Judge warns ICE’s use of “after-the-fact” arrest warrants risks turning the U.S. into a “police state,” calling the practice illegal and unconstitutional.

Good morning! 🌞 Just starting The Lost Fleet - Dauntless, by Jack Campbell. Looks promising!

😁

Went to listen to the Democratic primary candidates for the 15th Ohio Congressional district this evening. Both are impressive candidates who can beat MAGA Mike Carey. Still deciding which candidate has the *best* chance of doing that.

Screenshot shows an acknowledgement at the very bottom of a Newsweek story that “Martyn”, an AI assistant, was used in the production of the story.

Hey @Newsweek, this stinks. Don’t use #AI to produce a story. But if you do, definitely don’t put it in gray font at the very bottom of the story as if hiding it.

Awkward moment between Trump and King of Netherlands caught on camera — Newsweek Donald Trump's encounter with King Willem-Alexander was notable for many reasons, not least the disparity in their heights.

At the BOTTOM of a recent @newsweek.com article about King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima's visit to Washington, D.C:

"Newsweek's reporters and editors used Martyn, our #Al assistant, to help produce this story”.

Then it's an "AIrticle" not an article. And that shit should be at the top.

100% what happened 👇

ProPublica journalists walk off the job in first U.S. newsroom strike over AI On the picket line in New York, union leaders said they expect "more concentrated conflicts" over AI in the news industry.

Hello, journalists hitback against AI has started...

And with good reason. Anyone sensible who wants the facts will choose a human writer over unreliable AI slop everytime...

www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/prop...

A total failure, in fact.

Because it is.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attends a news conference in the U.S. Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

AOC: “This is a threat of genocide & merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing & cannot be trusted.

To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat”

Salem’s Lot, many years ago

Donald J. Trump * O @realDonaldTrump A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!

This is insane.

The sooner the better

So glad the missing pilot has been rescued. We’ve already had too many victims of Trump’s illegal and ill-advised war.

There are roughly 2,000 ships stuck in the Persian Gulf with more than 20,000 seafarers on them, according to the International Maritime Organization. Most have been stuck on board more than a month, because fewer than 200 ships have managed to slip through the Strait of Hormuz. In normal times, 20% of the world’s oil flows through the narrow waterway to global markets, along with critical supplies of natural gas, fertilizer and other cargo shipments. It’s unclear when the vital shipping lane will get back to normal. Fresh vegetables and freshwater are running out on many ships, so the sailors are using social media and very-high-frequency marine radios to share survival tips and tactics. Some Chinese crew members have filmed themselves collecting condensate from air-conditioning units to shower and wash laundry. Others have taken to fishing over the side of their tankers, catching tuna, squid and largehead hairtail to cook.

WSJ has a piece on the merchant sailors stuck aboard ships inside Hormuz. There are 20,000 of them (many from less privileged nationalities), effectively held hostage and running out of food.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Happy Easter to all who celebrate!

Good morning! I’m finally getting around to reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. So far it’s a wonderful read!

“go back to the moon but this time we have really good cameras” was a fantastic idea

Britain says 40 countries discuss reopening Strait of Hormuz after Iran blockade About 40 ​countries on Thursday discussed joint action to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and stop Iran holding "the global economy hostage," Britain said, after U.S. President Donald Trump ‌said securing...

The US was not involved. Because Trump blows things up and then runs away and leaves his mess for other people to try to clean up. 

Artemis II is go for launch! T-7:30

Emotionally unstable and cognitively impaired president

This is Molly. She was finally found a week after her human fell down a 180-foot waterfall while hiking together in New Zealand. Her human was badly injured and rescued by helicopter, but Molly was missing. A week later, Molly was found at the base of the waterfall and reunited with her human. 14/10

Translation:
"I started something I can't finish and broke something I can't fix so I'm going to walk away and pretend it's your fault"

there's actually one guy named "claude" a hyper competent frenchman given a special cocktail of amphetamines that they keep chained up in a basement in San Francisco. the usage limits are because sometimes he dies and it's necessary to decant a new clone and give him more amphetamines.

This is what they've done.

Trump/Republican SAVE Act will make it much harder for Ohio voters and millions across U.S. to vote • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio GOP U.S. Sens. Jon Husted and Bernie Moreno are frantically spinning a radical voter suppression bill as “simple voter ID." But passport and birth/marriage/name-change/divorce document…

Commentary: Trump/Republican SAVE Act will make it much harder for Ohio voters and millions across U.S. to vote ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/24/t...

And then post-neoliberal!

Oh, but Trump has a plan, I’ve heard my MAGA acquaintances say it as if Trump is God. 🙄