"including some U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents" "effectively eras[ing] people from the financial system, potentially cutting them off from wages, banking, government benefits" Trump Planned to Mark 2.7 Million as Dead politicalwire.com/2026/06/05/t...

Welp, guess I'm never having steak again.

Remember the current NIH director going on about protecting researchers from government censorship? Today his people called the police in to forcibly remove my colleagues from their own society meeting for sharing an editorial published in their flagship journal that was critical of him. Gift link

NEW EPISODE: The Supreme Court didn't issue any opinions on major democracy cases this week — but the decisions that will shape our country's future are coming. I break down the biggest cases on the docket and tell you how to prepare. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym6U...

So, even though the data privacy bill just passed the Massachusetts House, keep calling and emailing your MA lawmakers and tell them you want them to adopt the strongest possible language, and resist efforts by industry lobbyists to water down this otherwise rad legislation. FFTF.link/madataprivacy

BREAKING: the Massachusetts House just passed one of the best data privacy bills in the country. It includes a total ban on the sale of precise location data and includes a private right of action allowing people to sue Big Tech over data abuses. HUGE WIN! But there’s more work to do 🧵

I also heard from my chosen family in north Minneapolis that their next door neighbors were taken: an entire household of people snatched and now the house is vacant. Eyes and whistles up.

The last couple mornings I've been hearing they have been working VERY QUICKLY so that a crowd doesn't have the chance to scare them off. They've been smashing car windows again, too. If you're outside, remember your whistle.

Trump administration buildings are now becoming infested with bed bugs. Employees are reportedly becoming sick from the infestations in the building that houses the agency responsible for mitigating the spread of invasive pests in the US. www.notus.org/policy/usda-...

If your Meta account is wrongfully suspended, you're usually screwed unless you have a friend on the inside. The Oversight Board has now noticed that this sucks www.platformer.news/meta-account...

Eastern comma butterfly, this evening on Rodman Street. 🐞 🦋

Oslo Pride video 🥹 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride #LoveIsLove

It's June 1st, which means Pride month begins today. It's my 7th Pride as myself, and I find myself realizing something this year. Everything beautiful survived something to get here. I muse about Pride, picking up birding, and what we have been through. Happy Pride.

Afternoon birding: Willow Flycatcher at the aquatic gardens; kite on the nest in DC while its mate flew overhead. Beautiful weather, calm, sunny

Birding today: Mississippi Kite on its nest in DC. Last weekend: the Fork-tailed Flycatcher in DC

Last I checked on Markey, he was trying to end qualified immunity that allows police to abuse communities. Moulton is out here questioning whether trans people should be able to fully participate in society.

We only rate dogs. This is a precious little seal. She is laying on the beach and everything. Please be more respectful of our craft, and only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10 (IG: jaynjoyyy)

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

interesting how elected officials who say they want to “lower the temperature” only hold the unarmed side of a protest to that standard.

Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.

Awesomeness #NewJersey #Andover No to life-sucking #datacenters

the cnn article is actually perfectly reasonable I just wanted to emphasize: ninth decade

Washington DC wildlife: Barn swallow this morning by the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial. 🪶

Setting aside the legality problems (many), the logistics of this are insanely impossible. This is just scare-tactic nonsense.

I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1

🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n

They will need to appropriate minimum several hundred million dollars just to get the white house back to some kind of normality and sweep it for hidden cameras and listening devices and the media will cover the expense as their first scandal

JUST IN: Martina McBride announces she will NOT perform at the Trump Freedom 250 event, saying she was misled — echoing claims made by several other artists who were listed as participants.

Cluehurdle 1292: 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #cluehurdle solitaired.com/cluehurdle #2027MMM

JUST NOW from @statuscoupnews.bsky.social livestream — ICE agents outside Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ pushed a protester into an 18-wheeler causing the truck to run over his leg. They then pinned him on the ground and carried him away.

I have used AI (as in now-common parlance, like chatbots) once. Just once. That attempt gave me incorrect code. I haven't touched it since. All the writing and programming that I do, the output that results from those efforts, is purely the product of my fallible human self. (Also Stack Overflow.)

Don't know who at CNN needs to hear it, but you can stop calling her an accuser and start calling her a victim now that a federal jury has concluded that's the case.

this is not true, and this guy doesn't speak for me! nymag.com/intelligence...

Early notice: WFMU's Summer 2026 schedule takes effect on Monday, June 8, and runs through Sunday, September 6. As usual, some DJs are taking a break from their shows, some are returning from breaks, and some new faces/voices are joining. See the full schedule here: www.wfmu.org/table?period...

This is one of many super common ways that stats are misreported and you should watch out for it.

It truly is incredible how much the MAGA world insists that the Biden DOJ was "weaponized" against them when the level of pure weaponization against perceived enemies in this DOJ is truly unprecedented.

“On Wednesday morning, the Justice Department went to court to advance an argument that, if accepted, would all but erase the existence of transgender people in the law.” Read my report at Law Dork:

If you’re not paying attention to the trans prison care litigation, you’re missing a key part of the big picture when it comes to the Trump administration’s anti-trans agenda.

@jon.wprb.com Hey Jon, I'm not hearing anything rn from the stream/WPRB

Stop me if you've heard this one before. A group of Black, radical Panthers carries guns to protect against police brutality. The Establishment has other ideas Story by @jessebunch.bsky.social share.inquirer.com/6rBiMc

A kind person freed the kingfisher that had its beak caught and couldn't move...

Seems to be a trend techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/d...

“Please stop. I don’t want an AI summary of my Google search. I don’t want an AI summary of the text message from my friend at work. I don’t want an AI summary of the email I’m about to read. Please just stop.” 💯

Owners of a 2.6 million-square-foot AI data center in Vineland are being sued by neighbors over a constant humming they say the facility emits throughout the surrounding area.

NEW: “Anti-tech extremism” is now actively being monitored by US law enforcement as frustration over AI and data centers percolate across the country, according to records obtained by @wired.com. @drboguslaw.bsky.social has the scoop. No paywall bc FOIA www.wired.com/story/us-law...

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Hey, I started a site/newsletter to continue the work of my recently-cancelled column. I features a monthly (free) rundown of good experimental releases, plus a bonus (paid-sub) post on a single release from the month. Check out goodexperimentalmusic.com and thanks to everyone who encouraged this!