Margarita

Someone call Jose Andres

No more tapas!

I just want a subtle cotton plaid skirt that doesn't look like a tablecloth

We are deeply concerned by reports that military commanders are framing the Iran war as “God’s plan” and invoking Armageddon in official briefings.

Service members swear an oath to the Constitution — not to any religion.

We are reviewing these reports and will demand accountability.

transcript of a NYT podcast ad: This is A.G. Sulzberger. I’m the publisher of The New York Times. I oversee our news operations and our business. But I’m also a former reporter who has watched with a lot of alarm as our profession has shrunk and shrunk in recent years. Normally, in these ads, we talk about the importance of subscribing to the Times. I’m here today with a different message. I’m encouraging you to support any news organization that’s dedicated to original reporting. If that’s your local newspaper, terrific — local newspapers in particular need your support. If that’s another national newspaper, that’s great too.

the publisher of the new york times wants you to subscribe to the handbasket

www.thehandbasket.co/subscribe

Lincoln's Second Inaugural w/ Jamelle Bouie (1865) [Part 1] Podcast Episode · This Day · March 3 · 41m

My sense of the discourse is that everyone on this site recognizes that @jamellebouie.net is a very smart, funny, good-natured thinker. Well, good news, he's our guest on @thisdaypod.com to talk about Lincoln's Second Inaugural. Part one is up in the feed now! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Cheryl Mills vs Lauren Boebert is like bringing in a siege engine to crush a walnut

End Child Detention Letter with signatures Feb 26 2026

Citing reporting by @propublica.org and others, nearly 4,000 doctors, nurses and health professionals sent a letter to DHS Sec Kristi Noem calling for the immediate release of all children currently in immigration detention. Full letter: tinyurl.com/yz2amueb 1/

Model UN

A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home. Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Meta’s AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.

I'm so sorry. No advice but sharing this story. www.reuters.com/investigates...

Nice to see some sense.

Hat tip to @crampell.bsky.social here: the White House can call it what it want, but if another country was launching bombs at the US and wiping out our political leadership, little doubt that we would call that war.

RIP to hundreds of Iranians and one American vacation

Amazing!

Someone make a "Rihanna inspiring birds" account

Your work is a treasure!

Starmer faces greater quandary over ‘special relationship’ after Iran attack PM is in diplomatically precarious position of declining to endorse US strikes while also refusing to condemn them

ANALYSIS: Keir Starmer faces greater quandary over ‘special relationship’ after Iran attack - @rowenamason.bsky.social writes

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

#BREAKING China's foreign minister tells Iran counterpart Beijing 'supports Iran in defending its sovereignty, security, territorial integrity': state media

Evergreen

Brown and white boer goat with an ear tag that says 0884, putting his little feet on me in a hammock

I'm sorry I engaged in discourse first thing in the morning. Here's a cute goat to make up for it.

"No stupid rules of engagement" seems like a pretty clear indication that Hegseth doesn't care what we call his warmongering

Screenshot of nyt live blog on Iran

Unbelievable groupthink inspired by so-called standards allows NYT to use the violent phrase "full blown" but avoid calling multinational military attacks a "regional war"

This is a bombshell: "the Pentagon wanted the company to allow for the collection and analysis of unclassified, commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data"

This kind of agenda echoes the defunded Total Information Awareness effort, post-9/11

CENTCOM: we have sunk a ship. Probably Iranian. We're not sure. But it looked evil. We have no idea what we're shooting at but the vibes felt right. We also let AI do our press releases.

Tapir Kazu

From 2020, this Tapir.

www.pdza.org/tapir-calf-k...

‘I Have Agreed to Talk’ Trump tells The Atlantic that Iranian leaders want to resume negotiations.

The Atlantic’s @michaelscherer.bsky.social just spoke with the president, who had this to say about Iran:

“They could have made a deal. They should’ve done it sooner. They played too cute.”

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Got a cab near the Department of Education. Hadn’t seen the Charlie Kirk banner before.

My king

"The Crazification Factor," the theoretical percentage of Americans who are simply bloodthirsty bootlicking lunatic morons who'll go along with anything the Republican Leader wants them to, is said to have a floor of 27%. This is below that.