Professor Furious

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Unprofitably principled anarchist. Your problems are capitalism all the way down, people.

Anthony Winter Many thanks!! "If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no Minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung." Sir Walter Scott, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel"
Josh Hawley sprinting away from J6 insurrectionists.
In his essay ‘The Education of a Libertarian’ (2009) for the Cato Institute, Thiel wrote: I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible … Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women – two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians – have rendered the notion of ‘capitalist democracy’ into an oxymoron.
The conservatives we met believe democratic institutions have abandoned their own founding values. In their view, the American government is and has always been conditional on a moral foundation organized around Faith, Family, Freedom, and Place, and the purpose of democratic government is to protect and uphold this foundation. Now, however, the very institutions built to protect it have become disconnected from, or even threatening to, that moral foundation. Support for democratic norm deviation is therefore not experienced as a rejection of democracy by our participants; rather, it can be a logical response often driven by an impulse to restore democracy.
Samantha Power @SamanthaJPower Starting in early 2025, Elon Musk and the Trump administration began terminating USAID's programs and firing its staff — with Musk himself boasting about "feeding it into the woodchipper." One year ago today, USAID was officially dissolved, its remaining programs haphazardly folded into the State Department. Amid all the lies and misinformation that have followed, some facts about what has actually been lost: • USAID saved more than 3 million lives a year at a cost of less than $10/month per American. That is what was destroyed. On purpose. • According to Boston University's Global Impact Counter — which tracked deaths attributable to the cuts until it stopped operations in February 2026 — an estimated 781,000 people died preventable deaths in the first year, including 518,000 children. • Global child mortality (the number of children who die before their fifth birthday) rose in 2025 for the first time in 35+ years — by 200,000 additional deaths. • USAID's 50-country disease surveillance network — the system that cut outbreak response times from 2 weeks to 48 hours — is gone. We are now watching an unprecedented Ebola outbreak unfold in real time — with the highest first-month caseload and death rate in modern history. • Programs reaching 93 million women and children were cut 92%. TB programs cut 56%. Water and sanitation cut 86%. Over 2,000 health facilities permanently closed. • 25 million fewer people received humanitarian assistance in 2025. The overall humanitarian budget was slashed 74% — from $14.1 billion to $3.7 billion. • 363 million people face acute hunger in 2026. The famine early-warning system that would have seen it coming went dark for five months. • $1.7 billion in democracy and governance funding (election monitoring, anti-corruption work, support for independent media and civil society) was terminated. • 360+ independent media outlets lost funding. Hundreds of legal clinics closed. • Far from saving money, the …
Space Oddity Mark O’Connell Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s Muskism examines how Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, by selling a vision of the future that very few people would want to inhabit. July 23, 2026 issue
“The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn’t even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it.”
Weather map of the northeastern United States showing air temperatures by location with color shading. Temperatures range from the upper 60s along parts of the Maine coast (67–69°F, shown in blue-green) to 100–104°F across the Mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley (shown in orange and red). Southern New England is in the upper 90s to around 101°F, with Connecticut reaching 101°F, while much of Vermont, New Hampshire, and inland Maine is in the low to mid-90s. Cooler conditions persist along the immediate Atlantic coast, especially in eastern Maine, Cape Cod, and the islands, where temperatures are mostly in the 70s. The map highlights a sharp inland-to-coastal temperature gradient across New England.
Line chart titled "Trump Crypto: Family Gains vs. Investor Losses" comparing estimated cumulative gains and losses from Trump-linked cryptocurrency ventures from February 2025 to May 2026 (in billions of dollars). A blue line representing the Trump Organization rises steadily from about $1.0 billion to +$2.29 billion. A red line representing investors starts near +$2.6 billion, fluctuates during 2025, then falls sharply after November 2025 to −$2.28 billion by May 2026. Annotations mark key events including "Meme coin price jumps after launch," "Meme coin price drops," "World Liberty confirms token to become tradeable," and "ALT5 Sigma share price drops." The chart emphasizes the divergence between growing Trump Organization gains and mounting investor losses. Source: Reuters; graphic by Steve Rattner.
