Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.

I have a couple of comments about the "free speech hero" narrative about Charlie Kirk.

First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.

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Total mass shootings from 1946-present:

Canada: 98
Germany: 112
France: 125
UK: 127
Italy: 147

Total mass shootings in 2025 so far:

US: 293

Total mass shootings perpetrated by known transgender people since the invention of the first firearm around 950 AD:

Outside the US: 0
US: 4

🧵Fact check: The Constitution applies to LGBTQ people too.

Gift article because I encourage everyone to read this account of SEAL Team 6 murdering a group of North Korean fishermen in a failed espionage mission that was hidden from Congress.

Let’s talk for a moment about some of the more subtle ways that the press acts as a mouthpiece for law enforcement.

Actor Jonathan Joss was shot to death on Sunday. I don’t know what happened; I wasn’t there. But his husband said a homophobic neighbor shot him as part of an explicit hate crime.
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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

Exactly.

@medisafe.bsky.social Hey Medisafe, it would be great if every time I opened the app I didn’t see a splash page for premium. Better yet, it would be nice if the app actually worked after the splash page, rather than just showing a spinner ever.single.time. Ok? Thanks, bye!

Ready for night 3 #Wilco #FKAWinterlude

That reward would cover approximately 15 days worth of the medication I need to live.

The Lakota considered Two-Spirit people sacred beings blessed with the ability to perceive the world through 2 distinct spiritual lenses. #transdayofremembrance

Well, so much for the old place. I didn’t post much there and probably won’t post much here either. I just like to see what’s going on.