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“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.” This is what Microsoft’s director of applied science had to say about training their AI model on copyrighted content from our newsroom and many others, according to new docs revealed during our lawsuit against the company.

Want to buy a scan of Pete Hegseth's driver's license? The power is yours!

Conservatives on the Supreme Court have been diluting Americans’ votes for decades. Let’s dilute theirs. Expand the court in 2029.

A crow casually removing several metal anti-bird spikes from a building ledge. Original post

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

In a different timeline, Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social might not be making the trek to Anaheim. But don't worry, we live in a version of history where he's going to be at #LAconV.

The case against the Reflecting Pool "vandals" like Davey Hearn is falling apart faster than the pool's lining

I hope we live in the timeline where Taco Bell sues the US Government.

An ecology professor said something that keeps coming back to me: Whenever there is a resource that some organism has worked to build, there will always be a parasite that evolves to steal it.

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Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.

Today, I voted YES to release the names of Members of Congress who used taxpayer dollars to settle sexual misconduct and other misconduct cases in Congress. No more abuses of power and no more hiding behind a system that shields perpetrators. We will always fight for justice for survivors—period.

Please read and call. Flood the zone.

No locusts? Dang.

Today’s Thought….

NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The stunning stupidity continues: www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

Notice how a book can make you gay, a vaccine can make you autistic, a mask can make you sicker, and a poster of the Ten Commandments can make you moral, but guns don’t kill people.

This is why it's important authors read a lot, Murakami has no idea this has been done already

A US special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was arrested for allegedly betting on that operation, netting him $400,000 in profits, according to a person familiar with the matter. www.cnn.com/2026/04/23/p...

George Will is the WaPo’s leftist columnist now.

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Maybe it’s not a coinkydink that they bigfoot arrested the mayor of the city where Crash Duffy can’t keep the ATC running.

“The controversial 1,000-bed facility is owned by the private prison company GEO Group, which entered into a 15-year, $1 billion contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in February.” $1 BILLION dollars lining the pockets of a private prison company. www.insidernj.com/baraka-arres...

Make it make sense