It’s no longer safe for Australians to go to America. This is insane. We ALL have American friends. Mine are like family. Dear god.

My Massachusetts-born law/platonic life partner received this email today in which DHS "encourages" her to leave the United States "immediately on your own" rather than face criminal prosecution, which is of course fine and normal

Here are Trump and Hegseth again discussing a military invasion of Panama for purposes of seizing control of the canal. Note how, as usual, this discussion is leading news around Latin America, but is essentially ignored in major US news outlets.

Jesus Christ this headline and subtitle

Doesn't forcing individuals to use X violate their right to free association? To say nothing of individuals (elderly, rural) that don't have ready access to computers/internet? cc: @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @maryannefranks.bsky.social

Question: if Tr*mp is such a big strong bestest most powerful leader, how come he's too weak to get Abrego Garcia back from teeny tiny El Salvador? He's so impotent he can't extract one little dude from a torture prison he's funding with our tax dollars? Huh.

It's not echo of 1940. It's literal return to 1930s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and...

tbh, the AI industry is full of fraud, and fraudsters like this techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/f...

Not one reporter asked about the Executive Orders targeting Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor during today’s Cabinet press conference. Not one. A president using DOJ to punish those who spoke out? That’s banana republic territory. I waited. The question never came. Why? Has the fear already taken hold?

Both Elon Musk and Christian nationalists call empathy "toxic," "suicidal," and even "satanic." But what they're really worried about is that empathy is *feminine*. And in MAGA, a woman is the worst thing a person can be. An analysis. www.salon.com/2025/04/11/m...

Very informative chart from Washington Post

Note to, well, the planet: Tariffs are NOT PAUSED. Still very much ON. See chart (below).

What do baby planets 🪐 have in common with supermassive black holes? 💥 There’s this weird thing in astronomy where, across mind-boggling differences of scale, you keep finding jets of radiation shooting out of the poles of things. I wrote about why that happens for @sciencefocus.bsky.social 🧪🔭

AI Privacy Risks & Mitigations - Large Language Models, by Isabel Barberá, is the 107-page report about AI & Privacy you were waiting for (download it below):

Lest we forget @thefireorg.bsky.social’s noble crusade, de-coddling the American mind.

three years ago the New York Times published an op-ed by a college student complaining about the chilling effect of feeling "disdain" from fellow students, because the New York Times wanted to convince America the real threat to free expression was something other than a looming right-wing autocracy

The problem with this ruling is the presumption of regularity. In any other administration, a remand with instructions to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return would lead to honest representations about what is—and isn’t—possible. In this administration, there’s no reason to expect straight answers.

What would be less misleading is calling yourself a Democrat. Tell us when you can see Trump’s tonsils will you?

And the blanket 10% tariffs still in effect are not a ridiculous fiasco? Please just resign. Hochul could appoint a traffic cone to serve out your term and it’d be 100% more effective, if not better informed.

I was a social security recipient from the age of 12 through 18. That’s not some weird thing or corruption. It’s called survivors’ benefits. You don’t have to know this. You’re blessed if you don’t. But if you’re going to speak publicly abt the program you need to know this.

🚨House voting on SAVE Act today, worst voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise: -21 million w/out access to citizenship docs -69 million women who took spouses last name -ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

*checks watch* *checks calendar* *checks watch again* Better late than…? For the “paper of record”? Sure? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We didn’t know what the op-ed’s title was referring to until just recently, but we’ll be learning more about such historical analogs soon, libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

I’ve got bad news for those U.S. officials about how their own government is treating foreign nationals who criticize the wannabe American monarch …

Cops are always a failure in training. Change our minds.

The parallels between this case and Homer Plessy intentionally getting arrested for violating segregation ordinances are obvious. But I'm pretty sure the current Supreme Court would say separate but equal is reasonable in both cases. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...

Your wallet is being cleaned out by expert pickpockets. This is criminal. Literally criminal. I call for an IMMEDIATE investigation into who knew what, when, and what they did with the info. You can bet the Admin and many here in DC are considerably richer tonight than they were this morning.

This is driving me crazy too. Not long ago 10% universal tariffs were considered the worst-case scenario, something even Trump wasn’t crazy enough to impose. Now have those PLUS 125% tariffs on China. Together, these raise raise inflation by about as much as original “Liberation Day” tariffs did!

The insane tariffs were a pump and dump, and the merely economy-wrecking tariffs are a play for bribes. It must be so much fun to fear no consequences whatsoever.

This brings to mind a sign I saw the other day: Elect a rapist, get fucked.

Fuck us all. House adopted a rule preventing itself from challenging or reviewing tariffs. Cucks. All of them.

Worth noting that this passed by one vote and two Democratic congresspeople have died in office in the last six weeks.

A list of all the data DOGE + Trump & co. are gathering about you. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

The SAVE Act has drawn the ire of election officials from both parties because it would upend the way voters are registered in all 50 states.

Trump still hasn't figured out political asylum and insane asylums are two different things

Positive early reactions from willing passengers in drunk driver's car. "He's doing pretty well all things considered."

"States rights" for me, but not for thee.

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

the way the zionist regime has convinced spineless liberals and centrists that speaking up against a genocide is the same thing as antisemitism and is leveraging entire governments and police forces to suppress this speech is one of the most chilling moves of political suppression of our time

Constitution: Congress has power over trade Congress 1950s: Could have a NatSec emergency that needs a rapid trade response from POTUS Trump term 1: Canada is an emergency. Tariffs! Trump term 2: Everything’s an emergency. TARIFFS! GOP House 2025: Ban Congress from trade and emergency decisions

On March 23, a convoy of aid workers, traveling in vehicles marked with emergency flashing lights, was struck by gunfire in Gaza. Bellingcat used video footage of the incident to perform an audio analysis of the shooting. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...

Read past (or better yet, ignore) the subheader and you'll see this piece and the thread (below) are two of kind arriving at similar conclusions: President McRapey is only interested in power. You're either with him or you're an incubator/labor/the enemy. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/t...

Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior. But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this: The psychology of dominance. 🧵(1/5)

If you read only one thing today let it be this, washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/t...

Illegal attempts to access IRS data was an article of impeachment against Nixon.

You’re all going to feel like idiots for mocking this when SCOTUS lets him fire the governor of California in 12-18 months

Absolutely every business should do this.

Transparency nudges work.

Americans seeking retirement or survivor benefits from the Social Security Administration will no longer be able to apply over the phone, starting next week.