Meanwhile, another telehealth provider, @carafem.org, said it is prescribing misoprostol abortions as a result of the ruling: carafem.org carafem.org/learn-more/a...

Fallout from the Fifth Circuit ruling on mifepristone: A telehealth provider serving 26 states, Abortion on Demand, has paused new appointments rather than immediately offering an off-label medication abortion regimen of misoprostol only abortionondemand.org

U.S. Central Command said Saturday in a post on X that over the last 20 days 48 vessels have been redirected to ensure compliance with the blockade. www.stripes.com/theaters/mid...

The president of Cornell backed his car into a student and a recent grad after a campus debate on Israel-Palestine. Then he lied about what happened in an email claiming he'd been the victim of harassment. Then, magnificently, Cornell's student newspaper found a video of the incident

In November, Xavier Becerra’s longtime chief of staff pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy charges. Now, another of his top advisors is considering a plea deal on *23 charges.* What will she say? Their crimes involve one of Becerra’s campaign accounts. Not ideal! www.kcra.com/article/dana...

The makers of the abortion pill mifepristone filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court on Saturday urging the justices to pause a lower-court ruling that temporarily blocked Americans from accessing the drug through the mail. https://cnn.it/49iRHbV

This ruling amounts to a nationwide abortion ban. Mifepristone is safe, full stop. This isn’t about science and protecting women, it’s a calculated plot by Republicans obsessed with controlling the private health care decisions of women in America.

Maybe he’s just like his father (too bold)

Essentially Google and a few other big tech companies have made fantastic profits but the consequence is we have destroyed the existence of the free press as an institution capable of being a check on power and corruption, leading us inexorably into fascism and oligarchy. So, pluses and minuses.

"Why are all the journalists laid off now" this is why. Pretty simple.

I spend a lot of time enraged that rich progressives are too short-sighted and tightly wound to their own flawed messaging. All single races, not the long-term value of an educated public. They don’t think journalism is a good investment. @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social semafor.com/article/05/0...

I am guessing that “FOUR” did not sound as ominous as “MULTIPLE.” Four from across New Jersey.

Mission Terminated

good thread. I’d add that Trump also fucked over the Big 3’s initial moves toward electrification back in his first term, it’s a major reason why BYD caught them so flat footed

Members of both parties are egging on a nationwide tax revolt—and if the economy were to tank, the country could end up with a toxic combination of widespread joblessness and rampant inflation, @annielowrey.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/lqwtCB7V 🎨: The Atlantic. Source: Getty.

Yeah sure, use this stuff for therapy.

Alito has now written two opinions drastically limiting the fundamental rights of ethnic minorities and women, which was the kind of thing you would have expected from a guy angry about both groups being admitted to Princeton, something known at his confirmation www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/p...

Fico supported Ukraine's entry into the EU‼️ How interesting. Russian influence in the EU is collapsing after the loss of its main asset: Orban.

In which we learn Radical Republicans of the 1850s had a suite of court reforms that had they been implemented would have ensured enforcement of the Reconstruction amendments&prevented Jim Crow. These are, of course, as relevant today as 170 years ago because Reconstruction is USA’s Groundhog Day.

15 years ago today, Kate and William killed Osama Bin Laden at their wedding.

Nicole Hollander, passed away at age 87. Safe travels, Nicole.

Say what you will about the Iranian regime, but they’ve got our fucking number. "The actions and statements of U.S. officials are primarily media-driven aimed first at preventing a drop in oil prices and second at extricating themselves from the mess they have created.”

the second devil wears prada is absolutely as good as everyone says, but for the journalists... be aware it hits a little close to home on the collapse of our industry and the fact that we exist entirely at the whim of a few billionaires

🧪 #malaria #Coartem www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

In this ways and lots of others, our built environment is just not made for the amount of package delivery we suddenly started doing ~15 years ago

Will Emeryville be the first city in California with blanket 15 mph posted speed limits on all their bike boulevards? This is available on local (not arterial or collector) streets for all cities statewide, no traffic study required, thanks to Friedman’s AB 43.

