Ian S. Patton

Gunman kills tourist and wounds 6 others on Mexico’s Teotihuacán pyramid latimes.com/world-nation/s…

Democrats trying to clear the field for former State Senator Bob Wieckowski to try to get him to 50%+1 in the special primary in the Swalwell #CA14 special election to win outright...not yet on board, Wieckowski's successor in the State Senate and several rando's.

You hate to say it, but Iran has a point… What are US guarantees worth after they betrayed Ukraine?

How the United States' Source of Immigrants Has Changed Over Time

PETRAEUS: Essentially, front lines in Ukraine are static. There's occasional infiltration, but combined arms warfare is no longer possible. Anything caught in "death zone" within 35 km for any period of time is going to be taken out. This is most lethal front line in history.

Two polls out today of the California governor's race would seem to confirm that former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra has picked up a fair portion of the orphaned Swalwell voters and is likely to be the fallback option for Sacramento's 'Stop Steyer' and 'Stop Porter' camps.

The stats here are kind of remarkable. BART's new fare gates have led to a 1,000-hour decline in clean up time; 41% drop in crime; and $10 million increase in projected revenue. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/…

the lede here should be that there’s actually a functioning Trump Admin IG.. Trump Administration Live Updates: Labor Secretary Steps Down Amid Misconduct Investigation nytimes.com/live/2026/04/2… via @NYTimes

One billion years of plate tectonics

While you slept last night, our galaxy quietly moved several million kilometers through space. You woke up in the same room, made the same coffee, fed the same cat, and had absolutely no idea that you had traveled farther than any human explorer in history ever managed in an entire lifetime. The Milky Way is not drifting through the universe in any gentle or dignified fashion. It is tearing through space at roughly 600 kilometers per second, taking along its 200 billion stars, every planet orbiting them, every ocean and mountain range and mildly confused cat on those planets, and you, still in your pajamas, completely unaware of any of it. If you could somehow plant yourself at a fixed point in space and watch, our entire galaxy would streak past you like a freight train running 2,000 times faster than a speeding bullet. The whole magnificent sprawl of it, 100,000 light-years across, gone before you had time to properly appreciate it. It is, when you stop to think about it, rather extraordinary. We worry enormously about missing trains and being late to meetings, while hurtling through the cosmos at speeds that would make a rocket engineer weep quietly into his calculations. Stay connected. Follow @Gandalv

Time-lapse of American seizure of indigenous land, 1776-1887

Stubb: Ukraine is killing 30–35k Russians a month; Russia can’t replace losses. About 95% of kills are by drones. Ukraine is retaking ground and in March launched more drones/missiles at Russia than vice versa. This isn’t charity anymore — the West needs Ukraine’s know-how. 1/

We are committing superpower suicide in real time. Trump is making China Great Again.

Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.

Investigators in LA County have escalated Lonna Drewes' case against Eric Swalwell, according to her attorney Lisa Bloom. The special victims unit and DA are reviewing Drewes' case alleging Swalwell drugged & raped her. Bloom says she's now heard from 4 other possible victims:

Evolution of Religion in the Untied States (1800-Present)

There will be no heroes when every candidate is exposed. Steyer, Becerra, Mahan and Porter have more fun adventures to experience before this roller coaster is over. So everyone keep your hands and feet inside the tram at all times, and you should assume you know nothing. Thanks.

Bulgarian Voters, Worn Down by Corruption, Back New Coalition nytimes.com/2026/04/19/wor… via @NYTimes

Bezos shares footage of Blue Origin’s New Glenn first stage nailing its landing burn and touching down cleanly on the recovery ship Jacklyn in the Atlantic during its third flight

Ramesh's final chemotherapy treatment is tomorrow. In your charity, please pray for @RameshPonnuru this week--that his health will be completely restored. He is deeply loved, as our friends and family have demonstrated so well over these last eight months. ❤️🙏