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“The purpose of these tariffs is to be able to lift them to those who bow down to him and sacrifice their dignity.”

Timothy Snyder gave a presentation at the New York Public Library on Monday.

Tesla's only growing business was just kneecapped by Trump's tariffs.

Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s.

Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world.

I’ve been friends with Om for decades, but he’s wrong about Bluesky. It’s a clone of Twitter, that’s why it’s so popular, but it has the same flaw Twitter had — it could be turned against its users by an acquiring billionaire. He and his co-author fell for their hype.

Trump’s Fight Against Antisemitism Has Become Fraught for Many Jews.

Trump wanted people to inject chlorine, take ivermectin, to recover from Covid, now prescribes same for the world economy.

Inside ICE Air: What It’s Like to Be a Deportation Flight Attendant.

“Every living American was raised under the Bill of Rights.”

Central U.S. braces for powerful tornadoes and flash floods. (No FEMA.)

Adam Schiff: Putin Sees Trump as a ‘Child’ Who Can Be Easily Manipulated.

Apple leads a drop in tech stocks after Trump tariff announcement.

Dow futures tumble 1,000 points on fear Trump’s tariffs will spark trade war.

Immigrant toddlers ordered to appear in court alone.

In Alien Enemies Case, Many With Open Asylum Claims Allegedly Removed.

Tesla car sales lurch as Elon Musk hits the gas for President Trump.

WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff.

Why Every Entrepreneur Needs a Little Delusion.

In Alien Enemies Case, Many With Open Asylum Claims Allegedly Removed.

David Frum: No Tariff Carve-Out for Farmers.

‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies.

Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race as Democrats take stand against Donald Trump, Elon Musk.

Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun and The Doors, dies aged 65.

Joe Rogan: 'Horrific' that innocent people could be deported to El Salvador.

Silly Nice Seeks Hospitality Partnerships Across New York.

Is your state at risk? These 15 states face huge job losses if the IRA is repealed.

GM is beating EV rivals with more choices at lower prices.

Trump Nominee for Joint Chiefs Denies Wearing MAGA Hat.

Harvard means something. If they go down without a fight, what hope is there for our country? Even if they had all the money in the world, Harvard as an idea will be lost.

300 Alums Call on HLS to Denounce Trump’s Attacks on Law Firms.

House Republicans Blame Elon Musk for Dragging GOP Down

Federal food assistance cuts would crush 1.8M NYers, city officials say.

Scripting News: More weird ChatGPT fun.

Substack says it’ll legally defend writers ‘targeted by the government. ’

The Hungarian Model.

Civil Rights and Historical Honesty.

(43) Civil Rights and Historical Honesty.

First ever USB-C recharging electric bicycles launch sales.

Trump's tariffs are like his idea for injecting bleach to get rid of Covid.

It’s the moment of truth for Zuckerberg’s Trump bet.

It’s the moment of truth for Zuckerberg’s Trump bet.

Trump officials to review $9bn in Harvard funds over antisemitism claims.

Bird flu could be on the cusp of transmitting between humans − but there are ways to slow down viral evolution.

Software is a mathematical science, so if I write a piece that says what a company is telling you about their technology is not true, I’m not saying it because of a conflict, or because I don’t like them, I say it because it’s true.

Trump Administration Will Review Billions in Funding for Harvard.

OpenAI just raised another $40 billion funding round.

I agree with DHH. As a user who is in awe of the power of ChatGPT et al, I agree, and add “Only steal from the best.” Great artists must decide which art to be inspired by. And great artists before they die, should share all their secrets, so the next generation can be even greater.

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado.

Trump Boasts About Getting Back at Opponents.

Burgum says Mount Rushmore has room for Trump.

Trump Again Floats Running for Anti-Constitutional Third Term.

Time to get out the popcorn. This should be interesting.

For God’s Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump.

Coming from Evan Osnos: Field guide to the ultra-rich.

April 5: 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement.

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars.

Prompt in alt, great graphic prompts that work in the new chatgpt.

And The NY Times sold us out to Trump, never to be trusted again.

How to Remove Your Tesla Logo.

Test from MST-PHP

Republican Abortion Laws Are 'Torturing Women.' Can the GOP Fix Its Own Crisis?

Timothy Snyder: The Imperialism Has no Clothes.

No one voted for Musk.

The Signal chat exposes the administration’s incompetence – and its pecking order.

Emboldened Trump Squeezes Traditional Media.

Harvard Faculty Did the Right Thing. The University Should.

I like how the MST-PHP version imported the content of all the new feeds, I want to look at that for my version.

Testing, 1, 2, 3

“This is the official rapid response page of the Democratic Party, holding Trump and MAGA extremists accountable.”

