Mushroom poisonings in California have killed four and sickened dozens more in the largest known U.S. outbreak of its kind.

Despite the ruling, the police won't say whether they will follow the judge's order and release the records. www.stltoday.com/news/local/c... via @stltoday.com

When sentient beings are discussed primarily through productivity metrics, it says something important about how the system views them. 💔 Clips from farmtransparencyproject (IG) and unknown sources - DM for credits #veganfacts #meat #ethics

Stephen Colbert and David Letterman throwing things off the Ed Sullivan Theater. Colbert: “Anything you’d like to say, Dave?” Letterman: “In the words of the great Edward R. Murrow to CBS: ‘Good night and good luck, motherfuckers.’”

Markwayne Mullin is just as crazy and drunk on power as Noem was. Case in point: DHS Is Stepping Up Its Intimidation Campaign Against a Federal Judge | TNR newrepublic.com/post/210476/...

Did you know that there is a simple browser dev tools setting that let’s you simulate different timezones? So testing #dataviz across timezones is actually quite easy. How it works & what’s useful to test in time-based charts: www.kristin-baumann.com/blog/how-to-...

⏳ We are just 1 week away from the submission deadline for #VisualisingClimate2026, the first global conference dedicated to climate data visualisation, Bologna, from 4–6 November 2026. The extended deadline is Thursday, 14 May 23:00 CEST. #DataViz Join us in Bologna visualisingclimate.com

📊 LayerChart: Dodge, Waffle, and more 🏃 New Dodge component 🧇 New Waffle component 🖼️ Canvas: Blur support, improved Pattern (pixel-perfect alignment with SVG, high DPI) 🏎️ Perf improvements details👇

why is everyone a girlie now when did this shit happen

The Salt Lake Tribune is ending its long-running paywall tomorrow (Thursday) www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...

Dozens of long-shot bets on Polymarket, from the war with Iran to the cryptocurrency market, have defied the odds, according to a New York Times examination. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/t...

Latest update on what we know, what has been done, WHO’s risk assessment and advice on the #hantavirus cluster linked to MV Hondius https://bit.ly/4d9Moya

"Most importantly, I have to say, we recommend a strict quarantine for all asymptomatic passengers for six weeks, which means until June 21 or June 22 depending on when they left the ship", says @ecdc.europa.eu director Pamela Rendi-Wagner at presser on #hantavirus outbreak.

BREAKING: Immigrants detained in the notorious Chicago apartment raid last fall have filed claims against the federal government for trauma, injuries and lost property. The 18 tenants, including children, are seeking $5 million each. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month 💚 You do not need to be in crisis to call Trans Lifeline. ☎️ Peer support run by and for trans people ☎️ No nonconsensual intervention ☎️ You deserve support US: (877) 565-8860 CAN: (877) 330-6366 We're here for you <3

Executives at ICE’s biggest contractors donated more than $1.7 million to 168 members of Congress over the 3 most recent election cycles. Find out if your representatives are among them with our new searchable database built in partnership with @inthesetimes.com theappeal.org/congress-ice...

The hantavirus outbreak is reviving questions about airborne transmission from the early days of COVID. Hantavirus is not COVID, but we shouldn't rule out the possibility that it can spread through the air. My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-...

Today, for the seventh time, Senate Republicans voted against a War Powers Resolution that would end Trump's illegal war. A war that has already cost $29 billion and driven up the cost of gas to $4.50 a gallon. Once again, Republicans chose Trump over the American people.

Extremely cool job alert!

Want to learn how San Francisco's budget works? Join us for a Westside Budget Town Hall on Wed, May 20 at 7 PM—1555 Irving St. We’ll start with Budget 101, look at SF's and build a People’s Budget that reflects your area's real priorities. RSVP Eventbrite. buff.ly/EqCFXhm #SFvsPeoplesBudget

"A French woman who tested positive for hantavirus after she was evacuated from a cruise ship reported symptoms to doctors onboard but was told it was probably just anxiety" 🤦‍♂️ #Hantavirus #cruiseship

Excellent point. Increased testing means increased reporting, not necessarily an actual increase in cases.

