The arrogance and stupidity of humankind versus the beauty and genius of nature. Flying cars? Please, God, no. scientificamerican.com/article/why-fe…

Great thread on my story on the 47-48 section that somehow went missing from the Boeing 787 plant, and the pressure they put on quality managers like Barnett and a guy named Bill Hobek to 'pencil whip' -- illegally falsify documentation explaining away -- their absences

When Frodo threw the ring of power into Mount Doom, he fatally destabilized the economy of Mordor by collapsing the money supply. Now I finally understand, thanks to Marcus Ashworth

Only Russian proxies/sympathizers talk like this about Ukraine.

Totally unacceptable for a US presidential candidate to spread such untruth.

Just a reminder: read the charge sheets from the Capitol prosecution, which range from sedition and obstructing an official proceeding to disorderly conduct. One of these things is not like the other.

Looming arrest warrants against Israelis by the International Criminal Court raise larger questions about the humanitarian law the US helped write, says Andreas Kluth bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via Bloomberg Opinion

May orange become the new black...

What a bizarre world we inhabit. Perhaps they could suspend a banana, a carrot or a protein bar over the screen as an added performance incentive.

Winner of the 'banality of banality' award. You could have fit this on a Salada tea bag label, with a QR code for the Amazon book page, and readers would have been better served. Sheesh, Atlantic--what were you thinking??? theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

OK, virginatlantic, we're at 27 minutes on hold and counting. Only 7 hours more to go and I could be across the Atlantic.

Hey there virginatlantic: If I stay on hold long enough, will you send help. This insipid hipster music you're playing is some kind of psyops to get people off the phone. But I'm tougher than that!

New York's ever-resourceful street vendors making a killing on keffiyehs. Now, if only I could rustle up my old Chairman Mao cap and trusty red star...

I'm not sure this review deserved to be printed. nytimes.com/2024/04/30/boo…

DEA's decision to reclassify cannabis as less dangerous is overdue. it's also problematic, in terms of the international laws that the US spearheaded back in the days of reefer madness bloomberg.com/view/articles/… via Bloomberg Opinion

Mexico City is having a “Gringo go home” moment. But the Mexican capital’s biggest problems are homegrown, not imported, says JP Spinetto bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via Bloomberg Opinion

Kristi Noem, dog-killer, dentist-shiller, and lewandowski who-knows-what. Classy, classy, classy.

'Lithuanians are only too conscious that the only way that a tiny country like theirs can survive in a dangerous world is to build a high-tech economy that can outthink and outmaneuver its giant neighbors,' says Adrian Wooldridge bloomberg.com/opinion/featur… via Bloomberg Opinion

'Since #Lithuania joined the EU in 2004, its real GDP per capita has grown faster than any EU country other than the Czech Republic,' says Adrian Wooldridge bloomberg.com/opinion/featur… via Bloomberg Opinion