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“A self-coup, also called an autocoup…is a form of coup d’état in...

FAIR calls out some of the shoddy coverage on the 2025 Coup...

I’m a Federal Worker. Elon Musk’s Government Data Heist Is the Entire...

Mike Masnick: Some Conservatives Admit We’re In A Constitutional Crisis. “It’s about...

Personal Discretion Over the Treasury’s Payments System Means the End of Democracy....

Why It Matters That Musk Has Taken Control of Key Government Operations

The Verge interviewed federal employees about the chaos they’re seeing. “Many workers...

‘Fuck That’: Federal Workers Say They’re Scared But ‘Digging In’ Amid Trump’s...

The 2025 Coup (Derogatory)

Here is some good news: the white nationalist terrorist group Proud Boys...

Trump & Musk have discussed placing “spies” in gov’t offices to root...

More on Musk’s alarming unconstitutional seizure of the Treasury Department payments system:...

VERY VERY BAD: Under the direction of Elon Musk, a 25-year-old engineer...

“Musk’s political project with DOGE is actually quite straightforward: The world’s richest...

It Only Tuesday. “Not only do Americans have most of Tuesday morning...

Donald Trump’s Executive Orders Aim to Create Jim Crow for Trans People....

Heather Cox Richardson is perhaps too dispassionate in her piece about Trump’s/Musk’s...

Scholar of authoritarianism Timothy Snyder on the 2025 coup: “The people who...

A complete archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025....

A simple guide to using Signal for government workers (written by a...

New Tron movie coming, music by Nine Inch Nails. “Tron: Ares follows...

The Japanese Salaryman Eraser Goes Bald Through Use

New Square Feature Allows Customers To Tip With Bible Quote. “We have...

The Bawdy Graffiti of Pompeii and Herculaneum. This was was written on...

The New Comfort Movie Canon: The 10 Best Feel-Good Films of the...

Asteroids vs Space Invaders! Scans of Early 80s Gaming Magazines.

A web version of Pitfall. I used to play this a lot...

Author Mary Childs shares some of her “stress-designed” drafts: On Trying (and...

Brian Eno Believes in Singing

20 years ago, Seoul tore down an elevated highway and built a...

Andrea Pitzer lost her mother to Amway. “In many ways, Amway adherents...

Joy Machine is a new art gallery in Chicago from the team...

If I’m being real honest, which I try to be, I can’t...

The Best Table Tennis Points Of 2024

From an interview with Na Kim, her answer here could not be...

Netflix is making a Little House on the Prairie reboot. “The series...

The Magic of Code: How Digital Language Created and Connects Our World...

The Public Domain Image Archive

“A Dyson tree is a hypothetical genetically engineered plant (perhaps resembling a...

What If Letterboxd Ratings Decided the Best Picture Oscar?

Muji has opened its first food market in the US at its...

Reuters made a cozy game about cozy games. “Wolfe would put on...

“The MacArthur Foundation today announced more than $6 million in grants to...

Lorne Michaels may not like it when the actors on SNL break...

Jaune Quick-To-See Smith Has Died, Age 85

An audio recording of the audience’s reaction to Star Wars in 1977,...

Approvingly citing Musk/X and Zuck/Meta, Substack reiterates its commitment to support Nazis,...

Pee-wee as Himself, a New Documentary Series About Pee-wee Herman

I missed this back in October: Venkatesh Rao retired his long-running Ribbonfarm...

The ACLU: Know Your Rights (or, what to do if you are...