The National Science Foundation which funds a quarter of all basic scientific research in the country is being dismantled.

There are exceptions, but many of the "conservatives" who a decade or two ago wanted universities to teach more Western Civ both (a) had no idea what universities are actually teaching, and (b) had no idea about the content they purportedly wanted to be taught more.

Mort du zoologiste britannique Desmond Morris, auteur du bestseller « Le Singe nu »

I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business. WE Pay for

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

BREAKING: New data shows ZERO oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz today, signaling what appears to be a complete shutdown of the Strait for the first time in history. The Strait normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.

If journalists had any integrity and courage, they would boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner. It should be as empty as a TPUSA event.

This is what America SHOULD look like. #DiversityIsOurSuperpower #Education #ReadingIsFundamental

This is textbook femicide, but America is terrible at thinking through intimate partner violence from a systemic perspective. We could learn so much from Latin American countries and their feminist movements.

At 8:31 pm Friday, the US Treasury prolonged Russia's exemption from US oil sanctions for another month. Two days earlier Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent had promised that this would not be done. This is sufficient proof that Trump works for Putin. ofac.treasury.gov/media/935526...

It's an extension of the idea that individuals are on their own when it comes to risk. What ever happened to systemic change - redesigning roadways to reduce pedestrian-driver interactions? (Not to mention making public transport more affordable, available, and reliable, among other changes.)

Iran's IRGC warns that no vessel of any kind should move from its anchorage in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of ​​Oman, stating that approaching the Strait of Hormuz will be considered as cooperation with the enemy, and the offending vessel will be targeted.-Iranian Press TV

However low your opinion of the Roberts Court, it should be lower.

Rightwing media capture cont'd. Hachette's fascist-adjacent owner forces out Grasset's famed editor. And if you think 'That doesn't affect me,' he owns Little Brown, Orion, Conran Octopus, Cassell, Mulholland, Voracious, Abacus, Constable, Corsair, Piatkus, Sphere, Virago...& probably ones I forget

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: “Here in Spain, we are approving and advancing a process to regularise half a million immigrants. “And I want to say to the Right and the Far Right who oppose this: Spain is the daughter of migration and will not become the mother of xenophobia.”

Just remembering spotting my novel, MADAME SOREL'S LODGER, on the shelf at my local independent (#FrugalFrigate), right next to...Virginia Woolf. Never have I ever been so glad to have a last name beginning with "W." #BookSky #WriterSky #AuthorSky

If you are as infuriated as you read this as I am, know that Congress not only has the power to fix the abuse of the Shadow Docket but also that the legislation is already drafted. We just need to get it to the floor. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Jamal is too nice to say "utter hypocrisy," but that's what this is. Today's #SCOTUS treats *all* coercive relief against the executive branch as imposing irreparable harm on the government. For that proposition, they cite a 2014 opinion by ... Chief Justice Roberts. Its absence here is deafening.

The @nytimes.com just revealed a massive power grab by the Supreme Court under Justice Roberts, which has mainly been used to support conservative policies and quash liberal ones, without sound legal justification or even explanation to the public.

Elon Musk basically accused Trump of being a pedophile and then got dinner with him again a few months later. Joe Rogan acted shocked and dismayed about ICE and Iran and now he’s standing behind Trump in the Oval Office. These guys only care about holding onto power through any means necessary

The Israeli army struck civilians in the Lebanese city of Mayfadoun. And then, the Israelis double-tapped the medics who arrived onto the scene. And then, they triple-tapped the next wave of medics. And then, they did it one more time for good measure.

it is, among other things, incredibly striking to see that roberts was so solicitous of the burden the clean power plan might put on fossil fuel executives, when, a decade later, he is indifferent to the way trump’s moves have thrown hundreds of thousands of lives into turmoil.

The Supreme Court is fundamentally corrupt & after the NYT reporting there's a big opening for Democrats to make a huge stink about the shadow docket and that it was born to stop the first Black POTUS's climate agenda. We must talk about how the shadow docket has become a racially weaponized tool.

Great, shocking reporting on the origins of the Supreme Court maneuver that has enabled Trump to impose his agenda without full-blown legal review. Roberts resented the Obama admin’s EPA and wanted quick protection for oil companies.

A peer reviewed study shows a promising link between flu and shingles vaccines and a reduced risk of dementia. A heroin addict who cut off a raccoon’s penis for “further study” says these vaccines cause autism. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.

Seems like the Strait of Hormuz is only open when the stock market is.

6. we will need mass mobilisation of everyone on the centre left - have we seen that yet? no i don't think most uk liberals/ progressives are alarmed & furious in anywhere near the same way as their american counterparts are

The Trump admin’s rewriting of rules governing college accreditation “obliterates” autonomy & is is being described as “a cluster bomb being dropped on American higher education.”

Despite Trump’s claims to the contrary, nearly every ship attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz today turned back.

This week credible stories have broken or events have occurred that in any other administration would have led to the firing of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor and the FBI Director. Possibly also to the resignation of the VP.

i think folks might be unfamiliar with "the pharisees", so let's make it clear: he's saying the jews run the press, and that they are conspiring to undermine the military. it's not just antisemitism, it's indistinguishable from nazism.

Following the death of yet another Mexican national in ICE custody, Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs blasted “serious deficiencies in ICE detention centers,” calling them “incompatible with human rights standards and the protection of life” 👇🏽 #AbuseofPowerWatch

you are not a violent abuser BECAUSE you have mental health issues. You can be a violent abuser who is ALSO mentally ill. The mental illness is not the cause of your domestic violence.

AFSA reports that State Department has finally put up the USAID Memorial plaque marking the ultimate sacrifice made by too many of our USAID colleagues. It was saved from DOGE when they trashed USAID. Apparently there’s going to be a rededication on May 4, but it likely won’t be public. Of course.

Fifteen South American people deported from the US arrive in DR Congo https://aje.news/qtsa2a

They are 1 week away from declaring "Martin Luther was the one true Catholic."

Four Democrats voted with the GOP on reauthorizing a little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens. If you’re represented by Gluesenkamp Perez, Golden, Gottheimer, or Suozzi, ask them why they’re siding with the Trump regime on government surveillance.

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Appalling and disturbing news. Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi in critical condition, supporters say www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...

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Former Tufts student detained over pro-Palestinian op-ed self-deports as part of Trump admin deal

Mind blowing to realize Voyager 1 is over 15 billion miles away and is still communicating with Earth 49 years later . . . . 🌟💫

How It Always Goes: Republicans: [drive car into ditch] Public: Ahhh!!! We’re in a ditch! Someone get us out! Democrats: [get car out of ditch] Public: You took too long! And the car is scratched!Boooo!!! [elects Republicans] Republicans: [drive car into ditch] YOU ARE HERE:

Residents will not be permitted to return to their homes cut off by the ‘yellow line’ - ‘and the IDF is authorized to continue destroying terror infrastructures in them even during the ceasefire’.

mamdani being a cheerful normal guy that people project absolute insane things on is one of the things that make him very relatable to me, personally

NEW: In the middle of the night, the House tried to pass a bill that would have given President Trump and Stephen Miller the power to spy on Americans without a warrant for years to come. It failed due to pressure from the public — but they plan to vote again in just 2 weeks.

The accusations against Rep. Eric Swalwell — and his swift resignation after they became public — are driving a renewed focus on sexual misconduct and abuse in Washington.