Noem's vow to eliminate FEMA raises disaster response concerns.

We need a plan for communicating after the end of democracy.

We need a plan for communication after the end of democracy.

Elon Musk’s DOGE role draws effort to force Tesla to close Missouri dealerships.

Why Sheinbaum Can Surrender to Trump.

Elon you can’t speak for your customers. The car is great, but you suck.

We all try to lead a parade, with a big viral idea, if only everyone would follow me, it might just work. Instead, find a parade you can join, and add your energy, talent and experience to it.

Today's song: Volunteers.

It's Time for Zealous Advocacy To Safeguard the Rule of Law.

Who decides what the interests of the US are? Certainly not Elon Musk.

Bill Gates on AI: Humans won’t be needed ‘for most things.’

Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears.

Law Firm Skadden Arps Seeks Deal to Avert Trump Executive Order. (Maybe all law firms should negotiate as one.)

Law firms divided over response to Donald Trump's orders.

Kristi Noem Records Chilling Video In Front Of Alien Enemies Act Detainees.

Elie Mystal's List of Laws that Need to Go.

Elon Musk, and How Techno-Fascism Has Come to America.

21 attorneys general call on legal community to stand in 'defense of rule of law' in wake of president's actions.

Fox News’ Jessica Tarlov Says She Never Wants to Hear ‘But Her Emails’ Again After Trump’s Atlantic War Plans Fiasco.

Dan Erickson Breaks Down the Shocking ‘Severance’ Season 2 Finale.

Lies and the City.

She Quit Google for ChatGPT and Other AI Search.

Let’s put it in language the Signal leakers will understand: what a bunch of pathetic sleazebags.

Journalist at centre of Trump's Signal chat scandal speaks to BBC.

Corporate America’s Euphoria Over Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ Is Giving Way to Distress.

Watch Your Tesla Is Watching.

DOGE can't explain why it wants sensitive government data. Isn’t it obvious. He has his own LLM and he’s loading it up with all this info, to be used to suck all the money he can out of the country. We’re sitting ducks.

Patronage Is a Lucrative Way to Attack Rule of Law.

Law Firms Are Chickening Out Of Representing Trump Foes.

Breaks my heart to see foreigners excoriating my country, wanting to defend it, but knowing they’re right. This is not a way we can exist for very long.

Trump's Attack on Lawyers and Law Firms Takes a Page Out of the Southern 1950s Playbook.

I love this, they look at protocols for news (I guess) and this guy leaves out RSS. It's amazing, leaving it out is the only way they can justify the existence of their protocol.

Social Security is breaking down.

A very tasty title for today's Daily podcast, and it lives up to the promise. I keep wishing we had done something to prevent Twitter from being bought by a billionaire, same as I think now re Bluesky. Or if it's going to be bought, let a friendly billionaire buy it.

Before I moved to the mountains I lived near Columbus Circle in Manhattan, with a walkability score of 99, a transit score of 100, and 87 for bike riding. I didn't even own a car.

I'm surprised the EPA's walkability page is still there and not obviously marked up for DEI submission.

When Cats Came to My California Prison.

How bad is it? USPS chief DeJoy stepping down immediately. Couldn’t wait, something truly awful must be coming.

Stunning Signal leak reveals depths of Trump administration’s loathing of Europe.

I want natural language text macros in ChatGPT. I would devise a macro that turned random text I wrote online into a properly formatted blog post.

Why can’t the Dems run ads like this.

Columbia Faculty Protests as Trump Officials Hail University Concessions.

Hillary Clinton: “You have got to be kidding me.”

The Atlantic‘s Jeffrey Goldberg revealed that he had accidentally been added to a Signal group chat in which the Principals Committee – the heads of the top American national security agencies — debated how and whether to strike the Houthis earlier this month

The Atlantic‘s Jeffrey Goldberg revealed that he had accidentally been added to a Signal group chat in which the Principals Committee – the heads of the top American national security agencies — debated how and whether to strike the Houthis earlier this month

Infinite Mac can now run early Mac OS X, with 10.1 and 10.3 being the best supported versions. It’s not particularly snappy.

Tax revenue could drop by $500 billion percent amid turmoil at IRS.

JD Vance in 2021: Stop Treating Left-Wing Advocacy Groups Like Charities.

Universities Gave Us the iPhone, the Jet Engine and Gatorade. We’re Tossing That Away.

CS For All or All for CS? -

Why are other universities silent in condemning Trump’s attacks on Columbia?

Social Security: A Time for Outrage

Sandwiches in NYC have become enormous and too big to eat.

Let's stop being surprised.

Is it safe to travel to the United States with your phone right now?

Americans Are Buying an Escape Plan.

The Lutnick wedding announcement in 1994.

