i've been keeping track - over 3000 authoritarian actions since Jan 2025 www.trumpactiontracker.info

NEW: Donald Trump has released his national policy on AI, banning states from regulating AI development on their own land. It also protects AI companies from any liability when someone uses their tool to cause harm or break the law.

“The bees came out, unleashed and swarming, angry and they started stinging everybody there."

South Korean prosecutors are requesting a 30-year prison term for ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Tonight's goodnight image is 'Moonrise', by Stanisław Masłowski, oil on canvas, 1884. Sleep tight.

An agribusiness in North Carolina confiscated immigrant workers’ passports and visa documents with the explicit goal of trapping them in their jobs, according to a class action lawsuit filed Friday. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social reports. prospect.org/2026/04/22/n...

I Never Saw a Wild a Thing Sorry for Itself ~ L.E. Bowman

Fed nominee Kevin Warsh obfuscates about hiding his assets & his current suspect investment portfolio valued in excess of $100 million. What you don't know is who his wife is, Jane Lauder, Global President of Estée Lauder. His father in law, sole Lauder heir & vocal Bibi ally. See the plan

Greenpeace build wind farm on Trump’s Golf Course. #Scotland. www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/greenpe...

Wrote a piece about Martha and the Vandellas, civil rights, and their place in the history of Black women R&B groups. I also created a YouTube playlist (in the comments) with some of their hits

Eggplant leaves are beautiful.

The US has lost a $238 million MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone over the Persian Gulf.

Trump is destroying the Forest Service: closing every regional office, slashing thousands of jobs, and risking 193 million acres of public lands. It’s illegal and unconstitutional. Tell Congress: Block this assault on our forests and firefighters NOW!

Today’s calm moment: A wool appliqué quilt from the Northern Shenandoah Quilt Show.

Peter Magyar confirmed that Szijjarto, Orbán's FM, has barricaded himself with some of his closest colleagues and is shredding documents related to the sanctions on Russia any other evidence of treason.

How to do it America.

Pope brings the heat.

Dearly beloved, in the name of King Neptune, I now pronounce you married. Go forth to populate this kingdom with hundreds of little diamond squid. You may now kiss the bride - very carefully. 📸 Denis Corpuz

FT: Talks between the United States and Iran in Pakistan have reached a stalemate over control of the Strait of Hormuz, two sources briefed on the negotiations say, with Iran insisting it retain authority over the waterway and rejecting joint control proposals HERE YOU GO. That’s the reality.

6 minutes no communication basically in a vehicle on fire!

Side-eying her eyes: Saint Lucy, painted by Francesco del Cossa of Ferrara. Today is his day.

Johfra Bosschart, Dutch (1919-1998), Allegory of Human Life, 1969

Pendant depicting a deity, Master of Animals, holding two birds, possibly geese, Crete or Aegina, Minoan civilization, c. 1850-1550 BCE, sheet gold, the decoration worked in relief, and the whole backed with a plain sheet of gold, 6 x 6.30 cm, 138 grains, British Museum, London, England

From 2017

Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?

Using your debt, your search history, and your private data to decide how much you’re worth? Hell no. This is what happens when technology is built to serve profit instead of people. This is why every worker needs a union.

Temporary CDC “Director” Jay Bhattacharya is a non-practicing MD, economist, and whiny little shitbird with a persecution complex. He has ZERO education, training or experience in epidemiological study design and has no business at deciding what methodology should be used to evaluate vaccines.

Vanessa Stockard (Australian, b.1975) "Satan Taking a Break from Hate Crimes," 2022 Oil on dibond #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #catlover

THESE ISLES: Lady Jane Wilde (1821-96), while less famous than her son Oscar later became, was a noted Irish linguist, poet, women’s rights activist and nationalist. 1/10

The Lady of Elche — an iconic Iberian limestone bust from the 4th century BCE. The intricate headdress, layered jewelry, and calm expression make it one of the most striking pieces of pre-Roman art in Europe. #AncientIberia #Archaeology #Museums #PreRoman

“.. A firefighter walks through destroyed cars as a building burns after an Israeli airstrike despite the US-Iran ceasefire deal. Lebanon's health ministry says at least 112 people have been killed and 837 wounded.” @gettyimages.com

Ah like the good old days flying over on Epstein’s jet

And she has since been deported. Link here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Fox News: "Breaking right now -- Iranian state media says Iran is closing the Strait of Hormuz"

Fantastic, glad to see your priorities are in the right place, Mr. Speaker, and I hope you’re enjoying your vacation while the President is threatening to kill an entire civilization.

Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

BREAKING: Extraordinary scenes as Iranian citizens start forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites. This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran (🎥 i24 News)

Zbigniew Herbert’s first poem, written at 15. He was running for an air raid shelter & saw a couple in a passionate kiss—it stood out from the chaos. 🌹 “To the end they were brave, To the end they were faithful, To the end they were similar like two drops stuck at the edge of a face.” #poetry #war

Renowned Iranian composer, Ali Ghamsari and tar virtuoso, announced he will stay at the Damavand Combined Cycle Power Plant. His plan: Create music there as a symbolic effort to shield Iran's infrastructure from attack. @iranscreenshot

The last ppl I want to see and hear from right now MSnow are fucking trumpers that think he’s threatening war crimes. JFC!

Trump just went on speaker at Vance’s speech there to praise orban. Infuckingsane! Putin’s puppet must be removed today! Traitors all!

Courier is uncovering new facts about the Epstein scandal. Worth a follow.

Whalebone plaque which formed part of the grave good assemblage from the Scar Viking boat burial which was found near Scar on Sanday in Orkney. Dating to between 875 to 950 AD, the plaque is part of the collections at the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday

This painting is titled "The House of Guardaboschi" (also known as Forsthaus in Weissenbach am Attersee or Forester's House in Weissenbach), created in 1912 by the famous Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt

WKRP is coming to Cincinnati — for real this time. The news comes on the heels of the decision to shutter CBS News Radio after nearly a century in operation.