A four-panel Calvin and Hobbes comic. In the first panel, Calvin excitedly asks, "It's Saturday! What do you want to do?" Hobbes replies, "Anything but play an organized sport." In the second panel, Calvin asks, "Want to play Calvinball?" Hobbes enthusiastically answers, "Yeah!" In the third panel, the pair run across a yard dotted with arbitrary game markers while Hobbes declares, "No sport is less organized than Calvinball!" In the final panel, Calvin invents a rule on the spot while running: "New rule! New rule! If you don't touch the 30-yard base wicket with the flag, you have to hop on one foot."
Captain America punching noted fictional Nazi The Red Skull.
An electrician named Dante tells WIRED that he has worked on data centers operated by Intel, HP, and Amazon. “Nobody judges me” for data center work, he says, because “we're almost always working for the worst possible people in the end, but we all need a paycheck because of the unlivable world that those same rich people have created for us.” “Either I'm wiring up a lumber mill or a Dollar General warehouse or a data center or an Amazon facility or whatever else,” Dante says. It’s “essentially the same kind of work—all for already extremely rich pieces of shit to use for the exploitation of the working class so they can get more rich.”
“The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn’t even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it.” Attributed to commenter Davis X. Machina, in a post at Balloon Juice. This post is one in a growing number contributing to a wonderfully funny, snarky, and often thought-provoking political lexicon. Here's the whole list.
The silhouette of mission specialist Christina Koch's profile gazing at Earth through a window during the Artemis II mission.
"Trump Is Turning America Into a Psychotic State" headline over a drawing of a crazed eagle wearing a red tie madly scribbling amid an oil drum and parked missiles.
Money, money, money, money, money [6x] Some people got to have it Some people really need it Listen to me y'all, do things Do things, do bad things with it You wanna do things, do things Do things, good things with it Talk about cash money, money Talk about cash money Dollar bills, yall For the love of money People will steal from their mother For the love of money People will rob their own brother For the love of money People can't even walk the street Because they never know Who in the world they're gonna beat For that lean, mean, mean green Almighty dollar, money For the love of money People will lie, Lord, they will cheat For the love of money People don't care who they hurt or beat For the love of money A woman will sell her precious body For a small piece of paper It carries a lot of weight Call it lean, mean, mean green Almighty dollar I know money is the root of all evil Do funny things to some people Give me a nickel, brother can you spare a dime Money can drive some people out of their minds Got to have it, I really need it How many things have I heard you say Some people really need it How many things have I heard you say Got to have it, I really need it How many things have I heard you say Lay down, lay down, a woman will lay down For the love of money All for the love of money Don't let, don't let, don't let money rule you For the love of money Money can change people sometimes Don't let, don't let, don't let money fool you Money can fool people sometimes People, don't let money, don't let money change you It will keep on changing, changing up your mind
Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground End up like a dog that's been beat too much 'Til you spend half your life just to cover it up now Born in the USA I was born in the USA I was born in the USA Born in the USA, now Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hands Send me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man Born in the USA I was born in the USA Born in the USA I was born in the USA Come back home to the refinery Hiring man said, "Son, if it was up to me" Went down to see my V.A. man He said, "Son, don't you understand, now?" Oh, yeah No, no No, no, no I had a brother at Khe Sanh Fightin' off them Viet Cong They're still there, he's all gone He had a woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms now Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years burnin' down the road Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go Born in the USA I was born in the USA, oh Born in the USA I'm a long-gone daddy in the USA, now Born in the USA Born in the USA Born in the USA I'm a cool rocking daddy in the USA, now
Thirteenth Amendment Section 1 Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2 Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Pete Hegseth works a Nazi salute into his press conference.
