moral of the Musk administration gonna be it’s hard to unscramble an egg.

no disrespect intended! they are more plausible than some of the other creatures!

we all know the tooth fairy is real.

i used to believe in the Loch Ness Monster, in sasquatches and chupacabra, in Republican congresspeople.

do we believe this "unitary executive" wouldn't abuse NSA's capabilities to routinely spy on domestic enemies? what constraints would prevent or even mildly discourage even the most plainly illegal surveillance?

a "unitary executive" is an untrustworthy executive. how are we expected to be candid on our tax returns if the IRS can't credibly offer confidentiality? masto.ai/@unusual_wha...

is skibidi woke?

#FreeSpeech

misspelling they as the kind of ruins it 🙁 i want my edit button.

they claim what the do is theater, but in fact it is only theater theater.

no! you should express yourself and participate! i didn't mean to scold.

dark.

i guess i think trying to maintain some semblance of generosity and kindness needn't be counted as performative weakness. there are people we need to take down, whom we should seek even to imprison, perhaps permanently. but those are a few of our co-citizens. the rest we need to persuade ot co-opt.

lots of good stuff! you're a bit angry. which is as you should be.

you are very kind. i suspect too kind.

there's a great article on his obsession for 420, but it never dares to mention the Hitler's birthday part, it's just taken to be a marijuana thing (as Musk claimed). observer.com/2024/04/elon...

unsurprisingly it's a powerful and absolutely wonderful piece. i've long admired your writing, and you continue to outdo yourself.

"These…horsemen of the MAGA-tech-bro apocalypse are in the position of penthouse dwellers who think their top floor apartment doesn't rest on all the floors underneath… [They] confuse coercion with power and cooperation with weakness, when in truth it is more or less the other way around."

"Mapquest won’t be getting invited to the White House anytime soon. They’ve created a tool where you can make up names for the Gulf of Mexico." mastodon.scot/@bodhipaksa/...

#evergreen