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When the sun explodes and rips the atmosphere from the Earth, we will have 8 minutes of grace before the sky goes dark, and humanity rejoices in its impermanence before it is forever silenced—which is honestly more than we deserve.
Happy #Twertzog Day
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went to visit a friend who’s a ceramicist and works in a studio with no phone signal in a tiny yorkshire village. he doesn’t listen to podcasts or music, only occasionally uses the radio, and when I asked him what he thinks about all day he just said “well, pots mostly”
Indict and arrest Musk for interfering in US international and security affairs.
Breaking: Elon Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that blindsided Ukraine on.wsj.com/4sgcpBv
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Dozens of Israeli settlers set cars and trees ablaze and attacked Palestinians as they gathered for their autumn olive harvest across the West Bank on Friday.
Masked men, some of them carrying gas canisters, chased and beat people, while others threw rocks and burned trees.
Health officials said more than a dozen people were injured across at least eight villages. Among those injured was Heidi Levine, an American photojournalist with The Washington Post.
Levine was forced to flee after she says the attackers kicked and beat her, even though she wore a vest clearly marked “PRESS.” Speaking from a hospital bed, she called the attackers “monsters.”
“They’re not even humans,” Levine said. “And, yes, they are Jewish terrorists, and they are giving everyone in the country a horrible reputation.”
In a statement, The Washington Post said it is “outraged” by the unwarranted attack.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the violence but questioned what he called “the facts surrounding the confrontation,” saying they “remain unclear and are under investigation.”
Quo vadis, America?
Breaking news: The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be live-streamed, the Defense Department said.
“People need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. wapo.st/4hNxK0C
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Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn’t leave a paper trail.
“It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. “Please.”
w/@DanaMattioli @drewhinshaw @JoeWSJ
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I can’t believe we have to say this, but the annihilation of two major American cities — more than 5 million people — is not a “small price to pay” for Trump's illegal war.
Neither are the 19 American troops and 3,000+ Iranians who lost their lives.
Our president is unhinged.
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This is my last post about this but I went ahead and did a neutral reading of Trump's controversial quote where he said, "They can take out a city. Let them take let it let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. That's this is a very small price to pay."
Does anyone know the word “pleonasm”? @MerriamWebster?
Rachel Maddow on Trump: “He’s not just unpopular, he is the least popular president at this point of his presidency of any president in modern history. He is not just poorly reviewed, he is radioactive. He’s monstrously unpopular. Historically unprecedented hate for this president among the American people”
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This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it late at nigh, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic.
#Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #Book
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Yesterday, I received a cease and desist from the Uihlein family and their PAC about some recent comments I made.
Allow me to set the facts straight. The Texan man— canvassing to advocate for Tom Tiffany— who slammed four BuzzBallz before driving, struck a bicyclist with his car, and ran away from the scene of the crime was a CONTRACTOR, not an employee, of a firm being paid millions by the PAC funded by the Uihleins.
This distinction is clearly very important, and I feel so remorseful that I will repeat this frequently and often.
Thank you for your attention to this very important matter!
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People should read this guest list.
The Trump-Xi State Dinner guest list, per the White House:
President Donald J. Trump
First Lady Melania Trump
President Xi Jinping
Madame Peng Liyuan
Vice President JD Vance
Second Lady Usha Vance
Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Jeanette Rubio, Spouse of the Secretary of State
Chief of Staff Susie Wiles
U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue
Bonnie Perdue, Spouse of the US Ambassador to China
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent
John Freeman, Spouse of the Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
Ambassador Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative
Marlo Greer, Spouse of Ambassador Greer
Cai Qi, CPC Political Bureau Standing Committee Member, Chief of Staff to President Xi
Wang Yi, CPC Political Bureau Central Committee Member
He Lifeng, CPC Political Bureau Central Committee, Vice Premier of State Council
Zheng Shanjie, Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission
Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce
Ma Zhaoxu, Executive Vice Foreign Minister
Ambassador Xie Feng, Chinese Ambassador to the United States
Ms. Ivanka Trump
Mr. Eric Trump
Ms. Lara Trump
Ms. Tiffany Trump
Mr. Michael Boulos
Mr. Viktor Knavs
Ms. Arabella Kushner
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, CEO
Lori Huang, Spouse of Jensen Huang
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, CEO
Dr. Lisa Su, Advanced Micro Devices, CEO
Daniel Lin, Spouse of Lisa Su
Tim Cook, Chairman of the Board of Apple
John F.W. Rogers, Goldman Sachs EVP and Secretary to the Board
Lynn Martin, President of the NYSE
Linda Mills, President of New York University
Eric Yuan, Zoom, CEO
Tang Fangyu Director, Central Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee
Minister of Finance Mr. Lan Fo'an
Mme. Wang Dan, Wife of Ambassador Xie Feng
Zhou Hongxu Deputy Director, General Office of the CPC Central Committee Director, Central Security Bureau
Lyu Luhua, Secretary to the President
Hong Lei, Assistant Foreign Minister Director General, Protocol Department
Cai Wei, Assistant Foreign Minister Director General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs
Mao Ning, Director General, Department of Press, Communication and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Zhang Quan, Secretary to Madame Peng
Zhang Yongchao, Deputy Director General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kelly Ortberg, Boeing, CEO