Has anyone verified with Howard Lutnick's mother in law? I'm not entirely sure I believe him, btw.

Recreating the "Severance Effect" with motion control.

Benjamin Franklin: "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."

His wonderful mother in law knows who to call to get her a few mill to tide her over to next month. No big deal.

Small Batch, Big Flavor: Why New Yorkers Are Choosing Silly Nice Weed.

What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced.

Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest.

I trust that invisible hand Darwinian ecosystem builds better networks, because they are real, not contrived.

When power went out in our Kansas home, I pondered political disaster. Our only hope is self-rescue.

Why isn’t the Democratic Party flooding the zone with rallies like this, everywhere.

Stratechery Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman About Building a Consumer Tech Company.

What Is It Like to Be on Ketamine?

Kitty Dukakis, former first lady of Massachusetts, has died.

Reading this fresh post from Ken Smith, I thought a good slogan for Bernie's new party (maybe they should call it that) is Build Back Better, stolen from Biden. That's going to be a popular message because everyone is quickly figuring out that we're getting the shit kicked out of us, and there's a lot of rebuilding in our future no matter what.

Trump’s firings of military leaders pose a crucial question to service members of all ranks.

In December I wrote about "listening lists" for podcasts. I believe it's coming into fruition soon, from at least one major podcast vendor. It's not only going to be nice to have imho but it's something the open web does better than the podcast silos, that in itself is important.

2009: Natural-born blogger. "NBBs go first. If there's an NBB around you don't have to wait for a volunteer."

Newsom on the Podcast Train.

Utah GOP Reps. Maloy and Kennedy told to “Do your job” at a town hall.

Local and State Police Are Joining Trump's 'Deportation Force.'

Seniors won't complain if they miss a Social Security check, Lutnick says.

Bird flu continues to spread as Trump’s pandemic experts are MIA.

"I don't regret the vote": Why most Trump voters stand by him, even as he ruins their lives.

Acting head threatens to shut down Social Security after court ruling.

Trump rescinds executive order after law firm agrees to provide $40m in free services.

I don't think we should use the term “social web” until there actually is such a thing,

Universities are caving to Trump with a stunning speed and scope.

Steven Miller is the perfect Batman villain from Central Casting. An American Jew playing the role of a Nazi Sturmbannführer wannabe.

Steven Miller is the perfect Batman villain from Central Casting. An AmericanJew playing the role of a Nazi Sturmbannführer wannabe.

How a Quiet Diner in the Catskills Became a Star of Severance.

‘Severance’ Finale was everything we could have hoped for. Bravo! 👏🏽

Good morning sports fans!

Heathrow Airport closes all day over power outage.

Tesla confirms it can't sell the Cybertruck even with tax credit and discounts.

Elon Musk and China: Could Tesla’s bottom line influence Trump’s foreign policy?

It's remarkable how some of the rich of Silicon Valley want to do to the world what they did to the web! If you extrapolate, we'll go from a world with great potential, to a lot of grunting and snorting and not much else.

Immigration agents arrested a U.S. citizen and created warrants after an arrest, lawyers say in court.

DOT must not give Tesla or other automakers a free pass, advocates say.

Sacha Chua has a list of old school bloggers in every conceivable format.

Jeff Nichols on The Writer's Web.

Profile of Steve Davis, Elon Musk’s Top Lieutenant Who Oversees DOGE.

Good morning sports fans! 😊

Thejesh Is shutting down his Mastodon instance.

JFK assassination files converted to Markdown, uploaded to GitHub.

Democrats Troll Republicans For Ghosting Their Constituents.

Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Efforts.

Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Efforts - The New York Times

Where is an example of a Ghost-published post on a Mastodon server?

Where is an example of a Ghost-published posts on a Mastodon server?

Trump-Musk Scandal on Ukrainian Kids Stolen by Russia Just Got Darker.

The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia.

Work in Progress: What Trump Took Away.

Stephen Mays wrote up a list of his early web influencers.

If you want to understand what Musk and Trump are doing, this scene from Goodfellas explains. It's worth watching, I promise.

Does the Foreign Emoluments Clause Apply to Elon Musk?

Trump’s Tax Cuts Mainly Benefit Wealthy.

Judging by what’s in the press I’d say there’s a journalist movement to remove Schumer, as they did with Biden. They aren’t reporting his theory of why he voted as he did. Heard him last night on msnbc and it made sense. At least they let him speak.

Tesla loses ground as Chinese EVs dominate global markets.

Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks.

Voters boo Nebraska Republican over Musk, Ukraine, Trump tariffs during raucous town hall. The pitchforks are out.

Remember when Obama said to the bankers that his “administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.” These are the same people. They’re back and this time they want everything.

