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It's quite incredible how much Founders wrote down and how much of what they wrote down we still possess. Helps to cut back against ideas that, "ounders couldn't have foreseen X." No, not only could they have, they did. Again, the only thing they did not (seem) to foresee was a cowardly Congress.

It's quite incredible how much Founders wrote down and how much of what they wrote down we still possess. Helps to cut back against ideas that, "ounders couldn't have foreseen X." No, not only could they have, they did. Again, the only thing they did not (seem) to foresee was a cowardly Congress.

All of those 10th Amendment Libertarians who were up in arms about federal mask mandates and the ACA are surely preparing to rebel any day now... I am certain of it!

Evergreen meme...

Thank you for making the exact list that I would have made. Additionally would include:
- Janet Mills (ME Gov)
- coalition of blue state AGs
- Tony Evers (WI Gov)
- Bob Ferguson (WA Gov)
- Jay Inslee (Ex-WA Gov)

Still annoyed DNC didn't pick @benwikler.bsky.social who is also on the list.

I have the same reaction to Java. 😜

TM-SGNL-Android/app/src/tm/java/org/archiver/ArchiveConstants.kt at master · micahflee/TM-SGNL-Android Backdoored Signal app, used by senior Trump officials like Mike Waltz, downloaded from the official TeleMessage website - micahflee/TM-SGNL-Android

go into the tm folder - TeleMessage - in the posted Android repo. github.com/micahflee/TM...

That's where you can see, for example, the hardcoded token password that Micah posted. Weirdly the iOS version appears to just be a straight up copy; but the Android version is not.

QFT. Can confirm.

Great example of what we're losing when we lose @polygon.com and its writers. You need to really understand these worlds, their art, and more to ask meaningful questions that you can then use to craft an article like this. Sad day...

“In journalism, there are really bad jobs. And then there is a place like Valnet,” a former Collider contributor told TheWrap. “[It’s] one of the worst places that I’ve ever worked and is probably one of the worst journalism publications I’ve ever seen.”

🪦Polygon. You were one of the good ones...

I remember when you first posted that. Thought you were correct then. Certain you are correct now.

Very American attitude right now - "we do not need X, Y, Z system." (OSHA, NIOSH, NSF, USAID, CFPB, and also free trade, alliances, etc) Very European/Canadian/etc attitude right now - "we need X, Y, Z system. We just need to not depend on America as part of it." It's quite a stunning dichotomy.

rabbit sleeping in a planter

rabbit sleeping in a planter

Our rabbit - who runs free in the backyard during the day - has taken to sleeping in a planter. It is very cute.

Guess who just won the lottery?! Our farm box delivered 18 eggs as a dozen.

Yes, I did email them to let them know and offered to pay for the 18... But still, in the moment, felt like a major win.

Just gonna leave this here @donmoyn.bsky.social. Seems ... relevant.

Irregardless of any of that...

Also misunderstanding of scalability concerns. E.g., *one* person/family might do fine as a hunter-gatherer in a given area. But in typical influencer fashion, exception does not prove the rule. Quite the opposite. Hunting/gathering may work in an area only as long as *no one else does it.*

@wired.com feel like y'all need to do a collab with @theonion.com this where this is a fast follow to first ever "Country Suicide" where a nation hurled itself into recession and domestic strife by electing... Well, I will leave it in your capable editorial hands.

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Just once, I want the interviewer to realize they are part of performance art. Stop being such a normie. "Well, I can be nice if you want. But they said you wanted the hard questions. They said you were fighter... Totally up to you though. They said you could handle any question, so..." He will bite

I am waiting for some "reporter" - possible names rhymes with Bohen or Clack - to go full Ali G. with Trump. "Dey said you answered the hardest questions. I was gonna go easy, but they said, nah, he's sharp." "Biden answered this question last time." Kamala played him like this. He always bites.

seems this chart is going to be a fairly evergreen reply for the foreseeable future...

Revelations is very much not an abstract or theoretical concept to meaningfully large group of Americans. Even what I'd call "casual Christians" (celebrate typical holidays but no real familiarity with actual Biblical text) believe very much in here-and-now end-times existential crisis of same type.

We desperately need to bring back Schoolhouse Rock...

Typically, Amazon has said this was never an actual thing they were planning to do. Only something Amazon Haul was considering in specific instances. So the WH just totally gave away that Bezos has bought zero loyalty from Trump (duh) over nothing. Will be funny if Amazon *now* actually does this.

@avankoeverden.bsky.social 🍁 Yes! 🍁 Congratulations! 🍁

The Problem With Chief Justice John Roberts: He’s Never Been Pulled Over in His Life In a little-noticed hearing last month, the Supreme Court considered Rodriguez v. United States, a case involving the Fourth Amendment’s protection...

I remember reading this at the time and being stunned that Roberts was so naive. But that naivete has been on full display in ever more profound ways since this was written. slate.com/news-and-pol...

"Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Showbusiness." Neil Postman. 1985. Orwell wasn't wrong about the *what* of 1984. He just missed the specifics of the *how,* which Postman captures in his more-relevant-than-ever book. Postman's son wrote a great addendum for internet age.

"Welcome to resistance."

If you aren't willing to FO, then do *not* FA. (I hate so much that there isn't a simple EDIT button. But also understand it. And also need to remember to re-read what I write more carefully...)