ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026“The White House is a sacred place,” begins [DoJ lawyer] Michael Velchik, arguing that the President can arbitrarily ban news organizations because he doesn't like their coverage of him. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/disp... (Pictures from NPR.) 000 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Fixed it for Trump. 34865281 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I can't get Rick Wilson's "Against All Enemies" Substack up, but here's a quote from it: "Nobody in this country is waking up in the morning thinking, my goodness, what I really need is an 850-page climate plan. [...] [Voters] want action on the economy, punishment for the pain they’ve suffered." 100 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trump bans CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-bans... Oh wow. So, so accurate!anntelnaes.substack.comTrump bans CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White Houseand continues his attacks on our Free Press 000 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026👇👇👇👇 16592723912109 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialRick and Tired @sameastheold.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The constitution is just another piece of paper if nobody upholds it. 33354081351 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialBrandy @3dogz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Someone else said it for him. Love him. Miss him. 660246425563 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialCarolirene @carolirene75.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Mike Luckovich cartoonist: 20787593055 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialAnn Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A collaboration with the excellent satirist Andy Borowitz @borowitzreport.bsky.social anntelnaes.substack.com/p/other-plac...anntelnaes.substack.comOther Places the Secret Service Can Hide TrumpWASHINGTON— Building on their successful use of a catering truck to conceal Donald J. 622171 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialFactsMatter314 @factsmatter314.bsky.social · 11/08/2026will Trump be flying on Cart Force One exclusively now? 022 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/08/2026The catering cart memes are doing me in ☠️😭 Please add any I missed in the replies. We need this laugh. 761130445115 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialThe Verge @theverge.com · 10/08/2026"In the place of problem-solving technology, companies have jumped on successive bandwagons like NFTs, the metaverse, and large language models. What these all have in common is that they are not built to really solve a market problem. They are built to make VCs and companies rich."theverge.comSilicon Valley has forgotten what normal people wantDid the tech industry get high on its own supply? 1102364742 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026So Iranian hackers are attacking America's water suppliers. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/bein... Guess who sued to stop the Biden admin from *urging* governors to mandate cyber security upgrades to critical infrastructure like the water supply. Yep, Republican AG's.lawfaremedia.orgBeing a North Korean Hacker Is About to Be Less FunThe latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. 120 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialDumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 07/08/2026What a time to be alive. 728774 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Not content with leaving junk on this planet, St Elmo has started littering on the Moon... www.reuters.com/science/piec...reuters.comPiece of SpaceX rocket believed to have crashed into the moonThe school-bus-size object is the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. 000 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The other week, I bought some Draino at a local supermarket. Since then, I've had been presented ads for drain cleaning chemicals every few *hours*! (They've just started declining in frequency.) I like Gruber's idea of privacy being treated like it used to be. daringfireball.net/linked/2026/...daringfireball.netDickover of the Week: The ObserverLink to: https://bvsveera.net/observer-dickover/ 131 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Now there's a headline I didn't expect! 😳 The article starts: "THE CONSERVATIVE INFLUENCERS have spoken: Harley-Davidson—whose motorcycles helped create the paradigm of American masculinity—is in fact woke and gay." That's... Wow. Yeah... Wow. www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-mag... 120 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 30/05/2026I've been telling my wife, for ages (since at least the Bush years!), that America needs to stop giving the president so much authority if not outright power. Here's how it could be done. asharangappa.substack.com/p/we-need-a-...asharangappa.substack.comWe Need a Fourth BranchWhy our most vital institutions should be placed in a constitutional vault - beyond the reach of any President. 010 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialＺÖＭＢＹ ＷＯＯＦ @steveshark.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Posted without comment. 1552438715 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Oy... www.404media.co/buspatrol-pu...404media.co‘BusPatrol’ Put AI Cameras in Tens of Thousands of School Buses. Now They Want to Give Cops AccessBusPatrol plans to scan the license plates of all vehicles the buses drive past, and then let law enforcement search that data. The plan would essentially turn school buses into roaming surveillance v... 000 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026This guy seems a little cranky. Meh. Blocking him. 110 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialRowland Hill @rowland-hill.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I bet he is using this sort of data. 1042623 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 10/05/2026😂😂😂 Short, sweet and oh so good! MAGA and Idolatry open.substack.com/pub/therickw...open.substack.comMAGA and IdolatryA Reading from the Book of Donald 010 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 06/05/2026‘Dispute’, a quite impressive real picture captured by Polish photographer Jacek Stankiewicz, featuring two birds embroiled in what appears to be an animated argument. Original post 1914775726 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 06/04/2026What's to discuss? Begone, already! www.reuters.com/world/exit-t...reuters.comExit of Trump officials including FBI director Patel under discussion, Atlantic reportsThere are discussions about FBI Director Kash Patel, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer leaving the Trump administration, the Atlantic reported on Thursday, ... 010 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 04/04/2026This war should be called the "War of Theocratic Idiots". www.lawfaremedia.org/article/unde...lawfaremedia.orgUnderstanding Iran’s Strategy—Then, Now, and NextA review of Vali Nasr’s “Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History” (Princeton University Press, 2025) 010 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Powerful... adrianatrigiani.substack.com/p/the-epstei...adrianatrigiani.substack.comThe Epstein Files Part 3Let’s not go soft on Epstein and Maxwell. 000 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I knew the FBI/DoJ firings were bad, but... holy cannoli, they're Really Bad! Iran Will Retaliate in the U.S. We May Not See It in Time. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/iran...lawfaremedia.orgIran Will Retaliate in the U.S. We May Not See It in Time.Historically, the U.S. has managed to thwart Iranian operations on its soil. Now, this administration may have us unprepared. 000 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 23/02/2026What could possibly go wrong? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump Iran airstrikes decision to be guided by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff’s adviceExclusive: Trump’s decision will be driven by envoys’ judgment on whether Iran is stalling on a nuclear deal 000 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Foreign Affairs finally gets it? They've keep publishing articles that accept the assumption the administration has America's interests at heart. As anyone who's not a foreign policy expert can tell them, that is not, and never has been, the case! www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...foreignaffairs.comThe Age of KleptocracyGeopolitical power, private gain. 000 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialbigrde1969.bsky.social @bigrde1969.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Let’s figure this out first ✊✊✊✊✊✊✊ 6394 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Paul Krugman telling it as it is. "Fed chairs can only drive policy through persuasion — and Warsh lacks the intellectual and moral credibility to be effective on that score." 010 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026So the state of play for Congress is the Dems want ICE to stop shooting people and the Republicans are calling that an unreasonable request. Nope, not making that up. 000 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Iceland is (probably) now wondering if they're going to be invaded (or whatever), simply because the Diaper Prize whiner can't tell the difference... www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...newsweek.comDonald Trump confuses Iceland and Greenland multiple times in Davos speech"They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you," the president said in a remark that appeared to be about Greenland. 010 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Well, when you put it like that, it sure sounds bad... (Unless you're Peter Thiel or Vladimir Putin. The former because he's not as clever as he thinks, or Curtis Yarvin told him, he is, and the other one because he hopes it will.) 010 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Jonathan Last, @jvl.bsky.social, mentioned that Peter Thiel is, unsurprisingly, a major player behind the whole "Greenland" idiocy. He was relying on an article in The New Republic and... yeah. It's worth a read. So here's why the billionaires want it: newrepublic.com/article/2051...newrepublic.comThe Oligarchs Pushing for Conquest in GreenlandTrump’s fixation on filching the island territory from Denmark may seem like the demented ravings of a mad king. But to a cohort of plutocrat weirdos, it makes perfect sense. 020 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Machado offered her Nobel Peace Prize to the Demented Warmonger? Is she nuts?!? (Like Europe, she needs to realize that appeasing the blowhard is *not* the right thing to do. Just as trying to appease the schoolyard bully is never the right thing to do.) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...nytimes.comAfter Machado Offers Her Nobel, Trump Says It Would Be an ‘Honor’ to Accept It 010 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 09/01/2026John Gruber (@gruber.foo) hails Caitlin Calleson's courage. daringfireball.net/2026/01/lets...daringfireball.netLet’s Call a Murder a MurderCaitlin Callenson’s courage in the face of insane danger is just remarkable. 010 0
Reposted by @ian2nd.bsky.socialBobtheRetired @bobtheretired.bsky.social · 06/01/2026I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating. We focus so much on the fact that Miller is a racist, fascist piece of shit that we often overlook how mind-numbingly ignorant he is. 1704 0
ian2nd.bsky.social @ian2nd.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Watching the movie “Relay”. I told my wife it’s like a MAGA fantasy come to life… except, as fiction, it has to make sense. Unlike MAGA fantasies. 120 0
