Time is a flat circle

Trump : we stand with the brave iranian people fighting oppression

People : so iranians in the us with asylum claims will b-

Trump : deported, yes

“To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole.”

Judgment of the international Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, Germany.

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court.

Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business.

As well as everyone else who stepped up.

I’ve been following Scott since he was a local reporter in DC doing an incredibly thorough, and thankless, job of tracking the events of J6. He’s an absolute pro and represents the best of journalism. Thanks for what you do, @macfarlanenews.bsky.social

this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth

Last February, the Trump administration zeroed out funding for all six Retirement and Disability Research Consortia across the country. They called them “wasteful government DEI programs.”

The total annual cost of all six centers? $15 million.

a man is sitting on a couch with his hand on his face ALT: a man is sitting on a couch with his hand on his face

First Teams meeting of the day due to the snowstorm… More than one person has mute button challenges.

I have determined the mute button has become the clitoris of the of the modern age.

The Davos episodes this week feel like a final nail in the coffin- and this is the net-takeaway.

This piece by Garrett Graff is beautifully explained and gives a detailed history of how we got here with ICE and CBP.

Donald Trump is not forgetting America’s old alliances – his goal is to destroy them | Rafael Behr European leaders who know their continent’s history must now see that the US president is siding with the forces of tyranny, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

@rafaelbehr.bsky.social: ‘If Europeans are right about the values they want the #US to uphold, it follows that the country also needs regime change. If they have history on their side, the current president must fail, and he knows it.’ 1/
[ #Trump #Europe]

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Three coffins wrapped in Danish flags are carried by 4-6 soldiers each; a cargo aircraft is in the background

I think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying

We are now 30 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files

Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/

I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.

Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers Company responds to community concerns over electricity bills and water use.

Microsoft says the company intends to “set a high bar” for responsible data center development, making promises that seem intent on quelling growing criticism and community concerns.

Paywalled but headline conveys the intent.

www.indystar.com/story/opinio...

Five years ago, this great moment was captured on video:

On the 5th Anniversary of the failed January 6th insurrection attempt, we’re reminded how fragile democracy can be. We must remember the darkness of that day so it’s never repeated. As history is rewritten by some, we choose to speak the truth of what happened.

This seems to be excellent advice.

WTOP reporter recounts the Capitol riots of Jan. 6, five years later - WTOP News WTOP’s Mitchell Miller recounts his experience inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when supporters of President Donald Trump rioted against the certification of election results.

From a reporter, Mitchell Miller, who was in the middle of the riots.

Do not let the true history of today be forgotten and manipulated.

Former UK prime minister Liz Truss recently interviewed and promoted Curtis Yarvin, using her platform to spread his explicitly anti democratic, neo reactionary worldview, in direct opposition to Heather Marsh’s progressive worldview. #3E

This video, viewed millions of times on TikTok, Facebook and X, claims to show Venezuelans taking to the street to thank the US for detaining Maduro.

But the video is a combination of four AI-generated clips and was first posted on TikTok by a user who frequently shares AI videos. It's not real.

Watch this. Watch again.

"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."

[wakes up] “I’m sorry, what”

This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.

“Like prime, but with human beings”