📌Then there's this ... A network correspondent of repute speaks his mind and says what everybody knows, and is verifiably true: The vile Stephen Miller is a "world-class hater." 📌It's past time for people who know better to speak up. THAT'S what he was thinking, NYT. Lean in and follow the example.

Compiling a list of people still offering help in Liverpool for those that are stranded. If you need help or are offering a ride or a lift - check out this place or add yourself docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

While Palestinian families starve, the Israeli government is escalating its assault on Gaza. The U.S. must stop the flow of bombs and bullets to the IDF. No more destruction and carnage. edition.cnn.com/2025/05/18/m...

Can confirm @jay.bsky.team here: Bluesky has become a great driver of referral traffic. Not demoting link posts is huge, and the community of readers / responders here feels more thoughtful and engaged. X has become essentially worthless for the task www.wired.com/story/big-in...

After first seeing it with a friend last weekend at an IMAX theater in the city, I saw #Sinners again today—this time, solo—at a regular degular theater in my Queens neighborhood. Going to the matinee show, I saw things I missed the first time around, so #SinnersMovie rewards repeat viewing. #movies

Trump & the GOP are already coming for your food & healthcare. Their tariffs are raising prices. And now they want to seize your wages, tax refunds & Social Security if your student loans are in default. This is cruel, it hurts our most vulnerable—and we have a bill to stop it.

TIME TO TAX THE RICH more much more! youtu.be/0quhLtBXijM?...

Kamala should have had longer than 100 days

We devote musicals, miniseries, and documentaries to the founders of our first republic and not to those of our second, who saw this country with clear eyes. We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).

Over 100,000 people are marching through The Hague against Israel's war on Gaza. Wearing red clothing and forming a line, they are demanding the government draw a red line in its stance against Israel. It's the largest protest in the Netherlands in 20 years.

JUST IN: Moody's cuts U.S. credit rating

Trail of Tears.

When Orlando and Kansas City take the pitch tonight, the influence of Brazilian players will be obvious. 🇧🇷 More on Marta, Debinha, and bringing Brazilians to the NWSL: bit.ly/3FdKRJ1

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: “Whites only” immigration.

Grigory Melkonyants, the head of Russia’s only independent election watchdog, was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison after being convicted of working with an "undesirable" organization, according to Russian news agencies and his attorney.

As a reminder, this is a permanent resident, in the US since she was seven, high school valedictorian www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...

And it's a bit concerning that he is a major investor in Substack. Marc Andreesen is shaping media into his vision and some of y'all are just letting him. You are letting SS use your left leaning journalism to launder right wing extremism. It's making me nuts.

Bribery is an impeachable offense. Trump isn’t just breaking norms, he’s selling U.S. influence to the highest bidder.

Sent tomorrow's TAW copy off with the title 'The Boo Madlys' and you're wrong to groan at the title.

An update on Savy King ❤️

1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️

Casar: "I've knocked on 1000s of doors and not a single time has someone said, 'Thank God you're here. I want to ask about trans people fencing'..what the hell are we doing? We are here bc MTG thinks if she picks on trans folks, she can avoid having a discussion about allegations of insider trading"

The Trump family's crypto business just got a huge $2 billion investment from a UAE government-backed firm. We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States — right out in the open. Hello?

Judge says the Trump administration can't deport migrants to Libya unless they have a chance to challenge removal in court.

This person doesn’t belong anywhere near the Justice Department. It’s her damn job to uphold the Constitution and due process, not just pursue illegal retribution. Appalling.

Universities should go back to book sources and hand written essays. In class prompts and oral examinations. The Vulcans did oral examinations for a reason. Live long & prosper!

I can totally see a world where teachers use AI to create assignments, students use AI to complete assignments, teachers use AI to grade assignments, and no one learned a damned thing.

I mean…

Who knew steganography would become so important for college profs.

Speechless.

“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”

“I spend so much time on TikTok,” she said. “Hours and hours, until my eyes start hurting, which makes it hard to plan and do my schoolwork. With ChatGPT, I can write an essay in two hours that normally takes 12.” "No work, no play" sounds like an incredibly rewarding college experience.

I wrote about Sinners. Watching so many Black folk call the film "demonic", I explain how its central horror -- and triumph is that the film casts Black/African spirituality as an effective challenge to Western Christianity. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Don’t mind me. Cuss all you want. Yes, you can say that cruelty is the point, but also white supremacy. It’s in the soil, the subsoil, the bedrock of this place, as elsewhere. This is Massive Resistance redux.

Each year, thousands of bikes are fished out of the Amsterdam canals. This is important to keep them clean and clear for boat traffic. After they are recovered, the bikes are restored or recyled for further use. via @iulialiveslife on Instagram

Posts like these come from upper middle class to lower wealthy people, likely not people of color, who have a romanticized view of America, and are unlikely to be on the chopping block when shit hits the fan.

Our trade deficit isn’t the crisis Trump wants us to believe… It’s not other countries taking advantage of the U.S. —It’s what happens when you’re the richest country on earth with a consumer-driven economy. We import so much because Americans benefit from cheaper goods made abroad.

Greta Thunberg, she's right.

Here that ladies? A little ED and having the back go out makes men better partners. Imagine that.

We're about to need passports and visas to visit Canada because of that man and it is truly the fault of several US/Canada border states, including mine. 😐 Michiganders talmbout some "let us join Canada" all over the Internet knowing full well your friends, family, and neighbors are MAGA. I can't 🤷🏿‍♀️

Harvard just handed all school and disciplinary records of international students to DHS. Absolutely contemptible. They're putting their own students in danger and lying by telling them that everything is ok. These students could be black bagged to Louisiana or El Salvador after this.

Here's a gift link for this article: www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Sadly Reform doesn’t work in politics throughout all history

This is about all of us. Never forget that.

Listen to Black women… “The attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity” “The threats & harassment are attacks on our democracy, on our system of government. And they ultimately risk undermining our Constitution & the rule of law” - KBJ