“Thou shall not make a machine to counterfeit a human mind.”

Wise words, Dune.

No Is a Complete Sentence

You do not owe anyone an explanation of why your answer is no. You do not have to justify your limits or apologize for having them. 'No' is not rude. It is not unkind. It is honest — and it is yours to give freely.

Where in your life does a boundary need honoring?

💙💛Two Rosneft refineries in Tuapse and Novokuybyshevsk have stopped operations after Ukrainian drone strikes damaged key units and port infrastructure.

Volvo electric semi scores another real-world win with Coca-Cola Pepsi may grab headlines with their Tesla tie-in, but arch rival Coca-Cola is quietly building an electric semi truck fleet of its own.

So China & Tesla don’t steal all the headlines, Volvo Trucks (Volvo Group) quietly put 5,000+ electric trucks into real-world deployment, logging 100+ million zero-emission miles over the past five years.

Not under Geely. Not hype. This is happening. EV trucks are scaling everywhere, all at once.

Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.

(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...

A federal judge today blocked Republicans from enforcing their series of permitting policies meant to stop wind and solar energy new energy generation projects.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/permitting-bo...

Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.

After low pay for workers and sky rocketing pay for executives, after union busting and sus layoffs… I hope TN gets the message: these few jobs coming to TN don’t make up for the EXCESSIVE executive payouts at the expense of well-meaning employees.

AEG Owner Phil Anschutz Is Still Donating to Causes Promoting Anti-LGBTQ Beliefs AEG owner Philip Anschutz donated $1,020,000 to two organizations that made public statements against LGBTQ people -- Colorado Christian University and the Sky Ranch Christian camping organization.

The owner of Coachella is a right-wing nationalist and gives lots of money to anti-LGBT organizations.

www.billboard.com/pro/aeg-owne...

Daily Reminder: Release th Epstein Files👇🏻

Leaked Memos Reveal Just How Much the Supreme Court Has Betrayed the Constitution All in service of its corporate patrons.

The Brennan Center tracks the Supreme Court's shadow docket rulings on challenges to the Trump Administration's actions. The Court has ruled in favor of the Administration 80% of the time, often without explaining its decisions or providing guidance to lower courts.

Gross broken people without moral character making gross decisions.

Who dat? THE GOP

Ukrainian hackers disrupted a closed-door meeting at Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade and made a recording.

www.kyivpost.com/post/74379

There are fewer than a dozen trans people in professional sports. But there are 62 million straight men visiting a “How To Rape” website. Guess which group conservatives are worried about.😢

(while owning other human beings)

“Let prejudices, unreasonable jealousies, and local interest yield to reason and liberality.
Let us look to our National character, and to things beyond the present period. Without some alteration in our political creed...We are fast verging to anarchy & confusion!”

G. Washington
1786

Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today:

Active Voting Rights Cases: 158
Active Redistricting Cases: 44
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 85
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 71
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30

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Don’t forget to vote Yes today! 💚

The most morally corrupt DOJ in US history.

Russia screams “disinformation” at the UN while burying its own dead.

Amb. Melnyk:

- 30–35K Russian troops lost every month. Recruitment failing.

Cash incentives no longer enough.

This is not strength.

It’s attrition masked as propaganda.
www.obozrevatel.com/ukr/politics...

Turns out the phrase “America First” is preceded by the words “Sell Out.”

CNN compilation of Trump repeatedly saying the war in Iran will end "pretty soon." If this were only a comedy skit, it might be humorous. As it is, this is tragic.

ICE detained the wife of an active-duty U.S. Army Sgt. First Class after she showed up for an immigration appointment in 📍 El Paso—then still threatened removal despite legal protections.

Her husband (27 years active duty) said it plainly: ICE is out of control.

Why is Coachella a thing? Just don’t get the appeal.

And those surprised… raise your hands. Ok, zero.

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

For those attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, a small question:

When you're sitting there at your table, do you think it'll cross your mind that the guest of honor is actively covering up his role in a massive child sex trafficking operation?

He only cared about ONE thing...how it looked on TV. Enough has been said regarding the impossible healing job...not enough said about the depravity it takes to kill your followers to make good television.

This chart is scary as shit.