Historians will note this is exactly what millions of Americans wanted, no matter the consequences: to retaliate against the country for electing a Black President by putting a huge racist in the White House who would constantly refer to every Black person he doesn't like as "low IQ."

Australia is proposing to tax Meta, Google and TikTok a proportion of their revenue to pay for news reporters. The government intends to introduce the draft legislation to Parliament by July. n.pr/4eOMTi3

Well done sir, they're calling it your best interview yet

This is what is most shocking and most banal at the same time about America facing this, again: not even a breath of discussion about a plethora guns and this kind of gun violence being unique to the US and maybe that should change .

I can’t be alone in wanting to know more about CAA agent Michael Glantz

This article about a random agent at the White House thing who kept on eating his salad amidst the hullabaloo is quite funny www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/u...

Today, we honor and remember Virginia Roberts Giuffre on the one-year anniversary of her passing. Her courage has allowed countless survivors to be seen, heard, and to be believed. Sending love to her family on this difficult day—and to all the survivors out there still on this journey for justice.❤️

Love her asking him, as he insists he’s not a pedophile, “you think this is about you?” And that he doesn’t dispute the rapist and traitor moniker…

Jesus Christ with this guy

Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners. Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.

Spike!

It turn out she has a name, which is weird. Thank you, Connie Ballmer.

People look at the "Handmaid's Tale" naming conventions for the women and think it looks odd - "Ofglen, Offred" - but until the 1970s you were known as "Mrs. Husband's-First-and-Last-Name" and in 2026 have headlines like this

The BBC has examined trade volume data on several financial markets and matched them to some of the president's most significant market-moving statements. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Win or lose, there remains a real measure of promise and decency in America that is worth the fight. And win or lose, there is no dignity for any of us unwilling to have that fight.

Sigh. More of this, please.

"Those taxes you just paid? The money is going straight into Trump's pocket" would be good messaging

This is crazy. Just open-air larceny.

Peace when markets are open War when markets are closed

iconic gala swag, nice work PP

JD telling the Pope to be careful when talking about theology is the ultimate example of overconfidence in mediocre white men. Mansplaining Catholicism to the Pope.

Is he trying to art of the deal the pope into blessing killing people…?

If you had told me in 2019 that in 2026, after a global pandemic, President Trump would be in an online flame war w/ the Pope, Mark Carney would be PM of Canada w/ a majority, and Justin Trudeau wld be at Coachella with his girlfriend, Katy Perry, I wouldn’t have believed you. Kudos to the writers!

PM emphasising humility, promising to work with other parties.

My favorite part of going to the doctor is when he touches my forehead holding the glowing orb of light

“The recognized diagnostic name for the behaviors associated with a god complex is narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). A god complex may also be associated with mania or a superiority complex.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_com....

You want to know marathon negotiations? Try to get a teen to clean their room. This was barely a conversation.

Mad-king manifesto era.

We’ve gone from “I don’t care if they reopen the Strait” to “we’ll destroy your civilization if you don’t reopen the strait” to “well if THEY don’t reopen the strait then WE are going to blockade it ourselves.” What an extraordinarily embarrassing moment for this country.

The shared excitement over NASA’s recent mission compared to the general indifference to SpaceX missions speaks to the power of something seen as the product of communal human effort rather than just the ego and avarice of one obnoxious dork.

If you’re still asking why Eric Swalwell got exposed now please read this.

Look at the women at NASA. They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points. And they are doing it all with joy.👇

Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.

Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . .

Prada’s out there answering the real questions, like what if a diaper had pockets

I don’t understand how there’s never been an astronaut PM or Pres. Listening to ArtemisII crew these weeks they are the leaders we need: -focus on cohesion & collaboration -are clear they are working to make the systems better for those who come next -clearly have empathy that is extraordinary

Artemis II… I am so here for all the unabashed nerding out. The excitement of the NASA scientists talking about the mission and re-entry is infectious.

Another grift in a long line…. “Secured” foreign steel “donation” followed by tariff changes to benefit foreign steel company.

Oh good, he’s still up

And before Trump’s war there was no fee in the the straight because it’s freaking international waters. Anything he touches turns to absolute trash.

It is hard to capture what a sweeping strategic defeat the war in Iran has been for the United States. I’m going to thread here some of the posts today that try to capture those effects. Here’s the first:

I’m 100% certain, if given access to the same experts as the US president, most children could’ve done a better job navigating the challenge of Iran.

Hope America’s mad King era is over soon.

72 million people voted for this insane person who started a war that has left the rest of the world - and Iranians - worse off than before *and* the Americans who could stop him will not.

He’s confirmed what we knew: his 3D chess is really checkers with a five year-old. And the five year-old won.

The reaction of Dr Kelsey Young at the Science Desk was one of the best things in the feed but I'd also like to acknowledge the dude in the lower left corner of the control room view doing his own little dance of joy during Jeremy Hansen's discussion of his corona observations. #Artemis

Goodnight, Moon.

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon

A text from my uni-aged daughter today: