Taco Tuesday

Rock on.

Get happy.

Chuck Schumer.

People on the internet reminded me that in 2016 it was conventional wisdom that self-driving trucks were certainly coming very soon and that anyone would be insane to train as a trucker. This was in the midst of a serious driver shortage!

Even I was less skeptical than I should have been - some long haul trucking is an easier problem than urban taxis - but 9 years later... you can still get a job as a trucker.

Well, uh, not really.

China, Japan and South Korea reached a consensus that the three countries will jointly respond to US tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said on Monday.

What is this world coming to when the opposing politicians can be prosecuted and convicted. Not sporting!

France's Marine Le Pen has been barred from running for office for five years after being found guilty of misappropriating European funds to finance her far-right National Rally (RN) party.

These things should always be resolved at the ballot box.

Our beautiful farmers.

Ahead of President Trump’s plan to impose sweeping tariffs across the globe this week, his administration is weighing a new round of emergency aid to farmers, who are likely to be caught in the middle if America’s trading partners retaliate.

One possibility I haven't seen raised elsewhere is that Trump intends to announce massive tariffs lasting years, the Republicans will "book" this revenue when they do their budget bill, cut taxes on rich people accordingly, and then just erase (some of) the tariffs.

Some budget shenanigans are above my pay grade, so I don't know if this makes any sense.

New week, new excitement.

Rock on.

I can't be bothered to follow the meanderings of the brain worm. Supposedly Tuesday is the big day!

The fundamental weakness of Western civilizaton is empathy for conservatives.

Is this what Trump is doing, though, CBS? Is that his actual deportation program?

It is the weekend, so we do have to have a little laugh about Elise Stefanik getting dumped from her UN ambassador position. She thought she had graduated to VIP and now she is a person Trump is embarrassed to talk to.

At a White House event honoring Women’s History Month on Wednesday afternoon, President Donald Trump took six minutes out of his speech to personally recognize many of the Republican women gathered in the audience. But one person in attendance whom he did not mention was Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who was, at the time, Trump’s nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Sunday funday

Every macho guy needs a babysitter.

The wife of the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, attended two meetings with foreign defense officials during which sensitive information was discussed, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.

Shop while you eat! (Ad, I get a commission).

For no particular reason, I've been reading people on reddit describe their experiences with long term ketamine use 😂.

Pretend one company you mostly own is worth a gazillion dollars and have it buy the company that might personally bankrupt you.

Elon Musk on Friday evening announced he has sold his social media company, X, to xAI, his artificial intelligence company. xAI will pay $45 billion for X, slightly more than Musk paid for it in 2022, but the new deal includes $12 billion of debt.

Keep the scheme going a bit longer! Hope none of the xAI investors are annoyed!