Consider a realm where eyes are ornamental, ears are decorative, and truth arrives pre-packaged—personally signed, sealed, and aggressively redefined by one man who insists on determining your truth. In Trump's world of "fake news", reality is merely a hostage. Welcome to the Twilight Zone.

Red Kite (Milvus milvus): This European, Asian & north African bird of prey utilises its wingspan of up to 179cm (70in) to great affect soaring, drifting & when necessary acrobatically diving. In-flight photo taken by David Newman in the UK #kite #redkite #hawk #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

I agree 100%!!

If you havent seen this, make sure you read.

More insider trading from the Trump Whitehouse and his cronies. "Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump’s announcement The bets came amid the president's escalating rhetoric and few signals that a deal was imminent" www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Poland scrambles jets to intercept Russian spy plane over Baltic Sea.

No country in the world needs regime change as much as the United States does

Automatic U.S. military draft registration planned by December, filing shows

Maine set to become first state with data center ban

what do i do? what do i do?! #dogs #dogsofmastodon #pet

Dear international friends, Do not travel to the United States this summer for the World Cup. It isn't safe for us, and it's absolutely not safe for you. Sincerely, An American citizen

You should ask your GOP voting friends and family 🤡 White people voted for this.

Another question for any thinkers out there; Why are “we the people” paying $60bn to $100bn+ every year to have a congress who is on vacation 90% of the time, and refuses to do anything “FOR“ we the people??!?!? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Clean, safe, cheap, renewable energy that you don't have to fight deadly wars or destroy the environment to get. Good for wildlife, too, when done properly. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One acre, one vote: The bizarre election that could decide Arizona’s energy fate [via @grist.org]

In Indian country, data centers come with a familiar threat of colonialism. These organizers are fighting back. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

New Utah law shields fossil fuel firms from liability for climate chaos. [via @theguardian.com]

Australia is famously a place with some of the world’s most dangerous and frightening animals. Venomous spiders. Deadly snakes. Jellyfish with fatal stings. But it is also home to one of the world’s cutest: the flying fox, also known as the giant fruit bat.

The Trump administration's latest target: This woolly American icon [via @insideclimatenews]

I wrote about how the decades-old bond between Catholics and evangelicals is fraying (and the surprising new alliance could be replacing it) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way.

The results are another indicator that a blue wave is forming in November.

And, here’s a Mother Jones report from yesterday (which also included a link to the news release): www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

To be fair Mother Jones isn’t the only news outlet publishing in-depth examinations on voter rights. The nyt just put out a long story about … how women maybe shouldn’t have the right to vote.

Mother Jones has similar reporting: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

First the city council in this Missouri city approved a $6 billion data center, despite massive pushback. Then, during yesterday’s election in Festus, MO, residents overwhelmingly voted to kick out the incumbents who voted for the project. America is fed up with data centers.

I'm BEGGING women to PLEASE be careful around any man who's defending Donald Trump… You are not safe with them. You’re just not.

UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Leo shelved plans to visit America. Some officials saw their reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

Pope Leo condemns Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization: ‘Truly unacceptable’ www.ms.now/news/pope-le...

The World Cup of scam www.nytimes.com/athletic/717...

After a pregnant woman’s murder, Boston police rounded up countless Black men in search of her killer. But they were chasing a lie.

America can't let go of George Washington's slave-holding history

How extremists reconquered Idaho—and how some locals are fighting back.

Violent interactions with the public aren’t surprising, a former ICE official said of the agency under Trump. “That’s sort of by design.”

"What does it mean to be an heir to the Cuban diaspora, a group both targeted by and largely encouraging US imperialism? Marco Rubio and I have different answers to that."

BREAKING: Democrat Alison Page has defeated longtime Republican incumbent Dan Toland in the River Falls, Wisconsin mayoral race, flipping the seat from red to blue. Toland had held the office since 2012.

⚡️16 Cameroonians killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, officials say. The acknowledgement, which was delivered to Yaounde by Russian officials and broadcast through Cameroonian state media on April 6, marks the first time Cameroon has formally spoken of its citizens' involvement in the war.

Another ICE shooting! As always, we don't have all the facts in. We do have a dashcam, though. DHS claims, as it has during multiple prior shootings (claims at times proven false), that the person who was shot tried to "weaponize" his vehicle. See for yourself (there are no visuals of the victim).

Eyewitness video from the scene of today's ICE shooting in California appears to (you guessed it) contradict officials' claims that the man "weaponized" his vehicle. The car is reversing and the agents appear to be well clear of it.

Breaking: ICE shoots man near San Jose; Authorities Close I-5 On April 7th, 2026, ICE agents shot a man on Interstate 5 in California, near Modesto & San Jose. The FBI is investigating the shooting. According to local authorities, the victim has been taken to a local hospital for medical attention.

Reform UK would stop visas for people from countries seeking slavery reparations

Iceland chain offers job to man sacked by Waitrose after confronting shoplifter

Trump tells Artemis II crew he saved Nasa despite trying to slash agency’s budget

Don’t look at who voted to call the slave trade ‘the gravest crime’, look at who didn’t | Kenneth Mohammed

Protecting civilians is a sign of strength – and an American ideal | Ted Widmer

Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris): This is a species in the Cardinal family. The bright coloured plumage of the male of this 14cm (5.5in) bird only develops in its second year. These North American birds feed on seed. Gorgeous photo taken by Stacey Rich Bergman in the United States. #paintedbunting

What a f*cking waste of lives and money. 😠

See the first close-up photos of the moon from NASA's Artemis II mission:

More than 20 Democratic members of Congress have called for Trump’s cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment to the constitution to remove a president who is deemed unfit for office, while Republicans are silent. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Europe cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael Behr