I was initially lukewarm on Steyer, but I’ve come around to the idea that it’s actively good to have a billionaire help lead the charge to tax billionaires.

Finally I’m going to get my favorite microbrews in a glass bottle, not a reason to go to war for sure.

He never was a progressive

[extremely SpongeBob narrator voice] two months later

Amaryllis flower starting to bloom

Amaryllis flower blooming!

Amaryllis flower close up.

I love my flower

Fancy

What boggles the mind the most is there is a constituency for this. Like people that are screaming yes!!

Trump's approval on economy falls in AP-NORC poll, showing new warning signs for president A new AP-NORC poll finds that President Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy has slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher.

New AP/NORC poll: "President Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy has slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher...with even Republicans showing less faith in his leadership."

Overall approval: 33% (-5 from March)

Approval on the economy: 30% (-8% from March)

Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings

Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...

Wall Street Journal headline: "Alan Dershowitz: Why I'm Becoming a Republican"

Higher acceptance of sex crimes, same reason as everyone else who announces this

surely no army in military history has ever been laid low by disease, a famously uncommon problem among people living in enforced close quarters

ELIZABETH WARREN: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?

KEVIN WARSH: Uhm, we try to keep politics if I'm confirmed out of the Federal Reserve

WARREN: I'm just asking a factual question

WARSH: I believe this body certified the election

WARREN: That's not the question I'm asking

Tax Day 2026: The Average Taxpayer Paid $4,049 for War and Weapons - Institute for Policy Studies Tax Day 2026: The Average Taxpayer Paid $4,049 for War and Weapons

Did you pay your taxes? Then you gave $4,049 to war and weapons.

According to the Institute for Policy Studies, taxpayers contributed more to Pentagon contractors ($1,870) than to troops' pay ($770), and more to militarism than programs like school lunches ($124) or the Postal Service ($19).

You love to see it

The Vindication of Bidenomics Are we finally ready to acknowledge its successes?

"Dube has a terrific new book out, The Wage Standard: What’s wrong in the labor market and how to fix it, which is a manifesto on how to improve the state of workers."

Thanks for the shoutout, @pkrugman.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

“Hi I’d like some housing please” (squelching feedback) “Um Sir this is a Wendy’s drive through”

A mug featuring a painting of a bird beside the text "our expectations for you were low, but holy fuck"

Effin’ Birds mugs are $14 and everything else is up to 35% off: eatf.art/mugs
Click on a design you like and then hit "shop more styles" to see t-shirts, hats, phone cases and all kinds of crazy shit.

Sources: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Has Resigned A Labor Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Reese Gorman scoop: Chavez-DeRemer out at the Dpt of Labor www.notus.org/trump-white-...

How many days until the Freedom To Flush campaign begins.

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft loses another instrument to save power This iconic spacecraft launched nearly 49 years ago and is running perilously low on power

This iconic spacecraft launched nearly 49 years ago and is running perilously low on power

Red dwarf multiply bloomed peony style tulips

Tulip 'Red Princess', the last of my tulips to come up 🌱🌷

#GardensHour #Bloomscrolling

I miss the age of the WiFi enabled toaster

Broad Coalition Files Suit to Stop Latest Unlawful Move in Trump-Vance Administration Crusade Against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Executive Order Targets Essential Federal Contractors with Unconstitutional Threats

My union @uam-umd.bsky.social did such a good job beating our bosses in the statehouse this year that we figured we'd go ahead and beat the White House too.

With allies from across higher ed and the good people at @democracyforward.org we're suing to stop the latest illegal anti-DEI order.

Things I keep saying that no one likes.

Klaus McForkface, a lifting robot developed by German manufacturer Linde AG, performed a stunning 1200-kilogram (2646 lb) overhead lift in Hamburg, beating the human world record by more than 300%

Every semester I must endure their appalled distress when I tell them that supply and demand curves really are drawn with Price on the y-axis and not the x-axis.

FWIW, the answer to this question is “no”

Also, boom

Cheers