Dun Jun

“The point is that both Hitler and Stalin held out promises of stability in order to hide their intention of creating a state of permanent instability.”

― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

Remember this?

Judging by some of those outfits, that job might already belong to their majesty of chill, Liu Yuning. (Thx for the intro.)

Scouting America says transgender kids are still welcome after Pete Hegseth claimed they weren’t "We have transgender people in our program, and we’ll have transgender people in our program going forward,” the group's CEO, Roger Krone, said.

NEWS: Pete Hegseth said that trans kids can’t be in Scouts anymore. Scouting America told me that’s not true.

“Scouting America remains steadfast in our commitment to providing a place for all young people to learn, grow, and thrive,” the org said after I asked.

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Well THIS didn’t age well

Commentary by then Sen JD Vance in 2023. "TRUMP'S BEST FOREIGN POLICY? NOT STARTING ANY WARS" By JD Vance, Jan 31, 2023

Ahem. @vp.govpeeps.us what say you now?

#OperationEpsteinFury

Smart take

@hillaryclinton.bsky.social: "I don't understand why it's so difficult for the press to have a consistent narrative about how dangerous Trump is."

The law of unintended consequences. We will see how long this policy lasts after Wall Street starts calling Trump.

Opinion | Why Did Trump Go to War With Anthropic?

This is why Trumy & Hegseth are at canceling Anthropic: Anthropic restricts its AI tech so the govt "can’t use its product in the mass surveillance of American citizens or install it in killer robots that operate outside human control." Musk, a competitor, will let his AI do those things.

Weird they dragged in Hillary Clinton when there's another First Lady right there in the White House who actually knew Jeffrey Epstein.

Yeah it was most likely directed. But he’s still good in it. Them.

I just watched Bai Jinging in a modern love drama, the kind where the main characters keep all their emotions hidden and try their best to act like they have it all together when they don't, so for 30 or 40 hours they look severely constipated. He was really good at it. I mean that in the best way.

Who made these? They are well edited and inventive.

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period." ERIN REED FEB 25, 2026 88 5 21 Share Kansas Sate Capitol // farzinvousoughian

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses.

Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.

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Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.

Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All

In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.

Exclusive | Spy Agency Blocks Congress From Seeing Gabbard Whistleblower Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s office rejected Democratic efforts to see all the underlying material about a foreign conversation that discussed Jared Kushner.

News: The Trump administration told Congress it won’t share the classified underlying intelligence—a conversation two foreigners had about Jared Kushner—that led to a whistleblower complaint against U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard, citing claims of executive privilege. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

I watched it with the sound off and was thinking, Jane is really amazing. How does she know Yibo is in that trolley thing?

aww

No matter what Trump talks about tonight, remember he only cares about 3 or 4 things: covering up the Epstein scandal, convincing people he won the 2020 election, stealing the 2024 election, and sometimes his ballroom.

I’m not watching, but this is the point where Dems should have rightly stood up and left the chamber en masse.

So, he should be impeached, yet only one Congresswoman has filed articles, Haley Stevens. The Republican controlled house is content to let Americans die rather than reign him in. Shameful.

I think that's a manipulated photo.

Photograph of a dramatic pancake-stack layered supercell thunderstorm with multiple bright lightning bolts striking the surface around the impressive towering updraft looming over a rural landscape. In contrast to the illuminated cloud structure, a deep blue starry night sky is visible on the left.

The first photo I captured of the 9-23-23 Ada, OK supercell (after a few test shots). Yes, all three lightning strikes were captured in a single image! From my distant vantage point, this intricately-structured supercell gracefully danced under a sky full of stars with unmatched beauty. #Photography

That's it. I'm not going. I wonder who else might boycott.

Hope so. After watching so many C-dramas featuring male leads who sell arrogance, emotional control, & toughness (not unlike many western movie heroes, tho that's changing), I figured XZ's brand of ebullient charm might be deemed too uncool or 'feminine' by mainstream C-culture.

What most impresses me about Xiao Zhan is how intelligent he is; how strategic and determined he's been in transforming his image, growing his skills to convey more than his immense natural charm. Though I wish he would let himself be charming in another role, that might not happen.

As Trump withdrew all support for Ukraine, Darth Bezos withdrew support for WAPO news. Europe and Baltimore stepped in. Still - Trump and Bezos are both Darths.

Cubist like representation of two people walking in heavy snow.

Two people cross the Gapstow Bridge in New York City's Central Park during today's blizzard.

Kazimir Malevich
Morning in the Village after Snowstorm, 1912
Guggenheim Gallery

Ryan Murphy
New York City blizzard, February 23, 2026

China's 8B$/yr vertical drama biz-homemade movies-reminds me of 1&2 reelers made in 1905-20s. The birth of the movies: small groups making short films. From this, artists like Chaplin arose. Movies are decentralizing. Yay phones! This is the future. From V-dramas, artists & longer forms will arise.