I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

Judge pauses mass firing of consumer protection workers

@stacksmashing.bsky.social do you sell your TPM sniffer PCBs?

Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

You know that Rivian sales are eating into Tesla MX and MS sales.

How? You regularly have Tesla simps invading Rivian reddit posts to claim how much better Teslas are.

Block. Every. Tesla. Simp.

Business titans publicly entreating Elon Musk to not engage in retributive oligarchy—using the same psychological play (“now I *know* I can *trust* you to not eat that cookie” vibes)—is pretty wild

Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.

We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.