Ok, this was fun to watch. Especially in a theater full of happy, laughing women.

The Mission-based nonprofit housing developer MEDA is showing signs of fiscal trouble. It recently laid off 12 staff & issued 5-10% pay cuts to others, plus a 43% cut to its CEO's salary. It comes 6 mos. after a $38 M loan bailout from the city. missionlocal.org/2026/05/miss...

My statement on the end of the old InfoWars, and the imminent beginning of a much better one.

NEW: Schwab's donor-advised fund operation has cut off donations to the Southern Poverty Law Center, just like Fidelity and Vanguard did. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...

Here's the new Louisiana lawsuit, seeking to stop the effort to stop the election: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: 5th Circuit, 3-0, restores requirement abortion drug mifepristone only be prescribed in person, putting Trump back in middle of abortion wars/likely #SCOTUS fight. 3-0. Southwick (GWBush), Duncan (Trump), Englehardt (Trump). Via @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

BREAKING: Fifth Circuit three-judge panel of all Republican appointees blocks rule allowing mailing of mifepristone, agreeing with Louisiana challenge to a policy ending the in-person dispensing requirement for the abortion drug. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Apparently, journals, universities and publishers cannot do it but the Oscars can

JUST IN: Judge blocks Trump administration's revocation of temporary protected status (TPS) for Yemen. Judge Dale Ho (Biden/SDNY) says DHS Secy Kristi Noem did not follow required process. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Same issues pending at SCOTUS www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

I'm reading this now, but it does appear to be a national vacatur of the telemedicine prescription approval, pending appeal.

In totally unsurprising news, Richard Dawkins is developing AI psychosis. Paywall bypass: archive.is/6RdK9

BREAKING: We're suing Louisiana officials for suspending the state's primary election after voting has already begun. On the heels of a Supreme Court decision that eviscerated protections for voters of color, elected officials jumped at the chance to disenfranchise people — we won't allow it.

It's amazing how the war keeps taking a positive turn right before the markets close for the weekend.

NEW: Judge Reed O'Connor of the Northern District of Texas granted a DOJ petition on Thursday to enforce a subpoena issued in Washington, D.C. against Rhode Island Hospital for invasive gender-affirming care patient info. The petition was granted the same day it was filed.

Imagine a 1970s propeller trainer taking on high-tech 21st-century drones. In Ukraine, the Yak-52 has been pulled from flight schools and repurposed as a "drone hunter." It’s a low-tech solution to a high-tech problem, and it’s working remarkably well. 🛩️🇺🇦 #Aviation #UkraineWar #Yak52 🧵 1/

Three things the Trump administration is doing with our data: 1. Slopping it together into a big shoddy surveillance blob 2. Sucking up more and more of it, including voter rolls and reams of "commercial" data 3. Crushing the infosec agency formed to keep it safe unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...

New Pew on Trump job approval

Every accusation is a projection. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

"An analysis from Fair Fight Action, the liberal advocacy group, determined that Democrats could flip as many as 22 congressional seats across seven states ahead of the 2028 presidential election." ABC News picks up our story: abcnews.com/Politics/sta...

When the CDC conveys uncertainty, but the evidence is certain, public trust is compromised and it fosters science denialism; results of a randomized study of ~3,000 participants @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year: Free Comic Book Day. So I wrote about the East Bay comic book scene that created this global event and is seeing a resurgence in recent years - and in honor of FCBD, it's free to read for all! www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco...

The conservative justices' favorite move when hearing cases related to Trump's racism is pretend like they do not have internet access

Pope Leo's pick to be bishop of West Virginia is a formerly undocumented immigrant who was smuggled into the U.S. in a car trunk. Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala has called for Catholics to speak out against President Trump’s treatment of immigrants. More on Menjivar-Ayala here.