We need to do everything we can to fight against this

Anyone else ever get the urge to end zoom calls with "i love you"???

Hundreds of pages of records reviewed by WIRED show just how quickly DOGE gained access to systems at the Small Business Administration—and through it, a USDA system that handles payroll for federal law enforcement.

They fled violence, sexual assault, and death threats. Now thousands of legal immigrants, many of whom developed deep roots in the US, are at risk of deportation, marking the single largest delegalization campaign in US history.

Harrowing lead story and image on the Washington Post homepage right now. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

#BREAKING: Rep. Mark Pocan said he was named in a list belonging to the man suspected of assassinating a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and injuring another lawmaker and his wife.

A group of Deaf Americans who previously forced the White House to provide American Sign Language interpreters during press briefings is asking a federal judge to again intervene after President Donald Trump halted their use in January.

CDC now says all kids "may receive" COVID vaccines. This means insurance companies will likely still cover the shots. BUT the new guidance is more confusing than a broad recommendation, and COVID vaccines during pregnancy are now listed as "No Guidance/Not Applicable," which will decrease uptake.

setting *everything* else aside, "Vermin were not a problem prior to March 17, 2025" was a very funny line to read in a court doc h/t to @courtwatch.bsky.social for digging up this gem in this week's newsletter (and go subscribe!)

I made a long video about the "someone's got to do it" memes, where they came from, what they're really saying, and what these posts reveal about collective trauma, political cynicism, our decaying faith in democratic institutions and so so much more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXrj...

Wisconsin construction apprenticeships are up; report says they could grow faster. @erikgunn.bsky.social covers an analysis from the @ilepi.bsky.social Midwest EPI project .

$25K reward offered for information on missing Lac du Flambeau tribal member Melissa Beson via Frank Zufall wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/25000...

Here we go again. Please donate to support our laid off Polygon comrades. www.gofundme.com/f/support-po...

Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...

According to data journalist G. Elliott Morris, “general search interest for the term protest even surpassed levels during Trump’s first term, except for the summer 2020 protests on racial justice and policing.” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

Are we really calling it this early? Yall promise no one is gunna say april fools?

Election days are stressful so here’s my cats loving on each other because at the end of the day, we’re all just soft creatures looking for some comfort 🫡✨

SCOOP: The lawyer working for DOGE who now leads USAID has a history of violence and racist remarks, ten people who knew him allege. Police records show he was also once accused of threatening a girl with a knife/ www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Today on City Cast Madison: Spring elections in Wisconsin are tomorrow (!!!) and the hottest ballot item is for state supreme court. Record-breaking levels of cash have flooded the race — but will all the money really make a difference? madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/wil...

Next Tuesday's Supreme Court election in Wisconsin, as @ariberman.bsky.social writes, will be the first electoral referendum on Elon Musk. “We’ll find out whether Musk’s millions are more powerful than the fury that Musk provokes among voters.”

The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected 👇

Get ready for more than 200 #TeslaTakedown protests this weekend, plus at least one planned pro-Trump truck caravan. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

"Memes are powerful, and so is the surveillance state.” We are truly living in a society!!!!!!!! (via @miasato.bsky.social / @theverge.com) www.theverge.com/news/637228/...

a teacher reached out to ask how can she print this guide so that she can teach her students about the budget process - pretty cool! do you have lingering questions about the budget process? send us your questions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Some DOGE staffers are getting paid six-figure salaries from the very agencies they're slashing and burning killer scoop from @knibbs.bsky.social !!!! www.wired.com/story/doge-g...

I always look forward to being on the City Cast Madison podcast with Bianca Martin and @yelyah.bsky.social to do the Friday News Roundup. Favorite part of today's ep was Bianca and I RACING to make the same "You don't even go here!" reference. megaphone.link/CC5832711590

One-man off Broadway show where I perform 1200 classic Vines back-to-back over two hours

pandemics, famously, increase support for eugenics and then for fascism

Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off

The Kennedy Center was created by bipartisan legislation signed by former President Eisenhower in 1958. President Trump appointed himself and members of his administration to the board.

I'm just trying to be as unbothered as the kids who wear shorts to school in 10 degree weather

Need help covering the cost of a conference, training, workshop, coaching, or other career opportunity? Apply now for a $250 or $500 stipend to support your work. Deadline: March 17. Details & application 👇 www.transjournalists.org/2025-level-u...

It's a snow emergency, Madison! Do you know where to park your car? www.cityofmadison.com/news/2025-02...

A Black family now owns the site of America’s largest slave revolt. Twin sisters, whose ancestors were enslaved in the area, purchased the plantation to ensure the history will never be buried again. capitalbnews.org/largest-slav...

We @propublica.org have now confirmed more than 30 Musk-affiliated staffers who are helping the world’s richest man downsize federal agencies one by one. And we're still tracking DOGE – reach out and help us 🔎 www.propublica.org/tips/federal... www.propublica.org/article/elon...

They sent Martha Stewart to prison for way less than this! Way less!

Madison was recently rated as a top city for singles — do you agree? We hit the streets* to find out *bars madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/is-...

I feel like this shouldn’t be under the radar: one of the largest newspaper publishers in the US was hacked and many daily papers could not print or produce digital editions. I have a hard time thinking that has nothing to do with the current state of affairs. techcrunch.com/2025/02/10/m...

“free speech”

"After Eagles win, plane crash victim Andre 'Tre' Howard III says, 'This is the best day of my life.'” :')

Tokyo didn't know they had to grease the poles

Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social's latest live music photo essay shines a spotlight on various facets of the Madison music experience. Local performers and performances are put into sharp focus throughout the piece's body and an expanded photo gallery. tonemadison.com/articles/an-...

PSA for the Madison homies (which is most of you): In-person absentee voting for the February 18 Spring Primary begins February 4 www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/electi...

Speaking to reporters, WI Senator Tammy Baldwin (D) calls Musk’s illegal seizure of the treasury payments system the “biggest data hack ever in the world.”

More than 10% of the Madison school district’s teachers are using one-year emergency licenses to teach in our city's classrooms. Why? We dug into it. madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/why...

If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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