US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DROPS CRIMINAL PROBE OF FED CHAIR POWELL

Em homenagem a Marian Anderson: www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...

Annie Easley US computer scientist, mathematician, rocket scientist. 1 of 1st African-Americans to work @ NASA & its predecessor NACA. Leading member of team which developed software for Centaur rocket stage. 2021 crater on moon named after her. b. #OTD 23 Apr 1933 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_E...

Elizabeth Bragg 1876 1st woman to earn civil engineering degree, frm US university @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social w thesis on “A Solution of a Peculiar Problem of Surveying”. Taught until 1888 marriage 2 Southern Pacific Railroad Co civil engineer b #OTD 23 Apr 1858 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabe...

4/24/1852 — b. Annis Ford Eastman, American theologian, philosopher, intellectual, author, lecturer, suffragist. Woman’s suffrage convention lecturer, undenominational Christian minister of gospel, and the mother of lawyer + #womensrights leader, Crystal Eastman #womenshistory #womenwriters #PolSky

This wild document is the basis for the State Department's decision to cancel the visas and green cards of tech researchers who study the social media platforms and of tech regulators who enforce privacy and transparency laws. Disclosed to us last night in @thecoalition.bsky.social v. Rubio.

“I’ll call you back. There’s an active shooter in the mall.” 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Léon XIV : dictatures, immigration, Iran… Ce qu’il faut retenir de la conférence de presse du pape dans l’avion ➡️ https://l.la-croix.com/FPt

Chemist Sinah Estelle Kelley was born 110 years ago today. After World War II, she joined the US Dep of Agriculture research team that was working on the mass production of penicillin, and in 1958 she began her career with the Atomic Energy Commission. #WomenInSTEM #BlackSky #BlackWomenInSTEM ⚛️

Resisting the Third Wave of Democratic Backsliding open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

My Vision For A Post-Trump America open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

#DIBLives Next in our series for #EarthDay2026 is 'Madam Dragonfly' Cynthia Longfield. Generous with her time, especially with young researchers, she travelled extensively, always with net in hand. In 1983 she was made first fellow of the British Dragonfly Society. www.dib.ie/biography/lo...

apnews.com/article/west... There was a time when this would be some of the biggest news of the day.

𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴. Maggie Kuhn was forced to retire at 65 & dedicated the rest of her life to fighting ageism & advocating for older adults' rights. Founded Gray Panthers, 1970. Was instrumental in the ban on mandatory retirement. Active until her death #OTD in 1995 at 89.

The paper on the ideological layer of the current autocratization wave has been made freely accessible www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...

“People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.” — George Orwell

French polymath Clémence Royer was born 196 years ago today. Now she is most known for her 1862 translation of On the Origin of Species which pushed Darwin's ideas into the realm of human evolution, but in her day she was celebrated for her encyclopedic knowledge. tinyurl.com/5cbam92f #WomenInStEM

Officials who warned about Russian interference are being treated as the threat, even facing potential criminal charges. At the same time, people adjacent to Russian-aligned propaganda and influence channels are being handed power to investigate them. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

20 April 1926 | A Czech Jewish woman, Mariana Brodová, was born in Prague. In #Theresienstadt Ghetto from 10 December 1941. Deported to #Auschwitz on 28 October 1944 together with her mother Terezie. They both did not survive.

20 April 1933 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Sophia Kaatje van Hasselt, was born in Oosterwolde. In February 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz together with her parents Simon and Geertje, and her older sister Hermi. None of them survived.

Update: Kash Patel has filed this morning a defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic and staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick in federal court in D.C. www.courtlistener.com/docket/73213...

Kids learn math and science better from paper textbooks than online resources. It helps to focus and see the logic laid out linearly.

Judge Hurson says DHS's planned conversion of a Maryland warehouse into an immigration detention facility ignored some basic environmental impacts — like how adding 100s of people to a place that currently has 4 toilets might impact the sewer system storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

We’re defending Western Civilization by kicking Plato and Shakespeare out of university classes.

SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL TO REUTERS: POSITIVE EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY BY PAKISTAN TO END THE U.S. BLOCKADE, ENSURE IRAN'S PARTICIPATION IN TALKS

Jessy Blackburn aviation pioneer 1 of 1st women to fly in British monoplane. Founded Blackburn Aircraft w' husband using her inheritance. Key in sales & marketing, hosted RAF officials politicians media & aviators in Leeds home. Flew in 1922/28 King's Cup Air Races b. #OTD 20 Apr 1894 bit.ly/3fEqXYq

Searing opinion from a federal judge on Long Island, who describes "police state"-like tactics by ICE to arrest peopleand draw up after-the-fact warrants. He says DOJ is damaging its credibility with the courts by trying to shield ICE from scrutiny. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Sometimes Sunday is spent in church. Sometimes church is walking a picket line with resturaunt workers who were recently replaced by the owner with QR codes. The working class will win.

America's gun psychopathy continues: *134* mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 5 people wounded, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City: thenationaldesk.com/news/america...

Pope Leo:

If you ask me, Sen. Jon Ossoff is sounding more and more like a potential 2028 presidential candidate.

B.B. King with Lucille #bluesmusic Vicksburg, Mississippi, 2007. Photo by ©Kevin Westenberg

Pro-democracy protest in Tbilisi, Georgia and six other cities nationwide -- 507th day

18 April 1932 | A Czech Jewish girl, Doris Kindlerová, was born in Prague. In #Theresienstadt Ghetto from 17 December 1942. Deported to #Auschwitz on 18 May 1944. Registered in the Theresienstadt family camp in Birkenau. She did not survive.

18 April 1919 | A German Jew, Bernhard Silberberg, was born in Berlin. Deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive. --- 🎧/📖 The development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/46ryjrT

Pope Leo at final Mass in Cameroon: “No one must be left alone to confront life’s adversities. For this reason, every community has the obligation to create and sustain structures of solidarity and mutual aid in which, when faced with crises.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Two Musk stories that should raise eyebrows and expect fireworks. 1/. One in every five Cybertrucks purchased in the last quarter last year were purchased by Musk’s Space X. Without that sales would have declined by 51% in that period.

By falsely portray prosecutions of FACE Act and seditious conspiracy as “weaponization” of law enforcement, DOJ is normalizing vigilante violence. My thoughts in @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The #BostonMarathon was run #OTD in 1972 and, for the first time, women were officially allowed to enter. Nina Kuscsik emerged from an 8-member field to win the race in 3:10:26. She would go to win the NYC Marathon and was the first woman to win both the marathons in the same year. #WomensHistory

The Treasury extends a honey moon period for Russian oil.

Meta intends to conduct a first wave of sweeping layoffs planned for this year on May 20, with more coming later, three sources familiar with the plans told Reuters.

4/17/1813 — b. Susan Fenimore Cooper, American author, naturalist, philanthropist. Novels + essays on nature + the rural life; one of the earliest American to warn of the exploitation of #naturalresources. Founder of hospital(1865), and orphanage(‘73) #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky

17 April 1895 | A Czech Jewish woman, Pavla Friedová, was born in Votice. She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive. --- The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA

17 April 1883 | A German Jew, Isaak Moses Pezon, was born in Linden. A cantor. He emigrated to The Netherlands. In September 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz with his wife Helena. They were both murdered in a gas chamber.

17 April 1937 | A Romanian Jewish boy, Itzchak Lettich, was born in Chernivtsi. He emigrated to France. In September 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

Europe has “maybe six weeks or so” of remaining jet fuel supplies, the head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday, warning of possible flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war. apnews.com/article/iran...

Apple is closing its first unionized store in the country. Reminder that Apple spent $700B+ on stock buybacks over the past decade. CEO Tim Cook raked in over $74M in compensation in 2025 — 650 times the median Apple employee's pay. The greed of union-busters knows no end.

🚨BREAKING: Democrat Analilia Mejía crushes the NJ-11 special election, defeating Republican Joe Hathaway by 69% to 30%. She takes the House seat vacated by now Gov. Mikie Sherrill. Big Democratic hold.

Chemist & X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin's meticulous research was instrumental in uncovering DNA's molecular structure. Most famous for her role in the DNA double helix discovery, her work also revolutionized our understanding of viruses & coal. Died #OTD in 1958, age 37. #WomenInSTEM