The first book I read in the series was Monstrous Regiment and I was hooked.

A real joy to read his work.

WIRED for the Moment In a conversation with Status, WIRED’s Katie Drummond argues that Silicon Valley is no longer just innovating new technology—it’s actively shaping American democracy.

DRUMMOND: “.. Ultimately, this era in history is a WIRED story: The United States’ authoritarian turn, aided and abetted by the tech industry’s complicity. And that’s how we’re covering it.”

@status.news @oliverdarcy.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social @wired.com
www.status.news/p/wired-kati...

Paris Sewer Museum. And I've been twice.

Do we need an MLS all-star game?

Wet track. Fast track.

Mario Guevara, reporter who covers ICE raids, arrested at metro Atlanta protest DeKalb County police charged Spanish-language immigration reporter Mario Guevara with obstruction of law enforcement officers and pedestrian walking on or along a roadway.

At yesterday's protests in Atlanta, police arrested the respected journalist Mario Guevara—clearly ID'd as press and, crucially, known for tirelessly documenting ICE abuses—for livestreaming their crackdown.

He was booked on charges of "obstruction" and "pedestrian walking on or along" a roadway.

I appreciate the Terry Pratchett reference!

E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program

Eliminating a famous program that cost just $32 million but delivers an estimated $40 billion in annual savings on utility bills just as our nation faces increasing costs & soaring demands has to be one of the dumbest public policy choices on a very competitive list.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...

This is the good stuff, written for all Americans and not just for legal elites. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Well if there’s anything a Republican president respects, it’s the total sovereignty of a Central American nation.

The rationale for this cancellation is climate denial.

There is no dressing it up, there is no tiptoeing around it.

Yet climate change doesn’t care if we believe it. It will destroy our homes, multiply insurance rates, wreak economic havoc and more — regardless of our opinions or voting record.

Someone at The Onion clearly knows track and field.

Chef’s kiss

In fact, a White House official said on Friday that despite the deal reached with Paul Weiss, Mr. Trump would continue to target law firms with executive orders, including some the president could sign as early as next week. In the Oval Office on Friday, Mr. Trump asserted that law firms "did bad things" and had attacked him "ruthlessly, violently, illegally." But now, he said, they "want to make deals."

Do you get it yet, law firms?

What’s happening isn’t an isolated threat to Paul Weiss or Covington or Perkins Coie.

It’s an existential threat to the independence of the legal profession.

You’re a fool if you think you won’t be next.

Say something. Do something.

Did you scream at this point?

Columbia Disciplines Students Who Occupied Campus Building Last Year Sanctions for the Hamilton Hall occupation include expulsions and suspensions.

We condemn in the strongest possible terms any university that would sacrifice its own students to the demands of an authoritarian government.

This is absolute cowardice & capitulation to an administration hellbent on the destruction of American higher education.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...

To quite Leonard Zinn, "you can't be neutral on a moving train"

YouTube video by Gregory Mullins Claude Malhuret, Senator of the French Republic, speaks the truth about what is happening in the US

Here too
youtu.be/wmDVrV7QRrU

Double world record holder Grant Fisher gets the February cover of Track & Field News.

I could not agree more with Ryan. Great coverage and the Discord is a lot of fun.