Remember when Obama said this to the bankers that his “administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.” These are the same people. They’re back and this time they want everything.

I’m interested in seeing what Ghost-written activitypub posts look like in other systems. If you have such a site could you reply with a link? I asked at the link below, but my comment of congratulations hasn’t appeared yet. Thanks in advance.

Previously classified files related to JFK assassination released.

What John Roberts’s Rebuke of Trump Left Out.

John Turturro on Getting Lost in the Severance Hallways and Pitching Christopher Walken for His Role.

Trump kickstarts new House GOP effort to impeach a federal judge.

You Won’t Believe These 14 Dreamy Small Towns Hiding In The Catskills.

Marco Rubio Announces Stunning Extent of USAID Purge.

Democrats: Get back on the air!

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow. (This is brilliant. Finally someone showing leadership in journalism.)

Stranger To Himself.

Farewell Photoshop? Google’s new AI lets you edit images by asking.

Writing became secondary.

I don’t usually listen to the NYT daily podcast but I’m going to give today’s show a try.

i am sure Ezra Klein is wrong. The reason trump won is the Dems ran the country and campaign with the same weak approach Schumer demonstrated so well last week. If there were a supportable choice, I would’ve voted against them too. Sometimes people get left behind. That’s the leadership of the Dems, and it isn’t about age, Jeffries had the disease too.

April 5, 2025 Nationwide Protests – Podcasts, please be in! (I don’t know who this is, but I like the message.)

The Department of Education is investigating more than 50 universities for using race to recruit and support some students.

Harvard will be free for students whose families make $100K or less.

What does the writer’s web mean to you?

Trump has a plan to remake the economy. But he’s not explaining it very well. (It involves Ivermectin and injecting bleach into the money supply.)

South by Southwest is downsizing in 2026.

Democrats just need new candidates in almost every district.

Memo details Trump plan to sabotage the Social Security Administration.

Today's Timothy Snyder piece is a must-read. This is the moment when we lose all our rights.

The dystopian "freedom cities" dream fueling Elon Musk's destruction.

BloggerCon: The Rule of Links.

John Palfrey who is president of the MacArthur foundation, and a former colleague and friend from Berkman, and a legal scholar, writes about a crisis in the rule of law. It’s puzzling to me because I try to be informed, but don’t know what the crisis is? We need better info flow.

I asked people to write a blog post about what the "writer's web" means to them. We've had some great contributions, like this one. Small pieces loosely joined, both in terms of content and software. Podcasting is a SPLJ technology. I want to do the same with blogging.

Om has a new daily blog. The band is getting back together. Lovin it. Blogs all the way. Open web for all!

The Growing Battle Over How to Define a ‘Podcast.’

Our warmongering, drugged-out conspiracy theory.

Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they’re struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships.

Docs: A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales. Built with Django and React. Opensource alternative to Notion or Outline.

If you think Twitter/X is too conflicted to trust as a way to share news, then I don't think you've arrived at the answer with Bluesky, yet a lot of people appear to think they have. Listen to Cory Doctorow if you don't believe me.

Ralph Nader: Stay Silent and Stay Powerless Against Trump’s Tyranny. Must-read.

Maps: Where Trump Voter Jobs Will Be Hit by Tariffs.

Trump admin makes Asheville remove ‘DEI’ language to access hurricane relief aid. Think where this could go. You want health care? Buy a Tesla first.

A man says his stepmom locked him in a room for decades. He escaped by setting a fire.

National Park Workers Ordered to Use Talking Points on Trump Cuts.

X-rated way Canada could ‘win trade war’ — ban Pornhub in US.

It’s a good thing Spielberg made Schindler’s List. This scene about “essential workers” is an eye opener.

There was a time, 1999 specifically, when writing for the web in a web browser was a strange and new idea. That era lasted until 2006 when Twitter emerged, removing almost all the features of writing and adding character limits. That had enormous impact on the political and creative worlds. The era of wood chipping people and ideas.

OK man says Social Security benefits terminated without warning or explanation.

Voters fear Social Security cuts and put heat on GOP over Musk and DOGE.

Hands Off! March on D.C. — April 5.

Serbia's largest-ever rally sees 325,000 protest government.

Why write right?

Do you really think the American military would follow an order to attack Canada?

Arlington Cemetery strips content on black and female veterans from website.

Matt Terenzio has a great address for his new blog, where he writes about his vision for The Writer's Web.

Sebastian Abbott: The Distracted Procrastinating Writer's Web.

Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán’s playbook.

Instagram is now a (photo) information network.

Walz, Newsom and Buttigieg Are Among Democrats Stirring 2028 Presidential Chatter. Add AOC to your list.

