Not a bad thought at all, this.

Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln

Good morning.

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.

While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

#NeverForgetTheEpsteinFiles

38M! 🎉

How to Turn a Party Into an MLM: The Mothership Story (Basic Books, 2026)

"He's a piece of shit, but let's get the political science stuff out of the way," Steven told me when I asked if he thought support of Tesla could be considered apolitical. "Elon Musk has platformed white supremacists and antisemites on X. He got rid of all the moderation. He put back accounts that were clearly neo-Nazis. He's changed algorithms to promote that type of hate. Him and DOGE did massive cuts in the government, including our civil services. He's cut cancer research. Did I mention he was a giant piece of shit?" "He's cut our aid to Africa, which Will result, without exaggeration, in millions of women and children and innocent people dying. Millions," he said. "I'm not a big fan of people who give the Hitler salute. I mean, I'm kind of fussy like that. He gave it twice at Trump's inauguration," he continued. "He's a Nazi. And he cheats at video games. You have another question?"

lol at this response to a “man on the street” interview with protestors at the Tesla diner

I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.

if you’ve ever been to comic-con then you know how funny it must look when one of these doofuses has to take a shit

been saying

“Sitting behind a computer”: bub, an Alabama native (Tim Cook) runs a multi-trillion dollar company serving people who sit behind computers CREATING STUFF. Dumbass rhetoric like this shows why people for generations have abandoned Alabama to create wealth elsewhere.

crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants

I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.

total clarity here from @edwardluce.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/4c4b...

Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.

How the fuck does anyone admire this needy bitch

Signalgate was: last week.

line art with flat shading showing a lonely space diner glowing in the middle distance within a dark and silent cybercity

wip. scanned in the lines and did some quick color flats.

Severe Weather & Flooding Potential Daily Wednesday thru Saturday No April Fools jokes here. We are about to enter an active (and very complicated) pattern that will give us the potential for severe weather and flooding everyday Wednesday through Saturday. This d…

Tuesday Blog: Severe Weather & Flooding Potential Daily Wednesday thru Saturday. No jokes, just the details here

Things Democratic Senators could do that would be useful:

- Withdraw unanimous consent from all Senate business until constitutional rule was restored

- Refuse to vote for any legislation until constitutional rule was restored

- Boycott as a caucus until constitutional rule was restored

This is a screenshot of a tweet by JD Vance. It reads: "President Trump leads America with peace through strength, and that means showing strength when you have to. It's time to bring security back to Greenland."

If the US invades Greenland, things will never be the same in our lifetime. We will be seen as Nazis and Fascists for the rest of our lives.

And make no mistake, they are serious about this.

For people outside the industry, it may not be common knowledge, but one of the most famous bits of technical writing of all time, was Joel Spolsky saying that you should *never* rewrite an entire code base — 25 years ago. www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/t...

This headline goes hard.

Art nouveau style illustration of a character with shoulder-length teal hair and blue eyes; he's sitting on the peak of a mountain, wearing dark clothes underneath a cloth wrap with colourful sunburst patterns and orange fringe. He's holding a lyre in his left hand and gazing at his right palm with a contemplative expression and a slight smile on his lips. The background features stylized clouds; beneath him, skeletal hands reach up to grasp him. Character belongs to a private commission client.

art nouveau commission! inspired by the judgement card 💛

[ #art #artcommission #TTRPG #DnDart ]

Painting in progress … working back to front, gradually increasing saturation as I go.

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"Spirit Token” is an oil painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering Tarkir: Dragonstorm.

My Spirit token for Tarkir: Dragonstorm! This is my favourite painting I've done for Magic: The Gathering so far 🖤
#art #painting #mtg #mtgtdm #oilpainting

I love being a human artist and creating something never before seen, out of my mind’s eye. I love making every decision with care. I love trying and failing. I love noticing mistakes and fixing them. I love it all.