OOOF, all of the wage growth over the last year erased in one month

This is a good and important point. This was before your time at TIME, @perrybaconjr.bsky.social , but I was in the mag AM meeting before the second Iraq War, and when an editor expressed doubts about the Bush WMD case, the AOL TW bigwig who was in the meeting told him to shut the fuck up....

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The FBI ignored texts from Minnesota investigators for *days* following the killing of Renee Good: Scoop from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social

Um, are you sure about this, @semafor.com ?

NEW: Trump accepted $37m worth of donated steel for his WH ballroom project from the Luxembourg-based company ArcelorMittal. Days later, the WH made adjustments to Trump's tariffs that could benefit ArcelorMittal.

Halfway through this article arguing that San Francisco's new "tough love" mayor improved disorder and drug overdoses in the city, the author reveals that the improvement happened under the previous mayor. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/o...

I love this book, but honestly had such a pit in my stomach while reading it I’m not sure I can handle a film version

This whole thread is the essential problem with our media since 2015:

This whole interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates is great, but this really landed with me: www.thekeymagazine.com/p/ta-nehisi-...

Must listen: it's basically impossible to seize Iran's uranium in a military operation. It's sheer fantasy. angryplanetpod.com/p/neutralizi...

He's up to 779 atrocities, and April 2026 is already shaping up to be a doozy. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors

They oversaw a very important social media influence operation for the Kremlin, got caught, fled. And now they're not just back, they're guests at Donald & Melania Trump's Easter Egg Roll at the White House.

Wait is this real? The moon looks like a pancake

"Breaking of the fealty oath incurs great punishment for either party. If we break it, you can call us mean names. If you break it, you may be captured, held for ransom, confined indefinitely, or executed. And, the biggest hit of all, no more puffer coats."

I’ve been looking into the profound and calculated weaponization of food in modern conflicts, a critical issue for anyone tracking global stability and humanitarian challenges. A 🧵

7 captivating photos of train travel’s first century www.popsci.com/technology/v...

But #libraries will only remain free, publicly supported, shared spaces if we defend and strengthen them. From getting on library boards to amping up what your Friends group does, you can find lots of ideas from @librariesftp.bsky.social at www.librariesforthepeople.org

I wish Democrats were even a quarter as cool as right wingers seem to think they are.

Not sure if the same dynamic played out here, but years ago at Tumblr we saw a big surge in usage, which, it turned out, was driven in large part because Tumblr was a class signifier-we didn't translate into Portuguese at that point, so if you were on Tumblr it showed you knew English

Researchers have developed a method of making french fries that results in a healthier bite without sacrificing crispiness.

TRUMP FAMILY DIGITAL GRIFT WEALTH TRACKER While Americans struggle to buy groceries and pay rent, Trump is making his family richer through digital grift schemes— collecting profits through digital wallets and granting pardons to the highest bidders. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/trump-family...

Checking in on Pam Bondi:

We continue to observe a meaningful disconnect between the public dialogue on Money Stuff and the underlying trends in our newsletter. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

The only good April Fools joke.

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. #NoKings

This is such a satisfying lede. I love this for her. www.chronicle.com/article/elis...

"We set up tip lines for hotel workers. We’d put the fliers in places. It would ask: 'ICE in your hotel? Go to this website and fill out this form.'" Read @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social ED @aru-shiney-ajay.bsky.social's dispatch: "We Woke Up ICE and the Hotels That Supported Them" tinyurl.com/uyuxzvp4

Deutsche Bank strategist Maximillian Uleer is today’s winner. He devised a TACO prediction metric: when Trump’s approval ratings drop & inflation expectations rise & stock prices fall + Treasury bill yields rise Trump chickens out and changes course.

According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)

Activist who pushed 2020 election fraud claims convicted of election fraud www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Breaking WaPo: Trump showed a classified map he retained from his first term in office to passengers on a 2022 private plane flight and retained another record so sensitive that only six high-ranking government officials had access to it, according to a prosecution memo released to Congress.

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵

One reaction to six-hour TSA lines and ICE in airports that I would like to see more is: If airline industry unions could strike like normal unions, none of this would be happening. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-conseq...

So the GOP and the Dems are prepared to fund everything but ICE. It’s Trump who isn’t paying TSA. It’s always Trump. PS. Dems should be shouting this from the rooftops.

Yes. This.

Where we are: Former DHS secretary’s sidepiece/unofficial staffer allegedly demanded bribes from for-profit prison operator for federal ethnic-cleansing contracts. Explosive (if not surprising) reporting from NBC

"If two children playing aren’t being watched 24/7 through a live feed routed to a government agency, do they even exist?"

This is really good. Kat will be heard from again

The US Grossly Undercounted Covid Deaths Early On, Updated Toll Shows gizmodo.com/updated-deat...

“No deporting US citizens” is a CONCESSION???

This is really extraordinary. I've never seen anything like this from a government official.

Afghan who fought for US forces dies in ICE custody as Trump on track for grim record www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “It is safe to say that no one anticipated the spontaneous upsurge of neighboring that exploded in the Twin Cities and eventually forced Trump into a humiliating withdrawal,” Thomas Friedman writes after time back in his old hometown, Minneapolis.

‘They got a gal down at the Van Camps factory and her whole job is to sit there all day and put 1 piece of pork fat in the pork n beans can’