Dave Kamper

Tweet from TN Rep. Andy Ogles saying that "Muslims don't belong in American society"

The absolute most disgusting, eliminationist Islamophobia from multiple members of the House Republican caucus continues to spew forth without acknowledgment or censure

Ummm… they absolutely did not have a plan. They wanted to be out in weeks.

Terriers

I don't expect everyone to agree with this sentiment.

I don't expect everyone even to consider this a reasonable or sensible sentiment.

What I fervently wish, though, is for people to recognize this sentiment is widely and deeply felt enough to have political consequences, and act accordingly.

I don't expect everyone to agree with this sentiment.

I don't expect everyone even to consider this a reasonable or sensible sentiment.

What I fervently wish, though, is for people to recognize this sentiment is widely and deeply felt enough to have political consequences, and act accordingly.

Yup

Agree

Shingles booster yesterday and I am FEELING IT

Manufacturing jobs fell again, down 12,000 between January and February 2026. Since January 2025, the manufacturing sector has lost 100,000 jobs. I repeat: The manufacturing sector lost 100k jobs since Trump took office.

#EconSky #NumbersDay

Doubling down after being owned by Chotiner

yup

I’m frankly a bit surprised Trump fired Noem. It shows weakness and reminds people that accountability is possible.

you do not

The real lesson here is that One Member One Vote is absolutely a cure-all that will solve all of a union's ills.

Was wondering the same thing

YouTube video by British Comedy Yes Prime Minister - Sir Humphrey shows poll rigging

Like so many things, Yes, Minister nailed this years ago. youtu.be/6GSKwf4AIlI?...

I've never seen anyone on here say Platner is a Nazi antisemite.

I've seen many people say he's shown a cavalier disregard towards Nazi symbology, and a willingness to be associated with racist and antisemitic people.

They are not the same. @ryangrim.bsky.social's false binary is not helpful.

Did some quality husbanding this morning. Had been working on it for some time and I feel really good about how it went. Feels good to be a good partner.

It's an honest to goodness work of prose, not just an excellent book.

Brilliant book

You can always tell the difference between the legislator who is just reading questions put together for them by staff, and one who understands the subject and knows what they're asking.

@jesspish.bsky.social I presume this barely puts him in the top 1,000 most dangerous sheriffs in the country?

Yeah, lots of lawyers come off as overly technical and hesitant in questioning, because they're aiming for some kind of courtroom precision.

(For Minnesotans, this is one of the (oh so many) things I love about @erinmayequade.bsky.social. When she asks questions in a committee hearing, they're always smart, informed, and thoughtful. It's a sad truth that even many legislators on our side aren't very sharp, but EMQ always gets it.)

You can always tell the difference between the legislator who is just reading questions put together for them by staff, and one who understands the subject and knows what they're asking.

The original story did look very plausible. This seemed a lot more solid than lots of junk that gets passed around, so I don't think you or anyone else who shared it should feel too bad. Good work by The Friendly Atheist, though, to dig into it more.

Evergreen post

Being able to Control+F an issue of The Times from 1932 is a huge deal. Saves time, money, makes you more efficient an historian.

But while an LLM may someday be able to summarize The Times from 1932 with some accuracy, that summary is not what I'm looking for. It offers no help for me.

My (limited) understanding is lots of coding is a means to an end - you code so that you can do the other thing - and so a shortcut to help does feel useful.

For an historian, seems like the best comparison is when scanning technology got good enough for you to scan and search paper texts.

same