BREAKING: The United States House of Representatives has passed the Florida Safe Seas Act, which bans baited shark dives in Federal waters off the coast of Florida. Now to the Senate. 🧪🌍🦑🦈 I wrote about this bill here: www.scubadiving.com/will-banning...

“The ideal leader of a hard-hitting investigative journalism operation is someone who is smart, driven, and virtually unemployable in any other context due to their pathological hatred of the corporate niceties used to obscure the lies of the rich and powerful.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-you-tak...

Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.

“Be open to surprises … biology will surprise you. Let the animals tell you something different about the world than what you thought.”

Gift link to the NYT summary of “Magnifica Humanitas,” Pope Leo’s encyclical on A.I. and humanity, and here are some extra significant bits that have to do with labor and the dignity of the worker www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/w...

Ya'll. I am shook. In a good way. Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing Slavery

DHS was originally conceived in the interest of unity and harmony — and the phrase "homeland security" was originally meant to be reassuring. n.pr/4nOx8KP

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

Then Toad fell asleep.

The U.S. may be about to require green card applicants who live here to apply from abroad, where they can be rejected with little chance for appeal. Including spouses of U.S. citizens and highly skilled employees of companies that I expect will raise a major stink about this.

In case you're wondering, yes, Trump's schedule lists him at his golf club in New Jersey this weekend. You can't expect him to attend his son's wedding with a demanding schedule like that.

‘While some cling to the promise of an AI “revolution,” the cost of adoption is proving a stubborn bottleneck. These developments also suggest that the economics of replacing human labor with AI may be more complicated than some early forecasts originally implied.’ fortune.com/2026/05/22/m...

Trump is simply a mobster & a thief and Todd Blanche is his accomplice anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-is-s...

“.. Customers visiting Walmart’s US petrol stations are buying less than 10 gallons per visit for the first time since 2022 .. ‘That’s an indication of stress,’ said John David Rainey, chief financial officer ..” @financialtimes.com #$WMT www.ft.com/content/4c1d...

Whyyyyy is anyone this obsessed with other people’s genitals or sex life? It’s so weird & creepy! Get a life. Mind your own damn business & let people live.

/22 Heads should roll. Careers should end. If DoJ won’t do it, the legal community should do it for them. This is appalling and unacceptable behavior throughout, at all levels of this office. The lower attorneys committed misconduct. Boutros was complicit in hiding it from the court.

Of all the criminal cases to come out of Operation Midway Blitz, the charges against the “Broadview Six” protesters have arguably been the most controversial.

How Argentina’s Getting Its Jaguars Back With the birth of a wild cub, a jaguar reintroduction project in the Gran Chaco Forest achieves its biggest milestone to date. by Lucila Pinto www.biographic.com/how-argentin...

This list will surprise no one. Introduce yourself with 10 bands / musicians you've seen live: 1. Third Eye Blind 2. Fuel 3. Sister Hazel 4. Better Than Ezra 5. Shakira 6. Ben Folds 7. Christina Aguilera 8. Jason Mraz 9. Paulina Rubio 10. Rodrigo y Gabriela

🎉Seabed life TRIPLES after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area! 1,500+ animals were recorded in 100 litres of sediment. “Extrapolate that over the entire region of the MPA, & you’re looking at billions of organisms." 🤯 What incredible recovery! 🪸 news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

“Up to 70% of rooms reserved by Fifa in Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Seattle have been cancelled, the AHLA said” www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Florida homeowners are paying some of the highest insurance costs in the country. Ashley Moody continues to do nothing to stop this crisis because the insurance lobby is bankrolling her campaign. www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/flor...

Cybertrucks still look so dumb.

I think the reason I've been a little ambiently mad all day is because January 6th rioters are statistically the most likely group of pedophiles in the world and they clubbed a guy to death and they're going to be rich from the tax money that I give to the country I live in.

"No progress on Iran, no progress on trade, no progress on tariffs, but a stern lecture on Taiwan. Behold, the towering dealmaker of our time..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

I love that PBS in the US is 99% British TV & as a native English speaker, I hope to one day be able to understand without subtitles. 😎

In case anyone was still under the illusion that the legal profession has ethical standards, the ABA caves into administration pressure: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

“masculinity in crisis”

BREAKING: Boston City Council just unanimously passed a resolution condemning dangerous age verification and censorship laws, including the proposals put forward by @massgovernor.bsky.social and the MA House. Backlash to age gating social media is growing! www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-05...

This means that one in every 15 people in the US are subject to ICE detention. Insane.

"The Trump administration plans to redirect $2 billion that Congress appropriated for tackling malaria, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, nutrition, global health security, HIV/AIDS and more..." www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/w...

The problem with modern conservatism is eventually you run out of poor people's money

The Pike’s Peak Humane Society has a social media manager who is very good at their job

Brooke Jenkins's SF DA's office won't file conspiracy or accomplice charges against police officers who participated in and/or covered up a sexual assault, but anti-genocide protestors on the bridge face conspiracy charges carrying potentially 14 years in prison. We said this would happen.

The first thing the editor in chief of the Roosevelt school newspaper did when she got home was hug her father. Then she opened her computer and started to type. Her article went viral. Lila Dominguez said running the newspaper during the ICE surge showed her “the power of truth.”

What not to do 👇

It's happening.

"The Government cannot escape liability for DOGE’s work by scapegoating ChatGPT." A US judge slammed DOGE's use of AI in a decision today blocking the termination of $100M in humanities grants, finding DOGE lacked authority and unlawfully based decisions on race and viewpoint buff.ly/Qw0qcDH

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

You do not hate the DOGE people enough. Boys with toys breaking things they were too arrogant and lazy to understand.

NEW: The Trump administration blitz that flooded Minnesota with immigration agents hobbled federal efforts to pursue serious crimes. By April, prosecutors had brought charged just eight people with drug or gun crimes, the fewest in more than two decades. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Today is cinco de mayo, where in Mexico we collectively say “fuck the frenchies” and in a few months, I’ll celebrate the independence of my home country, where the French helped us tell the Brits to fuck off. Life is complicated. :)

Florida's teachers deserve more than just one week of appreciation—they deserve fair pay, strong unions, and leaders who have their backs. Today and every day, we're standing with the educators who shape Florida's future.

Australia announced Monday it is establishing a board to conduct independent reviews following major cyberattacks, joining a small number of other jurisdictions that have created similar programs.

Researchers looked at whether a tried-and-true poverty alleviation effort that gives cash and coaching to households, and is typically implemented in rural areas, could work in an urban setting. n.pr/3QREdO7

Very confused by people who use stories on Signal.

One more thing, and it's important. If you are in California and you hear from a platform (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Google, Reddit, X) saying that the government has demanded information about you, you can reach out to the ACLU's intake line. www.aclunorcal.org/get-help/

NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)

Slight Diminish a Book: The Grapes of Mild Irritation

“A Justice Department that is willing to stretch both the facts and the law to mislead a grand jury into returning an indictment could literally charge any American with a crime"