The Brains of the Firm; or a lack thereof? Requisite variety in the data. Monoculture in the civilization. A point-for-point reply to Palantir's 22-point manifesto.

Alright. You don't even have to go digging through 22 skeets to get my full rebuttal to Palantir & Alex Karp's demented manifesto.

You can just read it on an old fashioned webbed page.

Every area of govt should do this

No words.

Are we winning yet? Mark Carney brokered an agreement with President Xi Jinping to allow up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into Canada at a 6.1 per cent tariff rate,down from 100%.China will drop the bulk of its tariffs against Canada,including the ones on lobsters, crabs and peas.Per Maclean.

Dyam. Magyar’s coming out swinging.

So Americans are paying a foreign oil company to shut down clean energy projects here at home, using money that was never supposed to be spent this way, with zero strings attached. That is illegal, unethical, and a scandal hiding in plain sight.

2 U.S. Embassy staffers, 2 Mexican law enforcement officials die in accident in Chihuahua The U.S. Embassy staff members were involved in training Mexican law enforcement and were returning from a drug eradication operation, a Mexican official said.

Two U.S. Embassy staffers and two Mexican law enforcement officials die in an unspecified accident following a drug eradication operation in Mexico, authorities say.

Not What They're Paid For - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody YouTube video by Randy Rainbow

Not What They’re Paid For. 💣🎀

Axios ‪@axios.com‬ ⏱️ NEW: Trump tells Axios he expects Iran deal "in a day or two" Trump tells Axios he expects Iran deal "in a day or two" Trump is very feeling bullish.

Conflicts ‪@conflicts.bsky.social‬ Iran media: Tehran rejects participation in 2nd round of talks with Washington www.europesays.com/iran/73350/ Iran’s state-run news agency has reported that the country has refused to take part in the second round… Iran media: Tehran rejects participation in 2nd round of talks with Washington - Iran Iran's state-run news agency has reported that the country has refused to take part in the second round of negotiations with the United States. www.europesays.com

Friday: "trump says Iran deal in a day or two"

Two days later: Iran says no to further talks

Maybe just maybe it's time for reporters to stop blasting their latest phone chat with trump across the media ecosystem without facts, context AND without a transcript of the call.

I'm on high-speed internet Obama gave us, on insurance Obama & a Dem Congress made sure I couldn't be kicked off of, in a house bought w/a USDA loan Clinton streamlined for me, by a river myDem senator guaranteed water rights for farmers from, watching farms go up for sale under Trump admin failures

ICYMI: Warren Reads 100 Acts of Trump Corruption Into Congressional Record To Mark 100 Days of the Trump Administration | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts

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Thank goodness for the clarity of Warren’s voice!

#SheShed

@guyvenables.bsky.social

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again over US blockade and fires on ships The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz has escalated again as Iran reverses its reopening of the crucial waterway and fires on ships attempting to pass.

Are we living in the era of the game show “Deal or No Deal,” or is this merely another instance of stock market manipulation? This is getting old.

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@raskin.house.gov @rokhanna.bsky.social @robertgarcia.house.gov

Trump has extended a sanction waiver for Russia’s oil until mid-May. Everything to accommodate terrorist Russia

This after Bessent said otherwise the other day. They all are liars

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no wonder tmz is in dc
even Hollywood aint this fucked up

Should the Trump Org.and all affiliated properties be seized after Trump leaves office for illegal profiterring and insider trading from Donald Trumps corrupt administration? #ProudBlue. #USDemocracy

Not so. It is a calculated take-down of the US using all means possible for the most efficient erosion of US power that then will be in the hands of Trump and the oligarchs. The few will dictate to the masses as in Russia. This is all part of the Putin Plan commenced when he compromised Trump.

Apple is closing its first unionized store in the country.

Reminder that Apple spent $700B+ on stock buybacks over the past decade.

CEO Tim Cook raked in over $74M in compensation in 2025 — 650 times the median Apple employee's pay.

The greed of union-busters knows no end.

Claire McCaskill just said she hopes Donald keeps saying the gas prices are not high. Every time that happens, a MAGA fairy loses its wings.

For the First Time in the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas

Try as they might, renewables are gaining momentum.

"Last month, fossil fuels generated less electricity than in any March going back at least 25 years, while renewables generated more."

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Someone doesn’t realize that he’s not at war with the Pope; he’s at war with the Catholic Church.

It’s almost like Jared Golden is the new Joe Manchin? Vote for Democrats across the board.

Today's Senate vote to overturn protections against mining in the BWCA watershed is alarming. This is not just a fight over one policy or one project; it is a fight over whether some places remain whole.

Government Workers Say They’re Getting Inundated With Religion “This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

Important article: “Government Workers Say They’re Getting Inundated With Religion *** ‘This has never happened before,’ one government employee tells WIRED. ‘I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.’” 4/14/26 … 1/

*Senator Warren*

Neguse: "Despite all of that, Speaker Johnson made the decision to gavel the House & send everyone home. Now we're back 2 weeks later & what has the majority decided is the most pressing issue to debate? Apparently it's a resolution commemorating a bill that the GOP passed last year. It's absurd."

The Pope, as you mentioned, was requesting an end to the war and advocating for peace. However, I suppose that stance is deemed unacceptable by the Republican Party.