We all have days like this

In 2024 The Conversation had 8.3M in revenue and 7.8M in expenses and paid $0 to writers. Is that really ok with you? projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

There’s hogsheads of sperm ahead

The US WW2 museum has (had?) a wonderful exhibit on the "Six Triple Eight", an all-black women WAC unit that cleared a 2-year backlog of undelivered mail in three months www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles...

Israeli soldiers are detonating entire villages in South Lebanon while taking selfies. Ancient mosques, churches, cemeteries, schools, hospitals - all being obliterated by the genocidal regime www.instagram.com/reel/DWrg5xi...

“It really sunk in how wild this decision was… There is such a distinct human factor to having somebody who knows you and contributed to your education say your name while you walk.”

The other shoe drops. www.startribune.com/readers-writ...

President Trump is urging Congress to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but lawmakers in both parties oppose extending it without reforms. Congress now has a chance to protect Americans’ privacy. bit.ly/4tASUmW

This is horrific. A U.S. citizen describes the facility in Arizona that her husband was brought to while he waited to be put on a deportation flight. Dozens of people were crammed into tiny cells, there was a "chain of people vomiting" from filthy toilets, no medical care, and only one meal per day.

COMMENTARY: "I like my council member, but I hate your council member. I like the current mayor, but lack the capacity to imagine we ever elect one I think is terrible. So yes keep chainsawing at the city's government structure. I'm sure we'll never need those pieces again."

When you add it all up, the collapse in immigration looks like this: a decline of roughly 50K for illegal (even including the people arrested and not released) and a decline of about 132K for legal. Over 70% of the cut in immigration has come from LEGAL immigration.

Military GPS jamming in the Gulf is forcing delivery drivers to abandon their maps and navigate by memory as signals across the UAE and surrounding countries are spoofed or blocked https://restofworld.org/2026/gps-disruption-gulf-gig-workers/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky

Perhaps Magyar's most important promise, and the one that certainly resonates with voters: "never again a country without consequences!" The crowd chants: "To prison! To prison!" [with the corrupt officials of the outgoing government]

The relief was because they felt they had found the magic to dispel the brutal truth that software engineering and most skilled work is more art and craft than a perfect science, and can’t be rationalized or roboticized away. They resent the skills and intuition inherent in their workers.

Bugs Bunny getting Daffy to hold up a DUCK SEASON sign ass empire

I don't understand what the big deal is. Once sea level rise hits 140 meters, a new sea passage will open through UAE/Oman territory and the Hormuz thing will resolve itself

Do you own/run a café or a bike shop? Did you know that 1000s of people rely on the Open Street Map to find facilities like yours? If YOUR shop isn't on www.openstreetmap.org then I GUARANTEE you're losing out on potential customers! Go add your business now! And please repost this?

So just to recap the last five days: -Trump agrees to let Iran charge $2million to pass thru Strait of Hormuz, not do a genocide -Trump says there was no deal -Trump says US might go in with Iran for a cut of the money -Trump says US will blockade Strait of Hormuz 25th Amendment now!

You know what would be amazing, if Vance can negotiate an agreement where Iran doesn't enrich above 3.67% (far below weapons grade); gets rid of 98% of its stockpile of uranium; has weekly inspections by the IAEA; and commits to all of this for at 10 years. Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.

"if you were in charge of star trek, what would you do?" - Give a show six seasons, guaranteed, and room to breathe in the first two. - Bring back short treks as regularly produced content, showing scenes and filler and character moments that don't merit full episodes. - DS9:2

"The decision has limited how journalists, humanitarian groups and analysts can use satellite images to assess the impact of the US-Israel war with Iran, including damage to military targets and civilian infrastructure." @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

Most food consumed in the US is already produced here. We were a net ag exporter for 60 years & only since 2019 net importer, bc we like access to tropical products & off-season produce. Also, we waste ~40% of the food we produce, and use the majority of our corn & soy for animal feed and biofuels.

Reminder that as a judge, Todd Barnette appointed many of the Charter Commissioners who are now trying to remove the Minneapolis City Council’s power to approve several department heads, an approval Barnette just failed to get as a department head.

David Carle: "The hotel told us if we don't get back by 10:45 we don't get to eat so we need to get the hell out of here"

🌎 At #SOTMUS, presenters cover a wide variety of topics and applications of #OSM🌎 Explore community mapping with Emily Jacobi, who will introduce CoMapeo, an offline, open-source app, co-built with Indigenous communities in the Amazon. Full schedule: openstreetmap.us/events/state...

