Imagine if instead of spending billions of dollars supporting terrorists or weapons, the United States had spent that money helping the people of the United States

An Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is a weird thing to tout, since Lebanon isn't a combatant. There is no Lebanese fire for the Lebanese government to cease.

Time for a quick group shot.
Look at all these wonderful folks! 😍

The breadth of projects presented here, really showcases how much the DDC has grown over the past 5 years.

Cover finalized! Delighted Nam June Paik's estate allowed his sculpture to feature on the cover. It encapsulates some of the book's important themes: how new media remediates the old, the persistence of traditional media forms, how automation is being built on the back of prior media outputs.

Our invited guest speaker Axel Bruns @snurb.info, all the way here from Australia (via Bremen @zemki.bsky.social), presenting work on Destructive Polarization and how new modes of network analysis can help us understand these dynamics.

OK, I’ve just heard a PowerPoint slide with _lots_ of text (not mine !) being described as ‘a German slide’, and I’m totally going with that.

Someone had fun with this headline.

Ignore ‘self-serving’ claims from gas giants and implement 100% tax on windfall profits, Ken Henry says Former Treasury secretary says a tax rate was ‘socially optimal’ in submission to a new parliamentary inquiry * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The former Treasury secretary Ken Henry says “self-serving” claims from gas giants about the risks of a windfall profits and export taxes should be ignored by the Albanese government as it weighs up the intervention ahead of next month’s federal budget. In a submission to a new parliamentary inquiry examining the gas taxation regime, Henry made the case for a 100% windfall profit tax as he rejected the assertion that any changes would heighten perceptions of Australia as a sovereign risk and freeze investment in new projects. Continue reading...

Ignore ‘self-serving’ claims from gas giants and implement 100% tax on windfall profits, Ken Henry says

Heh..

"Compared to Multiquip’s normal diesel-powered trucks, the Windrose electric truck completed the journal 40 minutes faster ... thanks to the electric truck’s ability to sustain high speeds travelling uphill, when diesel trucks normally need to slow down."

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NEW: Raskin, w/ 50 House Dem co-sponsors, formally introduces a bill which would create a commission to assess Trump's fitness for office under the 25th Amendment.

Bill text here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

Story TK

God DAMN Babylon 5 was so, so good

Got it. "Newsworthy" is a characteristic only possessed by the right.

A reminder that the women of the Iranian national soccer team were forced to return to Iran. They did not leave Australia voluntarily!

The fact that Iran is currently being illegally bombed by the U.S. does not, in any way, shape or form, make its regime less authoritarian, brutal, and misogynist!

There's no greater sign of the iron grip that "both sides" framing has on American journalists than the repeated descriptions of the unhinged tantrum Trump is throwing over the pope's anodyne statements on Catholic doctrine as a "feud" or a "fight" or anything else that implies they're both to blame

Front end of a Danish train. It’s all bumper.

I don’t think I’ll ever get over the design of Danish trains. There’s got to be a story there.

Here a grandmother is forced to do a gig job with no job security because she can’t afford to retire? What are we celebrating here?

Trump: For those people that still read The Failing New York Times and, despite the fact that Iran has been totally OBLITERATED, Militarily, and otherwise, you would think that Iran is actually winning or, at the very least, doing quite well - But that's not true, and The New York Times knows that it's FAKE NEWS! When does this Corrupt Media Outlet apologize for their LIES and horrible actions against me, my supporters, and our Country itself! HAVE THEY NO SHAME? HAVE THEY NO SENSE OF DECENCY? President DONALD J. TRUMP 11 ReTruths 50 Likes 4/13/26, 1:54

“HAVE THEY NO SHAME? HAVE THEY NO SENSE OF DECENCY?”

The Sun’s Magnetic Poles Have Flipped – And It Was Not A Smooth Process The event takes place around solar maximum but it is far from instantaneous.

The event takes place around solar maximum but it is far from instantaneous.

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The President denied posting a photo of himself as Jesus while holding bags filled with McDonald’s burgers? Do I have that right?

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-co...

Four screenshots of replies to Trump’s A.i. image of himself as Jesus on his vanity social media site, Truth Social. Replies include, “Literal blasphemy” “YOU ARE MOCKING JESUS!!!“ “You are sick. I’ve never regretted a vote more.” ”You are not Jesus Christ. This is blasphemy.”

And so on. 🤭

They’d met nine years prior, late at night in Peter Thiel’s hot tub. (from the NYer story about Sam Altman)

Name a worse possible meet-cute than "They’d met nine years prior, late at night in Peter Thiel’s hot tub."

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen:

Der Irankrieg hat nicht „die Energiepreise“ erhöht, sondern die für Öl und Gas.

Es werden nicht „die Autofahrer entlastet“, es werden Kosten für den Teil der Bevölkerung reduziert, der einen Verbrenner fährt. Auf Kosten aller anderen.

This entire clip down to the "Trump Orders McDonalds" crawl at the bottom feels like a fever dream, you couldn't recreate the cultural and societal trajectory that created this moment if you tried for a thousand years

i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan

Completely everyday experience for people in countries with universal healthcare, yes.

This is just Trump coming out in support for Obamacare, people. 🤣

A doctor draped in a red shawl with glowing light radiating from his hands and people/things float above him in the sky?

His lying powers have sharply declined.

I'm going to take the win. I have a lotta quibbles and two major critiques, but this is significant. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Aren't these the guys who want the Ten Commandments posted in schools? This would be a good pop quiz: How many violations do you see?