Why is it always the Straights of Hormuz and never the Gays of Hormuz?

The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep Between pickup artists and juvenile pranksters, the wearable device is becoming associated with pests of all kinds.

For years, tech companies struggled to take smart glasses mainstream. Cut to 2026, and Meta has sold millions of pairs of their Ray-Ban and Oakley glasses, driving a boom of content in which pickup artists and pranksters record strangers in public—often without their knowledge or consent.

Roberts Slams ‘Dangerous’ Enmity Toward Supreme Court Justices US Chief Justice John Roberts said hostility toward individual Supreme Court members was creating a dangerous environment, in his first public comments since the president blasted justices who voted t...

once again john roberts is the man in the *hotdog* costume (total brain fart in the original post). www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

not sure why everyone thinks this is such a big problem when an obvious solution exists

I accidentally had some tea with caffeine in at the office and as someone who doesn't drink coffee. I'm on ten. I might use caffeine as a pre workout

I don’t think this is an essential lawmaking function. Very not speech. Much not debate.

While many of you are likely yelling "GO PATRIOTS" or "GO SEAHAWKS!" I'm yelling "GO ROBERT MUELLER and the rule of law!"

The weirdest thing about this Superbowl is the way the announcers are surprised that a game between the #1 and #8 defenses in the NFL is primarily a defensive game.

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.

He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

this is a wicked man who knows he is being wicked and does it anyway

continue to think that if instead of "raw milk" we called it "doodoo milk" people would understand the risk proposition

Ron filipkowski writing hunger games fanfic on bluesky: “This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for "illegals trying to vote."”

“This giant ICE army” you can’t convince me this guy isn’t an op. It’s at 20k right now with shitty morale and they’re struggling to overpower the 46th most populous city in the US.

It’s irresponsible to scaremonger like this, but breathless fanfic is more fun than doing the work I guess.

i think they are bad consolidating authoritarianism choices because effective consolidation involves carrots as well as (secret) sticks. this administration is doing the opposite. no carrots whatsoever and ostentatious public violence against members of the dominant racial/ethnic/religious group

Senator, shut the government down if that’s what it comes to. Not a penny more for this.

I’m pretty sure abducting a child is not necessary and proper for immigration enforcement, just in case the local DA in Minneapolis wants to enforce kidnapping and/or child abuse laws.

state-sponsored child trafficking

40% of our country is in a cult, idk how else you can explain this shit

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95 ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

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this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities

Whisky Friday can't even compare

When we look at what he might do with the midterms, it is useful to keep these distinctions in mind. Trump has essentially no ability to exercise direct authority on federal elections. He cannot even pressure states into giving him voting rolls. (8/?)

It's nice to see actual Christ like work being done

here's what happens after house elections, which are conducted by each state and locality:

the state certifies the winner
the winners go to washington
they convene a new house
they choose a speaker

notice who isn't involved here? the president or the current speaker or the senate.

Remember: Federal officials do not enjoy categorical, absolute immunity from state-level prosecutions. They are entitled to removal to federal court. But conduct that is unreasonable or unnecessary for the execution of their law enforcement duties is susceptible to criminal prosecution.

they are recruiting for the worst, bottom-of-the-barrel chuds imaginable and those chuds are behaving exactly as you'd expect

Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th

Defeat the Navy. You may not use your starters. You also must be rained on the entire time. Fastest Wins. Your Times Starts Now

Mamdani: "I cannot blame anyone who has come to question the role of government, whose faith in democracy has been eroded by decades of apathy. We will restore that trust by walking a different path ... "

Meme showing statue of Bill Clinton in Kosovo next to a banner of the American flag. Text is superimposed above saying, "be the American that Kosovo think you are"

i can't describe for you the weirdness of visiting one of the (relatively few) parts of the world that has a high background level of regard and gratitude for the U.S.A. It feels like stepping into a mirror universe.