Are we underestimating the economic costs and consequences of Trump’s Iran catastrophe? Rhetorical question. Answer:,Yes. And by a lot.

Google in 1999: Don't be evil.

Every tech company in in 2026: MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA

Who Will Hold Men Accountable for R*pe Culture? are you your brother's keeper?

goodmenproject.com/featured-con...

Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering A Grand Jury in Montgomery, Alabama, today returned an indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspi...

According the AG Blanche, “The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence.” This is some whacked out far-right fantasy. Hard to imagine this theory will hold up in court, but the lives of paid informants who infiltrated hate groups will be at risk.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feder...

Photograph of some wildflowers I picked that were growing in the grass. Common Blue Violet & Violet Wood Sorrel.

“April is a reminder that life is a beautiful, ever-renewing cycle.”
— E.E. Cummings

‘Trump is in a Psychiatric Crisis and Controls 5,000 Nuclear Warheads’ ‘Psychiatrist and Professor Bandy Lee Says the United States is Facing a National Emergency’

‘Trump is in a Psychiatric Crisis and Controls 5,000 Nuclear Warheads’

Sen. Jon Ossoff’s speech is about community—about showing up for each other. We’re building that now. Watch @muellershewrote.com break down what We, The People, are doing—and what comes next. #MSWMedia

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#BeansTalk 🫘
www.youtube.com/watch?v=avcC...

Palantir is also listed among 15 corporate sponsors of Trump's Freedom 250, the White House's Christian nationalist hijack of America's birthday. Freedom 250 "Rededicate" event on May 17 in DC set to "rededicate our country as One Nation under God."

Vance, Witkoff, and Kushner appear to be on the way to Islamabad for some Pakistani food and a very expensive taxpayer-funded game of circle jerk.

‘Urgent Warning to Congressional Leaders: Trump is Psychologically Unstable and Dangerous’ Also, Rep. Jamie Raskin’s New Bill for a Commission on Presidential Capacity

open.substack.com/pub/bandyxle...

RIP Charles Darwin, died this day 1882.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
not the most intelligent that survives.
It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”

“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate...

A young girl looking at book-filled library shelves: ACLU People Power: Returning the love to library workers: Library Workers are on the frontlines of the fight against book bans and censorship. People across the country are speaking up to say thank you to librarians and local libraries for safeguarding access to diverse stories and protecting our right to read. www.ALA.org

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK April 19-26:
Library Workers are on the frontlines of the fight against book bans & censorship. People across the country are speaking up to say thank you to librarians & local libraries for safeguarding access to diverse stories & protecting our right to read :-)}
www.ALA.org

‘Psychiatrists do Not Diagnose from Afar. But Trump’s Latest Messages were Too Dangerous to Ignore’ A Foreign Newspaper Tries to Explain the Absence of Mental Health Experts in American Media

‘Psychiatrists do Not Diagnose from Afar. But Trump’s Latest Messages were Too Dangerous to Ignore’

AI agent in a robot does exactly what experts warned YouTube video by InsideAI

As with all technologies - Caveat Emptor.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=woTy...

For the good of the nation and the world, it’s time we face the reality: The most powerful man in the world does not have the mental capacity to do the job. robertreich.substack.com/p/hes-losing-all-his-mar...

Pope James David Vance the First The vice president has decided he’s a more accomplished theologian than Leo XIV.

Vance has now seized the top seat in the Death of Expertise Hall of Fame: He has lectured the pope—the pope, the leader of a billion and a half Catholics—about being too sloppy with theology.

The queen of all vices: Pride.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Pope Leo is having NONE of it!

Wild Secrets of Trump’s Most Deranged Goon: Author Compulsive behavior, inner demons, and new roadkill horror stories have been laid bare in a biography on RFK Jr.

Compulsive behavior, inner demons, and new roadkill horror stories have been laid bare in a biography on RFK Jr.

‘Urgent Warning to Congressional Leaders: Trump is Psychologically Unstable and Dangerous’ Also, Rep. Jamie Raskin’s New Bill for a Commission on Presidential Capacity

Urgent Warning to Congressional Leaders:
Trump is Psychologically Unstable and Dangerous

"..psychiatrists, whose professional responsibilities extend beyond individual patients to society, as outlined in their ethical code, should be able to speak when a public servant poses a danger to society.."

This is the book described on @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social: On the radicalization of a part of what used to be the center-right
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/621076...

Don’t miss this one.

EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC MEETING (April 10, 2026) YouTube video by World Mental Health Coalition

WE NEED TO CONTAIN THE DANGERS NOW.
youtu.be/arZb_0dx4sY

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I’d change “Dark Triad” to “Dark Tetrad.”
Sadism wasn’t included in this letter, can be seen in almost all of his posts speeches/etc.
Cruelty’s an action that makes him feel alive. He enjoys it.
It’s a big part of his ritual. He’s an accelerator of violence-ie: Jan. 6- he watched the riots w/glee

Pope brings the heat.

Billionaires Can’t Buy Human Connection The anecdote of the Tibetan monks held captive often comes to mind.

Billionaires Can’t Buy Human Connection
Dr. Dan Goyal

"...we should be mindful going forward that the ultra-wealthy are less likely to understand what is most important to the rest of us; they will fail to appreciate just how important friends, family, & decent relationships are..."

They Needed Treatment for Drug Addiction. The Company They Turned to May Have Used Them to Commit Fraud. Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center touts a Christian message and a selfless commitment to helping others. But internally, the organization prioritized money over the well-being of its clients and st...

Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center touts a Christian message and a selfless commitment to helping others. But internally, the organization prioritized money over the well-being of its clients and staff, interviews show. By @aacquisto.bsky.social @taylorsixhl.bsky.social

Trump Exposed His Monstrous Self. He Will Only Get Worse Buckle up, there’s a psychopath in charge. And no, nobody can deny it now.

We can never unsee the genocidal monster Trump revealed yesterday. Even worse, we are likely to see more of him going forward. My latest.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-expose...