looking good sir

I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via
@archive.org

I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection.

blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...

Musk scorned “shady” loopholes, yet offshore tax tricks likely saved Tesla hundreds of millions When Tesla released its annual report for U.S. regulators in January, the Texas-based automaker, led by the world’s richest man, reported a federal tax bill of zero dollars for 2025.

Elon Musk's Tesla reported an estimated federal tax bill of $0 for 2025. A Reuters analysis found that Tesla units in the Netherlands and Singapore posted $18 billion in profits that likely saved the company more than $400 million in US taxes reut.rs/48wd21x

Holy. Shit. This is Reid Wiseman's video he took with his iPhone while at the moon 🌙

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

These guys are whiny fascist clowns with the moral depth of a tea saucer.

We all have days like this

where is that user that's been talking about how it's a bunker for like a year now

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools. Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's "keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's "we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight." It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before. "It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time. A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead. @michaelfdubois Mukad A QuBoy @michacifdubois

Brutal.

Rep. John Larsen filed 13 articles of impeachment against Trump for a range of high crimes.

Now I’m just showing off. 😉🤣

Every photo of Sam Altman is starting to look like this

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

The reporting on OpenAI and Sam Altman I've been working on for the past year and a half, for @newyorker.com, with Andrew Marantz: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

In case you're wondering, the Constitution is pretty fucking clear.

"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law"

The genesis of this investigation (w/@regret.bsky.social, @timmarchman.bsky.social , @couts.bsky.social, @hudsongiles.bsky.social & @samspengler.bsky.social) was the winged insignia worn by Greg Bovino & several camouflaged Border Patrol agents thruout At Large, Midway Blitz & Metro Surge - BORTAC

A stunning view of Artemis II core stage separation.

Footage captured from passengers on an airliner above Florida, showing the exact moment the Artemis II mission lifts off.

Artemis ii

HELCH wall

HELCH

i think this is interesting in a grim kind of way:

they're finding a way to use a frankly pretty busted ass tool in a way to get not-so-busted results, by, essentially, busting its ass

I continue to be genuinely shocked every time I read about another Trump cabinet official who lives *on a military base.* Being among the people is such a foundational Republican commitment. Rule and be ruled in turn. I really think this should not be allowed.

Broke: pack SCOTUS

Bespoke: randomly assign court of appeals judges to each case, meaning you can't know the composition of the court you're likely to face if you bring a ridiculous claim

If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today.

That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right

I said this in replies elsewhere, but I want to say it loudly here.

Anything other than a fullthroated affirmation of birthright citizenship in this country by SCOTUS is an act of treason. It is grounds for immediate impeachment. It is a violation of every oath they have made.

A grey rock that has a beautiful fossil trilobite. The rock is rough, but the trilobite sections are smooth. One of the main features is a compound eye, made of of many lenses.

The beautiful preservstion of trilobite compound eyes will never cease to amaze me. On this little 400ish million year old Phacops you can see all the little lenses - each one a rigid calcite mineral crystal! Together they had excellent 360° vision, perfect for finding lunch on the seafloor.

Gorse & blackthorn on the cliffs above the sea - the Great Mewstone Island in the distance

Monterey fir trees over a little cottage roof looking out to the Yealm Estuary & beyond to the sea

Two villages tucked away in a river valley - white houses down to the river & green fields behind

Coastal path between gorse & blackthorn by the sea

Had a gorgeous walk from Wembury along the Yealm Estuary towards Newton Ferrers & Noss Mayo

#DevonandCornwall

Surprised Iran hasn’t figured out they could end this with some made up very prestigious award.

Cringe is Good, Earnestness is Strength On irony poisoning and the importance of being earnest.

Earnestness is the counter to this awful historical moment. It’s the way out.

Unabashedly caring about others, about community and ideas, speaking the truth, standing for values.

People want to believe in something more than a group sneer that looks down at others.

@aselrod.bsky.social nails it.