Ariel Dovas

Not quite low enough

As we outsource our storytelling to AI, we erode perhaps the most crucial element of humanity’s success.

Bari Weiss totally Barbra Streisand’ James Talarico.

Trump's Caribbean Surge Nears $3 Billion Price Tag So Far The operations around Venezuela that eventually led to the capture of its president pulled in nearly a fifth of the US Navy’s surface fleet at a cost of more than $20 million a day.

Bloomberg says we've spent $3B on Trump's invasion of Venezuela.

Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

People need to understand that when the government is run by hateful goofballs, this shit will become the norm.

Breakin’

My own AI prediction: everything you’ve ever known about will be eliminated in the next 12-18 minutes.

"We have absolutely no plans to introduce Torment to our recently launched Nexus feature," added the spokesperson. "Our ethics and values very much preclude even considering the addition of Torment to any of our products and services."

Thank you!

Pretty sure someone out there is monitoring us to make sure we don’t spread off world. We get back on that moon they’ll probably torch us.

Liberals say that Trump's plan to steal the 2026 election undermines our democracy. They're wrong—Trump's plan to steal the 2026 election undermines our republic.

What movie moment made you exclaim… “THIS IS CINEMA”

Incredible film.

You can blow out a candle
But you can’t blow out a fire

For once and for all: NO. I didn’t get botox I just look beautiful

Sweeping new rules restrict nearly all aspects of national park communications "It's getting more f—ked up every day."

NPS employees say confusion over the new policies is rampant, a culture of fear is pervasive and ignored/denied media requests have become commonplace. “Everything has to be approved before we speak. Everything,” one employee said.

via @ashleyharrell.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Graffiti of the 12 Monkeys graphic from the film of the same name.

When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.

It was a "sideshow," I was told.

This calls for some real FYI (Fro Yo Information).

I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud

New Amway ad is kicking tho

Screenshot of WaPo Editorial Board piece on Texas redistricting.

Screenshot of WaPo Editorial Board pieces on Maryland and Virginia redistricting.

Compare how Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Editorial Board treated Republican redistricting in Texas and Democrat redistricting in Maryland and Virginia.

Last week the far right started peddling a narrative that the outrage over Epstein is a moral panic. Today, like clockwork, a more polite version of that narrative appears in the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Rub them in the coiled covers.

We need to ask all Republican friends: “Is there a scenario in which Trump would accept a loss?”

This is also funny because who would bankroll a Mamdani steal?

Headline from Daily Voice: “Gov. Wes Moore Pushes Back On Proposed ICE Detention Facility In Western Maryland”

I have very serious concerns about the Department of Homeland Security’s plans to build an ICE detention center in Washington County.

By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet