Pete Hegseth's murderous buffoonery, coming amid a lifetime in which he's betrayed everyone close to him and failed up from one disaster to the next, is a perfect example of how the appeal of Trumpism is that it creates a permission structure for people to openly be their worst selves
Tuesday night brought a bright meteor / fireball to the Vancouver area, plus a loud sonic boom:
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Fun @nprfreshair.bsky.social interview w. filmmaker Morgan Neville, director of the new Paul McCartney doc, Man on the Run (runs 38 min):
www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n... @npr.org
😵💫 😵💫 😵💫 ⌛
Half the job ads on LinkedIn are basically "Help train the AIs that are going to replace you in a couple of weeks, and with luck the whole department also."
NASA alters #Artemis plan: Artemis III no longer a moon landing; instead they'll test docking equipment in low-Earth orbit. (Artemis II still scheduled to loop around the moon.) via @nebulousnikki.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/science... #NASA
C'mon, "lets go too" in Oregon! ⌛ 🕰️ ⏰
Many of the scientists Jeffrey Epstein courted were already well-established and well-funded. So why didn’t they all just say no? Science talked with three who did just that.
Here’s how Epstein approached them, and why they refused to have anything to do with him. ⬇️ https://scim.ag/40qbXnv
Why the Clintons’ ordeal might end up backfiring on Trump
edition.cnn.com/2026/02/27/p...
Rebuilding faces and identifying tattoos, AI joins the search for the missing in Mexico
edition.cnn.com/2026/03/01/w...
“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant"~Maximilien Robespierre.
#buybannedbooks #readbannedbooks
...and here we are 🤬🤬🤬
Don't forget the second and third richest men own YouTube through Google.
We used to have anti-trust laws to prevent this kind of media consolidation. A Republican president championed anti-trust. He also championed public lands and the Nat'l Parks.
Teddy Roosevelt wouldn't even recognize the GOP.
The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
He holds special disdain for those who almost ended his reign of lies and grift. Schiff, for leading the first impeachment…Jack, for investigating him without fear or favor…he knows that without cannon or scotus he’d be in prison right now…and it still haunts him.
The DOJ is flat out LYING when they claim compliance with the Epstein law.
Millions of files are being withheld under the assertion of privilege.
Take them to court immediately.
Get a judge to assign an independent special master.
Let the SM review the remaining files and determine compliance.
Trump claims he has been exonerated of any wrongdoing in the Epstein scandal.
Without any inquiry, investigation, trial or jury verdict.
Despite being in the files more than anyone else, being his bff for years, and allegations he raped a minor.
Conclusion: He doesn’t know what exonerated means.
Lol. 😂
Apparently John Barron called into C-SPAN yesterday morning and went on an angry rant against the SCOTUS tariffs decision. The voice sounded mysteriously familiar, as did the name-calling and insults.
www.rawstory.com/trump-267529...
6. How prepared are we for a rare but powerful "solar storm"? Another feature that I wrote for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social, this fall:
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... #space #physics #science
4. Low-Earth orbit is getting dangerously crowded. I wrote about the perils of "space junk" for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social:
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... #space #science
Farmer, 86, Rejects $15 Million Offer to Sell His Land to Data Center Developers: ‘Not Interested in Destroying My Farms’
Pennsylvania farmer Mervin Raudabaugh sold development rights to a land trust for $1.9 million instead.
It's possible that the California Street view might be one of the best in all SF!
A son of sharecroppers, a Freedom Rider, a moral force in Congress, John Lewis taught us that democracy is not a state, it is an act. When we see injustice, we do not look away. We get in good trouble. And we build bridges despite adversity. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Congressman.
my cat keeps carrying her bell ball to the top of the stairs and pushing it so she can hear the noise and chase it down again
1) this is adorable
2) i fully expect her to say first words by next week
That headline says everything about time, and how it lies to us.
When a baby gets measles and survives, the story is supposed to end there. Fever breaks. Rash fades. Parents exhale. Life resumes. We file it under “childhood illness” inconvenient, scary, but over.
NY FED: Consumers pay 90% of tariffs.
CBO: Consumers pay *95%* of tariffs.
www.crfb.org/papers/cbos-...
Newsom: He’s a weak president — and that weakness is now on display globally. The only card he had left was these tariffs.
His entire economic policy has been mass deportations — and that’s beginning to unravel. His broader economic policies have obviously been aided and embedded in these tariffs