Really excellent explainer about #hantavirus. (They used over 80 sources!) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

"One study found that increasing the number of people who receive SNAP benefits by 5 percent could have prevented nearly 32,000 suicides over 15 years. And a $1 increase in minimum wage has been linked to roughly 8,000 fewer suicide deaths over a decade."

Every woman who has ever been to a doctor is nodding their head as they read this.

🚨🚨🚨 DOJ sent a grand jury subpoena from the Northern District of Texas to NYU Langone for all patient records of trans youth. DOJ is engaged in forum and judge shopping in Texas in a blatantly unlawful bid to shut down gender affirming care in blue states. nyulangone.org/public-notic...

Since redistricting and the VRA are rightfully getting attention, here‘s info about prison gerrymandering. If unfamiliar, prisoners are counted as part of population of area in which they are held captive and not where they’re from, despite felony disenfranchisement. www.prisonersofthecensus.org

Babies were found with dead brain tissue similar to what follows cancer and the kind of bleeding seen after a stroke. Their autopsies all came to the same conclusion: Their deaths could have been prevented with a long-standard vitamin shot. By @deldeib.bsky.social

If we actually want to appreciate moms, we should be providing free childcare, healthcare, and guaranteed income for stay-at-home parents to put more money in families’ pockets and ensure no SAHP is reliant on a partner for their economic security. Idk I think that’s better than 15% off a vacuum.

Sunday reminder

I don't only want fully funded libraries but I want fully funded parks, public education, FREE HEALTHCARE, actual affordable housing etc... these are ALL CONNECTED.

So, what is the VA Supreme Court's excuse for overturning an amendment to the state constitution?

If we play our cards right, soon we’ll be able to send handguns through the postal service but not birth control or ballots

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Signing all legal documents with “Have a great summer!”

As a late celebration of World Book Day, our writer Veronika examined Europeans' reading habits and found something unexpected: a gender reading gap! 📊 📚 👀 Read more about our (lack of) reading on the Datawrapper blog: 👇 www.datawrapper.de/blog/reading...

Today in the Open Visualization Academy newsletter: Designing Visualizations for Things That Don’t Exist Yet by Michela Tjan: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/designing-... #dataViz #infographics #dataVisualization #dataJournalism

Trying a little something different recently. My latest 📈 datacomic 📉 – a (very) brief look at the latest #pressfreedom index from Reporters Without Borders @rsf-interfr.bsky.social #dataviz #comic #data

Food web of Antarctic marine ecosystems A simplified network revealing the "who eats whom" of the Southern Ocean. #30DayChartChallenge | Day 13 - Ecosystems #dataviz #ggplot2

'The Cunt Cheerleaders' (1970), students of Judy Chicago's Feminist Art program, CA Uni, Fresno #womensart #FridayFeeling

Using a 1930s trade law, Homeland Security targeted the man—who hasn’t entered the US in more than a decade—following posts on X condemning the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

📣 Pet parents! Chewy carries Marshall Pet Products. This is the same Marshall that houses approximately 22,000 beagles “purpose-bred” for biomedical experiments, as well as thousands of cats, ferrets, and pigs. Cancel your auto-ship orders with Chewy and tell them why! #DropMarshall #SaveTheDogs

Multiple oil spills are visible from space after Iranian and US-Israeli strikes hit oil facilities and ships in the region, with experts warning of an impending environmental catastrophe. https://cnn.it/3Ovxzwk

The Banner wins Best News Organization of 2025 at MDDC Press Association awards www.thebanner.com/banner-pr/md...

private details of health and social vulnerabilities students disclose in comms to their faculty are precisely what makes data of young people - soon to make the largest spending decisions of their life like more education debt, car ownership, home ownership - valuable enough to force platform use

The @news.sky.com Data & Forensics team created a cool lookup tool for people to find their local council results...

The @pressfreedomtracker.us has recorded nearly 200 LAPD press freedom violations involving journalists. On May Day, reporters were handcuffed and struck with batons. With the World Cup coming to LA, FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social challenged LAPD to prevent an international incident. Watch ⬇️

Just focus on ending research on animals, please, RFK. No one wants to sign up for your wellness farms or whatever you hope to sell to replace SSRIs. www.reuters.com/business/hea...