NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Seattle Teachers Union’s Brand-New President on Leave for Abuse Allegations.

TELFORD’S REPLY ASSUMES A FACT NOT IN EVIDENCE:

@jonfavs partisan passion routinely overwhelms his intelligence.

But also, he’s not a serious person. pic.twitter.com/i2MnZcYduM

— Erik Telford (@ErikTelford) May 13, 2026

If Favreau has ever been anything more than a partisan bile machine, I’ve yet to see it.

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE DISTRICTS: ‘Crazy ass Uncle Tom’: Democrat State Rep. Juandalynn Givan says Clarence Thomas ‘sold us back into the hands of the master.’

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) called U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Associate Justice Clarence Thomas an “Uncle Tom” and the “one who sold us out in Africa” after a recent redistricting ruling on Monday.
…
Givan criticized Thomas, a black and respected conservative jurist, for ruling to “take away two damn congressional seats” from Democrats.

“This mf’er, this man, this Uncle Tom, this Uncle Tim…and I’m so pissed and I said this today…this black man right here, I don’t know what kind of black he is. I don’t know what damn plantation this man came from. I don’t know what slave ship he was on. I don’t know what part of the slave ship he was on,” Givan said on Facebook on Monday.

What a shame she’s a state representative and not subject to the upcoming congressional redistricting.

REMINDER: THIS IS THE REPORT THAT NICK KRISTOF’S LIES ABOUT ISRAELI RAPE DOGS WAS SUPPOSED TO SMOTHER.

"Heads were decapitated. Pelvic bones shattered. Even after death, sexual assault continued. A grotesque, medieval obsession with sexual organs pervaded the crime scenes at the Nova Festival and in the Kibbutzim near Gaza." https://t.co/PVnt58O3yl

— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) May 12, 2026

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Future Republicans Need a Trump Style Guide for Dealing With the Press. “His less-than-presidential moments quickly became my favorite parts of the whole show. It was a revelation to see a Republican politician refuse to roll over and let the media run roughshod over him.I had been writing about MSM bias for almost two decades at that point and was sick of watching all of the kowtowing going on in the upper echelons of the GOP.”

THE NEW SPACE RACE:

Starship launch next week! https://t.co/Vo2VL5AxPf

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 13, 2026

I’m expecting an earth-shattering kaboom, and hopefully only the intended one.

LONG OVERDUE, BUT POP PLENTY OF CORN ANYWAY: Rand Paul announces Senate hearing with Fauci will have testimony from ‘COVID coverup’ whistleblower.

The statute of limitations expired on Monday and former President Joe Biden pardoned Fauci, which shields the former chief medical advisor to Biden from criminal referral for allegedly lying to Congress about gain-of-function research. Paul said he isn’t deterred by the expiration or Biden’s pardon.

“Today is the deadline to charge Fauci, or he walks away from one of the biggest cover-ups in American history without ever facing a jury. I have spent years building this case. I referred him to the DOJ. I forced the hearings. I grilled him under oath. The American people were lied to about the origins of COVID, gain-of-function research, and the Wuhan cover-up,” Paul said in a post on X on Monday.

In another post, he said that even if the DOJ doesn’t pursue charges, he wasn’t going to be “letting up.”

Stay tuned…

WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY…:

Replacing the judiciary branch with a version that specifically agrees with your policies is certainly not something a fascist would do, right? https://t.co/DopPeEQ0gT

— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) May 13, 2026

ICYMI: How to Make the Trump Battleship Even Deadlier With This 1 Weird Trick.

PERSPECTIVE:

🚨 Trump vs Obama: Reflecting Pool Renovations

OBAMA (2010-2012):
💰 $34M
⏰ 2+ YEARS
⛽ $5.85/gallon
🇦🇫 Afghan War – 10th Year

TRUMP (2026):
💰 $13M
⏰ 2 WEEKS
⛽ $4.50/gallon
🇮🇷 Iran – 10th Week

Guess which one the media CRIED about? pic.twitter.com/6iWl2fPTvG

— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) May 12, 2026

BEWARE THE HELPFUL CHATBOT: ‘Will I be OK?’ Teen died after ChatGPT pushed deadly mix of drugs, lawsuit says.

