To me the remarkable thing about this story is that it was broken by the Washington Examiner, a hard-core right-wing rag of long standing. They don't tend to go after Trump appointees out of some lofty sense of justice. It makes me wonder who decided it was time for Banks to get a kick in the nuts, and why

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/4509505/border-patrol-chief-michael-banks-prostitution-allegations-by-agents/

#USPol

Is there an equivalent of disbarment for architects? If this monstrosity gets built, let's make sure the next Congress will raze it to the ground.

(gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/29/upshot/white-house-ballroom.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XFA.q-Jk.Ke1iUCIbOeBo&smid=url-share

“It’s fun—a macabre sort of fun—this parlor game of ‘Who Goes AI?’ And it simplifies things—asking the question in regard to specific journalists.

Kind, good, happy, secure people never go AI. They may be the hard-working columnist, the former blogger, the independent media entrepreneur, or the virtuosic book critic—you’ll never make sloppers out of them. But the bored pseudo-intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the fearful ink cannon, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go AI in a crisis.”

https://www.todayintabs.com/p/who-goes-ai

Just so we're clear -- the law Israel just passed mandating death by hanging for Palestinians is apartheid.

It. Is. Apartheid.

Israel does not punish Israelis who kill Palestinians. Instead, Israel has illegally detained more than 10,000 Palestinians, including 1000 children, without charge or conviction. These are hostages held without access to counsel in concentration camps.

This. Is. Apartheid. Any politician or journalist who cannot acknowledge that is complicit. Period.

For many people, the #Linux vs #Windows vs #Mac debate is a privilege — it assumes you can choose. But working with the Computer Upcycle Project, I've seen the real choice is often Linux vs no computer at all.

~95% of donated computers are "too old" for Windows 11 or macOS. Linux installs on them anyway, adding 10+ years of life to machines #Microsoft and #Apple called trash.

This isn't Linux vs Windows. It's Linux vs e-waste.

Happy #TDoV to all my trans friends!

I see you, and I'm happy you're here 💞

BREAKING: Israel's parliament has approved the death penalty BY HANGING as the default for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis

Meanwhile, multiple human rights orgs including Israeli orgs like B'TSalem confirm that Israelis kill Palestinians with impunity and face no accountabilty.

This is what apartheid looks like and shame on anyone gaslighting otherwise