Tom Steyer: What is the symbol he draws on his hand? Tom Steyer's scribbles have historic significance - and a murkier modern-day meaning.

TIL that Tom Steyer has worn the Jerusalem Cross on his left hand since 2017.

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just a banger campaign ad for Sherrod Brown.

Turns out selling your soul isn’t much fun.

Why Sam Altman reminds me of Anton Chigurh To understand what the people building AI are really saying, it helps to spend some time with a man who kills people with a cattle gun.

I am not saying the guys running OpenAI are serial killers. I'm just saying the worldview they present, and the way they talk about their own actions, reminds me a lot of one of the most iconic serial killers in the history of film.

The Reagan counterrevolution only deepened America's problems. It turned the country against government and against taxation. Remember, after eight Republican years in the 1950s, with George Humphrey as Secretary of the Treasury, the highest marginal tax rate was 91 percent. Contrast that with the situation last year when the rich acted as if raising it from 28 to 32 percent were the end of Western Civilization. So overwhelming is that opposition, that politicians who privately see no other alternative to raising taxes, remain silent, because to favor tax hikes publicly would be political suicide.

the past is another country

A Violent Masterpiece - BOOK TRAILER YouTube video by A Violent Masterpiece

Look:

A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE by Jordan Harper
book trailer
directed by Ijaaz Noohu

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this is very imporant

This week on @podcastlikeits The 1990s Patreon I continue our 90s Action Flops miniseries by talking The Avengers w/ Katie McGrath! Tom sadly couldn’t make it but Katie and I talk about the lack of chemistry between the leads, how the editing removes all logic and question why this movie was made!

What would a United-American merger mean for the airline industry and its customers? Experts say a merger is unlikely but talks are reportedly happening

"'The idea that we would have one airline responsible for four out of ten flights every day is beyond horrific,' William McGee, an aviation and travel fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project, said to CNN."
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Snapchat bets on smart glasses as the future LOS ANGELES – Snap is getting ready to launch new smart glasses later this year, and the company is positioning them as a major step beyond the smartphone. I recently spoke with Snap co-found…

They finally invented 100% reliable male birth control…

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Trump Is dooming his party to a midterm blowout It's almost as though he wants Republicans to lose.

New in PN: Trump Is dooming his party to a midterm blowout

"The difference between '18 and '26 is that not only has Trump become even more repellent, his actions have made everything worse. In fact, it’s hard to imagine what more he could do to enrage voters & ensure his party’s defeat in November"

She's leaving Congress to, uh, spend more time with her family, her ambassadorial dreams are ashes, her career is over, and maybe it's okay to stop asking her stuff

A three-minute display of absolute soullessness. She won't criticize even a blunt call for genocide, if it comes from the leader of her own party.

😂

Salute to an all-time tweet

Is he bragging about a spike in terrorist attack plots?

a real testament to stefanik’s total lack of dignity that she is doing this AFTER trump totally threw her under the bus, backed up, and ran her over just to be sure

Kash Patel might file a lawsuit just for show, but he’ll never stick with it. Discovery would be devastating.

it's remarkable how crazy this video is, especially in light of what we just learned in that Atlantic article

I truly can’t wait for this!!

There was a time when the president inspired pride instead of exhaustion. I miss that more than I can say.

Too soon.

If you’re not participating in Chandler Levack weekend what are you doing? Seriously, both of these movies are fantastic!!

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

Important story from the Times on the rise of AI influencers for Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...

Would love to read!

"Before Cutthroat Island went into production, Geena Davis and Michelle Pfeiffer were in talks to star in a pirate movie called Mistress of the Seas. Paul Verhoeven was in talks to direct."

I don't know what this movie is but I want to live in the alternate universe where it's made.

mRNA technology may be THE most underrated and unfairly scrutinized (fuck you COVID antivax crew) medical breakthrough in my lifetime.

Like... The things this is already showing it can do in the last 5-7 years is incredible.

shouldn't be allowed to choose their own clerks, shouldn't be allowed to accept fees for speaking or prize money or awards. shouldn't be able to get book deals, etc. etc. if what you want is to be famous, well, no one is forcing you to be a supreme court justice.

this reminds me, i don't think SCOTUS should be allowed to choose their own clerks. standardize the hiring schedule, put the applications in a pool, blind reads (perhaps by a panel of former clerks) and random assignments.