If I’m reading this correctly, and I think I am…

Russians are now sh*tting bricks

www.gazeta.ru/science/news...

'US President Trump is alleged to have received push-back from a senior military person in a meeting at the White House during an attempt to access his country's nuclear codes…

Retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson said…that during an emergency meeting on Sat, Trump tried to access the nuclear codes.'

"Evidence of AI usage is increasingly occurring in peer-reviewed academic works, and databases are starting to show evidence of AI hallucinations."

(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

#collapse

Don’t make the mistake of not seeing destiny when it is presented to you!!!

Earthset! -- goes with the famous "Earthrise"!

Dogs come into the world with nothing

Then you come and pick one up

And life is better for everyone

Nope. I’m a democrat and non-believer, and I am absolutely convinced Trump is the Antichrist!

Record US drought sparks worries about fires, water supply and food prices The contiguous United States is experiencing record drought levels for this time of year, according to weather data.

U.S. Drought

“Drought in the contiguous United States has reached record levels for this time of year, weather data shows. Meteorologists said it’s a bad sign for the upcoming wildfire season, food prices and western water issues.”

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#Drought
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Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!

Everybody is smoking on 4/20.

A picture of Bruce, a green parrot, missing his upper beak. Photo by Alex Grabham

Bruce is a New Zealand parrot missing his top beak. It’s a serious disability, but he has managed to become the alpha of his group, through creativity. Here’s my story about Bruce and the mostly mysterious natural history of disability. Gift link: nyti.ms/4cwVGT5

Feeding at the Public Trough Trump is stealing our tax dollars. He's not the only corrupt one.

“Failure to hold accountable the grotesque abusers of our public resources for their personal gain would make a mockery of every taxpayer…We should expect nothing less than responsible, ethical government, not piggish thieves feeding at the trough.”
open.substack.com/pub/america/...

Ban his name and MAGA like the Germans do swastikas.

It's essential, but also a fitting punishment for someone who spent so much time and energy protecting the statues and memorials of the white supremacist traitors who came before him in the Confederacy.

Rocky Horror Picture Show was the ever present background of my entire college experience. What an icon.

GOLD DECLINED AFTER ATTACKS ON VESSELS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ REIGNITED ENERGY SUPPLY FEARS, DRIVING OIL PRICES HIGHER AND LIFTING INFLATION EXPECTATIONS, WHICH REDUCED THE APPEAL OF NON-YIELDING ASSETS LIKE BULLION.

@anniedemoranville.bsky.social

💯letting the duck in.

Substance Without Spectacle How the Loss of Ground Sloths and Porcupines Turned Forests into Fuel

Ecosystems don’t always unravel when something large disappears.

Sometimes they unravel when the last small disturbance disappears.

open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...

DO NOT REASON OR THINK FOR YOURSELF.

Flowers outside the Belmart supermarket in Kyiv. where a Moscow-born gunman took hostages and ultimately killed 5 civilians.

Since he is psychologically incapable of backing off, or changing course, or reassessing, I expect the next two and a half years to be…. interesting.

Trump continues to crater. New NBC poll has his approval down to 37-63, which is 26 points underwater.

Crucially, 50% disapprove *strongly.* Has any other president had half the country strongly disapproving?

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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...

A soldier swings a hammer at a statue of Jesus

An Israeli soldier smashes a Jesus statue’s head in southern Lebanon.

Maybe he thought it was Trump.

Photo by Palestinian journalist Younis Tirawi.

WEEKEND READ: What is the price of oil — the real one?

"My attempt to shed light into the PHYSICAL and FINANCIAL oil markets, and why you can pick up a barrel of crude for $78 in Kansas or $286 in Sri Lanka."

Terrific piece, TY @javierblas.bsky.social
Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Sir, we’ve lost the whites.

🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: Majority of Americans believe Trump FAKED the Butler assassination attempt and intentionally killed Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old former volunteer fire chief, to garner sympathy.

This is MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE.

I mean, of course that’s what happening. It’s been clear the whole time