Homeland Security Task Force The nation's coordinated assault on cartels. A permanent, unified federal response operating across all 52 states and territories.

So THIS looks gestapo AF:

hstf.gov

Just a little light existential dread for your Sunday morn reading enjoyment. 😬😳

A McDonald’s where the sign has been reduced to McDo.

There is no McTry.

The 28th Virginia battle flag is a Confederate battle flag that belonged to the 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Captured by the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg, the flag was brought to Minnesota and exhibited at the state's capitol for several years before passing into the permanent collection of the Minnesota Historical Society after 1896 where it has remained since.

Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...

Strait of Hormuz: A Citrini Field Trip Analyst #3 on Assignment

Strait of Hormuz: A Citrini Field Trip • Analyst #3 on Assignment

Oman’s secret to success:

1. Weird neighbor is in a fight again
2. Oh shit this sounds serious
3. ???
4. Profit

What will last longer a head of lettuce or Trumps cease fire?

Original is from @lucasbean.bsky.social (lucasbean_ on TT).

what a glorious time capsule of this broken moment we are in

lot of fire involved in this cease

🤣

I don't understand why 25A is a talking point. Section 4 outlines a process by which some sort of disability panel ("or of such other body as Congress may by law provide") could perhaps circumvent the VP + Cabinet majority, but no one ever bothered to establish one and it seems an unlikely ask now.

Donald Trump is not a political genius or a genius of any kind. He ran for president out of pure narcissism and accidentally tapped into a thick, rich vein of American stupid.

The USDA just finalized a rule that guts environmental review on our public lands.

Feels trite to say it but fascism is more popular than some people want to admit

🧵

The Vice President is overseas campaigning for a dictator, because I guess there’s nothing going on here that warrants his attention.

Why? It's arguably inapplicable, and with little chance of success based on the requirement of VP and a Cabinet majority to initiate.

Except it's NOT what it was written for; it was passed after JFK assassination to fill leadership vacancy due to physical inability/incapacitation, not mental decrepitude/depravity. VP + Cabinet majority must initiate. Congress only decides the issue (with ⅔ vote) if POTUS contests, which he will.

So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

The reporting on OpenAI and Sam Altman I've been working on for the past year and a half, for @newyorker.com, with Andrew Marantz: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Canadians are boycotting American goods and buying Canadian.

Like this potato.

Spotted outside my office window just now. All you people who say he’s not real can fuck right off.

I think this is really cute, and that you just need a larger, oblong platter. 😁

Happy War Crimes Day to all who celebrate.

I had BBQ baked beans with grilled smoked sausage for breakfast just this morning. They go together so well!

Happy Easter! Have a laugh courtesy of @dougweaverart.bsky.social's TikTok.

It’s that time of year again.

As you wish:

There’s an episode of the original Star Trek where an alien manipulates the Enterprise crew and the Klingons to fight each other so that it can passively harvest power from their hatred and I’ve been thinking about that episode a lot lately.

But why?