Suck it, AI (oh no, wait, did AI do this)

Its a shame we’ll have to have another contested GA Senate election when Ossoff runs away with the 2028 Dem primary, but if that’s what it takes to get an aggressive anti-plutocrat into office, so be it.

Me: Okay we have a lot to do today let’s get it together

Brain: I refuse to do anything productive until you help me remember the name of that really thick square chocolate bar you coveted as a kid circa 1980

Me: Goddammit

“Is it 100 Grand”

”I just told you it was 50 cents, you deranged psychopath, inflation is ***not that bad***“

Demographic data complicated by the fact that 100% of users register as 21 year olds with fake IDs

"Short term volatility for long term gain" reminds me of how my dissertation advisor used to describe entering a political science doctoral program as "sacrificing current income in order to sacrifice future income"

It's one of those papers that shows you a problem that immediately seems very clear, and now you can't unsee it and would very much like someone to solve it, any day now really

(Thank you both!)

I'm a few years late, but @saragoodman.bsky.social and @tompepinsky.com's 2021 piece on exclusionary liberalism is outstanding.

If you're at all interested in illiberal xenophobia and the future of the liberal international order, this is required reading.

Perhaps Magyar's most important promise, and the one that certainly resonates with voters: "never again a country without consequences!"

The crowd chants: "To prison! To prison!" [with the corrupt officials of the outgoing government]

To scholars of democratic backsliding, it is difficult to overstate how big a deal today's election in Hungary, a country of less than 10 million people, is likely to be as a narrative milestone for our age, regardless of which way it goes.

That Vance would prove more anchor than sail was not difficult to predict, here. People do not like blatant US interference in their elections!

A starfield filled with thousands of stars and shining clouds of dust. The Milky Way\u2019s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy\u2019s spiral arms, about halfway from the center. Credit: NASA

OH. MY. GOD.

THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!

Trump probably could have achieved a (marginally) better JCPOA with competent coercive diplomacy, given Iran’s weakened regional position.

Instead, we get a historic debacle of a war. By comparison, the JCPOA might as well be the Louisiana Purchase.

*taps sign* bsky.app/profile/ship...

Trump is now between a rock (escalation) and a hard place (humiliating defeat).

The defining feature of Trump 2.0 is his admin's categorical refusal to admit errors. Ever. Trump's cult of personality is *the* load-bearing pillar of his political life.

So: can Trump save face? If not...rock.

To all those afflicted by seasonal allergies: may you be steadfast in these dark and perilous times

This, “god made fucked up monkeys with anxiety“ are my favourites so far from this trip down memory lane

brb, googling "Big Bridges in Saudi Arabia"

Amendment: I guess Iran might decide to quickly re-open to most traffic if the world decides to accept the new Iranian toll gate.

In which case, I don't know how Iran hawks sleep at night. They set out to disempower Iran, and are instead handing them a $100 BILLION annual check? Yikes.

I need someone to explain like I'm 5 why Iran would choose to open the Strait if the US + Israel ceased hostilities today.

Iran is ~ weeks away from $$$$ oil prices, Americans are war averse, and we can't curb Iranian revenue w/o increasing oil prices. Why not restrict flow indefinitely?

The chaotic uncertainty intrinsic to Trump's transactional paradigm is ruinous. It prevents us from forging durable agreements *even among our allies,* let alone enemies.

That this admin failed to anticipate real Iranian resistance -- the most obvious thing in the world -- is a damning indictment.

The blatant lack of U.S. assurance credibility is the defining malaise of Trump's transactional foreign policy.

Nobody believes that Trump will honor his word. This incentivizes targets to resist Trump's demands (Iran), and to make promises they have no real intent to fulfill (investment pledges).

Just had a nice convo with my proudly libertarian Lyft driver en route to @isanet.bsky.social about why cutting USAID for “waste” was a disaster — civic duty accomplished 🫡

See y’all in Columbus!

Prestigious Kennedy Award Goes To 'The People Of The Twin Cities'

"The people of the Twin Cities" are the winners of the prestigious 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

I've got a tennis joke, but it's pretty hit or miss

It's at least somewhat gratifying to watch the illiberal autocracy promoters refuse to learn from the mistakes that liberal democracy promoters made: overtly asserting that a politician is backed by U.S. imperial support typically doesn't help!

👀🍿🔥

This headline tells the ugly story: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

THE ROMANS: "We spend our time in careful and deliberate reflection on what it means to live a good life"

MARC ANDREESSEN: "I spend my time watching my evil money printer go BRRRRRRRRRR"