Today I wrote about our grotesque cultural flat-eartherism, an apparently regretful Dave Chappelle, an apparently apologetic Tucker Carlson, and the pressing need to use discernment if we would change a culture of abuse into a culture of healing. www.the-reframe.com/incredible-c...

One more time for the weekend crew…

Deni: “Game 1, they were more physical. Game 2, we were more physical. Last night, they were more physical. … Next game, I expect to wear two mouth guards.”

Oh so hockey *can* do shirts Interesting

OR JUST WRITE THE THING YOURSELF FOR FUCK'S SAKE IT WILL TAKE LESS TIME THAN WHATEVER THE FUCK THIS IS mashable.com/article/sinc...

Pope Leo reiterated the Catholic Church's teaching that the death penalty is "inadmissible," in a video message released hours after the Justice Department said it would allow firing squads for federal executions. n.pr/3OXE4bn

“I knew it was risky to speak out, but my responsibility to Stripes and the First Amendment was paramount,” she said The troops, Ms. Smith said in the interview, “deserve to have the unfiltered news, not what the Defense Department wants them to hear.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/b...

WHOA. In less than 12 hours, tens of thousands of Americans have helped launch GTFOice.org. People don’t want warehouse prison camps in their communities. Amazing to see the outpouring of defiance.

Good afternoon to readers. Oil prices have surpassed $99 per barrel (+36% compared to pre-war). As talks resume in Islamabad, the Kurds are, once again, left out. Our reporter Christopher, who was there back in 2003, has seen this before.

They want to rip up a national forest to dig f'ing pit mines. You know, the sort of activity that national forest/park designations were created to protect the land from. Go shout this one down.

I resigned from the National Science Board in May when meaningful oversight became untenable. I respect colleagues who stayed to serve the NSB's mission. Today's news clarifies that was an erosion of oversight and function has become open elimination of the Board itself. 🧵 time.com/7285045/resi...

Appreciate Sec. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social recognizing what’s happening here in Northwest Georgia. The turnout, the momentum, and a 25-point overperformance in one of the reddest districts in the country says it all. People are ready for something different. Leadership matters! #GA14

Elon Musk pilfered $500 million in loans out at SpaceX, a move that would have been illegal at a public company. It's just one example of the years of financial engineering at the helm of his companies, whose balance sheets he consistently treats as his private bank accounts.

Journalists who are still attending the WHCD this year don't seem to get just how much things have changed. It isn't 1998. You're not going to pose for cute photos with the West Wing stars at "nerd prom." You're enabling a regime who's assaulting your own profession & you're torching your career.

“I personally have always been a fan of libraries,” said Senator Capito, a Republican whose panel writes the annual bill to fund the Institute... “So, that’s what he does, he proposes, and then we look at it and make our own decisions,” she said. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Drought across the US Plains is threatening wheat yields and prompting ranchers to thin herds

Comedian Michelle Wolf at 2018 WHCD bard resonates more now: "I think what no one in this room wants to admit is that Trump has helped all of you...He's helped you sell your papers and your books and your TV. You helped create this monster, and now you're profiting off of him"

If you've seen video during Trump 2 of protests and the resulting state violence in LA, it probably came from the camera of @melbuer.bsky.social. Great reporter, great writer, the best Patreon money I send each month.

Today, I urge everyone to find and financially support an independent news outlet — one that will not be attending a spectacle dinner tonight to schmooze with the Trump administration while they berate the press.

President Trump announced a plan to resurface the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool with “American Flag Blue,” sparking controversy among preservationists. The project, which bypasses traditional review processes, aims to be completed by July 4.

LA Mayor Karen Bass with the cringy sportswashing assist. Read @awalkerinla.bsky.social: "Over the last two years, we've watched gutless leaders go groveling to the White House with gilded gifts to appease our authoritarian overlord. And now Karen Bass is part of that club."

The only thing Eastman successfully overturned was his own career. Todd Blanche and Pam Bondi just got a visit from the Ghost of Christmas future. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/eastman-di...

Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.

Indeed, this!

A perfect encapsulation of online discourse.

In a just society, everyone involved in this, from the CEO down to the coders, as well as the cops responsible for not doing their jobs, are the ones who have their lives destroyed

people who've been to space and back defending the constitution hits different than politicians who've never left their district defending "freedom." they've seen the whole planet from outside it. they know what's worth protecting.

This is important. “More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…its members “believe deeply in the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years,” such as the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power.”

Imagine an America where our economic rules put a good standard of living in reach for everyone, instead of drastically favoring the rich at the expense of everyone else. Support Democrats up & down the ballot who will fight for us. Support unions.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD CA ENDORSES BECERRA FOR GOVENOR

Like, even the broadcasts are different and they make a point of getting those moments in nhl games pregame of the fans waving their towels

LMAOOO, this was posted in DC 🤣🤣🤣

AI identified her as the suspect in a crime spree in states she had never been to. she was in jail for six months before she even got to speak with an officer and they instantly were shown they had no case. she lost everything—her house, dog, car, and was left stranded in north dakota.

To be clear, the eight Iranian women who were allegedly political prisoners set for execution and saved by Trump are nonexistent and generated by AI. The 170 Iranian schoolgirls who were blown to smithereens by Trump's orders were all very real, and all are very dead.

Didn't bend, didn't cower, didn't even feel the need to stand next to Trump grinning awkwardly like it was normal. And now he's emerged unscathed with his job and his dignity intact and his reputation even stronger than before. Huh. Seems like this could be a model for others in power.

Thank you Finland for finding money in your budgets to nearly eliminate homelessness. Tragically, in the world's richest country headed by a criminal convicted of 34 felonies for financial fraud, ballrooms and billionaires are more important to his government than homeless and hungry people.

Yes, I was suspended for the "serious" violation of making a joke.

At least it was a beautiful bike ride back

A beautiful day in South Deerfield Massachusetts. If it’s Friday it’s time for the Good Trouble Brigade! We are fighting hard. We need your support! Come stand with us 3-4pm every Friday. You will feel better!

Great essay, worth reading. We are "ruled" by sociopaths. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Guys... please, stay alive for the books you haven't read, the anime you haven't finished, and the stray cats you haven't petted yet. Stay alive for the smell of rain, your morning coffee, the songs that will become your new favorites, and the versions of yourself you haven't met yet

"AI is viewed not only as a normal technology, but an elite political project to be resisted … a thing manufactured by out-of-touch billionaires and pushed onto an unwilling public.” trib.al/pqdVQ79

I liked the original ‘Time Has Come Today’ by the Chambers Brothers. youtu.be/MLlown9_G3w?...

Crystal Springs with @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social was a perfect end to a busy week. Such a beautiful place.

I can’t help but feel that getting it into the basket would be helpful. #RipCity

brooke is here with her dad and he’s wearing his Toumania hoodie 🥲

Chatted it up with @iankarmel.bsky.social in the line to the bathroom, which is where all the best convos happen 🙏

Adam Silver waived that foul away.

not a foul though