It’s hard to overstate how much of this moment is driven by people who got a taste of accountability and were very, very mad about it.

Once-Adventurous Salmon Can’t Believe She Ended Up Moving Back To Birthplace, Having A Bunch Of Kids https://theonion.com/once-adventurous-salmon-can-t-believe-she-ended-up-movi-1825827223/

Amy Klobuchar is definitely going to win. and that sucks. but instead of putting our collective energy into trying to change that, which we probably can’t, we should put the effort into winning seats in the state legislature. win enough that you make Amy the least powerful part of state gov

this goes hard as fuck

Trump wants his cut on the Iranian oil tolls

The horror of sitting across from a Trump voter is the realization that they do not believe in universal human rights. Simple as. They believe in a tiered, racist and patriarchical system of humanity, and they're voting to ensure they remain at the top of it.

happy to be of service. for just $8.99 you can preorder my book about the US government’s centuries-long effort to remove Indigenous children from their homes and communities. it comes out in august, and I will guarantee that you’ll learn something, even though it’s for middle schoolers.

Eyewitness video from the scene of today's ICE shooting in California appears to (you guessed it) contradict officials' claims that the man "weaponized" his vehicle. The car is reversing and the agents appear to be well clear of it.

The matter-of-fact way she asks what investors should do if Trump destroys Iran. Absolutely wild. "Let's talk about tonight, this deadline that President Trump has set 8 p.m., has threatened to destroy a civilization. How does an investor process that? Is it a bigger upside risk or downside risk?"

thank you @reportermark.bsky.social for taking me to immigration court at whipple to observe. more people should be going if they can to witness the system up close taylordahlin.com/f/a-morning-...

Web accessibility is moving backwards. 95.9% of homepages still fail WCAG and errors are rising. Complexity is outpacing inclusion. Accessibility must be built in, not bolted on. webaim.org/projects/mil... #WebAccessibility #A11y #DigitalInclusion #WCAG #UX #InclusiveDesign #DigitalAccessibility

Just had this from Planet Labs, the US government have asked satellite imagery providers for "voluntarily" restrictions on access to satellite imagery. Given a lot of them provide satellite imagery to the USG we can probably guess the outcome of not acquiescing to that request.

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum under the Trump administration has deleted its teaching materials about links between Nazi racism and the Jim Crow laws: www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

lately I have had so many awkward discussions with strangers who go “wow, you work in drones, you must have so many professional opportunities right now,” to which I have to reply “well, unfortunately not at all, because I don’t work on drone tech or with companies focused on killing people”

“Our talent was going to be our floor, but our CHARACTER was going to be our celing.” — UCLA Women’s Basketball 🏀 head coach (and @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social alum) CORI CLOSE 💖💖💖 CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 UCLA! What a game!

textbook sanewashing

Men get emotional about women sports,,, I just try do it in a positive way

This is a multigenerational sin that isn’t really reparable

Two chained women are inspected before being loaded onto today's ICE Air flight at MSP. Empty shackles, returning from El Paso, will be brought to Whipple. The number of people loaded here this week, 67, is the highest since Feb 7-13, when Homan announced the end of Metro Surge.

please note that the law says cops can stop & identify people they suspect of a felony Watering Flowers While Black is not a felony! and the law doesn't mention physical ID either! But the Alabama court said cops could arrest the pastor for not handing over ID ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

The Charter Commission is meeting Thursday, April 9 at 4 PM, in Room 350 of the Public Service Center. The meeting is being held to finalize the language of an amendment relating to government structure, including which department heads are subject to council confirmation. (1/5)

This is the @ainowinstitute.bsky.social's North Star Data Center Policy Toolkit, a set of policy and action recommendations for fighting against "AI" data centers at the local, state, and federal level. datacenters.ainowinstitute.org

www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros... is it good to build an entire economy and software infrastructure on this

Folks in Minnesota are starting to get these. If the Feds are issuing you a citation for your work protecting our neighbors, contact our local National Lawyers Guild. They're working to coordinate legal defense of these petty offenses. nlgmn.org/contact/

This is... creepy? Gross? Definitely on brand. Last night at an event in D.C., Craig was celebrated as a “Crypto Champion” with an exclusive NFT on display: