thf it was also wielded by the IPCC as a magic fudge tool

RFK Jr is the poster child for No GOP Anywhere Ever. Both of our parties are corrupt af but so far only one of them is actively trying to kill us.

Whose what now?

the future may not look like the past buuuuuuut the present sure does...

not good, folks

If you don't do business with or work for the USA Federal govt you would be amazed how owned by Microsoft they are. I would *love* to see the chaos a move like this would cause.

First we have to compel NSA to publish all the existing vulnerabilities they are sitting on so they can use them.

Coach K’s grandson charged with misdemeanor DWI in collision that killed teen riding bicycle DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - A grandson of former Duke Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski now faces charges in a fatal ...

I don't care about the celebrity connection but this story highlights how our culture mimimizes impaired driving. This guy already had a DWI conviction before killing a kid with a 0.11 BAC...and just gets a misdemeanor charge. He should lose driving privileges for life!!
www.wptf.com/2026/04/20/d...

Formula for state capacity: do the opposite of all these things

People in the USA like, Wait, no, but where are the bombs

Oh no- we worked with @jamesbemmett.bsky.social at Mad Cave on #GalaxyofMadness he’s a great editor who instantly communicates, I highly recommend him to any publisher or freelancers who are looking for an editor #comics

Keep this in mind next time Dreher opines on welfare, the state, and minorities.

and the great thing is that the less demand, the even less demand because so much of it is used to just haul the damn stuff around

Definitely looks like Betty Yee's going to drop out of the CA governor's race, there's a press conference in 90 minutes.
If we had ranked-choice voting Betty would have been a solid choice. Unfortunately she couldn't compete and was fracturing the field.

WITCHBLADE #20 The safety of the people is the highest law.

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So I'm reading the new issue of #Witchblade, as you do, & it presents a novel (to me) argument against humanoid robot slaves. Humans are animals & we learn mostly from what we do. If you spend time ordering around something that looks like people, you're training yourself to order around people.

Infowars/Onion combo logo in rainbow saying “I support the onion’s hostile media takeover.”

It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for.

what is a Congress

I had this brand new MacBook Pro open for approximately 5 minutes and the Finder is hung trying to close a window. Good thing I won't have to worry about performance anymore.

See also Tipper Gore

Also, you may have noticed, I don’t care.

Ukraine stopped hundreds in the sky.
And still woke up to smoke.
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Russia launched 703 aerial targets overnight. 667 were stopped, and 31 more missiles were neutralized — yet 12 missiles and 20 drones still hit 26 locations. Civilians were killed and wounded.
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That is Russian terror at scale.

All the talk about The Resistance and No Kings and it's the squishy yuck-based liberals who will put the final nail in the internet's coffin. Everything has an operating system. Age verification will eventually mean ID verification. This is the SAVE Act for your laptop and your phone. Damn fools.

Notice the uptick in attempts to de-anonymize Internet usage after NSPM-7 was signed? And while Democratic politicians raised alarms about this executive order, which lists "anti-American" views as terrorism, they would gladly give Trump the tools to enforce this executive order.

If you want to look for parallels with HR 8250, you'd have to look to Ceaucescu's Romania, to Decree no. 98 from 1983.

If you wanted to own a typewriter, you had to apply with the police. If you were approved, you were required to provide type samples so documents could be traced to your machine.

House Democrats will try anti-corruption message to gain traction against Trump House Democrats are launching what they call an anti-corruption task force in an attempt to strengthen ethics rules and protect voting access.

The "try" says it all. "Folks, I want to talk to you about corruption." "You should know!" [laughter]

House Democrats will try anti-corruption message to gain traction against Trump
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That is the most unfortunate typo inspired image of the week so far

A fun thing about single-stair regulations is they lead to more stairwells and more firewalls per unit. It counterintuitively improves fire safety across measurable dimensions. (Fire safety outcomes are roughly equivalent, per the data.)

we will not fulfill the real potential of the USA until the people who want to do positive things free themselves from the ghosts of Thatcher and Friedman. we "pay for it" by passing legislation, Thee End. taxes just go into the furnace.

Sid Krofft, Co-Creator of Mind-Blowing Kids TV Shows, Dies at 96 The puppeteer and his late brother Marty partnered on 'The Banana Splits Adventure Hour,' 'H.R. Pufnstuf,' 'Land of the Lost' and much more.

GenX, pour one out for one of the architects of our childhood

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Just like EVs, the gap to fill for total victory is making it work for apartment buildings &c. It's easier to imagine for new development, but for all our existing big glass boxes, I dunno. Maybe the grid independence is at a district level instead.

Monday's blog post (13/04) is now posted (16:33 EAST) - A structured approach for progressive political ambitions – Part 7 - billmitchell.org/blog/?p=63131