I just walked by and everything east of the main WH is gone. I'd add 'apparently' cuz - in contradiction to the WH's insistence that everyone would love it - one cannot see the work unless you're in a building above it. Everything in about a two block radius of the site is blocked by multiple walls.

Best time I've ever had at an author event - sorta like an extended and live version of these Bluesky chats. Great intimate setting with beverages and cookies and a very friendly crowd.

Just saw Scalzi at the San Francisco JCC, interviewed by Kim Stanley Robinson. Loads of fun and interesting.

With this said, KPS is one of the few books that acknowledges (but ultimately escapes from) the pandemic. C'mon, authors, its impact remains over 5 years later, but no one can do the heavy lifting to incorporate it into a story? Maybe in 30 years some teen will pick KPS up and 1st learn of Covid.

The indictment cherry-picks evidence to argue he supports leftist causes but ignores contrary facts, like his reference to a gruyper anthem. Don't trust anything coming out of this DOJ. It just got drilled by a judge for lying that deportation of Guatemalan kids was at the request of their parents.

JZ, with his background, if I owned a BK and had female employees, I wouldn't have let him in the front door to pick up an order. 8-)

I think Jared gets bonus points because he had so many "jobs" in Trump 1.0 that he was unqualified AND disqualified (b/c of financial conflicts) for.

This is particularly important because foreigners may well offer facts, insights, and perspectives we might not otherwise hear.

What also is lost here are OUR 1st Amendment rights. We all have a right not only to speak but to HEAR the opinions of others. In 1943, the Supreme Court in Martin v. City of Struthers held “This freedom embraces the right to distribute literature, and necessarily protects the right to receive it.”

Not kidding here. Come to California! Tons of fans here.

If Musk is only a "consultant" or "adviser" as the new administration has claimed under oath in a court filing, how'n'ell did he have access to all federal employees' email addresses?

My son works at the Pentagon, so I'm hoping his response is:
"1. Classified
2. Classified
3. Classified
4. Classified
5. Classified"

Lisa, the deadbeat fathered all of his kids in Canada, so there's that...

AG Paxton and Lt. Gov. Patrick are up there with Abbott and Cruz, to be sure. Not a single soul amongst the 4 of them.