isgur’s argument rests on two obvious fictions: first, that trump’s assertions of executive authority are just a modest difference of degree (from the real villains, liberal democrats) and second, that SCOTUS has no particular ideological agenda of its own
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chop wood, carry water
jd vance at the donut shop saying “just whatever makes sense”
jd vance negotiating with Iran
the pedophile president is warning that he will commit more war crimes if they don’t capitulate to his earlier war crimes
Twenty-five years ago, antitrust action made interoperable computing possible, and the web unlocked economic opportunity at the pace browsers improved.
Today's regulators (and the press that cover them) are not building on that blockbuster success. A look at why:
infrequently.org/2026/04/the-...
Had a lot of fun designing some alternate app icons for @glass.photo, all done in @figma.com Draw! Read more here: glass.photo/highlights/a...
The US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, in southern Iran overnight. At least two people were killed according to local reports. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
cmon do something he said to the deep state's all-seeing eye
statusline in claude code: "no git, no git, (no git)"
alright already
truly astonishing how many people refuse to see what is plainly in front of them
excited for this monday on the information super highway
in the cluwrb we all claws
SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.
My report:
being informed continues to be a fucking nightmare
hold the fuck on… men really thought that the ‘machine’ in ‘rage against the machine’ was referring to their mother???
cosign
Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.
Off the top of my head:
www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email
Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.
the consolidation of major media institutions by the president’s oligarch friends is obviously bad, but i do wonder about the ultimate impact. it is clear that trump and his allies believe that you can buy up media and pull an orban or a putin. but…
i write
for i have lost trust in the machines
oh ok
This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported.
He finally died.
I am so angry.
www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...
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score is backwards in the post
jesus fucking christ guys
what must it be like
i nearly tear up at the idea of never having to manually resolve a merge conflict again
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