Larry Fink, Blackrock, CEO
Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone, CEO
Sam Altman, OpenAI, CEO
Greg Brockman, OpenAI, President & Co-Founder
Anna Brockman, Wife of Greg Brockman
Dr. Miriam Adelson, Las Vegas Sand, Controlling Shareholder
Sergey Brin, Google/Alphabet, Co-Founder
Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto, Partner of Sergey Brin
Satya Nadella, Microsoft, Chairman & CEO
Jim Taiclet, Lockheed Martin, Chairman, President & CEO
Sundar Pichai, Google, CEO
Larry Culp, GE Aerospace, CEO
Sanjay Mehrotra, Micron, CEO
Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm, CEO
Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Chairman
Lauren Sanchez-Bezos, Spouse of Jeff Bezos
Jeff Yass, TikTok
Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan, CEO
Michael Dell, Dell, CEO
Mary Barra, General Motors, CEO
David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, CEO
Jane Fraser, Citi, CEO
Elon Musk, SpaceX & Tesla, CEO
Darren Woods, ExxonMobil, CEO
Chief Justice John Roberts, Chief Supreme Court Justice
Jane Sullivan Roberts, Chief Supreme Court Justice Spouse
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court Justice
Jesse Barrett, Supreme Court Justice Spouse
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court Justice
Ashley Estes Kavanaugh, Spouse of Supreme Court Justice
Speaker Mike Johnson, United States House of Representatives, Louisiana
Kelly Johnson, Spouse of Speaker Mike Johnson
Bret Baier, FOX News, American Journalist and Host
Amy Baier, Spouse of Brett Baier
Laura Ingraham, FOX News, American Television Presenter
Representative Richard McCormick, United States House of Representatives, Georgia
Jesse Waters, FOX News Host
Emma Waters, Spouse of Jesse Waters
David Ellison, Paramount Skydance, CEO
Susan Dell, Spouse to Michael Dell
Kevin Warsh, Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Jane Lauder, Spouse to Kevin Warsh
Secretary Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce
Allison Lutnick, Spouse to Secretary Lutnick
Director John Ratcliffe, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Michelle Ratcliffe, Spouse to Director Ratcliffe
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, U.S. Special Envoy to Middle East
Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor, Assistant to the President
Katie Miller, Spouse of Stephen Miller
Dan Scavino, Deputy Chief of Staff, Assistant to the President
Erin Scavino, Spouse to Dan Scavino
Attorney General Todd Blanche, Attorney General of the United States
Kristine Blanche, Spouse to Attorney General Todd Blanche
Meredith O’Rourke, The O’Rourke Group
Secretary Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health & Human Services
Secretary Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education
Secretary Doug Burgum, Secretary of Interior
Kathryn Burgum, Spouse to Secretary Burgum
Secretary Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation
Rachel Campos-Duffy, Spouse of Sean Duffy
Director Russell Vought, Director of Office of Management & Budget
Administrator Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling, Acting Secretary of Labor
Brad Gerstner, Altimeter, CEO
Sangeeta Mehrota, Spouse of Sanjay Mehrotra
Anthony Barra, Spouse of Mary Barra
Kathy Woods, Spouse of Darren Woods
Albert Bourla, Pfizer, CEO
David Sacks, Co-chair, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Administrator Kelly Loeffler, Small Business Administrator
Jeff Sprecher, Spouse of Kelly Loeffler
Katie Simpson, Fiancé to Brad Gerstner
Representative Jason Smith, United States House of Representatives, Missouri
Senator Steven Daines, United States Senator, Montana
General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Director Jay Clayton, Director of Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Bernard Arnault, LVMH, CEO
Alexandre Arnault, Son of Bernard Arnault
Ryan McInerey, Visa, CEO
Michael Miebach, Mastercard, CEO
Sandra Lynn Ellison, Spouse of David Ellison
Cheryl Hines, Spouse of Secretary Kennedy
I can’t believe Palestine Street or Ukraine Street weren’t considered. Quo vadis, San Francisco?
At long last, San Francisco has released two possible successor names for Cesar Chavez Street.
And they are...
missionlocal.org/2026/09/san…
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Senator Collins’ office says we “took the word of someone who pled guilty,” but ProPublica conducted its own investigation of the former CEO’s assertions. We have the receipts.
Our reporters independently corroborated much of the account by former Navatek CEO Martin Kao by reviewing a trove of evidence, legal records and interviewing dozens of people. And we reported that anti-corruption agents at the FBI were asking questions about Susan Collins as recently as late 2024. But after the reelection of President Trump, the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes were dismantled.
Here is the full story:
propublica.org/article/fbi-s…
ALT Excerpt from article: ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. We reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and interviewed dozens of people familiar with Navatek, its Washington operations, and the FBI inquiry to conduct our own investigation. We independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. Whether or not Kao’s dealings with politicians amount to criminal bribery, the Trump Justice Department has little interest in finding out, and his sheer success reveals how easily influence is purchased in Washington today. This is the first in a series of stories drawn from our reporting.
ALT Emails Between Martin Kao and Scott Reed, Discussing Contributions to the Susan Collins Super PAC, 1820 PAC “Hi Scott: Had a chance to discuss 1820 with my CFO and attorney last night. They are suggesting setting up a separate new LLC to make the donations. Name of new LLC: Society of Young Women Scientists and Engineers. In my personal real estate investments, we often use LLCs that can be set up to "facilitate" transactions. They are super vague and very difficult to get any background info on. Totally legal and typically used in real estate transactions to conceal the identity of buyer/seller. Wanted to get your thoughts/concerns.” — email from Martin Kao to Scott Reed, Nov. 22, 2019 “Very smart and glad your counsel understands. Thanks for doing this.” — email from Scott Reed to Martin Kao, Nov. 22, 2019 “Great! We will proceed on getting this set up ASAP. Have a nice weekend.” — email from Martin Kao to Scott Reed, Nov. 22, 2019
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It’s Cypress, not “Cyprus.”
But for all the time you spend on luxury vacations in Europe, it's no surprise you don't know Texas.
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