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The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have!
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
July 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have!
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
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🎧 Listen to the Podcast!
Journalist and historian @vermontgmg.bsky.social on the implications of a radically expanded ICE.
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Journalist and historian @vermontgmg.bsky.social on the implications of a radically expanded ICE.
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Forum tells remarkable and true stories about who we are and where we live. In the first hour, Alexis Madrigal convenes the diverse voices of the Bay Area, before turning to Mina Kim for the second…
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July 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🎧 Listen to the Podcast!
Journalist and historian @vermontgmg.bsky.social on the implications of a radically expanded ICE.
🔗: buff.ly/mCQyY34
Journalist and historian @vermontgmg.bsky.social on the implications of a radically expanded ICE.
🔗: buff.ly/mCQyY34
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"we are pleased to announce that three months after we ordered a thousand FBI agents to drop everything and sift through truckloads of new Epstein files, we have determined that the files don't exist"
July 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"we are pleased to announce that three months after we ordered a thousand FBI agents to drop everything and sift through truckloads of new Epstein files, we have determined that the files don't exist"
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like 90 percent of NYT coverage is the best journalism in the country. the other 10 percent is a Nazi substack that is also the front page
Update: NY Times did not want to be scooped by Chris Rufo, chose to cut out the middle man.
www.semafor.com/article/07/0...
www.semafor.com/article/07/0...
July 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
like 90 percent of NYT coverage is the best journalism in the country. the other 10 percent is a Nazi substack that is also the front page
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There was never an “Epstein List.”
Every single person who is deeply familiar with the case has always known that.
Attorneys representing Epstein victims told me that.
But here’s the issue: on Fox News earlier this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had the list on her desk to review.
Every single person who is deeply familiar with the case has always known that.
Attorneys representing Epstein victims told me that.
But here’s the issue: on Fox News earlier this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had the list on her desk to review.
July 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
There was never an “Epstein List.”
Every single person who is deeply familiar with the case has always known that.
Attorneys representing Epstein victims told me that.
But here’s the issue: on Fox News earlier this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had the list on her desk to review.
Every single person who is deeply familiar with the case has always known that.
Attorneys representing Epstein victims told me that.
But here’s the issue: on Fox News earlier this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had the list on her desk to review.
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JUST IN: Trump admin now again calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation "a one off mistake...an administrative error." Didn't they fire a lawyer and suspend another for saying this? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
JUST IN: Trump admin now again calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation "a one off mistake...an administrative error." Didn't they fire a lawyer and suspend another for saying this? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is, emphatically, not the way it’s supposed to work.
And I guess here’s where I should remind everyone that the global economy is captive to the every whim of a man who doesn’t understand how the global economy works
And I guess here’s where I should remind everyone that the global economy is captive to the every whim of a man who doesn’t understand how the global economy works
July 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is, emphatically, not the way it’s supposed to work.
And I guess here’s where I should remind everyone that the global economy is captive to the every whim of a man who doesn’t understand how the global economy works
And I guess here’s where I should remind everyone that the global economy is captive to the every whim of a man who doesn’t understand how the global economy works
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What happened in the intervening four months between this Bondi statement and the DOJ report on Epstein?
July 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
What happened in the intervening four months between this Bondi statement and the DOJ report on Epstein?
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TIL there is a word in ancient Greek (Kakotherēs) that means "bad at summer" or "unfit for summer" and it pleases me to know that even thousands of years ago my people were like “if I don’t get some hoodie weather soon imma die”
June 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
TIL there is a word in ancient Greek (Kakotherēs) that means "bad at summer" or "unfit for summer" and it pleases me to know that even thousands of years ago my people were like “if I don’t get some hoodie weather soon imma die”
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that's right
In defiance of President Trump’s announcement last Friday that he was firing her, Kim Sajet — the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery — has continued to report for work.
Defying Trump, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet is still at work
The president said he had fired the museum leader — setting up a standoff between the White House and the Smithsonian.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
that's right
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So, uh... I just did a Google search which was not about homework... because I haven't been in school in decades, and I got this pop up from Google. And, like, I actually think there are ways to use AI in school properly, but this kind of advertising from Google seems... super sketchy.
June 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So, uh... I just did a Google search which was not about homework... because I haven't been in school in decades, and I got this pop up from Google. And, like, I actually think there are ways to use AI in school properly, but this kind of advertising from Google seems... super sketchy.
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The FEMA head didn’t know about hurricane season and they’ve gutted NOAA weather monitoring. Musk and RFK eviscerated our public health programs. The FAA is in shambles. Trump’s tariff reckoning is coming due. And the DHS head of counterterrorism is a 22-year-old bro.
This summer is going to ROCK!
This summer is going to ROCK!
