You gotta understand, this much money is like the one ring, the longer you have it the more miserable it makes you, and though they’ll fight with everything they have to stop you, taking it from them is a mercy that will inevitably make them happier in addition to protecting the rest of us from them
Jeremy Irons riding a horse and cart with his little dog.
Jeremy Irons sitting by a fireplace in a big home with a rug.
Jeremy Irons riding a sailboat with his little dog.
Jeremy Irons walking with a walking stick with his little dog. There's a castle next to a lake in the background.
Me now that Brent crude oil is up 50%
One day, "It" will happen, by which I mean sudden and unexpected news that you want to celebrate. In such cases, you will want the right outfit. 🧵
TRULY BOMBSHELL REPORT
"The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court" (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
the president of the united states is personally looting the treasury to the tune of literally billions of dollars and that he is not being immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes against this country is a devastating indictment of every part of our political system
Sports owners are using tech to build private surveillance states — while taking public money.
Which means that Knicks owner James Dolan is the future.
In a new collaboration with @wired.com, we go inside how MSG secretly watches fans, surveils kids, tracks players… youtu.be/yNZ3hJPN5Vc?...
Medical students in Gaza restore one of the oldest libraries after it was bombed by the Israeli occupation.
I don't remember seeing an image of Earth before that captures the (thin, fragile, tiny layer of) atmosphere so clearly. I mean, look at that.
Tired: Rock moon
Wired: Moon with rocket-eye
Inspired: Wooly fire-breathing moon
A carpet of pink and purple bluebells, with some bare trees dotted around and some straggly bits of holly and ivy. Some low sunlight is coming through the trees making some of the bluebells appear pink, not purple.
An hour later than the previous shot and the light had intensified.
#bluebells #woodlandphotography #springflowers
Israel is pounding Beirut on Easter Sunday. The last airstrike, in the Jnah neighborhood, full of refugees from other areas, is being reported as a massacre—20 casualties & counting. It was so loud in Ras Beirut my left ear is still throbbing something awful
This isn’t journalism. This is creative writing by fascist sycophants.
This is delusional, and reflects a level of disconnection from knowledge about internal American political debates that actually explains some of Israel's behavior over the past few years. The Iran War is going to harm Israel's standing in the US, on right and left, like nothing else ever has.
contentious choice of a clip
I’ve watched this four times and will not be stopping anytime soon
"liberals are out of touch with Real America" is and always has been a propaganda psy-op to help conservatives, pushed by the media outlets they control and their sleeper agents inside outlets that they don't.
Two-year-old Kaleth is being locked away at the Dilley trailer prison. He is getting sicker with each passing day. He will not eat the food CoreCivc serves, which detainees have said sometimes has mold and worms. He now has a fever.
textbook greenwashers and virtue signalers
we're always told we can't afford public works
but ice facilities are going up across the country, we're spending a billion a day on iran
we coulda had mammoths
every so often, I rewatch this amazing 2-minute clip of Jane Fonda being interviewed about gay rights in 1979.
her warmth, tone, and words are extraordinarily inspiring. “I hope they use me. What am I here for if not to be used by good people for good things?”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=01wK...
Walking thru the “Ultra Normie” No Kings rally in my extremely rural, white town and there are Patagonia wearing moms carrying signs that say “DEAD PEDOPHILES DONT REOFFEND” and “ICE GETS THE WALL” and I hi fived an old guy with a sign that said MY DADDY FOUGHT NAZIS AND SO WILL I” this is wild
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.
Black and white photo of the remains of the journalists’ car. It is still smoking and burnt out with debris scattered on the road. Photo credit to Mohamed Safa, Executice Director of PVA, first posted on X
NEW: Israeli strikes killed seven paramedics this morning, as well as the three journalists targeted in this car.
According to other media in the group, the car was clearly marked with “PRESS” on the sides & roof.
A violation of Article 79 of the Geneva Conventions.
Israel’s Gaza Playbook.
Today, I'm introducing my wealth tax — and more than 50 members of Congress are joining me. It’s time for the government to start working for American families, not just the ultra-rich.
Today, I'm introducing my wealth tax — and more than 50 members of Congress are joining me.
It’s time for the government to start working for American families, not just the ultra-rich.
Trump voters really thought the biggest problem facing America was trans people in sports and chose this instead.
is this good?
are a lot of people cheerfully protesting with signs going to force donald trump to step down tomorrow? no
is it going to help inspire a lot of people who will do the work necessary to get him and his cronies out of office this fall and in 2028? yes
Inject it into my veins.
