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Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, Zeteo and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and society. Subscribe to my newsletter: madness.ghost.io

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WSJ: “.. Trump has at times been surprised that Tehran won’t cave despite the unrelenting joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign, according to people familiar with his thinking.”

@wsj.com
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10.03.2026 11:58 👍 549 🔁 134 💬 63 📌 57

He plays that clip and then goes "Right."

10.03.2026 04:46 👍 84 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Post where I predicted how John Oliver would respond to a clip from Trump about the war in Iran

Post where I predicted how John Oliver would respond to a clip from Trump about the war in Iran

I'm watching the new episode of Last Week Tonight, and I was correct lol

10.03.2026 04:44 👍 194 🔁 11 💬 8 📌 0
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Chicago law firm leading push to appoint special prosecutor to target ICE, Border Patrol agents The firm, Loevy and Loevy, said 200 individuals and organizations are supporting a petition to appoint an outsider to the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, who has spent wee...

A high-powered Chicago law firm announced a plan Monday to push for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and potentially charge the agents who carried out Operation Midway Blitz.

@sophiesherry.bsky.social reports: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

10.03.2026 02:01 👍 6051 🔁 1428 💬 50 📌 88

I very much would have said this at that age

10.03.2026 04:19 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This article was targeted at me when I was 20 and working in fancy coffee shops

10.03.2026 04:19 👍 43 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I say we rain check. We'll war in the summer

10.03.2026 04:08 👍 45 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0

This is frankly exhausting

10.03.2026 04:07 👍 52 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Can we not do the Cuba war. I'm all warred out

10.03.2026 04:05 👍 211 🔁 14 💬 12 📌 1

I hate iPhones and love Androids. I hate Windows computers and love MacBooks. I can't decide who makes good things

10.03.2026 04:00 👍 29 🔁 0 💬 6 📌 0

They could have done that in like 2012

10.03.2026 03:56 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The Purge

10.03.2026 03:55 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

*holding flashlight under my face in the dark*

Me: We used to have to drive to Amazon, and there were aisles, many aisles, and they only had some of the things you wanted. It was called... Sears

Gen Alpha kid: Someone fucking kill this guy!

10.03.2026 03:47 👍 157 🔁 6 💬 19 📌 0

He's playing 4D chess. It just so happens that you can't play 4D chess unless you've lost your mind

10.03.2026 03:21 👍 38 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

everyone is extraordinarily desperate to pretend that Donald Trump is a coherent individual with a real plan who understands what is happening in the world and none of that is true

09.03.2026 22:49 👍 2296 🔁 490 💬 16 📌 15

Tesco seems to enjoy many things

10.03.2026 02:47 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

make darth the ceo and no one tell him til he gets back

10.03.2026 02:22 👍 854 🔁 113 💬 17 📌 9

Instagram recommended me one of your Bluesky posts today. I guess I'm consistent

10.03.2026 02:27 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Heater thinking about going to the Capitol

10.03.2026 02:20 👍 36 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Lol like 90 percent of this dude's writing is about Zohran. I think someone has Zohran derangement syndrome

10.03.2026 01:31 👍 22 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Dead dove, do not eat!" from Arrested Development

"Dead dove, do not eat!" from Arrested Development

I found Donald the dove

10.03.2026 01:11 👍 86 🔁 9 💬 5 📌 0

Tomahawks are only used by us and our closest allies (UK, Australia, Japan)

09.03.2026 22:40 👍 105 🔁 26 💬 10 📌 1

The intelligence says they have enough Shahed drones to fight for years

09.03.2026 21:33 👍 54 🔁 11 💬 6 📌 1

Here's what I think 🖕

09.03.2026 21:04 👍 57 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I don't want to hear any more of this "when you insult Trump you're insulting his voters" nonsense

09.03.2026 21:03 👍 122 🔁 26 💬 11 📌 1

And Wordpress remains a great tool

09.03.2026 20:57 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We killed the 86-year-old supreme leader and replaced him with the person they planned to replace him with. Amazing work

09.03.2026 20:09 👍 145 🔁 18 💬 12 📌 4

Mission accomplished

09.03.2026 20:05 👍 127 🔁 17 💬 11 📌 0

Yeah, this is a Silicon Valley company. It's going to have Silicon Valley people

09.03.2026 19:22 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

fwiw, Bluesky is already mostly backed by VC investments, and it's still a public benefit corporation (for now). I don't think this means anything too drastic just yet

09.03.2026 19:19 👍 85 🔁 19 💬 3 📌 0