“… may not …” lol

Bezos' WaPo is paywalled

Comic. [Gravestone for Joseph Paul Overton with list of years underneath. 1960-2003 is in black at the top and crossed out in red. Underneath in red is 1965-2011, crossed out, then 1973-2018, crossed out, then 1982-]

Overton

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Reflections: 9 April 2026

I’m allergic to

1) more = better
2) less = better
3) woo-woo

Balance is elusive but always worth seeking
Magical thinking is seductive but delusional
Accepting reality can be painful, blissful, boring or mixed
Humor can unlock sanity, intelligence, and intimacy

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I appreciate that, and I have to smile at being considered “vanilla.” 😁

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“… for the most part, life goes on when decadent empires weaken or destroy themselves. Life even goes on when empires lose wars. We can’t be certain it goes on when the person at the helm of the crumbling U.S. empire does what Trump did this week and faces no consequences.”

This whole shit show with Iran, every ultimatum, every bat shit utterance… has successfully dominated the conversation. It effectively eclipsed the Epstein files, the ICE abuses, the concentration camps, the election subversion campaign, the insider trading…

What else have we been diverted from?

We can’t unring the bell of an American president threatening to do genocide

A smiling Vladimir Putin sitting in an amusement park ride. Caption says, in Russian, "«Президент Путин! Теперь, когда вы выиграли выборы в США, что вы собираетесь делать?» «Я еду в Диснейленд!» English translation: "President Putin! Now that you've won the U.S. election, what are you going to do?" "I'm going to Disneyland!"

There is nothing our despot does that doesn’t somehow redound to the benefit of Putin

NEWSMAX = NEWSPEAK

I completely agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene is a sentence I never thought I would ever write.

This image makes me love Jamie Lee Curtis more than ever.

Reposting as if more than three people read my posts.

The IEA is calling for immediate fuel-saving measures GLOBALLY. This is highly unusual for the agency. This is as close to screaming as they get.

This is a dire warning: Americans will not remain in our bubble for long. Major shit incoming.

Political campaigns are further ruining Substack
C'est dommage

In case you thought that the NY Times “isn’t that bad,” this is your case study.

This is what #SaneWashing means.

And no FEMA

The Next Coup Attempt And How to Stop It

Orbán's false flag should remind us that other people in similar situations (I mean Trump) will have similar thoughts. See my essay from yesterday on "The Next Coup Attempt." (2/2)
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The Next Coup Attempt And How to Stop It

THIS post right here. Please read it all and share.
The Next Coup Attempt
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As a journalist, I find the mere fact that this insipid event is happening this year to be several steps beyond disqualifying. You’re watchdogs, not lapdogs. Have some damn integrity.

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Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion.

Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.

Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

The Market is an idiot

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But I thought everybody was supposed to return to the office for that synergy and collaboration stuff or something…

Seriously (like "a heart attack" serious), this entire conversation is a screaming wake up call to the entire world that Trump is driving us all off a cliff.
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Wow. A useful application of AI.

Just in case it becomes relevant, here's a reminder that, according to one Donald J. Trump, the proper etiquette upon hearing of the death of a high government official, is to say:

"Good, I'm glad he's dead."

Ezra Klein's "stacked identity" hypothesis suggests that political polarization is exacerbated when individuals' various social identities (such as race, religion, or political affiliation) become increasingly aligned and reinforce each other, leading to a more rigid and divided political landscape. This phenomenon occurs when different aspects of a person's identity, which might have previously been independent or even conflicting, become "stacked" or consolidated into a single, overarching political identity. This stacking of identities means that political disagreements can feel more personal and all-encompassing, as they touch upon multiple facets of an individual's self-concept. Consequently, this can fuel affective polarization, which is characterized by a strong dislike and distrust of opposing political groups. When identities are stacked, partisan identity can become the dominant lens through which individuals view the world, leading to increased division and a "legitimacy crisis."

Re-reading Ezra Klein’s “Why We’re Polarized”

I got a lot out of his ideas, particularly his “stacked identity” hypothesis

(And my neither hating nor loving Klein’s work based on his haters and lovers is one way I reclaim my own perspective from stacked liberalism)

(Summary from Kagi Assistant)