I'm prioritizing walking around over listening to the speeches super closely because I can rewatch the Livestream after. But I can tell you that a major theme of this government-sponsored prayer revival is the activism of historic religious leaders. Abolition. The Civil Rights movement. Etc

Our kids, our small businesses, and our communities are still reeling from Operation Metro Surge. The federal government needs to repair and restore what they've taken from us. We will bring justice to Minnesotans.

By mistake, I am watching the film Don't Look Up. It is a cautionary tale which [checks notes] literally nobody is heeding.

And yet you can hardly find a mention of this in the U.S. press and nothing from our health authorities: W.H.O. Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/w...

just open contempt for the united states as a pluralist and secular democracy. and a reminder that the function of the fiction that the united states was founded as a fundamentalist christian nation is to establish a hierarchy of human worth with white christians at the top

On the Brown v. Board of Education anniversary, history teaches us that the struggle for justice continues as a continuous line across our nation’s history. That’s why we must stand up and organize like our democracy and lives depend on it—because it does. THIS is the fight of our generation!

🇺🇦😎 A pilot from Ukraine can shoot down a UAV attacking one of the Persian Gulf countries, and from the USA - a Russian UAV attacking Ukraine, - Brave1 CEO Hrytsenyuk. Ukrainian developers have created technology that allows you to control a combat UAV via the Internet from anywhere in the world.

Chiseled dudes are raising money by crushing watermelons with their thighs. If they hit $200k, Dr. Rubin has to try it too! Heart disease is the #1 killer of women, but symptoms like fatigue, nausea, & back pain are often ignored. Share widely to improve lives everywhere!

Thou shalt not become ENRAGED that a mythological character in a movie will be played by a Black woman whilst loudly supporting the nullifying of all Black votes in the South and then pretend you’re not racist when I call you a fucking klansmen.

Wow what a bribe!!!

The fact that last week our media covered a dozen people affected by hantavirus like it was the biggest news event of the year, and yet there is a raging Ebola outbreak it didn’t even make the morning news here tells us a lot about just how US-centric we are and our media drives us towards.

"As they rushed into his apartment...he felt the jaws of a large dog biting into his ankle, knocking him to the floor. He screamed as the dog tore the flesh from his thighs, hip and wrist. Down the hall, agents took a mother and her 16-yr-old son at gunpoint..." www.propublica.org/article/chic...

WHO: Statement on the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines 16 May 2026 bit.ly/49UGuyC @who.int

Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂

Mamdani has proposed a balanced budget for next year, holding spending level while closing a $12 billion deficit. Trump's budget proposal increases the deficit year over year by about $300b, with a massive deficit next year of more than $2 trillion. Fiscal responsibility? Mamdani > Trump.

Congress could presumably use its power of the purse to ban any expenditure of taxpayer funds by this commission. Seems like Dems should insist on votes on this?

ICE use of Palantir systems now means agency officials effectively have a list of 20 million people readily accessible on their iPhones, increasing the speed at which ICE can find houses to raid and people to arrest. www.404media.co/ice-agents-h...

The rescue of a turtle caught in a fishing net in the Canary Islands [📹 neptunowhalexperiencetenerif]

Cleaning up Orban’s corruption in Hungary is a huge task after he looted their country for years, and it is certainly something we can watch unfold and learn from.

Rededicate 250 Christian nationalist event tomorrow sponsored by companies including Mastercard and United Airlines:

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Sending thus to everyone who has left a review of Cancel Me Daddy complaining about vocal fry.

1/2🧵 WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SAYS HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT AMERICANS FINANCIAL SITUATION, IT'S TIME TO GET RID OF HIM. 🔄👇

You've got to be freaking kidding me.

It might be time to admit that the worst Covid peaks are currently in summer, which has implications for vaccine strategies

To be exquisitely clear, I never volunteered for this, I was never asked about this, and I do not consent to this. Pretty sure everyone I know on the list (much longer than what is shown) would say the same. Grammarly can fuck off to the edge of the universe and keep fucking off beyond that.

Julia Angwin leads class action lawsuit against Grammarly/Superhuman www.wired.com/story/gramma...

They've about-faced decrypt.co/360748/gramm...

Same rhetorical shortcut as when scientists or technologists are advised to explain their research as if talking to their mom. This mom leads a research group.

First "six foot social distancing" was early pandemic-era canon, and now it's accused of being theater. It's neither. The military has used 6 foot bed spacing to prevent disease transmission since Florence Nightingale's time during the Crimean War, and continues to do so today.

I was frustrated that CDC no longer issues many health alert network (HAN) alerts, so I started my own. Weekly outbreak updates + as needed info for clinicians. As seen on Medscape, NPR. Most recent alert on extended RSV season. www.foiclinical.com

I have been really impressed with @beaconbio.bsky.social, and find myself using it more and more. Excellent resource to replace ProMED.

Suspected autochthonous malaria transmission focus identified in Chirongui, Mayotte amid rising case counts https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d229fbc7-d042-44a8-9d5d-e725d63b5e2c&eventid=c365b532-f161-4030-a27e-754ee3948110&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

U.S. infectious disease research is on the brink. Without immediate action from Congress, much of it will cease to exist within a year. For example👇 1️⃣ No collaborative RFAs posted for >1 year (normal: many / year). 2️⃣ No foreign collaborators allowed on grants. 🧪🪦 www.idsociety.org/globalassets...

I used to be a civilian epidemiologist for the Army. The optional-flu-vaccine policy won't last.

So, the only POTUS since Nixon who wouldn’t release his tax returns sued the US Govt for 10 Billion Is having his “Acting AG” who is his personal Lawyer settle the case with him It’s all in the open

🚨During lunch at his golf course with tobacco executives on May 2, Pres. Trump called Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Oz, furious. He wanted action on flavored vapes. And he soon got it, prompting the FDA commissioner to resign. w/ the amazing @kenvogel.bsky.social --> 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...

It's not about fraud, it's about revenge.

Christian Nationalist preacher Dale Partridge says Christian men must run for office. If they don't, someone else will: "Often, a woman from India or Somalia... She's going to work to... steal your children's inheritance for the glory of their pagan God." (via @rightwingwatch.bsky.social)

Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

Griftin', griftin', &more griftin'.

The Trump administration on Monday said it would repeal a Biden-era rule that allowed public lands to be leased for conservation purposes, abandoning an effort to protect millions of acres from both industrial development and the effects of climate change. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/c...

I first met Clark Reynolds when he was just three years old at our Black History Month reception at the White House. Over the last ten years, it's been wonderful getting updates about his life through his letters. Check out how he’s doing now:

Hey legacy media, how many times does Trump have to fall asleep in the Oval Office on-camera before y'all start questioning it?

Epstein survivors testify under oath in Palm Beach tomorrow for Congressional Oversight Committee. #releaseTheEpsteinFiles www.usatoday.com/story/news/t...

To watch people casually debate undoing birthright citizenship a right rooted in the 14th Amendment after slavery and the Civil War is devastating. Generationsfought,marched,and died for the promise to be treated equally The humanity of marginalized communities should never be up for debate #SheShed

JUST IN: Virginia Democratic leaders have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review last week's Virginia Supreme Court ruling that overturned the redistricting plan approved by Virginia voters, setting up a legal battle over whether the will of the electorate will be restored.

“It just demonstrates that no matter what the general tone is about vaccines… the secretary is going to continue to try and look at the data and analyze it in a way that will help support the conclusions that he’s already made,” said Dr. Daniel Jernigan... “And that, to me, is a real problem.”