I see google AI sucks is trending >>

This is a great thread about the distinctions between the early days of the web & these early AI days.

Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...

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This right here. Just at the level of craft, ALONE.

I have to convince my neighbors to buy another ~50 native plants before I leave for Connecticut on June 5th (doing a mural in Willimantic!!!). I’m worried they’ll die while I’m gone if they don’t get into bigger pots. If you’re a Philly person and want to plant any of these species, get at me!

I'm a little confused by this shirt, but it sure is cute.

The Onion print ads are true genius. There should be a coffee table book of these.

THE 3 DAY WEEKEND IS NOT A GAME

News you can use

“ICE data shows 51 people have died since the start of the second Trump administration, including 18 deaths reported this year as of May 1, 2026 … 32 of the deaths between January 2025 and March 2026 involved people with preexisting medical conditions whose health worsened in custody.”

1. A Kansas Judge has struck down the anti-trans "experts" the ADF parades. "Cherry-picked information, conjecture, and research taken out of context," ruled Judge Folsom III. He then established 349 facts that support trans care and reversed the Kansas ban. Subscribe to support our journalism.

"Fake citations have turned into a nightmare for research librarians, who by some estimates are wasting up to 15 percent of their work hours responding to requests for nonexistent records that ChatGPT or Google Gemini alluded to." open access link: archive.ph/qt59c 2/🧵

My image for @zumapress.bsky.social from a @riseandresist.bsky.social demo

If you are able to take Trazyn in while a permanent solution is figured out, please reach out. We are near Raleigh, NC. It is urgent that he be in a different home. #uglydogs

ICE is looking for 150 parking spaces for vehicles. ICE is currently parking at the Metropolis Garage, 18 Morton St. We don’t want ICE in NYC. Help us tell the local garages: DON’T COLLABORATE WITH ICE! Call the Metropolis Garage at: (212) 242-8451 Call Metropolis mgmt at: (800) 344-3046

UPDATE: reportedly ALL Dems were stripped of committees… but white male house Dems are still listed. Only Black reps & women removed. Weird! Sexton + TN House Republicans not beating the “it’s about race” allegations. (P.S. It’s all standing committees. We have screenshots.)

It's important to keep track of what politicians say they're going to do, and what they actually do. "Yay! We closed the budget gap and we still have libraries" is not the same as "we've funded libraries at the level we promised." Pointing out the difference is the job of an engaged citizenry.

Thousands of scientists call for the reinstatement of the National Science Board 👇

tell me again how the water usage is typical actually

If you can appreciate horse racing at all, and yes, it is a nuanced topic, but if it is something that you want to smile aboutl watch Zenyatta's racing videos on YT. She only ever lost one race in her entire career. Every single other one she shuffled along until she decided to win.

The way Golden Tempo ran this race, he reminded me of Zenyatta very casually deciding at the two thirds point of every race to show up and beat the shit out of everybody for funsies.

You've heard of girl dinner, and boy dinner, but I can I interest you in Dashiell Hammet's Continental Op lunch? It's a cup of coffee with flask whiskey poured into it and a slice of pie for 35 cents but you leave four bits and tell the waitress to keep the change.

A lovely tribute to a lovely series. If your reading life hasn't led you to Brother Cadfael yet, you may find he's just the fictional friend you need in these times.

What a heartening opinion piece.

It turns out they do know how to make a plane turn around and bring people back when they want to.

yay weekend

The perpetrator, the father is in jail. Punishing the family is a violation of Customary International Humanitarian Law (Rule 103), the Geneva Conventions, and additional protocols, regardless of the intent

Too busy to email, got kids to raise

Wow this is incredible how come more people don't know about this??? 🪶 🐣

Evergreen:

Typographically this has a gravity and a cadence that is truly inspiring to me

Fabulous story, incredible pictures, and a conservation success: humpback whale supergroups forming off South Africa as their numbers come roaring back after serious depletion from 20th century whaling! www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Thirteen U.S. troops died trying to get these people to safety — Afghan interpreters, soldiers, and the families of our service members. Veterans spent sleepless nights during the chaotic withdrawal fighting to keep them alive. Now our own government is going to abandon them.

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

This is tomorrow, friends! If you're near Kingston, NY, come see! gregpak.com/2026-04-18-g...

6/ Wow! New estimates from BNEF are that 2.3 million barrels per day of oil consumption were avoided due to passenger vehicles in 2025. The majority of displacement from 2- and 3-wheelers! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California says he will resign from Congress after sexual assault allegations.

THE ORBÁN PIN HAS FALLEN

If you want some support & company in responding well to frightening realities, I wrote you a book for that. Stories of models & mentors, questions for reflection, practices for connection & action. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kate-...

A new study shows that Black women outpace every other group of women in workforce participation. Yet they are still paid less & retire in poverty at twice the rate of white women. This is a system. It is long past time this country started carrying them the way they have carried us.

Where and How Book Censorship Is Impacting Children’s Publishing Right Now. Publishing imprints for young readers are shuttering thanks to a softening school and library market. That's a result of book censorship, and it impacts you wherever you live. bookriot.com/book-bans-an...

Exciting research environment in a great team and a lovely working space

CDC has published a new charter for the federal vaccine advisory committee, detailing changes that would allow Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reclaim his changes to national vaccine policy, skirting a federal ruling last month blocking them. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/h...

"God’s kingdom is ushered in not by war but by acts of liberation, resistance, and struggle against the powers and principalities that oppress us." sojo.net/articles/opi...

Thank god. Christ. But seriously folks. We cannot continue to live like this.

After Trump backed down, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council issued a statement claiming that "Iran has achieved a great victory and forced the criminal United States to accept its 10-point plan."

So to recap, Trump: - Started a war for no reason on the belief that Iran would surrender immediately - Killed thousands including over 100 elementary schoolgirls - Threatened genocide up to and including nuclear war - Then backed down in exchange for a worse position than the US had before ?

$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/w...

I recently learned of About Face: Veterans Against The War, who would probably make those descendants' voices very welcome. aboutfaceveterans.org