So much sun.

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

A federal judge in Illinois today ruled that the Trump administration improperly coerced Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps in violation of the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug:
Dementia Donnie is back, with a new ballroom and war
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Dementia Donnie: Featuring the current Donald Trump, but in the universe in which his father bequeathed his estate to the Ku Klux Klan instead of his son

By @rubenbolling.bsky.social

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🧠 DEMENTIA DONNIE IS BACK, and he's using genius strategies in his war against his roommate!
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Conversation flagged, and there settled upon the company that expectant hush that precedes the dawn ...

“What did the Caspian Sea?” asked Reginald, with appalling suddenness.

There were symptoms of a stampede. ...

-- from Saki's "Reginald"

REMINDER: Saudi Arabia does not want the war in Iran to end before there is regime change. The Saudis are paying a top U.S. negotiator, Jared Kushner, tens of millions annually. The negotiations just ended without a deal, exactly what the Saudis wanted.

The best way to handle a shift is to practice bunting.

Sometime in tne early 2010s, everyone decided that scores were overrated and movies needed to sound like steam engines and foghorns. It’s reminiscent of the studio era wall of strings and here’s hoping our Prokofiev emerges soon.

Garnish with an olive.

An adorable raccoon.

Meloni's Trump trouble: Why Italian PM is distancing herself from US leader The Italian leader's cosy alliance with Trump may have become more of a liability than an asset as key elections near.

The Italian leader’s cosy alliance with Trump may have become more of a liability than an asset as key elections near.

It's hard to figure out who was NOT talking to the NYT.

1) Issue ultimatum with demands that can't be met

2) Back down, which makes them think their counter threats worked and hardens their resolve, or unleash war crimes on civilians, which makes them think the threat is existential and hardens their resolve

3) Repeat step 1

WHY ISN'T THIS WORKING?!?!

Earth and Moon from DSCOVR NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. This view shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth. Ian Regan processed this version of the image to account for the Moon's motion. NASA / NOAA / Ian Regan

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable.

Earth and Moon in one NASA photo.

ht @astrokatie.com

Robert Bloch sitting at a typewriter looking like the protagonist of a Lovecraft story about a nervous clerk who ends up in a mental hospital

first time seeing a photo of horror legend Robert Bloch & honestly, *chef kiss*

a frog wearing a purple collar and a tag Alt: All glory to the Hynotoad.

All glory to the Hypnotoad.

Google Maps gives me a different combination of routes between two points every time I refresh, often omitting the answer that I end up using. Tokyo is too hard for the algorithm.

Connecting these lines optimally is the most satisfying of puzzles.

This is a rich vein you've mined here.

Claude Code codebase is leaked Security researcher Chaofan Shou tweeted yesterday morning that the source code for Anthropic’s Claude Code agent had leaked: [Twitter, archive] Claude code source code has been leaked via a map fi…

Some actually good commentary on Claude pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/01/c...

c/o @symbo1ics.bsky.social

If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.

La Belle Epoque; 7 Rue Albert 1er, 59140 Dunkerque, France www.google.com/maps/search/

PICKLES ARE TASTY.

"Two or three weeks" means "until you forget I said this."

"We can’t promise that any Copilot’s Responses won’t infringe someone else’s rights (like their copyrights, trademarks, or rights of privacy) or defame them."

Where have I heard "two to three weeks" before?

Surprised we're not still hearing about long hair, flowers, and beads.