canadian troops, and their Mohawk allies, defeated the American invaders. Over 100 soldiers died in the battle, including British Major General Isaac Brock. 🎨 John David Kelly

Torture. Our incarceration system needs guardrails.

Trying again after a date typo! Judge Reyes reschedules tomorrow’s hearing in East Potomac golf course case for Monday, Oct. 19. Orders that Gregory Wischer and Jessica Bowron attend and prepare to present sworn testimony.

We learn that Howard Lutnick threatened to send US troops across the Canadian border "by sundown" if we didn't back down. The threat was made over the plan to retaliate over arbitrary tariff with an energy surcharge. Canada must be ready for all threats from the USA. youtube.com/shorts/EKjjV...

Trump is now facilitating Putin's attacks on Ukrainian civilians.

We really need to make Meng's Big Data Paradox central to teaching, don't we? Researchers don't know this stuff bc they have never been exposed to it. But it is fundamental. (Link to paper PDF statistics.fas.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...)

New Fed estimates of wealth by age are out. Under-35 wealth dropped 23% over these three years www.wsj.com/economy/affl...

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

I mean if you take a second and think about the Cold War paranoia of the 60’s then what the boys on Madison Avenue were thinking with this commercial SORT of makes sense. But in reality this was one nutso ad for KFC (1967)

BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge has ruled DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when it removed Ahmed Soliman to Equatorial Guinea and must facilitate his return to the US. prospect.org/2026/10/07/f...

Abhorrent.

For the funny guys aka deniers who say California heat is perfectly normal and compensates the cold in the East,I wish to say thanks to make our day funny We climatologists work hard all day to collect and analyze data and few moments of fun make our work more bearable 2 examples of compensations👎

Telescopefish, a rare deep-sea creature known for its eyes adapted for spotting bioluminescence. Original post

An enterprising reporter may wish to find out why Baltimore City is reporting only 11 mail ballots returned elections.maryland.gov/press_room/i...

The division between Bolsonaro (blue) and Lula (red) is basically north-south.

Map of 23 suspicious deaths and suicides linked to the Epstein files after Simon Andriesz, a whistleblower tied to Howard Lutnick is found dead. Follow the connections. Search visually, name or by category bottom left "Dead". embed.kumu.io/7c3609c5e4eb... @gailwaldby.bsky.social #epsteinfiles

“Former British banker and whistleblower Simon Andriesz, who outed Howard Lutnick’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has died by suicide.”

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There is something deeply wrong with trying to kill a person twice, then sending her to a hospital for life saving measures so that they can try to kill her again.

New York's economy grew by 4% in Q2 — more than any other state. Want to get your business off the ground? Hire only the best? There's one place to do it: New York. www.newsweek.com/new-york-lea...

‘Inhumane, Barbaric, Torturous’: Christa Pike Survives Twice-Botched Execution in Tennessee www.commondreams.org/news/christa...