- How to Win an Argument with a Toddler is much better than I expected. – via Links You’ll Love
- It took me twenty-four years, but I finally thought to “Select All” in my Apple Music (née iTunes) library and clear the “Sort As” values for Title, Album, Album Artist, Artist, and Composer.
- Kangaroo on the loose in Florida found safe. / Alligator attacks, kills woman canoeing with her husband on Lake Kissimmee. / Woman arrested after raccoon named Chewy found with meth pipe in driver’s seat during police stop. / Yellowstone National Park reports first 2025 bison goring.
- Pretty much every respiratory intervention or product on the market is not supported by science or research, except one: deep breathing.
- 4×3 is a pretty tricky daily puzzle.
- Bravo has greenlit The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, expanding the franchise to its 12th U.S. city. – via The Dailies
- Unbreaking is a new newsletter which plans to detail how the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us. – via Laura Olin
Death By A Thousand Cuts:
- The [current] administration is invoking the “state secrets privilege” in an apparent attempt to avoid answering a judge’s questions about its mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.
- “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn’t know whether he needs to honor the nation’s founding document. None replied.” – via thetnholler.bsky.social
- Since returning to the White House in January, POTUS has declared eight national emergencies.
- The President of the United States frequently has no idea what he’s signing and has to have it explained to him.
- Newark, New Jersey Mayor arrested at ICE facility / Department of Homeland Security is threatening to arrest members of Congress over the kerfuffle.
- Abortion abolitionists want women who get an abortion to face criminal charges.
Posts tagged “Department of Homeland Security”
- “Stranger, here you will do well to tarry; here our highest good is pleasure.”
- In Praise of The Pitt, the Most Normal Show on Television
- Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival Twitter in hosting posts related to new academic research. – via eicathomefinn.bsky.social
- How do you get over losing The Masters?
- Rick Steves is now on Bluesky!
- For your enjoyment: Here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it “A1” as in “A1 Steak Sauce” – via joshkovensky.bsky.social
- This Is Not Normal:
- Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother’s car in order to take her into custody. – via mims.bsky.social
- America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era
- WITAF? Members of the cabinet, as well as Congresspeople and Senators, are being instructed to wear a golden POTUS bust lapel pin as a tribute to their inglorious, convicted felon leader. – via kwcollins.bsky.social
- Just weeks away from graduation, at least 50 international students at Arizona State University have inexplicably had their visas revoked and have been blocked from completing their degrees.
- The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without legal status.
- The director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that deportation should operate just like Amazon “But With Human Beings” – via thebasement.nz
- Days after being confirmed in February, FBI Director Kash Patel was apparently removed from his post as the acting chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – via girlsreallyrule.bsky.social
Homeland Security Is Funny
If you have set yourself on fire, do not run. Making fun of “homeland security” still makes me giggle. I remember when I first saw these hysterical warnings just after 9/11. They made me laugh until I cried. A half a decade later I still smile when I see them. Every now and again I’ll
Anti-Terrorism Kits
This month in Maxim magazine there is a special Anti-Terrorism section. One page details several excellent gadgets you can buy to protect yourself from … well … bad guys. Check out some of the crazy stuff you can buy: SpySite: a ton of cool toys portableelectricgenerators.com: the URL says it all … Approved Gas Masks.com:
Airport Security
I can’t remember where I found this one, but Checking Out the Checkpoints – The curious irrationality of airport security is a great editorial.