"I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job," [the Noem aide in question] said last year when questioned about her lack of credentials. "Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?"
She's now running for Congress.
For your continued delight: the meritocracy.
Love those shark jammies, too.
This is Henry. He knows that if he turns right at the stop sign it means a shorter walk. Not today. 13/10 (TT: alaynasimone)
Would watch.
Nice to see some important work is still happening.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/c...
DHS quietly removed a Biden-era policy from its website that outlined oversight & privacy safeguards for facial recognition.
Now, they’re using Mobile Fortify, an app that allows officers to photograph a person’s face and immediately query DHS databases for matches on anyone they snap a picture of.
Very cute.
If you need a momentary distraction right now — and by heavens (literally) we all do — then here's a story about how our local supermassive black hole undergoes episodes of cosmic indigestion. The last one was just over a century ago!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/our-milky-...
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Join us tomorrow, March 3, for Ep 15 of the Steady State Sentinel: Might Makes Right?
Former CIA Deputy and Acting Director Michael Morrell on the Dangers of “Might Makes Right.”
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TRUMP: BIGGEST SURPRISE HAS BEEN IRAN ATTACKS AGAINST ARAB COUNTRIES -CNN INTERVIEW
The "If we pretend it isn't there, it can't hurt us" approach to climate change.
Feeling this in places where it's pushing 80 F.
Cogent comments from a group that takes national security seriously.
Artists with Illuminaries painted a mural of Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland on Saturday.
📸: @thebiscuitdan.bsky.social/S.F. Chronicle
Because you need a break.
It's a spectrum.
The project this comes from also sounds really cool:
seeingthedead.ac.uk
Fascinating.
The title given to this article doesn't fully reflect the compassion and understanding within it. Good one to share with friends who have concerns of their own.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/o...
The article is short, and worth a read. For example, I hadn't seen news about the proposed Guinea-Bissau study. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Wow. Cover of the latest copy of "The Lancet."
Callers to Washington state’s driver’s license agency who select automated service in Spanish are instead hearing an AI voice speaking English with a strong Spanish accent.
Ooh, now I feel better about that box of cookies I just polished off.
No words.
Glimmers of hope.
Changes in forest area by world region since 1990. A world map overlaid with vertical bars and point markers showing forest area in 1990 and in 2025 for each region. Key values and trends: North and Central America 7.7 to 7.8 million km², slight increase; South America 10.3 to 8.5 million km², decrease of about 1.8 million km²; Europe 10.0 to 10.4 million km², increase; Africa 7.8 to 6.6 million km², decrease; Western, Central, and East Asia 2.6 to 3.4 million km², increase; South and Southeast Asia 3.2 to 2.9 million km², decline; Oceania 1.8 to 1.8 million km², no change. Data source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Global Forest Resources Assessment (2025). License: CC BY.
Deforestation is no longer inevitable—
In the past, forests around the world were cut down on a massive scale. We lost some of the world’s richest ecosystems.
In recent decades, the picture has become more complex. Deforestation has not ended, but it is no longer happening everywhere.
Article with a lot of very interesting statistics about Americans relocating abroad.
archive.is/2026.02.26-0...
