Tony Winton

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Wow. Courage still happens evidently in the Florida Legislature. Sen. @jenn_bradley, a Republican, says she's a "no" on the DeSantis map because "it's unconstitutional" - based on "a signal" from the Supreme Court and a ruling that's never happened on Fair Districts amendments.

House Speaker @Daniel_PerezFL at start of special session says no bills have filed in the House regarding AI and vaccines therefore the House will not be considering legislation on either. After the House votes out a new map legislators are free to go home

@ron_fournier There is no upside to going. He will ask a setup question aimed a the audience while the cameras are rolling like he did at SOTU.

Stay home tonight, White House reporters. Don’t debase yourselves. open.substack.com/pub/convulsion…

Stars and Stripes Ombudsman: The Pentagon is trying to silence me and to destroy editorial independence of the publication. The job was created by Congress. The paper's independence is enshrined in law. Read more: stripes.com/opinion/2026-0…

Key Biscayne spent $8 million for a sea level rise plan. Now, they’re tearing it up and starting over. kbindependent.org/2026/04/23/8-m…

BOOM Special session on redistricting pushed to April 28 but @GovRonDeSantis has expanded it to include AI Bill of Rights and the "medical freedom" vaccine bill ... More to come soon

50 years ago today, All the President’s Men (1976) was released. Still arguably the greatest film about investigative journalism and political thrillers.

Top tier 4/1. Well done Flight Aware

Epstein lawyer Roy Black died in 2025 -- and the search for Epstein's computers may have died with him. Why didn't prosecutors get them to begin with? My new substack: open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournal…

Once again, as predicted by @jamiedupree

Michael Flynn confessed. Trump pardoned. Now Flynn will receive $1.2 million from the Trump administration. Trump’s DOJ calls it a settlement, but it’s not. It’s a gift of grift. A political payoff ripped from the wallets of taxpayers. convulsions.substack.com/p/trump-injust…

LeBron James, 41 years old, has made 19 of his last 20 shots.

Discovery of first St. Patrick’s Day leads to museum exhibition on the Irish in Florida stpetersburg.usf.edu/news/2026/disc…

Wearing of the Green update, @Morning_Joe edition. Kudos to @JonLemire @mikebarnicle and extra props to @TheRevAl for rocking the green jacket.

I used to play Risk a lot in high-school. Here’s how many troops I think it will take to hold the Strait of Hormuz.

@smerconish This question doesn't make any sense. If one beleives the war is justified, it's also quite possible to believe the president is inept in carrying it out -- and so the use of the word 'transcend' is not applicable.

What do you think? VOTE on the poll question at Smerconish.com

@mdavey628 @mozloom Can Key Biscayne vote to change hours to make it seem like the clocks stayed on standard time? So village hall would open at 10a and close at 6 during DST? Then change to 9-5 on Standard time.

@mozloom You know you can keep the same clock, right? You just have to adjust the time. You’re welcome.

This is your semi-annual reminder that changing clocks is stupid.

Apple spent a decade gluing batteries into $2,499 MacBook Pros. Then it shipped a $599 laptop you can take apart in six minutes. The MacBook Neo teardown numbers are wild. Eight screws to open. Eighteen screws hold the battery, zero glue, zero tape. The USB-C ports, speakers, and headphone jack are all modular, meaning each one swaps individually. The speakers come out with four screws. An Australian repair channel disassembled most of the machine in under six minutes using standard Torx bits you can buy at any hardware store. For context, the 2019 MacBook Pro scored 2 out of 10 on iFixit’s repairability scale. The 16-inch Pro got a 1 out of 10. Soldered RAM, soldered storage, glued battery, proprietary pentalobe screws, keyboard riveted to the top case. Apple’s own Self Service Repair program required you to rent a 79-pound repair kit shipped in two Pelican cases just to swap a battery. The timing explains everything. The EU Right to Repair Directive takes effect July 31, 2026. Member states are transposing it into national law right now. Manufacturers must offer repair beyond warranty, provide spare parts within 5 to 10 working days for seven years, and publish repair manuals. In the US, over a quarter of Americans already live in states with enforceable Right to Repair laws. Oregon banned parts pairing. California’s act is in effect. Apple read the regulatory calendar and realized the cheapest laptop in the lineup would face the most scrutiny. Millions of students and first-time buyers will own it. The volume will be enormous. And regulators love consumer-protection cases involving the most affordable products in a company’s portfolio. So they built the Neo as the compliance flagship. Standard screws, modular ports, no adhesive, a battery that lifts out. Meanwhile the $1,099 MacBook Air still has soldered storage and a riveted keyboard. The $2,499 Pro still scores poorly on independent repairability scales. The $599 laptop is the most repairable MacBook in over a decade. Apple always knew how to build a repairable laptop. They just needed a reason that showed up on a regulatory deadline.

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