Iran Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...

My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.

yet another reason to leave substack (before they make it even harder to leave):

Worth noting that the incredibly conservative Heritage Foundation did a study to try and prove Medicare for All was too expensive and even they found it would save us trillions instead.

Money isn't the barrier to better things in our nation. Certainly not the tiny bit of money we give NASA.

I don't much care for a culture that has always has unlimited money for engagement trolls and soggy blowhards yet somehow never enough funding for people like Yael that do effective and important work on stuff that actually matters

i'm sorry but the moon is a complete boondoggle that should never have been put up there in the first place. we still have to send repair missions up there a hundred-plus years later all because taft was trailing in the polls and decided to learn magick. i don't know why he thought it would help him

Stephen Miller allegedly urged Department of Homeland Security agents to “force confrontations” with protesters in Minneapolis in order to win a “PR battle." trib.al/NcbpdiX

Streamplace VOD JAM - How Streamplace Works omg vod vod vod vod vod!!!!

AtmosphereConf 2026 is a wrap! We hope all the remote attendees had a great Streamplace experience.

When VODs, you ask? They're actually up right now! They're `place.stream.video` records in this repo.

One catch: no frontend yet. That's where you come in.

Welcome to the Streamplace VOD JAM.

Caster Semenya denounces Olympics' anti-intersex policy for what it is - ideology Caster Semenya is mounting a class action lawsuit against the Olympics for their patently discriminatory ban on trans and intersex athletes

Caster Semenya is mounting a class action lawsuit against the Olympics for their patently discriminatory ban on trans and intersex athletes

"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism "CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.

Over at the newsletter I wrote about the unholy scourge that is "CEO said a thing!" journalism:

People do not appreciate what a vast, fundamental sea change batteries are bringing to the electrical system.

“I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that,” Weir said. “I put no politics or social commentary into my stories at all. Anyone who thinks they see something like that is reading it in on their own. I have no point to make, and I’m not trying to affect the reader’s opinion on anything. My sole job is to entertain, and I stick to that.” “For instance, as a lifelong Star Trek fan, it’s always bothered me that there is a presumed ‘responsibility’ within Star Trek shows to talk about social issues,” the writer added. “I just want to watch Romulans and the Federation shoot at each other.”

Ah, so Andy Weir is like... *dumb* dumb

gizmodo.com/andy-weir-st...

BTS’s Netflix Documentary Includes 10 Details You Might Have Missed Netflix's BTS documentary "BTS: The Return" is a rare look at the band's creative process. Here's what to know about cultural references & other Easter eggs in the film.

If you've watched "BTS: The Return," the new Netflix documentary about K-pop supergroup #BTS, and were wondering what you might have missed, check out my @forbes.com explainer below! 👇

Enjoy! 😊🫰💜

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Screenshot from the Atlantic covering yesterday’s protest, showing a woman dressed as lady liberty being arrested. The caption reads Etienne Laurent / AFP / Getty LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as Lady Liberty in chains, following clashes near the Metropolitan Detention Center during the "No Kings" national day of protest in Los Angeles on March 28, 2026.

Her grin knowing how this arrest looks

(Published in The Atlantic today)

WNBA Players Had an Ace Up Their Sleeve in Pay Negotiations: A Nobel Laureate Harvard economist Claudia Goldin helped WNBA players win a nearly 400% raise. Starting this season, players’ average salary will top $580,000.

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations.

She accepted three.

One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history.
www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

Graph of servers involved in serving Go releases, to understand attack surfaces where nefarious code could be introduced.

In my 2023 ACM talk, to illustrate how supply chain security is more than just build deps graphs, I showed a graph of the servers involved in building and serving Go releases.

Has anyone done something like this but for GitHub Actions? We have examples now of attacks moving between actions.

