Stephen Colbert, a noted fantasy fan, has come on board to help develop and produce a series adaptation of Roger Zelazny’s The Chronicles of Amber. Colbert, via his Spartina banner, will produce th…

The weird, pastel-crayon, CG photo-composite or similar style of surrealist corporate graphic that you'd see in the editorial section of The Economist or Time in the early-mid 1990s. Very '90s doctor's/dentist waiting room magazine' vibes. Usually the figure is in a business suit, labcoat, or other uniform, but not always; and there's some visual metaphor related to business, corporate life, (then) contemporary economic & social issues

A federal appeals judge in Washington, D.C. is under investigation by her own court for allegedly failing to carry out her duties and refusing to respond to other judges' concerns, court officials at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said on Friday. An order signed by Federal Circuit Chief Judge Kimberly Moore said a three-judge committee had determined that Judge Pauline Newman, who is 95, may "suffer a disability that interferes with her ability to perform the responsibilities of her office." Newman is also under investigation for misconduct for refusing to cooperate with the probe or submit to a medical evaluation, Moore said in the order, dated Thursday.

Cryptocurrency Twitter prematurely rejoiced at the possibility that the statements of an FTX lawyer at its bankruptcy hearing meant that the company had recovered nearly all of its funds and was close to restarting. Neither is true. FTX shared at the hearing that it has recovered a total of $7.3 billion in cash and liquid crypto assets. This includes $2 billion in cash, and $4.3 billion in ‘liquid’ cryptocurrencies. To be clear, ‘liquid’ in this context means tokens with a market capitalization of $15 million with $1 million in daily volume over a month. Currently a market cap of $15 million would place a coin at approximately the 700th rank on CoinMarketCap, suggesting liquidating some of these assets may be difficult.

Nancy Pelosi has, amazingly, chosen to recapitulate the defenses of Ginsburg’s non-retirement on Feinstein’s behalf. “I don’t know what political agendas are at work that are going after Senator Feinstein in that way. I’ve never seen them go after a man who was sick in the Senate in that way,” Pelosi told reporters yesterday. ... Pelosi isn’t arguing that it’s better for women *on net* to allow Feinstein to stay in office. That argument would be nearly impossible given the stakes of the judiciary on abortion rights, let alone on all the other issues handled by the courts. Her case rests on elevating the individual prerogative of a senator above the millions of people she serves. It is to forget that senators are public servants at all to conceive of the role as a place of honor in American life and believe that stripping it away constitutes some form of punishment.

The family of Lashawn Thompson and their lawyer is now calling for a criminal investigation into his death.

I thought you could only do that with the powdered non-dairy creamer?

Police in Denver asked for the public’s help identifying the suspect who tackled Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger during a game Monday at Coors Field. Police say the person who was performing as Dinger was injured. The suspect is wanted for Simple Assault, police said. A video shot from the stands shows Dinger dancing on the dugout with its back to the crowd when the person in the stands jumps up and tackles the dinosaur.

A hippo descended from the private menagerie of druglord Pablo Escobar has died in Colombia after being hit by a car, according to a statement from Colombian officials.

The two continued to message back and forth for approximately two weeks until Riley abruptly cut off communications and deleted all but his final message to Hiles – purportedly because he’d just seen a video of Hiles smoking marijuana in the Capitol.

Is it a practical design? Nope. Does it work? Absolutely.

The explanation furnished by members of the chat group has been startlingly mundane. The leaker, they insist, was not a whistleblower but a young man who wanted to show off to his young friends with the documents never intended to leave the chat group. “He’s a smart person. He knew what he was doing when he posted these documents, of course. These weren’t accidental leaks of any kind,” one member told the Washington Post.

Murphy the Eagle is expanding his family once again. Last month, the World Bird Sanctuary noticed Murphy protecting a rock inside a large depression in the ground. He was seen sitting on the rock as if it were an egg, but now, he is putting those nurturing instincts to use. In a Facebook post, the World Bird Sanctuary said Murphy was introduced to an eaglet that they are working to nurse back to health. The eaglet was released from "baby jail" this week, and Murphy had a chance to start the bonding process.

