flip.it/6xhS2m Army Secretary Orders Social Media Accounts Shuttered After Post About Democrat Who Lost Both Legs in Iraq - praising Tammy Duckworth’s service

Trump is upset by Mamdani's plan to tax multimillion dollar second homes that are not primary residences in the city because it affects him personally.

Time to up the pelt count.

Becoase life don't have a higher meaning, the best strategy is to maximize the experience.

Russian Forces drop mines from UAVs on the public roads in Ukrainian cities. The mines are disguised as normal things you can find on the road randomly. The magnet trigger detonates the warhead when cars pass by.

90s & 2000s Internet culture was filled w/ ppl playing w/ the idea that 90% of reality is perception & that thus if you alter perception, you change the world. Lotta good people & interesting work came from those waters, but so did misanthrope edgelords like thiel, weev, andreessen, yarvin, land, &c

Overlooked No More: Margaret Gipsy Moth, Fearless CNN Camera Operator www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/o...

He said that Russia has the lowest per capita income in Europe,adding that "even in China's poorest regions,incomes are higher than in our poorest regions" Citing data from Rosstat,he said that average GDP growth over the past 10yrs has been just 1.5%per yr,while consumer prices have risen by 77%

Russian strike hit a prayer home in Zaporizhzhia. One killed, three injured. Russia keeps saying it wages the war to protect the Orthodoxy. That's its "protection."

President Zelenskyy asked for a minute of silence to honor the memory of those killed by Russia in the most recent attack as he was receiving the Four Freedoms Awards on behalf of the Ukrainian people: Today in Ukraine is another very hard day,really hard night.The day after a massive Russ.attack

While Russia strikes Ukrainian civilians, Ukraine continues decreasing Russia's economic potential to wage a war. This is an oil refinery in Russian Tuapse.

Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Israel’s push for buffer zones and 'natural borders' suggests the emerging ceasefire is unlikely to halt its ongoing ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon. www.972mag.com/israel-leban...

"Late last month, an apparent leak claimed that Anthropic was working on a scary, powerful new AI model called Mythos. Shortly after, the company announced that the “leak” was true and that the model was so powerful that it posed a cybersecurity risk."

lol man no one (US population at large nor the average junior enlisted member) are mentally ready for what a real war is gonna look like

Anne Applebaum said to read this thread over on the other place and I can’t find it on Bluesky so here you go 🫡 @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

I reused the joke last month.

Exactly one year ago today:

Our team received a report of intermittent app outages at about 11:40pm PDT on April 15, 2026. They worked through the night to mitigate a sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, which intensified throughout the day.

Excellent piece by former British diplomat (and American citizen) Alexandra Hall Hall on the need for more anger against Trump's America. bylinetimes.com/2026/04/15/w...

Holy jeez. If you’re a Canadian living in the US.... maybe don't. Tania Warner, a Canadian mother who was detained by ICE in Texas, describes the conditions she faced and shares why she was apprehended. #Pinks www.ctvnews.ca/video/2026/0...

Virginia’s new law ends state tax breaks for several Confederate‐affiliated heritage groups, mainly because lawmakers say public money should not subsidize organizations that promote a legacy tied to slavery, white supremacy, and ongoing racial inequity. #pinks

This polls, taken after Swalwell dropped out, shows the two Republican candidates still in the lead. That means we are still in danger of Republicans locking Democrats entirely of the governor's race. If they come in at 1st and 2nd place in the primary, it would mean two Republicans in the general.

Just watch me in my video! My former fosters love me! They say I’m nosy bc I like watching the neighbors put the window! I’m in the area now where I am isolated and not allowed outside! I’m begging 4ur help! Pls some1 let me live! Pls repost me! Urgent

“Hatred can rot away at a person’s intelligence and conscience. Enemy mentality will poison the spirit of a nation, incite cruel mortal struggles, destroy a society’s tolerance and humanity, and hinder a nation’s progress toward freedom and democracy.” Liu Xiaobo

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, and the Truth." —Siddartha Buddha

Clarence Thomas ruled in favor of Citizens United. Harlan Crow's political contributions then went up 862%. Then we later find out Thomas let Crow take him on lavish trips, buy his mom's house, and help fund his wife's conservative nonprofit. But go on about how "progressivism" is a problem...

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c.org/5KqVXc2MKc #sheshed

From a legal point of view, isn’t expunging the criminal records of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, going to be used in every case of trespassing in government buildings from now on, as it sets a precedent?

per ProPublica: *What You Should Know About Lead Contamination in Omaha, Nebraska For a century, factories spewed toxic dust across the city, contaminating the soil and causing lead poisoning. We talked to experts about how to stay safe from lead exposure.* www.propublica.org/article/lead...

This Nazi regime plans on stealing all of the immigrants money in the banks for themselves.

But fascist, quasi-fascist, Nazi, neo-Nazi, and the like are still okay, as always on profa Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Threads, Manus, and Moltbook. theintercept.com/2026/04/14/f...

Analysts at the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon's arm for military intelligence, assessed that China was weighing whether to provide Tehran with advanced radar systems. www.cbsnews.com/news/us-inte...

7/7. It's worth dwelling on this point. It’s hard for Americans to process that their hard right politics is in large measure a Russian and Hungarian import — intellectually and also financially. We should take advantage of the defeat of Orbán to let this basic fact sink in. bsky.app/profile/empt...

Ahh, #Mara-Lardo is angry that he’s being ballroom blocked. 🖕🏻😂 No above ground building for you!

And the Nazi’s documented who was a Jew. Each day they are moving closer and closer to a fascist state. Resist. They did in Hungary and so can you America. #ResistFascism

It's so bad they won't even brief Congress.

slate.com/news-and-pol... Are you joking. You mean this freak group of hyper partisan extreme reactionary political activist that have destroyed the rule of law and mangled the US Constitution? Seriously This freak group of justices take glee in inflicting intentiaonl cruelties on the Am people

Molly, aka the Thing of Evil, flies toward the forces of good.

One of US astronaut and climate scientist Piers Sellers' crucial messages to the world about climate change and environmental degradation, before he died in 2016. His last message in 2016 which was an inspirational longer watch has since been taken down www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVkZ...

(1/3) I'm thrilled to announce that the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers is this year's @kennedyhrc.bsky.social Human Rights Award recipient! The NUPL is the Philippines’ largest voluntary association of human rights lawyers, defending civil liberties and victims of politically motivated abuses.

(2/3) In the face of persecution and personal danger, NUPL members have remained unwavering in their fight to protect human rights and public interest law. Their resilience and courage are an inspiration and a roadmap for anyone seeking to fight back against abuses and repression by those in power.

So Christ-like. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

It's almost as if Pope Leo is referring to someone in particular during his remarks:

There was an image from a Helmand FOB of a white board in a TOC, on which it was written "America is not at war. The Marine Corps is at war. America is at the mall." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...