in general, & across the world, the political gender divide really opens up around 2016

wonder if something happened then?

If you watch and share one thing today make at this. Why is every democrat in the country not talking like this?

Boots on the Groundhog Day

The Far Side cartoon from 12/6/1987 depicting a ship full of revelers heedlessly sailing through a body of water with mines bobbing in it, a warship in the background, and a small raft with a couple guys and a gun in the bow. Caption: Through a gross navigational error, the Love Boat steams into the Strait of Hormuz.

today's news dredging up this 1987 Far Side cartoon from my childhood memory

Part

How do you cook the fish itself? Photos of any fish art of this are 👀

i think folks might be unfamiliar with "the pharisees", so let's make it clear: he's saying the jews run the press, and that they are conspiring to undermine the military. it's not just antisemitism, it's indistinguishable from nazism.

Update on where things stand on FISA: this deal is a win. We got the House to back down from an 18 month extension, buying us time to negotiate on real reforms. I'll be fighting like hell for reforms that put your privacy first, and will have more to share soon.

This story is crazy! The Jim Dolan had a Knicks fan obsessively monitored at games just because she was trans.

A tweet from Representative Thomas Massie that reads: I just viewed 2 Top Secret FISA docs. 1) FISA Court opinion that raises serious concerns about FBI implementation of FISA 702. 2) letter by Senator Wyden describing a secret government interpretation of FISA law. The Constitution requires I vote No on FISA 702 reauthorization.

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about.

Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

So at the risk of maybe overreading this and making an educated guess, I think I can guess what specifically Wyden is talking about.

I think it's about use of AI (LLMs) by FBI to surveil American communications without a warrant

Past midnight at the Capitol where Republicans have us voting in the dark of night on a bill they know Americans won’t like, AGAIN.

Section 702 of FISA allows the Trump admin to check some of our emails & texts with foreign nationals. Your privacy is a right & I’m going in to vote no on this bill.

Extract from National Security Strategy talking of Trump ending global wars

From Trump's National Security Strategy. How's it going?

I don't know if young people these days understand that this kind of grotesque gutter racism was simply not acceptable in public... not that long ago!

So the media is a bunch of villainous Jews and Trump is Jesus. I fully expect the NYT to sanewash this antisemitic lunacy. So far, they’re ignoring it.

Historic $113M investment catalyzes NPR's strategic push for digital growth and network sustainability - Editor and Publisher NPR has received philanthropic gifts totaling more than $110 million — including the largest by a living donor in NPR's history — as a strategic investment in its future. These gifts will be used to expand audience connection, accelerate digital transformation and increase the sustainability of the national NPR Network.

NPR announces it has secured philanthropic gifts totaling more than $110 million -- including the largest by a living donor in NPR's history -- as a strategic investment in its future. This comes after Congress chose to eliminate federal funding for all public media. https://loom.ly/B71nWB8

ICE Arrests 85-Year-Old French Widow Who Married Her G.I. Sweetheart

Not only did the sons probably call ICE on her, the day after her husband died they took their dad's cars, leaving her housebound. Then they rerouted mail, causing her to miss a visa appointment & the utilities to be turned off. Tony and Gary Ross are going to hell.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...

@dieworkwear.bsky.social Why is North American men’s clothing so spectacularly lacking in bright colour? Why white shirts and boring socks?

Many parts of the world this is not true. Even Europe has far more colour for men.

Going as a school lunch tomorrow!

I made my version of a Greek salad. Lots of various veggies. Olive oil and basalmic dressing. I had not made it in too long

She really said teen birth "crashing" is an existential threat to humanity. She typed those words, and hit the Post button.

Singapore pretty much does that. Except that there is no option for doing it yourself

Can confirm

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Is Canada getting on-orbit counterspace capabilities? "MDA MIDNIGHT™: A space control platform" that has "a suite of active and passive payload capabilities" in order "to intercept, deter or counter objects"

mda.space/midnight

A duplicate plushie solves the problem differently

She was granted withholding of removal from India *decades* ago, and had been living and working legally (including for the U.S. government!) ever since.

But with third country removals now a real option, TSA shared her data with ICE and they arrested her at the airport on her way to a job.

This isn’t about righting a wrong. It’s about the next wrong they want them to do.

Why will buying a new router be useful for this problem?

They married last year and Marie-Thérèse relocated to #Alabama, applying for a green card - a long-term visa - that would grant her the right to remain in the US.

But she had not yet received the green card when Billy died suddenly in January, 😭 leaving her immigration status unclear.

#AbolishICE