Matt Smith

The Historical Naval Museum of Venice is AMAZING. I can't recommend it enough, I learned so much. From real artifacts, so many amazing maps, and tons of models I spent a whole day there and could have stayed longer.

I'm just a dumb engineer, I'm not a lawyer or politician; I don't know how to remedy all the ills of the world. But Dr. Hancox-Li here is speaking to me. This is what I want to hear more of from any politician who claims to want to fix the US.

Kyrylo Budanov, a Ukrainian military leader who has served as the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine since 2 January 2026. Before that, he served as the chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine from August 2020.

Oh no. I hope nothing happened to their anchor cable.

Ben Cooper has gotten some amazing shots over the years, dude's magic

Reading one of his books as a teenager was probably the first time I started to realize "hey, these 'warrior' types are really just assholes."

Kristi Noem and her department’s latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately.

Solid work sir, nicely done

This video shows Donald Trump’s lawless federal agents again out of control. The Senate cannot vote to keep funding this. Every single agent complicit in these horrors should be put on trial at the state level for real accountability.

Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis this morning, police chief says A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him. The Department of Homeland Security said the man was armed with a gun.

This looks like an execution. There must be an investigation. There must be accountability.

Joining ICE does not give you license to murder.

The President is escalating the situation—and I have no faith he will stop. The Republican Congress must join us to end this. Enough.

Best prescription

OH no. That's not a good feeling

StarControl 2/Ur Quan Masters. You probably have plenty of time, but the Kohr-Ah are coming

I uh...would not want the Nautilus' fuel to be compressed to the size of a golf-ball. That might have unfortunate consequences. *citation J. R. Oppenheimer et all, 1945

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

BREAKING: Whistleblower disclosures reveal a formal ICE policy to ignore the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. 

Every American should be terrified by this secret ICE policy authorizing its agents to kick down your door & storm into your home. 1/

YouTube video by Frankly Fukuyama Europe: Don't Back Down

Don't back down, Europe: youtu.be/SS5Ep3LTqnE

At least the real high energy stuff (>100 MeV) isn't jumping up. Gonna be a big one regardless!

That's quite the diverse body of work

Hey 60 minutes, where's that CECOT segment?

YouTube video by NASA NASA's Artemis II Live Views from Kennedy Space Center

Artemis II rollout going on this morning, still several hours to make it to pad 39B.

International Station

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When you're the wizard and you absolutely, positively, need to tank every mob in the room

Yes, redesign the entire ship to handle a new modular construction technique. I'm sure that will be a great way to speed up the production of the frigate /s

Resistance moms will save us Renee Good's courage shows our best hope lays with ordinary people

"People are realizing that the only heroes coming to save us are us: regular folks in their leggings and puffer jackets, armed only with iPhones and understanding that we are Americans, and we do not put up with this."

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It's about to take a lot longer to get full each time

YouTube video by Federal Reserve Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
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I am moving forward with impeachment articles against the DHS Secretary Noem.

Secretary Noem’s unlawfulness and dangerous leadership can't be ignored.

We owe it to our democracy to persist, despite the seemingly overwhelming odds against us.

They're so goddamn weird

As bad as things may be in the US, it's important to keep thing in perspective, and recognize the terrible burden the people of Ukraine have been shouldering for far longer than I thought possible

Standard missiles hanging under the wing of anything will never not be the coolest thing ever

I wanna put this up on a billboard, or wall art

If there are any Minneapolis-based people who know how to make this happen, let me know

I feel like we need to fully embrace the spirit of defiance