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Carpenter and woodworker. Democracy and unions liker. Building and fixing things: capehenlopencarpentry.com. Writing and editing: aaronhuertas.com.

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Does Trump even know what’s happening in Iran? | CNN Politics President Donald Trump has often had a complicated relationship with the truth, but it’s striking to see that play out in the context of a war.

Evergreen headline. Sucks that it takes life-or-death, verifiable outcomes of war for outlets to lead with it.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/10/p...

11.03.2026 00:02 👍 23 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
Keeshond at the beach with the wind whipping through his ears

Keeshond at the beach with the wind whipping through his ears

Beach shoreline with some waves and a jetty

Beach shoreline with some waves and a jetty

Post-work family walk check

10.03.2026 23:11 👍 23 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Laser engraving forbidden lesson plans on my bump stock to own the cons

10.03.2026 16:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I don’t write nothing down ☝️👉🤌

10.03.2026 16:24 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

When I joined as the head engineer of the Torment Nexus project, it was to work on fascinating technical problems and make the world a better place along the way. I am appalled to discover that the Torment Nexus would be used this way and, now that my options have vested, will be leaving the project

10.03.2026 15:29 👍 2226 🔁 512 💬 19 📌 15

Dammit Karl yer splittin again!

10.03.2026 16:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lindsey Graham getting a “Oh no not like that” award

10.03.2026 16:05 👍 20 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

The Dem brand problem is bad and is exacerbated by Democratic elected officials who constantly distance themselves from the brand.

10.03.2026 15:55 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1

How was I to know???
It would be this humid out?
Hughhhhh

10.03.2026 15:50 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available

10.03.2026 03:09 👍 15711 🔁 3836 💬 279 📌 227

Have the financial podcasts found the guy who has been blogging about the Strait of Hormuz for the past 17 years yet? I want to hear from them!

10.03.2026 12:59 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music

Several dozen folks did

Some even dubbed music over the original clip.

I haven't been able to get this out of my head.

So I give you

A Bluesky exclusive:

Reservoir Ducks

🐣 🪶

09.03.2026 03:46 👍 2608 🔁 942 💬 86 📌 78

I remember having a discussion with a Trump voter in 2016 about how he was incoherent to the point where I started literally defining incoherence and what made that bad. Like barely even 101 level "should this person be in charge of a roadtrip" let alone the presidency.

09.03.2026 22:40 👍 38 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

Do they usually call it BOFA Securities or?

09.03.2026 21:22 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

IIRC there was a flash rally during peak tariff freakout because an anchor asked the treasury secretary something potentially market-calming and he started his non-answer with "yeah"

09.03.2026 21:15 👍 23 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

just keep doing the war and say something like "oh no not like that" at 4:15pm every weekday to keep the market humming; should buy you a week or two

09.03.2026 21:12 👍 171 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 0

It’s also a self-aware, populist, participatory artform: audience reactions determine how much screentime a wrestler gets. A promotion can push a wrestler really hard but if they don’t have some charisma the audience won’t accept it.

09.03.2026 20:42 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I keep wondering how hard it must be, in practice, for an adverse state actor to take out a high level U.S. official because it seems like the president is really begging Iran to try.

09.03.2026 20:38 👍 28 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

Well I first produced my pistol.

That’s crazy.

Then produced me rapier.

A rapier?

Aye, me rapier.

Huh. Okay. Jamie, can you pull up a picture of a rapier?

09.03.2026 16:43 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

For what purpose does the gentlewoman rise?

To get his ass, Mr. Speaker.

09.03.2026 16:38 👍 33 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

You want to be with Captain Ferrell???

You want to see how Captain Ferrell lives???

Well, I’ll see what I can do…

09.03.2026 16:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My mortgage holders owe me approximately 20 hours of uncompensated labor undoing their fuckups.

09.03.2026 13:41 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If an official commits an impeachable offense and nobody acts to impeach, it is no longer an impeachable offense.

People who oppose impeachment as “pointless” because it seems unlikely to result in removal do not understand this very simple point and seem unwilling to even try to understand it.

09.03.2026 12:36 👍 6913 🔁 2043 💬 89 📌 72

Talented outsiders = internal competition for promotions. Absent major reforms a beefed up CRS or even better think tanks could help.

09.03.2026 13:38 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Worth trying to get a vote on this imo. No president should have nuclear first strike capability but Trump especially should not.

09.03.2026 03:00 👍 59 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0

This is why I’m doubling down on my himbo lifestyle

09.03.2026 02:52 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Sometimes when Trump fucks up big time I picture Nixon watching in hell going “Jesus Christ, Henry!”

09.03.2026 02:48 👍 28 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Always a bad time when other experts start posting like climate scientists, political scientists and public health professionals

09.03.2026 02:46 👍 60 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1

Jacking up gas prices in the most obvious way possible is one of the few things media execs will take you to task for, since they assume voters care unlike all that pesky democracy and civil rights stuff.

09.03.2026 02:35 👍 36 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

I mean it’s one strait, Michael, what could it cost, 10 dollars?

08.03.2026 23:22 👍 58 🔁 14 💬 5 📌 0