New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally.
It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...
sauron's security infamously cannot account for three tiny guys, one of whom is literally carrying his most prized possession and who is able to do so fully into the heart of his realm where it is destroyed
the penne opticon
John G. Roberts, Chief Justice of these United States, does with regularity, and in a manner inconsistent with the rule of law and unbecoming of his office, purport to decide cases according to rules which he knows he will not actually apply, generally and neutrally, to all cases within their logic
Fittingly, a white flag that no one can read unless you pull it out and wave it in defeat
Screenshotted excerpt from linked article reading as follows: "In public, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has cultivated a reputation for care and caution. The papers reveal a different side of him. At a critical moment for the country and the court, the papers show, he acted as a bulldozer in pushing to stop Mr. Obama’s plan to address the global climate crisis. When colleagues warned the chief justice that he was proposing an unprecedented move, he was dismissive. “I recognize that the posture of this stay request is not typical,” he wrote. But he argued that the Obama plan, which aimed to regulate coal-fired plants, was “the most expensive regulation ever imposed on the power sector,” and too big, costly and consequential for the court not to act immediately."
OOP
New York Times got receipts on John Roberts being like, 'I know this isn't how anything works, but a Democratic president is about to implement a policy!!'
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
A mixed set of playing cards showing a Pokémon card a magic the gathering card and Uno card and a poker card
WHITE HOUSE: You don't have the cards
WHITE HOUSE HAND:
passkey is imho one of the most important security developments that touch consumers and also one of the worst consumer rollouts i ever witnessed because every company involved treats everything like an enterprise customer solution
“The low adoption likely has nothing to do with what people want or even expect," EFF’s @thorinklosowski.com told @techradar.com. "Our messages should be protected with end-to-end encryption without requiring us to opt into the feature.” www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-pri...
The only de-stable tan guy I acknowledge is the president of the United States, amirite folks?
I know the media is hoping the story of Mamdani getting royalties from a fleeting rap career is supposed to make everyone see him as some sort of elite to be angry at but what if instead it inspired a bunch of creative people to become socialist mayors
A VCR never sold my private info to a nazi
Genuinely funny that Sonia Sotomayor issued a public apology today for her mild criticism of a conservative colleague on a specific, substantive issue, and then a few hours later Clarence Thomas picked up a mic and was like ALL LIBERALS ARE AMERICA-HATING COWARDS
Good for him but I am tired of learning about all the ways a 41-year-old candidate for U.S. Senate supposedly has a lot more growing and learning to do. Maybe do that before the Senate? And maybe try out a lower office before then?
Or maybe we just watch him blossom into another Sinema/Fetterman.
Sen. Mike Crapo blocked Sen. Elizabeth Warren's last-ditch attempt to preserve the IRS's free Direct File program.
In the last election cycle, Crapo was the top GOP congressional recipient of campaign contributions from the corporate PAC of TurboTax's parent company.
I maintain that among the media's biggest mistakes has been continuing to ask Trump questions as if he's a normal guy instead of asking things like "Can you explain who Jesus is" or "Describe the process of pumping gas"
Everyone knows the economy is doing great. I dont know why homelessness is up and a record number of people are working 2 jobs, but that has nothing to do with the economy. The economy is a chart with a line going up, not that other shit. Grow up
Oh yay. Chronically ill people w/ complex (monitored) medication needs are about to get panicked phone calls from everyone they know (who have suddenly become medication experts) telling them to stop their meds.
NOTE: DO NOT DO THIS. (Both the calls or the VERY DANGEROUS sudden discontinuation.)
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It's astonishing how wedded people are to the idea that refusing to name what's happening is how we overcome it.
Oh sorry, so religion and politics should be separate? Is that what you're saying? bsky.app/profile/atru...
The board voted at its March meeting to require transgender students to use locker rooms and bathrooms that match their sex assigned at birth. The superintendent said social workers would meet with the affected students to go over the changes.
In case it is unclear: your ethical and moral obligation is to refuse to participate in enforcing this. To validate that this is wrong. To push back and stand with trans kids. To offer safe bathrooms. It is not to make it palatable or tolerable for other adults.
sentinelcolorado.com/metro/federa...
I believe that in order to take some small step forward, the word “bird” should be replaced with “saur” in all common names. Mockingsaur. Secretarysaur. Red-winged blacksaur.
HUMMINGSAUR
NYT cooking page has basically no meat on it
"Dumplings With Peas"
"Broccoli Cheddar Beans"
Again: for any big liberal donor who wants to funnel millions into fixing this country's politics, the ROI on buying any struggling paper and simply tasking it with doing real reporting on local news is vastly higher than the same $$ given to some group that does mass ad buys every election year.
“We know that pterodactyls and plesiosaurs aren’t dinosaurs.” May be my favorite poll disclaimer ever.
And what is this disrespect for ankylosaurus??
If you don’t believe we are in a bubble you are in denial
Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.
Mamdani: When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich
Well, today we're taxing the rich...
I too aspire to have an API limit and for you to either pay me more to keep working, or wait until after I've had a nap
