TGIF! [DOT 5/6/26]

Hope everyone had a stellar week!


Is it a coincidence that Russell Vought shares a name with the fictional evil industry empire in “The Boys”?

Consumer protection agency deletes thousands of pages as Trump administration seeks to dismantle it

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/04/trump-administration-consumer-financial-protection-bureau


Standing around doing nothing does nothing, news at 11

National Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study finds

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5845073/national-guard-washington-dc-crime


Damn I’m gonna be out of town. I bet there will be a party.

🚨 BREAKING: The Kennedy Center has ordered staff to begin removing Trump's name from official materials and signage by June 12 after a federal judge ruled the board lacked authority to rename the institution the "Trump Kennedy Center."

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2026-06-04T19:02:14.302Z

So interesting!

I launched Cuba’s first independent magazine. And that’s when my troubles began

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/04/cuba-first-independent-magazine-sneeze-troubles-began-state-security


Oopsie

Updates on the Lufthansa 787-9 nose gear collapse in Frankfurt today. www.flightradar24.com/blog/aviatio…

Flightradar24 (@flightradar24.com) 2026-06-04T17:58:28.902Z

Have a great Friday!

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23 Comments

  1. …speaking of excuses to feel like a party

    Elon Musk sir… eat shit

    No special treatment for Space X in the S&P 500! Just announced. Wow. That profitability requirement means it might never get in.

    Lou Mannheim (@loumannheim87.bsky.social) 2026-06-04T21:38:27.213Z

    …which is to say

    S&P locates its spine: decides not to help SpaceX by changing the criteria for joining the S&P 500 Index.www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/doc…

    Peter Thal Larsen (@petertl.bsky.social) 2026-06-04T21:52:14.728Z

    …& if that makes you think…gee…maybe I wasn’t imagining how full of shit that valuation sounded

    At least one of the indexes read that prospectus.

    …anyway…turns out that george pearkes guy that’s good at charts & graphics & can actually read those does a podcast thing…not sure if I know who the 2nd of the 4 guys would be in the recurring sense but for this one the other pair go by @qantian & &esghound on bluesky (eric roesch AKA mean law dog)…also not sure I ever heard anyone say who exactly @quantian is if you’re at home with them…in any case…they call it “normal men”…&…the spaceX one that gets into the “S-1” of it all…quite the listen…so…let’s see if this works (you can get it wherever you get those but I think this is where they host it since it has options for the apple/spotify/iheart type versions & also offers this embed version of a share link?

  2. Not gonna lie — I am still legitimately concerned that Trump will send in bulldozers to the Kennedy Center because nobody can or will stop him. Taking his name off is just going to agitate his decaying brain. Every day I wake up expecting to see pictures of it as a pile of rubble.

  3. From your lips to God’s ears, you miserable piece of shit.

    Steve Bannon makes a staggering prediction about the midterms

    I’m actually afraid we will retake both Houses and the spineless Dems will once again start “reaching across the aisle.”

    Democrats: We must launch a new age of civility and cooperation.
    Republicans: WE FUCKING WANT YOU DEAD YOU MOTHERFUCKERS
    Democrats: In the spirit of bipartisanship, we want to work with you to accomplish our mutual goals.
    Republicans: WE WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE YOU LOVE AND SALT THE EARTH BEHIND US
    Democrats: It’s important that we acknowledge your issues and understand your position.
    Republicans: WE WILL FUCKING KNIFE YOU IN THE CORRIDORS
    Democrats: It’s important to launch a dialog with our esteemed colleagues.
    Republicans: WE WILL LET A HOWLING MAGA MOB BURN YOU AT THE STAKE

    • …speaking of…well…old…ish…famously there’s still a senior in the family line & all…but…it’s an interesting pitch in the “caption”?

      This is the inflection point for the political momentum shift in the US

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