Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.

A new lawsuit accuses the administration of violating the First Amendment by threatening the visas of researchers for work on disinformation and content moderation of social media. n.pr/4be42ye

We have obtained more footage of Kash Patel falling down while playing hockey:

Genocidal shit

10 print “hi guys it’s me, sentient Bob, the computer” 20 print “how are you today” 30 input t$ 40 print “wow that must make you feel terrible, tell me more” 50 go to 30 Guys I’ve written my own sentient ai. Please use responsibly.

Two MORE synagogues in Toronto were shot at overnight. That’s three this week.

we’ve had two truly enormous crises under Trump and the first one was covid which everyone apparently gave him a pass for despite the fact that he made it worse but this one is completely, obviously, unquestionably his fault and would not have happened without him

"You should be writing."

it is not normal for official government social media channels to behave like arms of the Republican Party

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

I don't think you have to Nostradamus to figure that bombing Iran might raise oil prices. And it seems pretty obvious that buying oil in advance of causing an oil price spike might just save Americans a lot of money. But... ...maybe there wasn't much planning?

Americans have no idea how much the world is shook, folks. Here in Thailand they have a running tally of how many days' worth of fuel the country has left.

NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com

The March 15, 2025, killing of Ruben Ray Martinez drew almost no public attention. But Martinez is now the first known American citizen shot to death by federal immigration agents during President Trump’s second term. https://wapo.st/4lbpGYC

Normalize asking American tourists where they were on January 6th

Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

Instead of banning heroin, why not teach children to snort it critically? Same fucking question.

This spreadsheet is insane. Search for your cancelled NEH grant here! 👇

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

IF Gavin Newsom is on a ballot THEN me and many others will refuse to vote for him THEREFORE instead of bitching at me and others like me YOU should take the *years* you have and make sure that doesn't happen if you actually fucking care BECAUSE my position is immutable

The South ending Reconstruction and plunging their populations into a backward looking culture and economy until it was forced to modernize by the Civil Rights movement is imo a very clean parallel.

A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM "shall have no force or effect," including last August's RIFs at the Voice of America.

I give up, Claude is conscious. Ergo AI developers must face imprisonment or execution for performing medical experiments on their living slave.

my theory of the Harris campaign, which makes exactly nobody happy: 1. she was put in an incredibly deep and arguably insurmountable hole by Biden 2. she made significant errors, largely in not separating herself from him enough 3. her results were still in the upper range of plausible outcomes

usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”

Border Patrol is detaining another US citizen and lying about it. She’s part of a group of citizens and green card holders who have been disappeared after their travel plans were disrupted.

“Johnson told one of the victims that he would see a windfall from the government after his pardon and that he would put the victim in his will to take any leftover money, according to law enforcement. Trump has discussed the possibility of taxpayer-funded payouts for Jan. 6 defendants.”

UPDATE: Sunny, a U.S. citizen, is on her way home after being shipped across state lines overnight. How the hell did this happen? Press conference tomorrow at Broadview, where we will hear Sunny’s side of the story. More details soon.

Anti-birth control ads have started popping into my feeds this week. And I can't help but laugh when I hear them promoting the same "natural family planning" methods that led my Catholic grandmother to get pregnant 12 times in 18 years.

Make it stick.

I've been listening to an audiobook about airships (zeppelins, dirigibles, or blimps, depending on locale), and how they NEVER really worked, but governments had invested so much in them that they were determined to MAKE them work, wasting fortunes & years & lives This post is not about airships

I think the biggest mistake outsiders have about Israel and Palestine is assuming everyone in or connected to the region hates each other for stupid reasons when in fact they hate each other for pretty good ones that are very hard to undo.

I’ve just seen a political party stating that, and I quote, “Diplomacy means speaking truth to power even when it’s difficult.” No. That’s journalism. Diplomacy is about advancing the interests of your state. This is why “diplomatic language” implies being able to be tactful or silent when needed.

19 years ago today for my birthday my friends took me to a strip club a couple towns over that was in a double wide trailer and I got a private dance from a dancer who, unbeknownst to me at the time, was xanned up and she fell asleep on me mid dance. Hope she's doing well

I see dudes be like “loud pipes save lives” then go lane splitting doing 55 in a 35 while wearing Levi’s jeans, a Big Dog Dad t-shirt, no gloves, and rocking a quarter face helmet that just barely meets DOT safety standards like, brother, The Pipes Are Not Going To Save You

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria AND even allergens. The vaccine is delivered intranasally AND provides broad protection in the lungs for several MONTHS.

LA City Council’s City President Marqueece Harris-Dawson says he has been pulled over four times while a member of the council; the most recent was this week. He missed a committee meeting because of the stop, according to him. Among the questions: “how do you have this vehicle,” according to him.

you need to understand that Platner is not just a candidate , he is a canary in the coalmine to a certain kind of man that the world has not changed and they still can get plush gigs and pole position in society and life with zero qualification and even less aptitude for the work .

Hey, great news gang! Vinay Prasad is out at the FDA. Again. Let’s hope it sticks this time.

Real talk women can’t have secret second families because being a mom is a full-time job while being a dad is basically a summer internship

Like clockwork.

Having Mullin rolled out as Noem's replacement means we will soon be getting a stream of racist, anti-Indigenous "jokes" and memes from Liberals & Lefties. If you feel yourself temped...don't.Go instead for his public nose picking, incompetence, or general worthlessness as a human being, okay?

I love when I come across an account that is a very young woman who is a recent Catholic/Eastern Orthodox convert posting antisemitic conspiracy theories and about why women shouldn’t vote and she has zero followers and not even any reply guys She’s trying so hard, and she just can’t get picked 🥀

New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind Rohingya refugee who died in the cold streets of Buffalo days after Border Patrol dumped him without coordinating with his family or lawyers.

Markwayne Mullin is awful and corrupt for many reasons. Not having a college degree is not one of them. I know plenty of people W/O degrees who have more moral backbone, smarts, common sense, and compassion than at least half of Congress. Mullin isn't one, but not bc he did not graduate college.

I lack the words to capture it, but ... it's just endlessly remarkable to me that so many people in our society have chosen trans kis -- TRANS KIDS, the smallest, least significant, most vulnerable demographic slice you could possibly pick -- as a repository for all their fears & insecurities.

Incredibly angry about this every day. The people who pick on trans kids are not only disgusting freaks who want to inspect children's genitals, they're also miserable bullies who break the rules of decency laid down by every measurement of morality.

the Austin mass shooter was a Tesla employee who assaulted a coworker during a company-allowed prayer break late last year the company refused to give the victim her assailant's name so she could press charges, and he went on to become a mass shooter www.statesman.com/business/art...

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