Substack Notes just dropped. With Substack Notes, the company is in direct competition with social networks like Twitter. It’s shipping a consumer product that’s designed to be used by Substack readers. It is no longer just a software vendor; it’s a consumer product company. And that carries with it another set of content moderation concerns, that, after talking to Chris, I’m just not sure Substack is ready for. Like, I really don’t know. You’ll just have to listen to his answers — or really, non-answers — for yourself. [b]You have to figure out, “Should we allow overt racism on Substack Notes?” You have to figure that out.[/b] No, I’m not going to engage in speculation or specific “would you allow this or that” content. [b]You know this is a very bad response to this question, right? You’re aware that you’ve blundered into this. You should just say no. And I’m wondering what’s keeping you from just saying no.[/b] I have a blanket [policy that] I don’t think it’s useful to get into “would you allow this or that thing on Substack.”

A new proposal would add a fixed monthly charge that would be based on the household income levels of the respective customers. The tradeoff: The three utilities are proposing a reduction of 33% in electricity rates, which means it’s possible that segment of the bill could be less expensive. Put another way, customers would be able to reduce a portion of their bill if they can control their electricity usage. “This proposal aims to help lower bills for those who need it most and improves billing transparency and predictability for all customers,” said Marlene Santos, PG&E’s chief customer officer. The primary effect could be to help reduce monthly bills for low-income customers, according to PG&E. But the shift could mean jumps in monthly bills for some customers.

The fossil represents the earliest-known species of the flying mammal

They make up as much as 97% of the animal kingdom, yet wildlife film-makers routinely overlook bugs

Mission Local is informed that the San Francisco Police Department early this morning made an arrest in the April 4 killing of tech executive Bob Lee, following an operation undertaken outside the city’s borders. The alleged killer also works in tech and is a man Lee purportedly knew. We are told that police today were dispatched to Emeryville with a warrant to arrest a man named Nima Momeni. The name and Emeryville address SFPD officers traveled to correspond with this man, the owner of a company called Expand IT. Multiple police sources have described the predawn knifing last week, which left the 43-year-old Lee dead in a deserted section of downtown San Francisco, as neither a robbery attempt nor a random attack. Nevertheless, some of Lee’s fellow tech luminaries and a chorus of other influential voices portrayed this killing as part and parcel of a city awash in violent crime and on a descent into further chaos. While Lee is one of a dozen homicide victims in San Francisco this year, his is the only killing that has garnered national coverage — or, in most cases, even cursory local coverage.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Recuperating U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California asked Wednesday to be temporarily replaced on the Judiciary Committee, shortly after two House Democrats called on her to resign after her extended absence from Washington. In a statement, the long-serving Democratic senator said her recovery from a case of shingles she disclosed in early March had been delayed because of complications. She provided no date for her return to the Senate and said she had asked Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to ask the Senate to allow another Democratic senator to serve in her committee seat until she was able to return. “I intend to return as soon as possible once my medical team advises that it’s safe for me to travel,” Feinstein said. “In the meantime, I remain committed to the job and will continue to work from home in San Francisco.” Feinstein’s decision to seek a committee stand-in during her recovery comes amid increasing anxiety within her party that her lengthy absence has damaged Democratic efforts to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees for federal courts in a narrowly divided chamber.

A Missouri state senator apparently wants to block gender-affirming care for transgender youth but is OK with 12-year-olds getting married. Republican lawmaker Mike Moon is going viral for comments he made Tuesday while arguing for a bill he introduced to ban gender-affirming care for the state’s transgender teens. When pressed by state Rep. Peter Meredith (D) about a different bill Moon voted against in the past, which would make it illegal for adults to marry children, the GOP lawmaker doubled down on his support for underage marriage. “Do you know any kids who have been married at age 12? I do. And guess what? They’re still married,” Moon responded, according to the Springfield News-Leader.