South Milwaukee woman deported to Laos is stranded with few options.

Tesla Takedown.

Doc has a new format for his blog.

Philippe Pétain was a French General who served as leader of Vichy France between 1940 and 1944.

What Trump and Musk Want With Social Security.

Scripting News: The writer's web.

I now think of this blog as my own magazine, and RSS as my paper boy.

From Public Service to Public Office: A Call for Former Federal Workers -- Run for Something. (We could use a new Senate minority leader.)

Mark Kelly ditches his Tesla.

First They Came for Columbia.

Trump demands admissions overhaul and control of academic department at Columbia University.

"Antisemitism" and Antisemitism.

I asked ChatGPT to write a blog post using the available technology of 1993.

Doc Searls wrote a blog post in 1992. Very early. I didn't learn enough to post something on the web myself until 1994.

Mark Cuban: Of course Musk would let Tesla tank in return for getting to be the owner of the United States of America.

Seattle man bought a Tesla just to destroy it in protest against Elon Musk.

Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year.

AOC: "American people, whether they are Republicans, independents, Democrats, are up in arms about Elon Musk and the actual gutting of federal agencies across the board." It’s the people, dummy.

AOC: "American people, whether they are Republicans, independents, Democrats, are up in arms about Elon Musk and the actual gutting of federal agencies across the board." It’s the people, dummy.

Gruber: Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino.

If your name is Lydia, there's a song for you.

What to Expect When You’re Expecting Catastrophe.

Early Pirate Bay Backer Carl Lundström Dies in Plane Crash.

1995: HTML 2.0 spec.

As ICE targets a Palestinian activist, some Jews are asking if this is the fight against antisemitism they signed up for. (Being pro-Palestinian is not antisemitism.)

Taking over the Podcast network: Michelle, WSJ.

No response from either TechCrunch or the company, as before. Bluesky is doing great, it’s time they drop the pretense that they’re “billionaire-proof.” They obviously don’t respect this blogger, perhaps a journalist could ask about their claim.

Elon Musk Looks Desperate.

Trump plans "law and order" speech at Justice Department Friday.

The Portland crowd enjoyed the Knicks buzzer beater overtime win over their hometown Trailblazers. Where ever you go the Knicks fans are there.

Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR.

Is Trump Taking a ‘Liquidationist’ Approach to the Economy?

Democrats to hold town halls in GOP districts amid controversy.

COVID keeps evolving and will find new ways to evade immune systems.

"Mail Pages" were a feature of my blog in 1997 and 1998. People could send email in response to a post, I read them all and published the most interesting ones, by my subjective criteria, to the current mail page. I think something like this could work in 2025 and beyond.

The Lives of Others (2006), a drama and political thriller set in East Berlin before the wall came down. How secret police kept watch on the people. It foretells what's sure to come in the US, and it's also a fantastic movie.

FTC asks to delay Amazon Prime deceptive practices case, citing staffing shortfalls. Quid pro quo?

“Social media” is almost 100% bullshit and the rest of it is a con. Discuss.

How Simon Willison uses LLMs to help write code.

How Simon Willison uses LLMs to help write code.

i am heavily invested in the stock market, and I totally don’t mind if it crashes. I also own a Tesla, and ditto.

Tulane University Responds to Federal Investigation Over Antisemitism Complaints.

Really enjoyed this Fresh air interview with comedian Bill Burr.

Was Mr Bill part of the SNL50 reunion? I must’ve missed him! 😀

Pocket Casts’ Web Player Is Now Available to All.

People who believe there is magic that makes Bluesky billionaire-proof are misled. If they sold out you and I would have no place to turn. It would be a replay of the mess with Twitter.

Kansas politicians say an awful lot. But look beyond those words to catch what they actually do.

German Thru-Hiker Detained, Deported, and Banned From US.

NOAA set to fire 1,029 more employees, bringing cuts to near 15 percent.

JD Vance's cousin criticises him for 'belittling' Zelensky.

Bluesky has us locked in despite what their CEO says.

She is full of it. Who could fork it off, how long would it take. And your friends wouldn’t follow, and the longer there is no clone the more locked in they get. This is one of the biggest cons ever in tech. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but we are all totally locked in here. We can’t move.

Data Rescue Project.

The shit is going to hit the fan when the Repubs cancel Medicare. Look at the picture in this post by Maddow on Bluesky. Yeah they're all on Medicare. They're already going to town hall meetings. They're boomers. We're not done yet folks.

The Diseases Are Coming.

Why cross-posting to Bluesky and Mastodon is not on the roadmap for WordLand. They are too limited in the features they support for writers.

“Nobody voted for Elon Musk,” protestors chanted at a Tesla dealership in Manhattan yesterday in one of the many protests at the dealerships associated with Musk’s cars.

