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Writer, editor. Former (Pund-IT) tech industry analyst. Interests include reading (mysteries, sci-fi/fantasy, poetry, history and science), woodworking, cooking and travel.
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You up, Jake Tapper?

If Joe Biden posted something like this Hannity would be roused from his sleep to anchor special coverage. But Trump posts apeshit conspiracy theories and the mainstream press yawns. His craziness has been completely normalized.

Against all odds, Joni Ernst has made it worse

I keep seeing people say Musk “failed” in his government takeover. No, he did not fail. He shut down investigations into his businesses, he garnered huge contracts, and he stole the personal data of everyone in the US. That’s not a “failure.” This motherfucker won, and won big.

THIS We've been coasting off the epic infrastructural investment from a progressive tax structure since the 70s

Convicted felon and Trump-pardoned seditionist Bernard Kerik has died. May he have the afterlife he deserves.

Great and thoughtful thread.

So the last few days got me thinking about some research I did into horrible ways people die in coal mines, specifically mine gas. (I read about a lot of coal mine disasters when I was working on the next Sworn Soldier book. Never be a coal miner in the 1800s if you can avoid it.)

Right now there are 11 out of control fires in Manitoba. Thousands of people are being evacuated. When things get like this, the uncertainty, fear, extreme weather & dryness due to climate change, you need strong & dedicated leadership by someone like Premier Wab Kanew. We don’t have that in

Something spicy & delicious as a taco has gotten under Trumplestiltkin's thin tangerine skin. Seems the master of mean, juvenile nicknames can dish them out but when directed towards him, he can't take it, angrily calling it "nasty."🤣 Good to know. (you know what to do!) 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮

“.. But the report, from the presidential Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist.” 🤡 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

This policy alone will do enough to slow PRC brain drain into the United States that China should remove Rubio from its sanctions list as a gesture of appreciation.

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Bluesky leftists: Silicon Valley elites have embraced eugenics Reasonable pundits with zero patience for Bluesky hyperventilating: Oh come on now, nobody believes in eugenics these days. Curtis Yarvin: Eugenics is good actually.

When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody." But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies. Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.

This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY. And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon. And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

Get set for a jump in the markets tomorrow... 🙄

@kenwhite.bsky.social is it usually a good sign when a judge writes about you and your client: "From this course of conduct, it is hard to come to any conclusion other than that Defendants invite lack of clarity as a means of evasion." ?

I got a consumer survey about tourism in Canada that I expect to see in a press release or news story about people not wanting to go to the US; it explicitly asked why

Happy Memorial Day whatever.scalzi.com/2025/05/26/h...

Had lunch yesterday with Andrew Hickey, as smart, sweet, & fascinating a human that exists. (Content warning: Our lunch contained gluten, dairy, and graphic depictions of 2 chubby guys eating hamburgers & talking about Fleetwood Mac. If this may upset you, please read the transcript first.)"

the thing I always come back to when we get these “wow, scandalous behavior isn’t being treated as scandalous” headlines is that the people involved know how to make things into a scandal we saw it with the Harvard “plagiarism” scandal we saw it with Biden’s age it is a deliberate choice

Switching from Trump’s Amazon to the more diverse, equitable, and inclusive Costco is easier than you think. I made the switch. Now everything I need is delivered by Costco right to my door in two hours instead of two days - and without supporting oligarchs!

Putin couldn’t have dreamed up a better outcome, alienate our allies, gut federal institutions, fire qualified generals, wreck national security with drunk incompetent fools at the top, tank the economy and $ with tariff wars… all in just 4 months. And here we are. Coincidence?

Reading: About That Deal, Ten Years On whatever.scalzi.com/2025/05/24/a...

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