Elect a centrist and you get centrism. As usual.

It isn't "racial pride." The manifesto, which I'm reading right now, is a total slop-bucket of neo-Nazi accelerationism with misogynistic rants and multiple sections that are completely unfinished. It lionizes Brenton Tarrant, who murdered 51 people in a NZ mosque in 2019. nymag.com/intelligence...

The security guard at the Islamic Center of San Diego, Amin Abdullah, was a father of eight. Before he was killed by two teenage attackers, he used his radio to warn teachers at the school to lock the classroom doors. There were 200 children inside at the time. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Anthropic has been upsetting devs: “dumbing down” Claude Code, removing access from some paid accounts and increasing prices. With extra compute from SpaceX, they've increased usage limits. Did Anthropic turn hostile on devs to conceal capacity issues? blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the-pulse-di...

This is correct. Polis has lost the fucking plot.

the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture

Apparently I can just barely see Parliament from the building's rooftop deck. Happy Victoria Day! Thanks for letting me into your country!

HUGE NEWS: ICE’s courthouse arrests have been STAYED by a New York district judge. That means that ICE will have to stop arresting our immigrant neighbors on the spot when they show up to court at places like 26 Federal Plaza, 290 Broadway, and 201 Varick. (1/2)

Trump plans to shower money on the Americans with a known proclivity for committing violence on his behalf, while building a $1 billion bunker under the White House grounds that will be ready in the fall of 2028 I wonder what's up with that?

I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.

remember when they screeched that cancelling student loan debt was unfair and unconstitutional

the president of the united states sued his own government for ten billion dollars and “settled” it by directing that government to use taxpayer money for a nearly two billion dollar slush fund to distribute to his political allies at will typing it out barely feels real

So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count

I did a deep-dive into US ambassador Pete Hoekstra's links to the Alberta separatists' voter ID app Hoekstra repeatedly promoted the app at 2024 Trump rallies Hoekstra helped them organize presentations, is connected with the app's founder and the founder's wealthy step-father was a past donor 👇

Nice day to wander around Wakefield! (cc @syncros.bsky.social )

Where do you even begin with this? 1) Check the @octranspo.com skyline -- not a peep on the service outages. 2) I'm sorry, was there a sick-out or do you genuinely not have enough people to keep the system running?? 3) You know how you ensure low customer volume? Treat the system like it's optional!

Backstory: tonight's a great night to be out in Ottawa, but when you get to the train, you instead get locked doors and an announcement l: "Line 1 is out of service". Not a peep on your social media, no people guiding, just... "Sucks to be you!". I can't vote in Canada, but Ottawa: demand better!

Dear @octranspo.com do you know what makes a good transit service? Stupid question, clearly the answer is no. Repeat after me: Reliable. High frequency. Reliable. High frequency. Reliable. High frequency. Reliable. High frequency. Reliable. High frequency. Reliable. High frequency. Reliable. High f-

Remember the reason for the season!

Best of luck from Ottawa to all my Alexandria friends arguing for safer streets today!

This is depressing and shameful but I want to highlight @raskin.house.gov's dissenting vote in Committee. He gets it, and I'm glad he put in the time to fully assess this bill and put this on the record. His full dissent is here, at the bottom: www.congress.gov/committee-re...

a ten million dollar torture clinic Paxton really is uniquely evil even among the murderer’s row of assholes that is the Texas GOP

Trump confused Taiwan with Iran, and the New York Times has again erased it from the account of Trump's presser because it's embarrassing to him They framed it instead as "Trump Says He and Xi Talked Extensively About Taiwan"

Weird, 2 days after a journalist/potential councilor posted about a homeless encampment, it's swarmed with bylaw, cops, and heavy equipment. Trillium path past Commanda may be closed. I didn't bother trying. So where will these people sleep tonight? @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social

really insightful and horrifying stuff from @thefarce.org

This has to rank up there with the most evil things Donald Trump has done

Seriously. Block and move on.

From Safe Parkside: look what happened on Parkside Drive after Premier Doug Ford banned speed cameras.

"Not before the midterms!"

This is a funny headline that becomes infuriating when you learn it happened at the USS Arizona Memorial. It’s like asking to make s’mores at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Damnit, am I going to have to sideload Signal or something?

Signal is now warning that it could exit Canada over Bill C-22. The government has called Signal, Apple, Meta, US Congress, and cybersecurity experts all wrong. But this isn't a bluff. Canadians will lose access to secure services if the bill passes as is.

Canonical version of Texas Flood: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC5H... If you don't know why SRV is on this list, you really should watch.

Secure messaging service Signal, which uses end-to-end encryption, is warning it would withdraw from Canada if asked to compromise its users’ privacy under Bill C-22, Ottawa’s proposed lawful access legislation www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/16fdc50...

Love this! www.notus.org/perspectives... (The suggestions from the 15 other WaPo veterans fall well short of the moment.)

interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case

Senator John Fetterman was the deciding vote Wednesday to dismiss the Democrats’ seventh attempt to advance a resolution under the War Powers Act to stop Trump. trib.al/y7XlcIB Three Republicans—Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and Rand Paul—broke with party leadership to support the measure.

TN eliminated only majority-Black district AL, LA eliminating majority-Black districts SC planning to oust only Black Democrat since Reconstruction MS planning to oust only Black rep GA planning special session to eliminate majority-Black districts This is what return to Jim Crow looks like

Always read @perrybaconjr.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2102...

Checking in on one of my favorite subgenres of AI slop for Facebook boomers: The "One Last Ride" tours

"Destroy existing bike lanes (so more people have to drive cars)" would get criticized as an excessively heavy-handed This Hour Has 22 Minutes sketch about the lengths Alberta will go to to subsidize oil

The mayor of Belleville, in NJ's Essex County, is an independent leading a blue city who endorsed the GOP candidate for governor last fall. He was endorsed this spring by both the local Dem & GOP parties. Today, he lost reelection to a 24-year old progressive councilmember:

Just sent in my strong support comment for the Braddock Road proposal ahead of Saturday’s meeting. If you are able, I encourage you to sign up and speak in person or virtually on the day. If you can’t be there, please send in your written statements in support. It doesn’t have to be fancy.

Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.

Was listening to @404media.co podcast just now talking about AI companies trying to compel teaching how to use AI in classrooms, which is obviously bad and wrong. *But* I do have one bone to pick: their attitude in the episode was "What even is there to learn about using AI anyway?" A lot! 1/🧵

Didn't we have a close call tracker in Alexandria?

Remember, not density OR trees. Density AND trees. Better cities are climate action. #UrbanTruth

The Trump White House freaked out so much at the political disaster they created for themselves with Minnesota and other viral images of their roving, trigger happy crackdowns that they were forced to make their secret police force more secretive, but they’re still committing lawless abuses and…

As we attempted to meet with detainees, ICE personnel handed us a memorandum dated today from Todd Lyons, the acting ICE Director. The new policy is designed to make it more difficult for Members of Congress to conduct oversight with transparency.