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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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Five-byline alert: 🚨

β€œ.. An ongoing military investigation has determined that the United States is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the preliminary findings.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

11.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 662 πŸ” 249 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 22

I guess declaring war is just a nice thumbs up Congress is allowed to do after the president has started a war

11.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They obviously made a lot of changes, but I'm liking it!

11.03.2026 04:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Watching "Drive My Car," which is based on a Haruki Murakami short story I just read. It's very good so far

11.03.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
"It's anti-Italian discrimination" from The Sopranos

"It's anti-Italian discrimination" from The Sopranos

11.03.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"I thwew up"

11.03.2026 03:26 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bring back 2006 internet

11.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Georgia House Special
Results 2026
Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn
Harris advanced from a crowded field to a runoff in the special election to replace former Rep....

Advancing to Runoff

Shawn Harris 37.3
Clayton Fuller 34.9
Colton Moore 11.6

Georgia House Special Results 2026 Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris advanced from a crowded field to a runoff in the special election to replace former Rep.... Advancing to Runoff Shawn Harris 37.3 Clayton Fuller 34.9 Colton Moore 11.6

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s blood red Georgia district advances to a runoff πŸ‘€

11.03.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

I'm starting to suspect making an idiot president was not a wise move

11.03.2026 03:15 πŸ‘ 309 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1

Grok: The claim of white genocide is highly controversial. Some argue white farmers face targeted violence, pointing to farm attacks and rhetoric like the β€˜Kill the Boer’ song, which they see as incitement

11.03.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He's part of the "no consequences for being wrong" class

11.03.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 187 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
In The Year 2000 - Conan O'Brien and David Duchovny
In The Year 2000 - Conan O'Brien and David Duchovny YouTube video by ctrflowers

This was fun to watch again

11.03.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Conan O'Brien in his "the year 2000" sketch

Conan O'Brien in his "the year 2000" sketch

Donald Trump will kill the supreme leader of Iran, and then he will get bored and try to pretend he didn't

11.03.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 180 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

We're going to need a lot of space

11.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The good news is we'll be able to jail this administration in the warehouses they're retrofitting right now

11.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 374 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 4

It would have been funny/psychotic if they weren't named

11.03.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Your alt text leads me to believe you have cats with no names

11.03.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

This feels like it was stolen from RFK Jr.'s recipe book

11.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Every day we stray further from God's light

11.03.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 143 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0
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(Guardian) β€” Iran has spurned two messages from Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, seeking a ceasefire as its leaders sense it is not losing the war and the US president is at the minimum feeling the political pressure.

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

10.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 2680 πŸ” 756 πŸ’¬ 136 πŸ“Œ 143

Robin Leach: These straights live the most decadent lifestyle imaginable. Cocktails. Drama. Intrigue. War? On the next episode of "The Straights of Hormuz"

10.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Imagining a reality show called "The Straights of Hormuz" hosted by Robin Leach

10.03.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit - this would be very, very bad:
"The databases, called β€œNumident” and the β€œMaster Death File,” include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names."

10.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 2912 πŸ” 1439 πŸ’¬ 106 πŸ“Œ 64

I think we've learned that having a lot of money seems to keep people around (see: Epstein)

10.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One is a province and one is a city, David

10.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Scandal-Ridden Fyre Festival Is Sold for $245,000 on eBay

Now we know who bought it

10.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US Navy tells shipping industry Hormuz escorts not possible for now The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since ​the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high f...

Whoa. This is big. "The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

10.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 4297 πŸ” 1656 πŸ’¬ 225 πŸ“Œ 239
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Idiot plot

10.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 3350 πŸ” 789 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 51

If he actually cared about "energy dominance" he wouldn't be doing everything he can to cancel renewable energy projects

10.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0