KJ Articulations

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii, bailed on Bluesky because people kept pointing out how often he would vote for Trump’s bullshit while talking tough.

Twitter is supposed to be his safe space where he can talk a big game while rubber stamping fascism so this is clearly devastating for him

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

Had mine in the "MPI" office once when he was about 3yrs old. He was hungry and I brought him a bag of popcorn while I sat in on meetings. Ever since then he tells everyone I sit in an office and eat popcorn all day long for a living.

Talent isn't rare. Throw an apple & you hit someone with talent. Perseverance? rare. Work ethic? exceedingly rare; the willingness to grind. Being able to endure the scorn, rejection & privation a life in the arts dooms you to in the United States is unicorn-scarce. But talent? Talent is everywhere.

Men would rather take over D.C. than talk about Epstein.

Trump’s Stunning Response When Asked if He Has Sexual ‘Age Limit’ Resurfaces as Epstein-Mania Boils Trump's stunning response when he was asked if he had a sexual "age limit" has taken on a new dimension amid the fallout from the "Epstein Files" controversy.

Howard Stern asked Trump how young Trump would go.

When Quivers asks for his “age limit,” Trump starts out by saying he doesn’t have one — but then gives a point of reference that looks not great in any light, saying he would draw a line at “12 year-olds”:
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I’m half-remembering an article about Devo waiting in a studio because Mick Jagger had to approve it before they could release it. Jagger shows up, barefoot in a suit, doesn’t say a word. They hit play. Jagger listens, then dances, then gets them all to dance, and approves the song.

I was too young when I watched “Clue” as an 8 year old and it blew my teenage mind rewatching it at 13 with the knowledge that Lee Ving was Mr. Body.

“Artemis” is a great example of your comment. Really enjoyed “The Martian” and loved “PHM”. “Artemis” wasn’t good imo for the reason you stated.

I went to one of those and embarrassed myself (for a third time with him) by trying to talk to him while I purchased his copies of “Innervisions” and “Tubular Bells”. He was nice enough to sign my copy of “…Endtroducing” as well. He’s good dude, but I turn into fanboy really quick around him.

💯 agree. I saw him on the tour for this album in Berkeley. He played the original song he sampled before his mix kicked in and it was amazing.

Andor is the most relevant series on television today.

Pretty wild to make your entire case about how immigrants are lawless freeloaders, but having to go to their workplaces and court hearings to arrest them.

Democrats don’t canvass in my rural community, but neither do Republicans.

The difference is that churches often do the work of the Republican Party three times a week…

Relying on "does this essay use em-dashes" as a surefire way to weed out AI generated papers is a huge bummer. It's like "using big words" as a giveaway.

Trump has pretty good instincts about when he's going to be in trouble, politically or otherwise, so him explicitly giving himself plausible deniability now in his statements should be interpreted as an acknowledgment that he sees some danger in the policy in general & re Abrego Garcia specifically

If I understand this correctly, the US president has launched a trade war against the world. Believes he can force the EU and China to meet his terms. Is determined to annex Canada and Greenland. But is powerless before the sovereign might of El Salvador? Steve inskeep

Hmm..

Basically yes

Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in, according to Berulis' disclosure. The attempts were "near real-time," according to the disclosure. Those attempts were blocked, but they were especially alarming. Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts — and the person had the correct username and password, according to Berulis. While it's possible the user was disguising their location, it's highly unlikely they'd appear to be coming from Russia if they wanted to avoid suspicion, cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR explained.

DOGE forced their way into National Labor Relations Board's computer systems. A heroic employee saved logs of their activities. Including a login attempt from Russia.

So did Mark E. Smith and Darby Crash.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

The genuine idiocy and incompetence are impressive, I have to say.

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Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part 4: “Sometimes I Have A Great Notion” For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted, songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the third and final (and very, very long) part of a multi…

The new (and ridiculously long) 500 Songs episode is now (finally!) up! What connects The Captain and Tennille and Pink Floyd? What connects Mike Love, Little Richard, and Alan Lomax? And what do any of those things have to do with "Shortenin' Bread"? You might find out in this...

“The first people a dictator puts in jail after a coup are the writers, the teachers, the librarians —because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”

—Madeleine L’Engle

Said it before, and I have no problem saying it again. Take your time. We’ll be here when you’re through. You matter with or without the episodes. What you’ve been doing is incredible. Makes sense that you need some time to recover.

The privatization of Soviet industries is exactly how Putin built his power.

Public services should not be privatized.

Full stop.

@kenwhite.bsky.social People are filing with the courts saying that Trump has now admitted that Elon is in charge of DOGE during his speech last night. Could those filings be dismissed under the Speech & Debate Clause? (You & Josh bring it up so much that I am now cursed with "knowledge")