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Vance makes the planet a better place.

Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.

OK, just gonna put out there that the Latest Discourse most accurately reveals the simple truth that parasocial relationships with elected leaders are a mistake.

We’re hosting a community call on our Discord server tomorrow at 8 CT. discord.gg/fUEjQjzM?eve...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Oh, now it's clear why they're re-litigating Biden! They want to void his pardons.

This seems bad

At least 21 people lost their lives from this storm system www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/w...

"86" is in widespread use, but the only place if has the meaning of killing someone is in organized crime.

I’m working on a theory that neurodivergent people are disproportionately on Bluesky because our justice sensitivity made it impossible to stay on X.

Medicare patients who get emergency surgery in private-equity hospitals are 42% more likely to die in the next 30 days, according to new research. www.marketwatch.com/story/medica...

For context on the "game show for citizenship" concept, read up on Gladiators and emancipation for the winners, and then watch "Rollerball".

All of the "drones will replace ALL warfare" types are also the folks that think fully electronic locks on a car are just fine. Those folks trapped inside burning cars with no door handles were unavailable for comment.

Bad news for folks downstream from Decatur, AL.

I'm delighted and honored to be joining IEEE Women in Engineering for a workshop teaching narrative tools for science communication. Register to join us on Thursday, May 22 at 11 AM ET. wie.ieee.org/event/worksh...

The Musk agenda comes to NASA www.space.com/space-explor...

Essential history - How we got here. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-co...

Alabama GOP chair (and RNC vice-chair) John Wahl will help decide whether Tommy Tuberville lives in Alabama or Florida. Turns out, he uses a Tennessee driver’s license under a different name. www.al.com/news/2025/05...

My friend and mentor, @levarburton.bsky.social, gave the commencement address at Howard University yesterday, and it is just magnificent. I can't believe how lucky I am to know, love, and be loved, by LeVar. www.youtube.com/live/YlUBZhP...

“To be called ‘woke’ in a world that sleeps through suffering is no insult “ - Pope Leo XIV

I don't know how to explain to people how terrible arresting Ras Baraka was/is. PLEASE CONNECT THE DOTS. They are going for the most protected classes NOW. What do people think is going to happen to regular people?

the mobile command center for the U.S. government and armed forces in case of an extreme exigency will henceforth be a decommissioned jet liner personally “gifted” to the president by the royal family of an authoritarian monarchy that relies on fossil fuel exports for its wealth. BUT HER EMAILS.

SO MUCH THIS PUT THIS ON A BILLBOARD

I know that for a lot of folks, the anti-Pope, Anti-Catholic rage from the right seems like a recent phenomenon, but as someone who grew up adjacent to the evangelical movement in Alabama, I've seen this going on for at least the last 50 years.

"fake" used as an adjective in politics just means "a thing where I can't control the narrative".

Health care in the US is designed to make sure you die broke. Here's one of the ways that works: www.propublica.org/article/revl...

There it is…

Scams will creep into every corner of our lives. It will get worse. “Long story short, it turns out that the [health insurance] coverage that i thought i had purchased is for all intents and purposes non existent,” archive.ph/ciNtO

yup. www.splinter.com/plagiarizing...

Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.

Need to speak with someone at DHS urgently. If that’s you or someone you know, I’m marisakabas.04 on Signal or email [email protected]

One thing that's 100% predictable now is that if top news coverage has lapsed into something that's not Trump-centered - he'll drop some sort of bullshit that captures the narrative again.