"The lunatics are running the asylum."

National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments. Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Here's the National Association of School Psychologists' guide for how to talk to your kids about school shootings, because that's the sort of shit we have to think about in this country www.nasponline.org/resources-an...

New: My deep dive into the business of AI slop. wapo.st/4mFECxC

Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats

Precisely

Good morning Bluesky. Ignore Trumptards. George Carlin was right

Another suspiciously white looking indigenous male found to be violent to women and children - his own family. No riots planned. No petitions being drawn up. No midnight vigilante patrols being arranged.

"Arrests of journalists while on the job are unusual in the United States, with successful convictions on charges being even rarer. Despite this, at least 13 other journalists have been charged with crimes related to their work since the start of 2025 within the United States."

For more than a month, Donald Trump has been exploiting the California Guard as his political pawns. Thousands of members are still federalized in Los Angeles for no reason and unable to carry out their critical duties across the state. End this theater and send everyone home.

But we thought YOU had the list, Elon... #NOKINGS #NOICE #NOFASCISTS #DEFENDDEMOCRACY #EMPATHY #TOLERANCE #HUMANITY #dueprocessforall #RESIST

This is my first time to come to this community. I originally lived in Thailand. I also like all kinds of food. I would like to share with you the Thai food I made myself - Tom Yum Goong Soup. #Food

Have a great weekend, hope you all had a great day

via Miami Herald - "Virginia Roberts was working in the spa at Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach when British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell introduced her to multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The training started immediately." (ht: @meidastouch.com)

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

As a lifelong educator, I'd never describe a student as "dumb," but it was in use at Penn when he was there. This is an oldie but goodie and probably true. www.dailykos.com/stories/2017...

A new mural in France depicting Lady Liberty covering her face in shame was unveiled one day before America's Independence Day.

Good evening. Today is a very busy day. Now I can finally relax.

China and the United States shook hands and made peace, but the United States is just spinning in circles? What concrete results have President Trump's tough trade strategy with China achieved in the past few months?

Act like you want to live.

So, Oklahoma's new tags are red. That's somewhat interesting.They look exactly like an artifact from the defunct USSR. In fact, I think I see the images of idiots with hammers and sickles at the bottom. Hope Oklahoma suffers the same fate as the USSR. We deserve it. okcfox.com/news/local/n...

⚡️The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) reported that the June 1 “Spider Web” drone operation caused approximately $7 billion in damages and disabled 34% of cruise missile carriers in key Russian airbases.