Cops help insure no Tesla sales.

I dream of getting reviews like this for my software. This time we’re making blog writing as fluid as tweeting. When it’s done we’ll be using our Wordpress blogs the way you write in twitter, but without the limits.

Rep. Mark Pocan draws packed crowd at town hall meeting, calls out Rep. Derrick Van Orden on transparency.

Democrats are reeling. Is Stephen A Smith the way back to the White House?

Why I love Severance.

Ghost is implementing ActivityPub. It seems to be taking a long time.

Evicting the elderly to make a millennial 'live near friends' utopia.

The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know.

The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know.

Bluesky is trapping users in the same way Twitter/X did. Bluesky is a big scam. It’s good to see some people learning, maybe.

Anger at Elon Musk hits Tesla with violence, vandalism in protest.

”Developers should build on existing standards, not try to replace them. They might be more alive than you think (or more accurately, wish).”

Rick Scott Reveals Republicans Are Absolutely Cutting Medicare.

Let's Create "Town Hall Night in America".

Trumpists Fall Apart On Question: Is President Trump A Russian Asset?

Wired is enjoying a moment, with lots of new subscribers, including myself. They should do what a lot of paywalled sites do, allow a certain number of shared posts per month where people can get through the paywall aka “gift links.”

Trump’s plan to stockpile crypto complicates industry's policy push.

Firsthand account of what a firing squad execution looked like.

Bless Bernie, he gets it. It’s always a good time for a campaign rally. Something that has yet to occur to Democrats.

Musk's DOGE team reportedly includes a 24-year-old former Canadian university student.

Cuban -- Mavericks should have got 'a better deal' for Luka Doncic.

Reading this story about the deportation of Ukrainian refugees from the US, I hear in clear terms we are no longer a democratic country, no longer have a representative government. We're not just supporting Russia we are Russia, its 51st state. Very weird and unacceptable.

ActivityPub is not going to rock the world. Emulating Twitter is not how to do decentralization. Every decision made in the design of Twitter was based on being centralized. It's going to require more brain work to crack this. WTF Markoff.

US citizen detained by ICE voted for Trump.

Antisemitism in the Oval Office.

How Trump's first days compares with Orban's in Hungary. Must-read.

New concept opening in May in Woodstock's Early Terrible and Mud Club.

But the Fediverse is impossible to use even for people who understand what it's trying to do, and most people have no idea. The answer: stop trying to reinvent Twitter, it wasn't a great idea! And figure out what really works in a decentralized system. It requires some serious brain work.

Please let Mr Hitler speak.

Did anyone see an explanation of what the strategic crypto reserve is for?

Charles Barkley takes direct shot at future ESPN coworkers over Lakers, Warriors coverage: 'Y'all are idiots.'

Today’s Olbermann podcast was especially good.

Jeffries should resign.

Federal Judge Tells Trump He ‘Is Not a King.’

Worst Hudson Valley, New York Roads for Potholes. It’s been a rough winter here.

Andrew Cuomo Gets Endorsement From City Government Workers’ Union.

On Writing Severance: A Conversation with Dan Erickson.

"Trump isn't Hitler, he's Marshal Petain."

2017: What if TWTR is bought by a Repub? The problems were foreseeable in 2017, after Trump won the election by tweeting. At that time TWTR's value was about $12B. I tried to imagine a tech entrepreneur who had just bought the United States. We're now living that nightmare.

Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US.

That was a Trumpian eagle.

National Parks Contributed $55.6 Billion to U.S. economy, supported 415,000 Jobs in 2023.

FiveThirtyEight is shutting down as part of broader cuts at ABC and Disney.

You may think the Dems looked weak with their signs last night, but I think at least they were representing their voters’ interests, unlike the Repubs. If I were there I would have held a sign too. Too much Monday Morning Quarterbacking. They did something — that’s a start.

The Canada and Mexico tariffs would have devastated any manufacturers making cars in North America.

The Supreme Court Is Just One Vote Shy of Making Trump and Musk Kings.

“We will take in trillions and trillions of dollars and create jobs like we have never seen before,” Trump told Congress.

America is Trapped in a Burning Tesla.

Volvo ES90 revealed: 800V beauty is midway between SUV, sedan and fastback.

My blog, scripting.com, has been a democracy blog since inception in 1994. All blogs have democracy as their foundation, imho. The idea of the “unedited voice of a person,” is revolutionary, esp for the times we live in.

Norway’s natural gas windfall should go to Ukraine.

Trudeau says Trump's 'dumb' trade war is designed to collapse the Canadian economy.

Now Trump’s pissing off the crypto bros.

Fired US government workers with top security clearances were not given exit briefings, sources say.

