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Made fancy Rice Krispie treats with brown European butter, sweetened condensed milk, almond and vanilla extracts, and finishing salt, and now I’m questioning what have I been doing my whole life

“These re-interviews are consequential,” a leaked email seen by 404 Media reads.

“Should we in the United States try a Brazilian strategy?” @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on lessons from Brazil:

The report alleges Donald Trump was an “active participant” in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse. trib.al/r158uvt

Roughly 1/4 of its workforce. $MSFT

if only someone had raised this risk beforehand wapo.st/3W3WdYo

CSS-Tricks has a new owner! Yes, I've got the keys to the castle, so to speak. And, even after 12 years of working on the site, I'll admit I'm a little overwhelmed and nervous about that. https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner/

Autumn leaves 🍂

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

yup.

A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

"Both top-shelf reporting and top officials in the Trump administration, including Trump himself, have said that Musk made this decision on his own. That would be treason. The traditional way to figure out the truth of such a matter is with a trial." prospect.org/2026/10/26/d...

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

Trump: "While oil prices are temporarily high ... the United States oil and gas business is making hundreds of billions of dollars"

If you’re thinking of buying an Audi, don’t forget that an Audi executive appeared at a Trump rally this weekend to try to boost an American dictatorship. Make your car-buying decision accordingly.

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Bad Art response to bad art

here, write it down so it’s easy to repeat: an illegitimate supreme court allowed an insurrectionist barred by the 14th amendment to take office and his pardons aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on

The Supreme Court’s decision decimating the Voting Rights Act threatens to return the country to a pre-1965 America, when white supremacy was the law of the land, and Congress contained no Black members from the South. “This has sent us back, in my view, over 60 years.”

This seems like a big deal

Love to see it. Thanks LightBox!!

On October 24, 1962, TV show 'Naked City' aired episode "Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring"

no matter how sure you are that these guys have broken a whole bunch of laws, you aren't nearly as certain as they are

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Trump admits that he told the DOJ to sue Alaska over the election

if you nationalize spacex and deport musk, turn over hegseth to iran, nationalize palantir and deport thiel, the rest of them will start cutting any deal they can

Dad Losing His Fucking Mind Over Box Seat Amenities theonion.com/dad-losing-h...

Betsy and her friend #critterposting

Ebola vaccine trial begins in DR Congo

Once again I'm telling people to play Corru.Observer - one of the coolest things ever made to be played in a browser. It is a sprawling, genre-hopping sci-fi mystery with multiple albums of soundtrack now. Excellently written, both in terms of loveable characters and speculative hard sci-fi stuff.

The price of jet fuel has crossed the $200-a-barrel mark, the highest this year with no maximum in sight.

More than 40 farmers and agricultural industry groups are warning Washington leaders that the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration is affecting the nation’s food supply, hurting farmers and risking higher grocery prices. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...