This beautiful woodcut print is by master Japanese printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige I. It comes from a series called View of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces and features Mount Kyōdai and the rice fields of Sarashina in the Shinano Province.

This is a sobering thread.

"Zelensky’s 'permit' exposes the truth behind Russia's Victory Day sham: an empty display of strength hollowed out by fear, narrowed to a 70-by-330-meter square," writes Kyiv Independent's news editor Abbey Fenbert in this op-ed.

Happy John Brown’s Birthday to all who celebrate.

This is serial murder by your government with your tax dollars.

You never seen dudes rock as hard as this!

MAGA religious leaders is right. They lead the MAGA religion. Another head shaking moment.

Release the hounds!

The AHA at work! Thankful for @historians.org leadership and collab with ACLS and MLA in this critical case.

The many moods of @darthbluesky.bsky.social Darth

Passive voice? Climate change has “become a partisan issue”? Say it straight: fossil fuel industry’s corruption has made it a partisan issue; Republicans are hip-deep in fossil fuel money and lies.

'Mr. Mamdani “seems to have forgotten that the C.E.O. of another American company was assassinated just blocks from where I live in New York,” Mr. Griffin said, referring to the 2024 killing of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare.' I guess these guys are still thinking about it.

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, a former high-ranking National Institutes of Health official and chief executive of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said that F.D.A. leaders withdrawing papers from publication is a “pretty active act of sabotage.”

He’s a student of the Ice Cube school of statesmanship

Just like Jesus: "Because they're sick people, these are sick people, and we're not get to let lunatics have a nuclear weapon. We have beaten them badly"

Kennedy's goal here is consistent with all of his other policies aimed at undermining proven health interventions: he believes the people who benefit from them are defective and he wants them culled from the population. It's comic book villain logic, specifically Viltrumite logic.

When I see this shit I just think about the punishment of having to be around him in real life. The people who work for him, who choose to be with him, his flunkies and his family, they are suffering. They deserve it.

I think this is a first. A travel advisory for the USA from Amnesty International for the #FIFAWorldCup2026. www.amnestyusa.org/blog/2026-wo...

Read this thread to know what Giuliani was all about

15 best movies; don't think about it too hard! (not in order) Master and Commander Wings of Desire Young Frankenstein Ran Yojimbo Harold and Maude The Graduate The Sting Hannah and her Sisters (sorry) Repo Man Miller's Crossing Moonlight Goodfellas Shakespeare in Love A Hard Day's Night

I listened to Kelly's conversation with Rebecca Solnit and I recommend it. I was particularly struck with what Solnit says here: truthout.org/audio/hope-i...

When this guy checks out, I've got my Trump-inspired post ready to go!

This might be considered violent rhetoric. GOP Rep. Jim Justice of West Virginia is worth 665 Million. He owns coal mines.

You can order pills from overseas clinics and mutual aid groups. *Possessing* mifepristone is not a crime (except in Louisiana). I'm not saying I have some but I am saying if you are someone who can get pregnant or knows people who can, order some now. www.plancpills.org

Fearing repercussions from Texas Governor Greg Abbott, University of North Texas administrators shut down a school gallery art exhibition that criticized ICE. Now, UNT art students are choosing to show their work ... anywhere but on campus. And Dallas-area galleries are stepping up to help.

Not enough people are talking about this.     The Trump Administration is moving to cut benefits for up to 400,000 disabled Americans — people with Down syndrome, severe autism, dementia — for no other reason than that they live at home with their families instead of in an institution.

Well, we don't need subtlety these days

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only— The Sopranos The Simpsons Blackadder Star Trek Next Generation 30 Rock The Wire Arrested Development Treme Nurse Jackie Futurama Northern Exposure Twin Peaks St. Elsewhere Scrubs The Waltons

I support ruthlessly partisan redistricting that makes the need to ban gerrymandering nationally (or better yet ditch individual districts altogether!) as clear to voters as possible. It should be at the top of the party platform & we should demand it in the press daily.

There is a drug for what’s ailing this country.😂 #Rezyne

Get this comic as a limited edition print! poorlydrawnstore.com/pages/poorly...

I'm grateful every day to be an ex-smoker. Kill off nicotine in every form from as many angles as possible.

Today’s reprehensible Supreme Court decision, as Justice Kagan wrote in her dissent, eviscerates the Voting Rights Act. Fight back. Help flip two seats on the Georgia Supreme Court on May 19. Read about why this battle matters and how to get involved: www.benwikler.com/p/want-to-fi...

"Wiener pointed to a Chinese American leader who is also running for office in San Francisco and noted that he had not heard her asked about China’s policy on anything." Uh, the US isn't paying for China's military?

My favorite art history genre is "Judith beheading Holofernes"

the Sacramento zoo has 6 BABY CAPYBARAS

The excitement of the dog upon seeing that his sister at the shelter had also been adopted by the same family, and the priceless happiness they live together

🚨BREAKING: Virginia court REJECTS Republican lawsuit in challenging the legislature’s authority to alter the 2021 congressional map. A HUGE victory for our client the DCCC and the voters of Virginia. Another defeat for the GOP. www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...

If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.

Th. Th. Heine, 1906

fantastic thread here

Politico Playbook this morning: “Can this really be happening? Again?” Presented by UnitedHealth Group. Imagine having this little self awareness. I’m speechless.