June 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The FEMA head didn’t know about hurricane season and they’ve gutted NOAA weather monitoring. Musk and RFK eviscerated our public health programs. The FAA is in shambles. Trump’s tariff reckoning is coming due. And the DHS head of counterterrorism is a 22-year-old bro.
This summer is going to ROCK!
This summer is going to ROCK!
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“As Winston Churchill once said: “We’re entering a period of consequences ‘“
Bleak scenario good read
Bleak scenario good read
I wrote about how America is likely to start feeling its first broad pain from the DOGE cuts and Trump firings this month as the agencies that help secure our summers—FEMA, NOAA, the National Park Service, and air traffic control—have been especially hard hit: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/prepare-fo...
Prepare for America’s Summer of Pain
The Trump administration has hollowed out the parts of government that secure our summers.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
June 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“As Winston Churchill once said: “We’re entering a period of consequences ‘“
Bleak scenario good read
Bleak scenario good read
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so .... it's really happening! official @thedailyshow.com preview photo :)
June 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
so .... it's really happening! official @thedailyshow.com preview photo :)
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The sheer illegality of all of this should shock us—especially as Trump’s assault continues on and on:
New: Trump says in a new escalation that he is banning foreign students from getting visas to study at Harvard, invoking presidential powers under the Immigration and Naturalization Act as he complains about them not giving DHS information about foreign students
June 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The sheer illegality of all of this should shock us—especially as Trump’s assault continues on and on:
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McSweeney's: New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for "The President Violated the Constitution" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new...
June 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
McSweeney's: New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for "The President Violated the Constitution" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new...
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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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(Far) less secure than a Signal group with Jeffrey Goldberg. Basically this in telcom form. How many secrets has he already given to the Chinese and the Russians?
June 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
(Far) less secure than a Signal group with Jeffrey Goldberg. Basically this in telcom form. How many secrets has he already given to the Chinese and the Russians?
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This is embarrassing for an industry that's more than a decade old. "When the US gov issued a report about hacking attempts against the 2016 election...it [listed] 48 separate nicknames [for] Russian hacking groups...including 'Sofacy,' 'Pawn Storm,' 'CHOPSTICK,' 'Tsar Team,' and 'OnionDuke'"
June 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is embarrassing for an industry that's more than a decade old. "When the US gov issued a report about hacking attempts against the 2016 election...it [listed] 48 separate nicknames [for] Russian hacking groups...including 'Sofacy,' 'Pawn Storm,' 'CHOPSTICK,' 'Tsar Team,' and 'OnionDuke'"
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After years of people complaining about having to track all the silly names security firms give hacking groups, Microsoft/Crowdstrike/Mandiant say they're finally going to stop this. Oh wait, they're not actually going to stop it, they're just going to create a public glossary to list all the names
'Forest Blizzard' vs 'Fancy Bear' - cyber companies hope to untangle weird hacker nicknames
Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto and Alphabet's Google on Monday said they would create a public glossary of state-sponsored hacking groups and cybercriminals, in a bid to ease confusion over the menagerie of unofficial nicknames for them.
www.reuters.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
After years of people complaining about having to track all the silly names security firms give hacking groups, Microsoft/Crowdstrike/Mandiant say they're finally going to stop this. Oh wait, they're not actually going to stop it, they're just going to create a public glossary to list all the names
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FBI Director Kash Patel and his Deputy Dan Bongino have identified three top priority cases for the Bureau. It may not look like much on the surface, but the implications are concerning. Here, nuance is everything. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
May 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
FBI Director Kash Patel and his Deputy Dan Bongino have identified three top priority cases for the Bureau. It may not look like much on the surface, but the implications are concerning. Here, nuance is everything. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Donald Trump DEFUNDED Ukraine's defense to get an investigation into Hunter.
Barr's DOJ set up a means to criminally frame Hunter and Biden.
Donald Trump LITERALLY demanded his Attorney General (and after Barr quit, his acting AG and DAG) focus on the tax investigation into Hunter.
Crickets.
Barr's DOJ set up a means to criminally frame Hunter and Biden.
Donald Trump LITERALLY demanded his Attorney General (and after Barr quit, his acting AG and DAG) focus on the tax investigation into Hunter.
Crickets.
May 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Donald Trump DEFUNDED Ukraine's defense to get an investigation into Hunter.
Barr's DOJ set up a means to criminally frame Hunter and Biden.
Donald Trump LITERALLY demanded his Attorney General (and after Barr quit, his acting AG and DAG) focus on the tax investigation into Hunter.
Crickets.
Barr's DOJ set up a means to criminally frame Hunter and Biden.
Donald Trump LITERALLY demanded his Attorney General (and after Barr quit, his acting AG and DAG) focus on the tax investigation into Hunter.
Crickets.