As a son of Appalachia, I understand the opioid crisis better than anyone. That's why I'm proud to stand with the Honduran president who delivered drugs to needy Americans with such efficiency.

by JD Vance

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

As always:

This is ridiculous. If cold weather wasn't an obstacle to William Henry Harrison's inauguration, it should be good enough for Donald Trump!

Philadelphia Inquirer showing how it’s done.

Hans has always been very clear about the fact that if your check clears, he will write your stupid song for you. This web3 thing isn't even close to the stupidest!

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I know people get pissy at politicians for continuously messaging that the next presidential election is the “most important election of our lifetime,” but I mean, I’m sorry, it does feel like a lot of recent history has been building to 2024, I dunno what to tell you

@swordsjew.bsky.social just read your hex newsletter. What did Friedrich do to *you?*

No one wants to hear this, but we simply have to repeal the Second Amendment.

Dudes will be like “check out how cool this AI is” and ask it a question that you could have just googled the answer to five years ago, and that interaction has the carbon footprint of a house fire

If you buy a website then crap it up you should be legally required to restore the website to its original state, like when they make polluters pay for habitat restoration

An Arab paramedic who treated Israelis injured by Hamas militants is remembered as a hero

praying for a swift merciful and just end to this war that spares as many innocent people as possible

AI enthusiasts showing you the worst thing you've ever seen like:

@richardkadrey.bsky.social my friend @abbysyarns.bsky.social has discovered her book was sucked up in ChatGPT. Who should she contact to join the suit?

"Research show[s] that U.S. police spend much of their time conducting racially biased stops & searches of minority drivers, often w/o reasonable suspicion, rather than “fighting crime.”..The NYT reviewed national dispatch data & found that just 4% of officers’ time is devoted to violent crime."

finding old mutuals on Bluesky has some real "pacing the deck of the Carpathia desperately trying to figure out which of your loved ones survived the sinking of the Titanic" vibes