Jason Porath

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town A trading card game consisting of real-life ojisan (middle-aged men) are going viral with kids in the city of Kawara in Fukuoka Prefecture.

I love this so much.

www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainmen...

In the foreheads of your enemies, I'd imagine

To fight autocracy, it's critical not to obey in advance (put your toddler in his crib for bedtime and not your bed even when you know he's going to wake up in the middle of the night screaming to come to your bed and you'll be too exhausted to resist)

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.

It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

Correct, in that - this sounds insane, but its where we are - the middle-aged broligarchs need AI to cross the Singularity line soon or else they’ll have to admit they’re really, actually, going to die.

Same.

My favourite is Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics by @jasonporath.bsky.social. Not for younger readers, this book opened up a whole world of feisty, often inspiring, sometimes scary women from history. With beautiful illustrations. #WomensHistoryMonth

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org

YouTube video by JoeHisaishiVEVO Joe Hisaishi - Summer

There is a direct correlation between the stressfulness of my day and the number of times I've played this song on repeat to destress.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0GN...

Nickelodeon is finally giving us a new Avatar: The Last Airbender show With a brand new avatar…

Post-Korra avatar! 26 eps!

www.polygon.com/tv/526440/ne...

Just a reminder that fascists, authoritarians, dictators of all stripes destroy archives— books, museums, databases, &c— because those things provide windows onto a plurality of other ways we might organize the world.

And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.

U.S. weighs destroying $500 million in stockpiled covid tests The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and has been considering destroying 160 million tests.

Friendly reminder to get your free Covid tests before they throw them away.

Covidtests.gov

wapo.st/42VLGQh

Motherfuckers.

I often hail my newborn as the Dark Lord Grumbletummy, tackiing on a growing list of epithets. Best read in the voice I use -- a mix of Dr Orpheus and the Daleks:
- Master of the Dire Wail
- Breaker of Winds
- Keeper of the Four Cheeks
- Devourer of Milk
- Kicker of Turds
- The Terror Unsleeping

Marginally less rainy at least.

Was saying the same exact thing to my wife yesterday. Hoping they stick the landing. And that there is a landing.

There is no greater feat of human engineering than the Huggies diaper. I’m talking 300-Spartans-at-the-Hot-Gates levels of defense against poop so omnipresent it could be mistaken for a sepia filter. #newparents

Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.

Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.

When I think of Elon Musk hacking into hundreds of millions of tax files and Social Security records I am reminded of the case of Aaron Swartz. He face five years in prison because he hacked into M.I.T's computer system.

My housemate is part of a team frantically backing up science data from public servers due to be purged. Let it be known in 2025 these are the times in which we live in the United States

If Ted Lasso ever cheered you up at a time you really needed it, watch Shrinking on Apple TV. Just binged the first two seasons and it’s so human and warm and wonderful. Hits all the same notes. Probably more consistent than Ted Lasso honestly.

YouTube video by DarkMatter2525 Why I Stopped Being Anti-Woke

When you realize the redpill is poison.

Really appreciate the mature analysis of the hysterical hypocrisy of the 'anti-woke' online frenzy by @darkmatter2525.bsky.social, who's an incredible communicator.

A must watch:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2QG...

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

Reminds me I still need to do my golden stag play through. And finish Great Ace Attorney!