TO BE FAIR PEOPLE WHO DON’T SPOT THE FAWNING AND THE FAKERY  ARE AT RISK FOR SO MANY OTHER PSYCHOSIS:  Chatbot-Linked Psychosis and Delusional Spiraling.

APRIL FOOLS? TELL ME IT’S APRIL FOOLS!  Rep. Tim Burchett chose NOT to refute Matt Gaetz’s comment about a military alien-human breeding program, then said “the people that know are dying”.

WHAT HE SAID:  If you are a non-elected member of the US federal government (i.e., civilian GS employee, career SES, contractor, military) and you are “resisting” or “slow-rolling” lawful initiatives of the Trump Administration, let me tell you what you are actually doing.

X-Cancel.

THE TURTLE MOVES!  US ICE detains Islamic Society of Milwaukee President Salah Sarsour.

ME NEITHER:  I Did Not Have ‘Everest Guides Poisoning Climbers’ on My Bingo Card.

YEP:  They should be terrified, they’ve given people damn good reason to drop a dime on them.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF:  Bleeding Heart.

AND NOW RE-READING THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRISTOPHER DI GRAZIA’S SERIES: It’s as good as I remember, even better than the first!  The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: A Theda Bara Mystery.

#CommissionEarned

THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF

Hollywood, 1917. Silent movie queen Theda Bara is filming her epic, Cleopatra – “the one they’ll remember me for.” But when a studio extra turns up dead in a PR stunt gone wrong, Bara finds herself the center of intrigue, from a friend from the past who isn’t at all what she seems, to an Egyptian cult that wants her dead. With stars like Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and Erich von Stroheim along for the ride, Bara and her loyal friend, makeup artist Toby Swanson, have to find out who is telling the truth, who is lying and whether it spells the end of Cleopatra. . .or of Hollywood itself.

A little bir–  Okay, the author himself after I linked it last time said that there’s a third upcoming. He’s chugging along on it. I can’t wait.

HOME, HOME ON THE FARM:  F.A.R.M. and other acronyms.

IT APPEARS THAT EARLY MEDIA REPORTS OF ITS FAILURE WERE MISTAKEN:  Trump admin live updates: Prez warns Iran’s electric power plants could be next target.

THAT’S WHICH IS REWARDED IS THAT WHICH INCREASES:  Pathological narcissists have taken over the political left.

THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT THE DEMS’ IDEA OF A ‘STRAIGHT, WHITE, CHRISTIAN MALE’ IS TIM WALZ:  The Dem Operative Class Is Risking Death Threats With This 2028 Advice.

GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVE HANK JOHNSON ASKED ABOUT THE RISK OF GUAM TIPPING OVER IN 2010: He is still serving in congress. You can’t embarrass the dems.  Watch CNN’s Scott Jennings Shred This Dem’s Take on Iran. It Was Embarrassing.

BECAUSE IT’S ALL SO TIRESOME:  Ballroom Blitz: Judge Orders Halt to Construction, Trump Not Amused.

CASTS JAUNDICED LOOK AT LI. SIDE EYES CALENDAR. UM… THEY PUT THIS UP YESTERDAY:  Former CNN Employee Don Lemon Signals He’s Open to Running for President.

But it might be true. After all he’s Netflix recast Pete Buttigieg. And Pete Buttigieg — Alfred E. Neuman’s less plausible twin — thinks he’s running for president.

IT WOULD BE ALL SO TIRESOME IF IT WEREN’T SO HORRIFYING:  Communist games, kings, and the lack thereof.

BY ANY AND EVERY MEANS, WE MUST LEAVE THIS OUR CRADLE AND REACH FOR THE STARS:  Going above and beyond.

SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE IN NONSENSE ON STILTS:  Cry Harder.

IT’S A CONSIDERATION:  Owning, Or Being Owned?

IT’S THE IRANIAN MONEY, STUPID:  This fact: “Oil revenue collapsed to roughly 5% of the national budget, down from 32% the prior year. Taxes increased over 60%. Food prices climbed at least 50%. ATMs across major cities are running out of cash.” Underlines a major point of mine.

X-cancel.

FASCINATING:  Ok, long legal autism explanation time, strap in this is going to be a wild ride: In 1934 the National Firearms Act was passed. The primary goals were to ban machine guns (especially the Thompson) and pistols (which could be concealed and used to ambush politicians), because FDR and his ilk were being wildly tyrannical at that time and certainly had cause to fear.

X-cancel.

BECAUSE IT’S TRUE:  America Points At Corruption Anew As Barrier To Trade And Investment With The Philippines.

FROM MARY CATELLI:  Spells in Secret.

Magical doors and other mischief mix badly with tales about murder, as young scholars return to Graytowers.

Kenneth, as prefect, thought he had his hands filled with the beginning of the new session, but when one magical door takes him and another scholar far past the bounds of a prank, they barely escape with their lives, and their escape means only that they are in graver danger. They must hide, leaving the school, and casting all their spells in secret.

2025 GUARDIAN AWARD FROM THE LIFEBOAT FOUNDATION:  2025 Guardian Award Winner coined the term “AI safety”.

THE NO KINGS CON:  “No Kings” explained to unwitting CCP dupes, and which kings they’re actually marching for.