What's with these guys' use of the word "kinetic?" Where did that come from? Did someone focus-group test it and tell politicians to all start using it or what?

Revolution is mainstream, media literacy is critical, and passion projects with principled productions should lead the way 👏

I love games and so many of the people who make them. It was an honor to accept the award on behalf of the team and a privilege to be able to speak to what I believe in. ♥️

A picture of The Onion in print featuring this article posted on Twitter. https://theonion.com/anyone-else-have-those-weird-dreams-where-sobbing-future-generations-beg-you-to-change-course/

Grok being wrong: The Onion does have (hilarious) print editions, but this specific "Sam Altman" piece isn't from them—or any real outlet. It's a custom meme image made to look like one, floating around since at least February. Spot on for the satire though!

Wrong again, dumbass

No Help and Few Options for Travelers Stranded by Mideast Conflict

One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.

Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...

Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.

Fun fact: Most prestigious book (and media generally) are pay-to-play. You need to be nominated with an entry fee, usually by your publisher/studio/etc. Nominating bodies obviously don't want in-house works competing so they usually focus on one to package during awards season.

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.

Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist.

He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.

‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

The incoming party leadership of the GOP is openly racist, sexist, and antisemitic in a way that used to be isolated to skinheads - like calling for genocide, sharing "ways to kill Black people" levels of open fascism

today, it's normal

The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.

If the government gets to decide if you have them, they're not human rights.

Al Capone, at an international conference: "You're dealing with a lot of law enforcement in your own country, I'm sure. You have my permission not to listen to them."

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My magnum opus. #andor2x8

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And I’ve forgotten about hashtags #starwars #andor #andorseason2 #reaction #youtube #react

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Touched by a yabba.
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Let the good times roll. Like a car. D’Qar.

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Trying to get a regular content output rhythm going so naturally here’s the start of a reaction series I recorded almost a year ago. Little rough around the edges but they get better as they go along. Working towards actual discussion of the show in relation to real world modern revolution, soooon.

CNN: That's not what farmers are telling you. One farmer at a town hall told you tariffs drove up prices of fertilizer

ALFORD: It was Biden that drove it up

C: That's not what the farmer told you

A: Well, that's what I'm telling you

C: Sir, excuse me. Are you listening to your constituents?

DOJ Tries New Way to Free MAGA Conspiracy Theorist Trump Can’t Pardon Donald Trump seems to be using the Justice Department to free his only 2020 ally still behind bars.

Oh ffs, I missed this part earlier. They're using the trans issue as their excuse to attack Colorado's prison system to get Tina Peters out.

Dhillon's looking into if the state violates prisoners’ rights by “housing biological males in units designated for females.”
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Billions in Taxpayer Dollars Have Become Virtually Untraceable The Trump administration’s aggressive approach to overhauling the executive branch has obscured how federal dollars are actually being spent — even for the members of Congress.

It's great to see congressional Dems fighting to protect Congress's power of the purse right now. But congressional Rs also know that Trump and Vought are seizing their core constitutional power. These Rs furrow their brows but won't join the fight. Pathetic. www.notus.org/trump-white-...

Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise For the first time in more than 30 years, attacks by the far left outnumber those by the far right.

1/n A few days ago, an article appeared in The Atlantic with a bold headline “Left-wing terrorism is on the rise.”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

For Expertise to Matter, Nonpartisan Institutions Need New Communications Strategies To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts and nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence.

Last week @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social and I put out a provocation & set of suggestions on how influence has changed and why institutions (& funders) need to change their thinking on shaping public opinion and connecting w/audiences. The old way no longer works.
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Russell Vought: Das ist Trumps gefährlichster Stratege Er organisiert vom Weißen Haus aus den Umbau der USA. Russell Vought ist Spitzenjurist, christlicher Nationalist – und die subtile Kampfmaschine im Auftrag von Trump.

As America nears a tipping point, Russell Vought desires a radical rightwing “counter-revolution.”
 
For @zeit.de, I wrote a profile of one of Trumpism’s key figures – and one of Trump’s most dangerous henchmen.
 
Some thoughts from the piece (since it is in German):

Record wildfire smoke kills more people each year than car crashes. It’s about to get worse. The past six summers have been the smokiest on record. New research shows that smoke could become the costliest consequence of climate change for Americans.

It's not your imagination: Wildfire smoke in the U.S. has dramatically worsened since 2019. According to a new study, it's already killing 41,000 people a year - and it's poised to get much worse.

new from me @johnmuyskens.bsky.social and @sadbumblebee.buzz

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