“It disguises danger through language that borrows trappings of authority and indicia of expertise—dosages, measurements, references to chemical processes and derivatives, etc.—even promising ‘complete honesty’ and ‘no-BS answer[s]’—to tell [Nelson] exactly what he wanted to hear: that he was safe enough to continue using,” the lawsuit alleged.

Chat logs shared in the complaint paint a stark picture. Over time, ChatGPT logged context that should have made it clear that Nelson was struggling with drugs, his parents alleged, such as noting that the “user has a major substance abuse and polysubstance abuse problem” and mentions that they “love to go crazy on drugs.”

As Nelson’s drug interests expanded, the chatbot explained how to go “full trippy mode,” suggesting that it could recommend a playlist to set a vibe, while increasingly recommending more dangerous combinations of drugs. The teen clearly feared taking lethal doses, “often” prefacing “his messages with ‘will I be ok if’ or ‘is it safe to consume,’” the lawsuit noted.

Chatbots tell users what the models expect they want to hear.

IT’S CUTE THEY STILL THINK WE CARE ABOUT THEIR MEANINGLESS CREDENTIALS:

"he won two Pulitzers writing for the NYT"

::laughs in Walter Duranty::

The fact that you think this is a flex is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) May 12, 2026

THE CLASSICS NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE: A Good Man With a Gun Proved the Second Amendment Still Works in Cambridge.

21ST CENTURY ENTERTAINMENT:

THIS GUY BUILT AN ENTIRE WIKIPEDIA THAT IS 100% AI HALLUCINATIONS AND IT'S OPEN SOURCE ON GITHUB

it's called Halupedia.

nothing on the site existed before you clicked. every article was generated the second you arrived.

the site has one rule: the universe only exists when you… pic.twitter.com/PbtRzxlQch

— Nav Toor (@heynavtoor) May 12, 2026

Here’s the link.

ICYMI: We Get Greenland! (Sort Of).

THEY’RE DELICIOUSLY CINNAMONY? James Webb telescope zooms in on a black hole that could reveal the truth about ‘little red dots.’

DISPATCHES FROM AL-BRIṬĀNIYĀ:

My restaurant might get shut down by authorities.
Reason – not selling Halal food
For years, we’ve worked hard to build our restaurant. We are now facing ongoing harassment, nuisances outside the restaurant, and repeated complaints to the local council aimed at shutting us down… pic.twitter.com/eCarnGm1dE

— Harman Singh Kapoor (@kingkapoor72) May 12, 2026

POWER, UNLIMITED POWER! How to Make the Trump Battleship Even Deadlier With This 1 Weird Trick.

CORRECTION: YOU’LL TOTALLY BELIEVE WHAT SHE JUST FOUND.

You are not gonna believe what I just found

The California Mayor who admitted to being a Chinese spy donated to the Democrat Senate Campaign Committee

Democrat Senators are being funded by Chinese spies

If it was the other way around, it would be front page news for weeks pic.twitter.com/wlHyLYzdub

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 12, 2026

“The only problem with tainted money is there taint enough of it.”

HANG ON AND BRING THE WHOLE PARTY WITH YOU, KEIR: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces growing calls to quit.

SAME, BUT THE C-IN-C DISAGREES, SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?

Trump: No Need to Rush Anything With Iran

Frankly, I would rather see action rather than talk

I would like to see oil prices and inflation back down

And I am sick and tired of Iran poking us in the eye on the world stage, and making it look like we're desperate for some sort…

— John Betts (@JohnFromCranber) May 12, 2026

DON’T GET COCKY: Democrats Running for the White House: A Parade of Long Shots.

HEH: A Thought Experiment Based on Flawed Assumptions is a Recipe for… Legacy Media Column Inches.

IT ALSO HELPS THAT HE SECRETLY WANTS TO BE DUPED:

Nick Kristof doesn't think Palestinians lie to him because he thinks he is above them and is incapable of being duped by a poor. It's a common theme in Western parroting of third world lies.

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) May 12, 2026

DON’T LOOK AT ME, I’M ONLY 57: Happy 80th Birthday to the Greatest Alcoholic Who’s Ever Walked on Planet Earth!