Ambassador Spock modeling the proper “fuck you, make me” response to intimidation tactics. Our current-day institutions could learn a lot from him.

The insiders seem to have had a 20min warning before the public

“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”
— Karl Marx

It's 1828. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.

It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.

It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce

Some voters got mad about people listing their pronouns, so now we're sending law-abiding, legal immigrants to torture prisons and being hit with the largest middle class tax hike in at least 40 years.

Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.

The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.

Here are some public employee retirement plan managers who own Tesla + shares
TIAA-CREF 13 mil
State of NY 3.5 mil
FL retirement board 2.7 mil
NY State Teachers 2.5 mil
Canada Pension Plan! 2.2 Mil
State of Wisconsin Inv Board! 1.6mil
State of NC 1.3 mil
Ohio Public Employees 1.2 mil

make noise

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"I still remember visiting my mom towards the end of her life. Trump was then running for his first term. She knew the con he was running on the nation. Knew that he didn’t give a shit about people like her - and certainly not people like Susan." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/safe-footing

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.

It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

A big part of the problem is stupid people have been convinced by rich people that AI is God, when AI is closer to an automatic dog food dispenser.

this is still so funny to me

remember how Wile E. Coyote used to hold up a little sign saying ‘help’ or ‘oh no’ or some such just before the huge boulder crushed him

After Green interrupted last night, another Democrat should have done the same thing. And then another, until all of them had to be removed. Delay the speech by a few hours. Or walk out en masse. Anything.

Calling Trump an existential threat means nothing if you can’t meet the fucking moment.

When we shop small, we can create a wealth of change, particularly in our local community. We can help ensure our public school systems are funded, that there are enough bus lines to help folks commute across the city, & that our hospitals are stocked with resources to ensure we are healthy & safe.