Tim "They Call Me Tojo" Johnson

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

100% OPSEC

“Mr President, the bombings have begun in Tehran and also customers are complaining we have run out of shrimp at the pool buffet.”

But I'm not sure the American public in general views anything less than US Humvees and ground troops in scrub-surrounded vaguely Oriental towns as "war."

I wonder if a hard-line successor will assume power and further destabilize the region just like every other time this has happened

"Mr. President, Sir, I beg you. Please let me share responsibility for this impending catastrophe."

Indonesian horror definitely doesn't get enough love in these lists.

May the Devil Take You was a lot of fun. Kind of Evil Dead vibe.

Joko Anwar's Satan's Slaves is worth checking out.

The poster for Escape From New York, showing tall skyscrapers over a decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty.

Escape From New York

The poster for Escape From New York, showing tall skyscrapers over a decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty.

Escape From New York

Plaintiffs continue their outreach and report here on “the number of Plaintiffs who wish to travel independently to a U.S. port of entry or who wish to be flown from a third country to the United States for their court proceedings, understanding that in both scenarios they will be detained upon arrival.” ECF No. 247 at 7. There are nineteen (19) such Plaintiffs as of the date of this filing. Further details are submitted separately under seal, as ordered by the Court.

Incredible.
19 of the 137 Venezuelans whom Trump sent to CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act, & who were swapped back to VZ & then escaped to 3d countries, seek to come back to the US to contest their Tren de Aragua designation—knowing they'll be detained (& God knows what else) by the Trump Admin.

If only someone could have predicted that something like this could happen then they might have done something sooner.

really a good sign about OpenAI's own prediction of its trajectory that it is lunging at the killbot, mass surveillance and porn use cases before a lawyer could even read the contracts

a whole lot of businesspeople learning in real time that a predictable and stable regulatory state - even if you don’t like some of the regulations - is vastly preferable to “boss man doesn’t like you so you’re fucked now”

I remember when color telephones came out. Almost as revolutionary as color TV.

underground art is important (and important to ME personally) but a world where nobody ever gets a big budget to take a big weird swing is still massively depressing

Couple asks Washington Department of Licensing for Spanish speaker – and gets a recording in a Spanish accent instead Last summer, Maya Edwards and her husband called the Washington State Department of Licensing hoping to speak with someone in Spanish.

Well that's embarrassing. Umm guessing it's sending it to the Spanish "voice" but forgetting to translate first. This is problematic anyway, since automated translations need quality control.

www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

The U.S. is a country that is unable to handle death but is awash in it. A country with people who often can't process grief. These are terrible things.

Oh.

YouTube video by KEXP Margaret Tchatcheuse - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

I need more Margaret Tchatcheuse in my life, and there's only a single and EP out there.

Honestly check out the whole series of videos for the Les Trans festival on the KEXP channel on YouTube. Lots of good stuff in there.

youtu.be/EKzmBWvmy7E

Reminds me of when Microsoft first added voice transcription to Microsoft Office a couple of decades ago.

I had an employee come to my desk terrified that a virus had taken over their computer. It turned out it was picking up bits of conversation from the office about a football game.

Video shows ICE agents drive-by pepper spraying an Ohio mom and her three kids. While she was driving.

When asked by a local TV station for comment, DHS put out a statement that directly contradicts the video.

www.wkrn.com/news/nationa...

Just another reminder that the horrors of Minneapolis shouldn't take the heat off of the other cities also suffering the harassment and terrorism of DHS.

This is performative hateful cruelty for the sake of cruelty. What is wrong with people that they feel the need to attack people just for being.

No I'm not asking for an answer. It's a rhetorical question. I'm just venting at how disgusting this is.

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

It's against my best interests, but there are days where I'd have a hard time making the case against it.

YouTube video by KEXP Sleaford Mods - Jobseeker (Live on KEXP)

Filling out applications...

youtu.be/WhOmCYmEkvU?...

AAAAAAAAH

Mobilize the SAMs and CSAMs!

U.S. Tourists Advised To Temporarily Avoid Shootouts With Mexican Drug Cartels WASHINGTON—In an effort to protect visitors to the violently contested territories south of the U.S. border, the State Department advised American tourists on Monday to temporarily avoid shootouts wit...

theonion.com/u-s-tourists...