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cardinal WHAT

Mr. Buria chastised the Army secretary for selecting Maj. Gen. Antoinette R. Gant, a combat engineer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, to take command of the Military District of Washington, said three current and former defense and administration officials familiar with the exchange. The command provides security and performs ceremonial duties in the nation's

Gutter racism. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

Daily Hail Sports KHELIF HITS BACK Imane Khelif refuses to give up on Olympics, hitting the gym hours after trans athletes were banned 06:31 EDT 27 Mar 2026, updated 07:20 EDT 27 Mar 2026 By LUKE POWER, SPORTS REPORTER Imane Khelif is refusing to give up on the Olympics and has shared a video of an explosive training session on Instagram. The Algerian is determined to compete at the Los Angeles Games in 2028 despite the International Olympic Committee's crackdown on transgender and DSD athletes.

Imane Khelif is refusing to give up on the Olympics and has shared a video of an explosive training session on Instagram. The Algerian is determined to compete at the Los Angeles Games in 2028 despite the International Olympic Committee's crackdown on transgender and DSD athletes. On Thursday the IOC clamped down on transgender DSD (Disorder of Sex Development) athletes by mandating sex tests for anybody wanting to compete in a female event. Athletes with DSD must prove that they do not benefit from increased testosterone levels. Khelif has a naturally high level of testosterone - though takes medication to reduce it - and was engulfed in a gender row at the 2024 Paris Olympics after failing a gender eligibility test with the International Boxing Association (IBA) in 2023. The 26-year-old, who is open to taking a sex test, certainly made an impression with this latest workout video. Khelif was filmed weightlifting, doing hand release push-ups, hitting the bike, working with dumbbells, and smashing out chin-ups in a varied workout.

Coach Karim Ya wrote with the post: 'Nothing is easy. Everything is deserved. 'Every workout counts. Every effort brings you closer to the battle.' Kelif won welterweight gold at the last Olympics and appears to have every intention of competing at the next. A fellow gender row boxer, Lin Yu-ting, who claimed the featherweight title in Paris, was recently cleared to return to World Boxing events after a sex test, casting doubt on the fairness of the controversy over her gender. Khelif received plenty of support in the comments section of coach Ya's post and has amassed 1.7 million followers on Instagram. And returning to Algeria with the gold medal, Khelif was given a hero's welcome and said: 'I am fully qualified. I am a woman like any other woman. I was born a woman, I lived as a woman, I competed as a woman - there is no doubt.' Khelit has not competed since sex tests were introduced by World Boxing last year, taking the fight to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in a bid to compete without being tested, for which a hearing is yet to be held. But the fighter is happy to take a sex test for the next Olympics, saying to CNN in February: 'Of course, I would accept doing anything I'm required to do to participate in competitions. 'They should protect women, but they need to pay attention that while protecting women, they shouldn't hurt other women.'

The Daily Mail published an entire article about Imane Khelif and twisted itself into knots to avoid using any pronouns for her, making it read like it was written by a caveman, lol www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing...

They thought they were gonna do another Venezuela and instead we've functionally put a bullet through the freedom of navigation, fucked up our newest carrier, lost a not insignificant number of tankers, overstressed the rest of the tanker fleet and lifter fleet, and lost an AWACS

This is zuck one month after going on Rogan podcast claiming he would never takedown content based on government requests ever again

Congratulations!

The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.

I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc.

But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.

SCHLAPP: Who wants to see impeachment hearings?

CPAC CROWD: *cheers*

SCHLAPP: No. That was the wrong answer.

Kash Patel emails (1.1 GB)

The first tranche of emails from the mailbox of Kash Patel, the director of the FBI, which was hacked by Handala, a hacking group that is believed to have ties to Iranian intelligence.

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Senator Chris Murphy and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon have introduced a bill to effectively ban private equity from owning hospitals and nursing homes.

The bill would make PE-owned facilities ineligible for Medicare funding.

Nearly 500 hospitals + nursing homes are now PE controlled.

Do A Crime: Official Game Trailer

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i wrote about milton mayer’s account of german men’s lives in the nazi party and parallels with our ICE situation today
www.welcometohellworld.com/the-little-a...

The first basic income for workers impacted by AI has begun sending out $1,000 monthly payments The AI Dividend is distributing $1,000 a month for a year, no strings attached, to eligible workers.

The first basic income pilot program for workers who have lost jobs, income, or opportunities due to AI has begun sending out monthly $1,000 payments this week. The project is starting small, but hopes to scale rapidly.

Blood in the Machine has the exclusive on the launch of the AI Commons Project: