The federal government is buying your private data to avoid getting a warrant. Today, I introduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act to close the data broker loophole and require a warrant for every search of Americans’ data. wired.com/story/us-lawma…

I had a feeling this sudden wave of laws "for kids" wasn't organic:

Because some folks seem confused: I think it’s really bad that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is halted, and it would be better for pretty well everyone (except Russia) if traffic resumes It will be utterly miserable for billions of people if Hormuz stoppage doesn’t end

I have one question for the Republican Party today. Where is your backbone? Thune. McConnell. All of them. Where are you? Mitch McConnell is 84 years old. He has nothing left to lose. No more elections to win. No more favors to collect. No more political future to protect.

Ukrainians who went to the Middle East to teach how to shoot down "shaheds", were horrified by the way the US military does it - The Times - They launch up to 8 Patriot missiles at a single target - Sometimes they even use an SM-6 missile ($6 M) to shoot down 1 drone - Radars

Take a look at the historical multifamily production chart. The first half of the period, there's a lot of green. The second half of the period, a lot of red. Zoom in on the green mountains and you'll find federal policies carefully designed to make the line go up.

At Newburgh in 1783, Washington walked into a room of soldiers who wanted to march on Congress and install him as a constitutional monarch. He reached into his pocket for his eyeglasses — the calculated theater of a man who understood exactly what the moment required — and said

Apparently ticks are not a food chain keystone species, we have successfully eradicated a tick before (the Cattle Fever Tick), in 2023 the USDA started gene-editing ticks for future eradication efforts. The issue is just a slow lifecycle and money. Absolutely worth my taxes.

Unbelievable that the US Congress shut down the Strategic Helium Reserve. Short-sighted isn't the half of it. Utter ignorance. This is what happens when lawyers run a country.

What’s wild about this global “age verification” push is that no one even knows who or where it’s coming from. Yet it’s clearly one idea with one source. Real power in “our democracy” has become entirely mysterious. Makes medieval Venice look like a New England town meeting

tweet of the day Lisa Mateo

Exactly right. The invasion of Ukraine is not a "reaction" to anything - it is an inseparable part of the russian elite's imperialist agenda, which they've inherited from the USSR which the USSR inherited from the russian empire. It has more to do with what Peter the "great"

What a truly evil way to treat people who risked their lives for the United States

How lighting can completely transform the mood💡

This is remarkable and you should watch this entire video. The House was going to pass a 45 day extension of FISA 702 (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act), BY VOICE WITHOUT VOTING, and Thomas Massie courageously forced a debate and demanded a recorded vote. Jim Jordan who

Accurate...

Would be helpful to redirect data center moral panic to reduce cropland devoted to ethanol

The FCC wants to require ID verification for every phone activation in America, including prepaid phones. Those are the phones journalists, abuse survivors, and whistleblowers depend on to stay anonymous. The excuse is robocalls. The result is a national identity check on one

RFK Jr. has called the HPV vaccine “the most dangerous vaccine ever invented.” A staggering new review covering 274 studies found the opposite (again). HPV vaccines, without a doubt, remain one of the greatest cancer prevention tools in modern medicine.

I hear this framing all of the time and it is disappointing to hear it from Our World in Data. Basically says that we use alot of land to grow biofuels. Put solar panels on that same land and you could power every car and truck on Earth. It just doesn't work that way. 🧵