"If I blindly tossed a dart based on all the interviews over Inaugural Weekend, no matter where it landed, the value would be unity... [O]ne and all believed that the new president would be a unifier, a healer of cultural and political divides." open.substack.com/pub/matthewk...

The Fraternal Order of Police rescinded their endorsement of Trump over the Jan 6 pardons. Let that sink in… By next week, the Trump administration, and all the media outlets that serve as his mouthpiece, will be bashing the FOP, if not sooner.

Based on what I heard after conducting numerous interviews this past Sunday and Monday, many have little—>no idea what the Trump administration is doing. In fact, one person told me he doesn’t need to know because if Trump is doing it, it’s good for the country.

A potential cease-fire between Israel and Hamas after 16 months of indiscriminate bombing and the absolute destruction of Gaza with American-made weapons isn’t the win you think it is.

In order for DOGE to succeed in its mission of dismantling the government, they need it unfunded and in disarray. Of course an unfunctional gov’t will exacerbate that “hardship”Elon Musk talked about, but it’ll give the new non-department* a partisan win.

Been thinking about the "wildness" a lot lately as I hammer out rote freelance projects. I think about it because I brush off the overwhelming urge to write something original. It's easier to write rote, harder to take on creative endeavors.

Stay wild.

(courtesy of the We Croak app.)

The state of American healthcare is that the country is low key rooting for the guy who assassinated the United Healthcare CEO because we can't get the industry or the politicians who are supposed to regulate it to care about people.

To properly engage with this article you'd have to first wade past the narrative propaganda before tackling any facts*.

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Seeing more dire stories on LinkedIn of high level professionals unable to find work and being on the verge of destitute. It hammers home the fact that the aperture into high quality jobs is even more narrow and that once there, your place isn't guaranteed.

DeSantis admitting he uses lifts would go against a few of his fundamental character traits: being heroically non self-reflective and politically dishonest.

At some point, how does nobody in the organization say “This might save us a bit of money, but is it really worth coming across as inhuman ghouls?”

(Probably a sensible question in much wider circumstances.)

⬇️ Some of the best experiences I've had at the theater as an adult. And as a parent, sans kid.

A good thread pointing out how things can go badly wrong when taking an AI summary in a search result and just running with it. (See how the misinfo-spreading account is replying to corrections to see more examples of them assuming that the top line of the search result is the ultimate authority.)

#PPOD: This image of two moons of Saturn - Titan and Rhea - was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on 10 December 2011. The distance to Titan was 2.038 million km, and to Rhea was 1.329 million km. Note the hazy atmosphere of Titan! Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Gordan Ugarković 🧪 🔭

Next time you have an idea that seems too crazy, just remember that John Woo once walked into an office and said "I wanna make a movie where Nick Cage plays John Travolta playing Nick Cage, and John Travolta plays Nick Cage playing John Travolta," and someone wrote him a check for 80 million dollars

"Looking for a freelance SEO writer for the [redacted] blog Requirement: 60 blogs/month, 1000-1200 words
Those interested, please reach out on via email [redacted]"

Yes, it's a real job posting on LinkedIn. No specs on pay and really, 60 1k-1.2k blogs a months? Not w/o AI. #writingcommunity