The single most important thing about what Musk is doing is that it is Musk that is doing it.

One way is better than two, no matter how much better the new way is, you'll still have to support the old way.

Looks like the Washington Post is covering TrumpLand, not RealityLand.

Trump Hates Canada for its Decency.

Trump Orders Permanent Govt Shutdown.

Ontario will cut U.S. power 'with a smile on my face,' Ford says.

Warren Buffett: Tariffs are ‘an act of war.’

Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China could push up car prices by as much as $12,200.

Here's the latest from Hays, Kansas: Elon Musk fired my wife.

Dow tumbles more than 600 points, S&P 500 posts biggest loss since December as Trump says tariffs will proceed.

Analog Gov't vs. Digital World.

𝗬𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 you can get bold or italic text in your social media posts even though the software doesn't theoretically support styles in text.

Fired DOGE victims get to stare down Trump during big speech to Congress.

Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russia, hitting Ufa refinery. Interesting, now that the deal with the US is off they can go as far into Russia as they want. Ironically, Biden was protecting Putin better than The One With the Gaudy Hooker Makeup can.

Wisconsin Supreme Court race puts Trump and Musk at center stage.

Washington now ‘largely aligns’ with Moscow’s vision, Kremlin says.

Tesla store gets taken over by Musk protesters, 9 people arrested.

France has ‘trouble understanding’ US halt on cyber operations against Russia.

Chris Hardie: How far I'll go to make an RSS feed of your website.

“Democrats have been playing dead for too many years,” Sanders said.

Rubio Bypasses Congress to Send Israel $4 Billion in Arms.

DOGE’s savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones.

Chris Lydon interview with Senator Angus King (I-Maine): "The most direct assault on the Constitution in our history."

“The White House has become an arm of the Kremlin. Every single day you hear from the National Security Advisor, from the President of the United States, from his entire national security team, Kremlin talking points.”

18F: We are dedicated to the American public and we're not done yet. Quite a message. Our kind of American. Let's fix this. Good idea.

An idea for our answer to MAGA: "One America Together."

Purple baseball caps. Ideally worn by everyone at the SOTU address, and chanted for every applause line.

Kind of the way Knicks fans say Doooooce when Deuce McBride gets a score.

If I understand correctly, this TechCrunch article is misleading the same way the Bluesky company misleads. There is no benefit to users of either app that they use the same complicated and new structure to communicate, where simpler and more established standards would work just as well.

Elon Musk’s quest for power has a new target: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court.

Anti-DEI push ends effort to plant trees in places that need them.

All or Nothing review: Michael Wolff details Trump’s bilious re-election campaign.

Loss to 76ers provides graphic proof why Warriors paid Butler.

One of the Grimmest Days in American Diplomacy.

Protestors Ambush Vance During Vermont Ski Weekend: ‘Go Ski in Russia.’

Former Gov. Cuomo announces run for New York City mayor, aiming for a political comeback.

How Knicks' Mitchell Robinson and Karl-Anthony Towns will look playing together.

VP Vance is on vacation in Vermont with his family this weekend and will be skiing at Sugarbush Resort in Warren, VT.

Heather Cox Richardson: “Today, President Donald Trump ambushed Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky in an attack that seemed designed to give the White House an excuse for siding with Russia in its war on Ukraine.”

The Real Reason Trump Berated Zelensky.

What to know about highly contagious measles and how to protect yourself

IRS rejected request for addresses of people believed to be in U.S. illegally.

Tears and shock in Ukraine and Europe after heated Zelensky-Trump meeting.

Advice to schools on Trump's DEI crackdown: Do nothing — yet.

Podcasts can be pretty awful and don’t have to be.

Are You a Fired Federal Employee? Let Us Give You a Free Membership.

Amazon Alexa Plus Event 2025: live updates and product announcements.

The US Department of Education now has a DEI snitch form.

Republicans terrified of crossing Trump due to physical threats, Democrat says.

Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers to likely be unlawful.

Renewables generated 24.2% of US electricity in 2024.

Data show Tesla sales declined sharply in Europe.

Tesla is hit with a fresh class action about its self-driving claims, hardware 3 computer.

Not known for political coverage, Wired takes a leading role in tracking Elon Musk's team.

This scene from Goodfellas does a pretty good job showing of what Trump is doing with the US government. They aren't even trying to hide it.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics. (Yes, that's the big picture. They're recreating Russia, where all the functions of the state are being "sold" to oligarchs.)

“I know there’s a lot of power in that Oval Office, but I’ll take that power up against the power of 6 million pissed-off commuters in New York City,” Hochul said.

Musk was raised and educated in apartheid in South Africa and doesn't understand how our system of government works. He explains how he thinks it works.

Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa found dead in Santa Fe home.

Sell Your Teslas. Dump Your Stock. Stop Musk Now.

Musk is proving before our eyes, working 120 hours a week is not the same thing as doing a good job.

Unvaccinated child dies of measles in west Texas as outbreak worsens.

Heritage Foundation Presentation Details Plans To Doxx And Target Wikipeda Editors It Claims Are ‘Abusing Their Position.’

The feeds that are included in the Little Feed Reader on the Bluesky.

The Little Feed Reader account on Bluesky. Please follow it for an eclectic feed with news and various other topics.

Jeff Bezos declares opinions questioning “free markets” no longer welcome at The Washington Post.

Bitcoin plunges as crypto fans didn’t get everything they wanted from Trump.

Bezos takes control at the Washington Post. I guess he has to with Musk controlling Twitter. I bet Bezos wishes he had built his own twitter.

How Much Elon Musk Pocketed in Government Funding Before DOGE.

I'm interested in knowing what browsers people who use WordLand are using, so I asked ChatGPT to write some code that makes sense of them in some human-readable way.

Timothy Snyder: The "Fraud" Fraud.

Musk Wants a Cut of $42 Billion Biden Internet Plan.

Musk’s cost-cutting drive quietly deletes billions in claimed savings from website.

Elon Musk’s Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla.

This is what the would-be king of the USA hasn’t factored into His Holy Calculus.

Heather Cox Richardson’s nightly post shows that Congress is still in charge, and tells the story of what the Repubs are trying and failing to do.

Tesla Stock Falls 8% as Concerns About Elon Musk’s Political Role Grow.

Carville's 'play dead' plan: A death knell for democracy.

Polestar wants to poach Tesla customers with this trade-in promo.

Tesla loses two of its top car designers.

Tesla sales almost halve in Europe.

Staff exodus at Tesla.

This Executive Order Reveals the Trump-Musk Endgame.

What happens when Tesla lovers hate Elon?

What Would a Liberal Tea Party Look Like? The right question. But it shouldn't be liberal. It should just be American. This moment transcends liberal vs conservative.

Why did I move to New Zealand?

Anthropic launches a new AI model that 'thinks' as long as you want.

Nazis Burned Trans Books To Usher In Fascism: Now Trump Does The Same.

Timothy Snyder: The Reality of Ukraine.

Would have preferred if, when replacing Joy Reid, MSNBC had hired someone in Detroit or Miami, or St Louis or even for crying out loud Dallas. Or a different city each day. Put yourself where the people we have to convince are. We need to convince them of this: Enough is enough.

Trump somehow digs up $200 million for anti-immigrant ad campaign. There’s no limit to how stupid he thinks Americans are.

Pride of Cucamonga is my theme song for the great American revival. “Yes it’s me I’m the pride of Cucamonga.” And if you love our country you are too.

“People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power.”

Yes it’s me, the pride of Cucamonga. 😀

Carville says you should kick back, maybe binge-watch Severance and wait for Trump to self-destruct.

How Trump, DOGE job cuts may affect the U.S. economy.

Outside Tesla in the Philly suburbs, the green shoots of an American uprising.

45 minutes of Bernie Sanders on the road. Inspiring! :-)

Measles outbreak is coming for RFK Jr.

Sanders gets it. Everyone should be out on the road like it's a campaign, because it is. It's no more or less an election season than any future election. We're in deep trouble in the US, let's start acting like it!

Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash.

Justice Department deletes federal police misconduct database.

Timothy Snyder: My favorite Europeans are nine years old.

On this day last year I had a motto for the Biden campaign: "Old enough to know better." They blew the #1 rule of marketing. Own your weakness and turn it into a positive. You can't avoid it. Might as well own it.

Chris Murphy Emerges as a Clear Voice for Democrats.

Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

Kash Patel Tells FBI Employees To Ignore Elon Musk’s Justify-Your-Job Edict.

Why "move fast and break things" doesn't work for government.

Here's a good story for one of fierce courageous reporters at the NY Times. Who should be more scared of what's coming? Blacks or Jews?

Donald Trump was recruited by KGB with codename 'Krasnov', claims ex-Soviet spy.

2023: Watchdog calls for House committee to uninvite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after his comments are blasted as antisemitic.

“We want modern social media and public conversation online to work more like the early days of the web, where anyone could put up a blog or use RSS to subscribe to several blogs.” (Honestly this is BS. If you want to be like the web, then BE the web.)

The builders website has a blog, unfortunately no RSS feed linked to from its metadata. To help spread their advice and discoveries we need a feed.

Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE.

Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Turmoil at Pentagon.

Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings.

"Trump is the living embodiment of the American Constitution."