Weebit Offcourse

"Exploring Music" with Bill McGlaughlin...two weeks with Gustav Mahler. (See "Upcoming Episodes" and "Latest Episodes" below) www.wfmt.com/category/pro...

If I have an alley, this video runs right up it. HyperText (HyperCard) game design (The Sims) object-oriented programming wikis "...how a book about building inspired a generation of architects, designers, and software makers" Thanks again, Kottke.org youtu.be/3A7OUxer4FI #design #internet

"...violated the environmental laws by dumping asbestos- and lead-contaminated rubble on the course"

More than likely Pete Hegseth cutoff intelligence sharing and Starlink/Starshield access to Ukraine. Pete Hegseth is a f**king war criminal.

Chuckle dosing. youtu.be/q-S5bYkq3h0

Jon Stewart delivers. youtu.be/lnLDjXy2kRA

"Over and over, I heard the president’s supporters say not merely that they didn’t mind his lying but that they actively liked it...there is a pro-dishonesty constituency within his base"

What a fucking loser. The regime is pathetic and impotent, just like its dipshit leader.

David Ellison should put his mouth where his money is.

(1/5) Pentagon leadership has said that by the end of this month, Palantir's Maven artificial intelligence system will become a line item with stable, long-term funding in the defense budget (a "program of record"). #News #Palantir #AI

Apple 1997 – Think different Apple 2026 – Think compliant

If they want the Bible to be taught in school, then I want science to be taught in church.

Lara Korte, who was just fired from Stars & Stripes, has been covering the relocation of personnel from Bahrain for months and did a great piece today on 1,300 Navy family members displaced from Bahrain who are stuck in limbo given the damage to the Bahrain base. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...

Researchers named the particular smell “petrichor” as it means “essence of stone.”

A Russian S8000 Banderol cruise missile crashed in a cornfield near Talmaza in southeastern Moldova, more than 20 km from the Ukrainian border and 3 km from the nearest settlement. Moldovan police secured the crash site and released images of the wreckage. #Moldova

You and I — all of us taxpayers — funded this $533 million artillery plant outside of Dallas. It hasn’t produced a single usable shell. Yet the defense contractor, General Dynamics, has never been held publicly accountable. Nor has it had to pay a penny back… 1/

“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.

"To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness." — Thomas Traherne spiritofprayer.com/traherne.php

Possible upside: We are, ALL of us, able to witness so many CLEAR EXAMPLES of fraud and corruption...the likes of which have probably been in play from the beginning, but have largely avoided the sunlight. First step in solving a problem: knowing that it exists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9iZ...

Good grief, this hits home.

The perfect portrait of a sociopath.

A retired Air Force colonel named Matt Orlando just beat a sitting Republican for mayor of Chandler, Arizona. By 17 points. In a seat the GOP thought was safe. This is what the ground shifting looks like. 👇 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...

🚨| BREAKING NEWS (YouGov Poll): On the Eve of America's 250th Birthday, Longtime Best Friends Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein—Central to the Largest Pedophilia and Human Trafficking Scandal in History—Account for a Staggering 48% of All Votes for the Worst American to Ever Live

Tip of the hat, Dr. Maddow. "incompetent buffoon" ( #POTUS ) #VOTE youtu.be/pM93Um0vEZ0

The $499 "American-made" Trump Mobile phone finally shipped. But repair experts at iFixit just tore it apart and found the exact opposite: a 2-year-old phone made in China, spray-painted gold, with a fake flag on the back. Read the full investigation: 👇 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/so-much-fo...

Happy "tRump's Name Removed From The Wall Of The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts" Day to all those who celebrate! 🥂

Kennedy Center live stream from MSNOW youtu.be/aAhm880quUg

Witness the stunning moment as ISS transits across the sky at 120x magnification. A breathtaking view captured this morning. Don't miss it!

Funny how this is how the GOP views us, yet this is the first day in a looooong time I have felt gratification saying "USA..USA...USA!"

The only mainstream journalists speaking truth to power these days are cartoonists

"Methane emissions cause 25% of global heating today..." "The super-polluting plume in Texas appears to be operated by Energy Transfer. The company did not reply to a request for comment." #Texas www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"In their latest report, published on Tuesday, they conclude that the US, for the first time in more than half a century, has lost its long-term status as a liberal democracy." www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

"An analysis of tens of thousands of tweets by Bloomberg found that Musk had become 'X’s biggest promoter of anti-immigrant conspiracies'." www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

On the floor of the Senate. "It doesn't make sense that the president of the United States ... is so submissive to one person and that one person is Russia's dictator Vladimir Putin. So, what is it about Trump and Russia?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylvT...

Wondering if @marcelias.bsky.social can recommend members of Congress likely to respond to this story with immediate inquiry of senior armed service officials...

This should prompt immediate inquiry, could be confirmed by service members. Flagging Senate Committee on Armed Services (and staff): @reed.senate.gov @blumenthal.senate.gov @hirono.senate.gov @kaine.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov

Flagging members of the Senate Intelligence (or their staff): @markwarner.bsky.social @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @ossoff.bsky.social @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social @heinrich.senate.gov @bennet.senate.gov What other congressional committees should be added?

"...elected authoritarians who wish to consolidate control typically win not by flashy displays of might, but by convincing a critical mass of people that they’re just a normal politician — no threat to democracy at all." Via kottke.org www.vox.com/politics/479...

"Directed to Stand Down" What I discovered in the Epstein files on FBI/SDNY telling NYPD/Manhattan DA to back off Epstein investigations. At the time, Manhattan DA had reached out to a victim who'd just come forward. 1/2 Full video in second link

Trump Action Tracker Documenting the actions, statements, and plans of President Trump and his administration...to monitor and document how the trajectory of Trump’s presidency is aligned with the authoritarian playbook See also: bsky.app/profile/trum... Via Kottke.org www.trumpactiontracker.info

Rep. Stansbury raises a question, and many others seem to wonder... To members of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary not already mentioned above: @raskin.house.gov @nadler.house.gov @hankjohnson.house.gov @jayapal.house.gov @ross.house.gov @scanlon.house.gov @crockett.house.gov

Fmr U.S. Attorney on "actionable wisdom" with Harvard Law Professor What can I do about what Donald Trump is doing with ICE? "What you can do is continue to...express that this is not normal...violates our principles...violates our laws, and don't stop saying it." www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRdl...