Copy editor tries to change “Is our children learning?” to “Are our children learning?” in an article about…online joke illiteracy. God help us.

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“Zarbiv’s latest videos are now from southern Lebanon, where Israel is conducting demolitions across a swath of Lebanese territory that it now occupies. Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, has vowed to raze towns there as Israel did in Gaza.”

This is the kind of post I come to social media for. Information I didn’t know I needed to know.

a grasshopper on a colored German broadside of the 1540s.

A grasshopper of the past. What a monster flying through the 1540s ...

What a fun idea for a series of children’s books!

“Cassie knows every inch of that building [the WTC North Tower]”

On Ambassador Waltz's Defense of Potential Law of War Violations in Iran Conflict Three top legal experts analyze Ambassador Mike Waltz's claims about laws of war and US operations in Iran war.

We engage with Ambassador Waltz's statements this past Sunday on @meetthepress.com, ABC This Week and @facethenation.bsky.social

On Ambassador Waltz’s Defense of Potential Law of War Violations in Iran Conflict

@mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me

…of the various substances in Dune, that’s not the one I’d say “moves the storyline along.” Might be time for this writer to give it a re-read (or first read).

The wings at Comet Ping Pong are my favorite DC food item. For West African food: Elmina or Dogon.

U.S. Turns Up Pressure on Iraq to Distance Itself From Iran

NEW: The Trump administration turns up the pressure on Iraq to crack down on militias supported by Iran. It has halted security cooperation with Iraq, including training, financial backing and other support. It also demands a pro-US prime minister. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

Saw "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" on IMAX this weekend and can't stop hearing Werner Herzog's final words echoing in my head: "Are we today the [mutant albino] crocodiles who look back into the abyss of time?"

Saw it this weekend in Georgetown (where I also originally saw it when it came out!) thanks to this tip. Many thanks

IDF: Image of soldier smashing Jesus statue in southern Lebanon is real | The Jerusalem Post The IDF views the incident with "great severity and emphasizes that the soldier's conduct is wholly inconsistent with the values expected of its troops," the military said on Sunday night.

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Israeli military spokesman maps "forward defense line"/"Yellow Line" demarcating zone Israel now trying to arrogate to itself in south Lebanon:

Excited to share the cover for my new book, a bio of acclaimed journalist Wallace Terry. The book will be available from the @unmpress.bsky.social on October 6. It will be the third book I've done with the Press. Another excellent job by the Press's design staff.
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A Wounding in Italy Walking down from the mountain, the man in the American uniform could hear the scream of something sinister headed his way. Months of previo...

“I can’t help you, I’m too scared.”
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Man Charged in Lego Theft Scheme of Replacing Pieces With Pasta, Police Say A California man was charged with grand theft after the police said he reaped about $34,000 in what an official called an “off the charts” pasta-and-switch scheme involving Lego kits.

A California man was charged with grand theft after buying thousands of dollars worth of Lego kits, replacing pieces with bags of uncooked pasta, and returning the sets to stores for refunds, the police said on Thursday.

IDF says it struck 380 targets in Lebanon in the day preceding the ceasefire.

That’s by far the highest total they’ve announced for any day since the current bombing campaign began March 2—similar to their daily pace of strikes in Iran in March. In March they averaged 85 daily targets in Lebanon.

Sad!

Does anyone know of a place in DC (meaning within the actual district) where you can buy Melona popsicles?

Already tried Hana Market and they do not have them

Pleased to publish a piece with a very sharp colleague discussing some challenges for the BRS war crimes prosecution.

I’m bullish on chances for accountability, & proud of 🇦🇺for having the courage & integrity to reckon with alleged SOF misconduct.

In Gaza, the IDF has spent the months since the ceasefire completing the demolition of all urban areas behind the Yellow Line (and some a little beyond it)

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Of course, villages in Lebanon are already being completely demolished. It's visible in free Sentinel-2 imagery, as @emansh.bsky.social has been showing: bsky.app/profile/eman...

It's also visible in high-resolution imagery obtained by BBC's @merlynthomas.bsky.social: www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Reminds me of a period during the Afghan surge when shipments of tobacco to APO addresses came to a screeching halt as collateral damage from some new law.

Commanders would be trying to talk to soldiers about the ROE and stuff, and all they wanted to talk about was how to unfuck the dip logjam.