If you try to humanise the place you will lose your mind. If you ask yourself what the woman at the hair-braiding stand left behind to be here, and why, you will lose your mind. If you accept the kindness of the staff with whom you make a paltry effort to speak each morning as they clear your dirty breakfast plate, you will lose your mind, because your tip is the only kindness you can meaningfully offer in return. Trying to attend to your own towel by the pool might cause the man who stands for hours in the ferocious sun to do so for you to lose his job. Being served makes us cruel infants. It demeans us all.
A weather forecast showing hours of snow today and 54 degrees Fahrenheit as a high temperature tomorrow.
A woman drinking a cup of tea while looking at the viewer, saying, "I can't believe it's already he's-gonna-start-WWIII season! I still have my holy-shit-he-fucked-kids decorations up.
MALDEN, MA – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) issued the following statement: “Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of ‘no new wars.’ Under the cloak of night, without congressional authorization or even a clear rationale, he broke that vow to launch a massive military operation against Iran. “Iran’s violations of human rights and sponsorship of global terror are well documented. But our Constitution is clear – the power to declare war lies with Congress. Trump has refused to seek authorization from the People’s House before rushing into another military conflict in the Middle East. All while acknowledging his actions pose grave danger to our service members. “Families do not want another war. They want a reasonable cost of living. They want health care they can afford. They want an end to ICE’s terror in their neighborhoods. And they do not want their sons and daughters placed in harm’s way by a reckless President. The people of this country deserve better. “Speaker Johnson should call the House into session immediately to vote on a bipartisan War Powers Resolution. If not, House Democrats will force a vote. Now is the time to stand with the American people and the Constitution.”
A longer version of the quote from DeviantArt: From the internet… “I’ve said this before, but the enormity of how stupid and childish Trump is, and the inexplicability of him winning not just once, but twice (after committing insurrection!) is so overwhelming it won’t ever be explainable. The fact that he has been president warps reality in a gravitational sense; the fact of his power means that society, in telling the story, can’t actually conceptualize him as so unserious and stupid, because by definition he has been elected twice and so he is, by definition, important and serious. Power justifies itself. But of course that’s a fiction. He’s as evil, stupid, venal and unfit for the role as he was 10 years ago, when it was a cosmic joke to think he could ever be President. The fact that 10 years later has has been President twice doesn’t change who he is and what he is. He is the most terrible person in every possible way to even run for president, let alone win. This fact about him warps reality. It’s crazy-making. It’s society-wide gaslighting. I don’t know how I will ever be able to explain this to my children. Adding to my befuddlement is the fact that he’s every single stereotype of a loathsome shitheel from the last one hundred years of popular culture, all at once—the ignorant blowhard at the end of the bar, the entitled silver spoon trust fund asshole, the clueless boss who does nothing but create crises for his employees to clean up, the lecherous old man, the vapid self-important celebrity, the penny pinching miser who stiffs the honest working man, the oily corrupt politician, the cowardly bully, the draft-dodging faux-patriot, the scumbag crook who gets off on a technicality. He’s almost literally every repugnant trope from generations of literature, movies, and TV shows. This is the man— the clown, the ignoramus—who ends our Republic?” — Brandunaware
Captain America punching the Red Skull who is wearing a swastika and saying, "So much for the tolerant left."
Another unhinged rant from the US President. Trust me, you don't want to know.
Our response should not be "This response to Bad Bunny's inclusion shows how divided we are, how can we stop this polarization?" Our response should be uncooperative: "The response to Bad Bunny's inclusion shows just how racist our society is. Racists are angry about the halftime show? Good! Everything about our society should make racists feel alienated. How do we make racists feel even more alienated from even more of society??
"Accordingly, the Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED pursuant to the attached Judgment. Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned."
Malcolm McDowell forced to watch a film strapped to a chair in the film "A Clockwork Orange".
