Stating that the Atlantic didn't give them sufficient time to respond *and* that the Atlantic received a detailed pre-publication letter is certainly a choice.

Jimmy Lai assets

Hong Kong gov’t applies to seize HK$127m of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s assets

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I've had some friends suggest that there was plausible deniability for people who used to work at Palantir who thought at the time it was just another tech company. I always found that hard to believe as it was always creepy and cultish. But after this... anyone still working there...

Weekend Update #181; Germany Raises The Pot For Ukraine The USA Boasts, Bluffs And Then Folds; More On Ukraine Fighting Humans With Machines

"The Europeans are coming to understand two rather different things. The first is that the fate of Ukraine is crucial to their own fate. And second, more European states are seeing Ukraine as a new center of gravity for European defense and security." open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Don’t threaten me with a good time

KALLAS: Russia keeps attacking other countries. How many frozen conflicts surround Russia? In the last 100 years, Russia attacked at least 19 countries, some of them multiple times. None of these countries ever attacked Russia.

He’s my Senator. And a better one than Budd.

U-turns are possible. 80% turnout. Let’s go.

네, 진짜 예뻐요. 사진을 고마워요.

In Bread Pigeon

Seattle, Washington

Mark my words.

In about a week, Americas are going to wake up in the morning and feel what this chart actually means.

TAX FOUNDATION: “.. tariffs can explain essentially all of the excess core goods inflation relative to pre-pandemic trends starting in 2025 ..”

#CPI

OMG. Whaaaaat?!

I had no idea this TACO image was AI when I posted it.
My apologies. How can I tell the difference between this & an actual human artist's rendering? I need to learn how.

Maybe it’s me, after all, I’m not one of the least liked First Ladies ever, but I just don’t understand how holding a press conference to say you only partied with child sex traffickers is supposed to improve your popularity.

Good video. Also, "Claude Mythos" sounds like a magician you have to cover your drink around.

Whoever had the genius idea of having Melania publicly explain her connection with Jeffrey Epstein, THANK YOU lol

just following onto this — trump picked up the phone from an *msnbc* reporter *in the middle of a war meeting* but sent jd to voicemail twice 😂

I agree 💯 !

I’m glad my congressman @repsuhas.bsky.social is calling it out for what it is .

😕

If Melania denies having a relationship with Epstein, why does that make me pretty sure she had one?

4/9/1939: Contralto Marian Anderson performed at Lincoln Memorial. Daughters of the American Revolution barred her from performing at Washington DC’s Constitution Hall because Anderson was Black; First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt invited her to sing at the Lincoln Memorial.

Image: Hilton Archive/Getty.

Will the Iranian ceasefire hold? We asked four unvaccinated Andrew Tate fans at a Hooters in Panama City Beach.

Standout Performer: The Philadelphia Fed's Coincident Indexes show just how much California's economy has strengthened relative to the US overall.

Thoughts and prayers for everyone suffering from CALIFORNIA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME this morning.

California's economy is pulling ahead and growing faster than the ENTIRE NATION!

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Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico is a UNESCO World Heritage Site containing over a thousand years of Indigenous history ancient ruins, sacred sites, and cultural landmarks built by the ancestors of today’s Pueblo peoples.