My most recent book review of Alan McPherson's The Breach: Iran-Contra and the Assault on American Democracy www-tandfonline-com.ezp1.villanova.edu/doi/full/10....

Die Energiewende geht vielen nicht zu schnell sondern zu langsam.

📊 57 % sagen: zu langsam
📊 Nur 15 %: zu schnell

Besonders deutlich:
🔴 67 % unter 35 wollen mehr Tempo

Das zeigt: Die Mehrheit ist weiter als die Politik.
Jetzt braucht es Umsetzung statt Kurzschluss. ⚡️

#Energiewende #Kurzschluss

I agree! IMAX was made for this film

Braess's paradox!!

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Once again need to remind everyone that the supposedly crime-infested hellhole of New York is one of the safest cities in the country in no small part because most people in the central area don’t drive. America has a much bigger car problem than a violent crime problem.

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

Fatal flaw: Keir Starmer’s leadership vacuum threatens to swallow him up The PM’s current and former colleagues say the Mandelson scandal has exposed the hollowness of his hands-off style.

"'Lots of people think Keir Starmer is a good man who is out of his depth,' said one Labour insider. 'Wrong. He’s an asshole who’s out of his depth.'"

Ukraine’s Second Miracle Year The war isn’t won, but for the first time in years, outright victory seems possible.

"Ukraine has a theory of victory that looks plausible, while Russia’s is crumbling. There is a path to Ukraine achieving overwhelming drone dominance...Russia bet that meat waves would overwhelm Ukraine while the US and Hungary blocked Western support, and failed." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Huh. Why would they ask for Wayne's ballots rather than the counties where Trump's people committed crimes in 2020?

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Rest in Power to a major figure in the AIDS treatment activism in the 1980s, a time when many were indifferent or looking away.

“By the way bakery” brownie bites. Gluten and dairy free

If you’re gluten free, these slap

Hmm really? Yeah I was only going to rank the two

Woohoo! If you live in Hell’s Kitchen or Chelsea, rank Lindsey Boylan #1!!

Dan think about the neighborhood you live in. You know why!

I’m not sure who I’m going to vote for but leaning towards Alex Bores

Spielberg sure has been irresponsible with his comments surrounding the release of Disclose Day!

On CBS Mornings, Mayor Zohran Mamdani says democratic socialism can be a recipe for electoral success all over the country because it centers "the working class."

“This is a politics that can flourish anywhere," he says.

Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination. Discrimination based on sex is expressly prohibited under Montana’s unique Nondiscrimination Clause––“[n]either the state nor any person, firm, corporation, or institution shall discriminate on account of . . . sex . . . .” Thus, Article II, Section 4 is unequivocal in its intolerance for discrimination based on sex. Because sex discrimination involves a fundamental right under Article II, the appropriate level of judicial review is strict scrutiny. Snetsinger, ¶ 17. ¶28 Being transgender is also a suspect class under the Equal Protection Clause of Article II, Section 4,––“[n]o person shall be denied equal protection of the law.”

MONTANA SUPREME COURT: “Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,” and is subject to strict scrutiny under the Montana Constitution.

If you wonder about using the word "impeachment" or the impeachment process, remember it's virtually the only carve out in the Constitution on the president's pardon powers. Holding his cabinet accountable through impeachment is key step to cleaning up this mess & ensuring it doesn't happen again.

As the present Fascist International teeters and wobbles and starts breaking apart I'm very curious to find out how many more core components of the American conservative project are plain-old foreign-influence operations

Rainbow extending up to the dome of the LOC

Rainbow over the library of congress!

Do you have a link to this poll by chance?

AI is profoundly unpopular. A recent NBC News poll found that among 18-34 year-olds, AI's net favorability rating is -44. *Negative 44*. Those are basically serial killer numbers. It's not much better among women 18-49. (Men over 50 and upper class are the only ones who like AI, and just barely.)

Steamed Hams full transcript Well, Seymour, I made it- despite your directions. Ah. Superintendent Chalmers. Welcome. - I hope you're prepared for an unforgettable luncheon. - Yeah. Oh, egads! My roast is ruined. But what if I were to purchase fast food and disguise it as my own cooking? Delightfully devilish, Seymour. Ah- Skinner with his crazy explanations The superintendent's gonna need his medication When he hears Skinner's lame exaggerations There'll be trouble in town tonight Seymour! Superintendent, I was just- uh, just stretching my calves on the windowsill. Isometric exercise. Care to join me? Why is there smoke coming out of your oven, Seymour? Uh- Oh. That isn't smoke. It's steam. Steam from the steamed clams we're having. Mmm. Steamed clams. Whew. Superintendent, I hope you're ready for mouthwatering hamburgers. I thought we were having steamed clams. D'oh, no. I said steamed hams. That's what I call hamburgers. You call hamburgers steamed hams? Yes. It's a regional dialect. - Uh-huh. Uh, what region? - Uh, upstate New York. Really. Well, I'm from Utica, and I've never heard anyone use the phrase "steamed hams. " Oh, not in Utica. No. It's an Albany expression. I see. You know, these hamburgers are quite similar to the ones they have at Krusty Burger. Oh, no. Patented Skinner burgers. Old family recipe. - For steamed hams. - Yes. Yes. And you call them steamed hams despite the fact that they are obviously grilled. Ye- You know, the- One thing I should- - Excuse me for one second. - Of course. Well, that was wonderful. A good time was had by all. I'm pooped. Yes. I should be- Good Lord! What is happening in there? - Aurora borealis. - Uh- Aurora borealis at this time of year at this time of day in this part of the country localized entirely within your kitchen? - Yes. - May I see it? No. Seymour. ! The house is on fire. ! No, Mother. It's just the northern lights. Well, Seymour, you are an odd fellow but I must say you steam a good ham.

Today is officially the 30th anniversary of Steamed Hams. On April 14, 1996, "22 Short Films About Springfield" aired for the first time!

It's the Prices, Stupid Consumer sentiment is at an all-time low because prices are at an all-time high. Consumer sentiment isn't broken, popular government data is just incomplete

The index of consumer sentiment isn't broken; models that try to predict it just don't have the right input variables. I fix that and find that, yes, high nominal price levels explain why the vibes are so off. It's the prices, stupid
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-14...

Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, a long-term study shows.

The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.

The results contradict RFK Jr. statements.

Remember how Spanberger criticized socialists, you know the group that offers an ideology and continues to push for the abolition of ICE? Believe people when they tell you who they are!
wjla.com/news/local/h...

Wow it is gorgeous out 😎🌞