A Newsweek headline reading "Democrat Wins Minnesota Election With 95% of Vote Amid ICE Crackdown"
A weather map of the USA showing a 2000-mile band of predicted heavy snow stretching from Texas to Massachusetts.
A large pile of objects labeled "All modern digital infrastructure" supported by a tiny stick labeled, "A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003"
“The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn’t even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it.”
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
New spending bill would pave the way for Senators to sue for $500,000 each over phone records searches -- and appears to make 8 GOPers immediately eligible
I surely would like to know why Stephen Miller seems have a well-dressed wrist growing from the left side of his skull.
Prince Andrew in April. Buckingham Palace said he would lose his royal title.
A comparison of two overhead photos of the White House before and after the demolition of the East Wing.
A Washington Post headline: Humanoid robots are looking for work. Who will hire them? A frenzy of investment from Amazon, Meta and other companies has created a crowd of new humanoid robots. By Gerrit De Vynck and Lisa Bonos
Han Solo embedded in carbonite from "The Return of the Jedi"
The Border Patrol Chief Leading the California Immigration Crackdown A photo of Gregory Bovino with the caption "Gregory Bovino has orchestrated thousands of arrests, using tactics that have made him a MAGA star. His critics say he’s crossing legal and political lines." but "crossing legal and political lines" is crossed out in red and "a criminal" scrawled in under it.
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Trump boasted to the House Republicans on Tuesday that his poll numbers are the best he’s ever had, but in fact a Gallup poll out today shows his approval rating at its lowest in his second term: just 37% of American adults approve of his performance in office. Journalist Bill Grueskin notes that this puts Trump six points below where Biden was after the final U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The biggest shift has been among Independents. Only 29% of them say they approve of his job performance, down from 46% at the beginning of his term.
And earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security announced a new policy that will clear the way for the agency to deport children who are in the United States as documented victims of abuse, neglect or abandonment under a classification known as Special Immigrant Juveniles. Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article309334350.html#storylink=cpy
“The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn’t even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it.”
A Calin and Hobbs cartoon describing aliens stealing Earth's resources and rendering it uninhabitable because they are concerned about keeping their jobs.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Abraham Lincoln November 19, 1863
“The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn’t even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it.”
ROCKFLEET PRIVATE CAPITAL INTELLIGENCE Wednesday, July 2, 2025 | Liquidity Engineering Edition Market Intelligence: Validation Accelerating Since our Secondary Renaissance analysis, institutional data confirms what we identified early. PitchBook reports that the private wealth channel has an estimated $450 trillion in net assets and is expected to invest over $7 trillion in the private markets by 2033.
A stick figure wearing a black hat from Randall Munroe's XKCD comic saying, "If they didn't want to experience consequences, they shouldn't have decided to live in the future."
Trump’s Plan to Accept Luxury Jet From Qatar Strains Bounds of Propriety President Trump’s second administration is blowing through limits on the mixing of public office and personal benefits.
The cover of the latest Economist Magazine depicting a black-and-white drawing of a heavily bandaged bald eagle surrounded by lost feathers with the caption, "Only 1,361 days to go"
Donald Trump sitting on a bench in golfing wear, looking tired.
It is not misogynist to say that these women do not have their priorities in order. Rather, it is misogynist of them to so forcefully associate womanhood with cosmetics and looks, rather than with any of the more noble and human aspirations to which space travel might acquaint them – curiosity, inquiry, discovery, exploration, a sense of their own mortality, an apprehension of the divine. These women, who have placed themselves as representatives for all women with their promotion of the flight – positioning themselves as aspirational models of femininity – have presented a profoundly antifeminist vision of what womankind’s future is: dependent on men, confined to triviality, and deeply, deeply silly.
Justice Dept. says it's not required to bring back wrongly deported man
A newspaper headline next to a photo of JFK junior. The headline reads: "As His Chronic Disease Tour Wraps, Kennedy Hits His Stride"
Spock from Star Trek the original series wearing an IDIC pendant.