I still listen to CDs I bought in elementary school. I didn’t have to wait for Apple the tech company to negotiate with Apple the Beatles label to do so. I paid for it once and still get to enjoy it. Same with paper books. There’s no licensing and hoping the artist stays with a platform

Oh no🫠

Drawing of the Day: Pope Leo XIV calls on the world to focus on humanity in the era of AI. Meanwhile Trump celebrated Memorial Day by bombing Iran in violation of the ceasefire

Shut down Delaney. Shut down Dilley. Shut down ALL of Trump's concentration camps. Defund and abolish ICE. Call your reps and demand they make this happen. reps.fyi

Prioritizing AI answers is gonna turn out great

Fashion of the Day - Bright Lights of Berryessa

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

Drawing of the Day: While much of the focus is on Trump’s vague statements around Iran, Kyiv was bombed in a large missile attack as the Russian lead war continues. Kyiv has been asking for more air defense missiles but Trump has been busy bombing Iran instead

oh man I can’t believe the Enhanced Games are actually happening lol. wow I wonder who would win between an insane person who has dedicated their entire adult life relentlessly training to become the most perfect athlete for their chosen sport and a guy who wanted to skip that part

So Trump blew up Obama's deal with Iran, launched a new war, depleted our arsenal, cost us tens of billions, exposed the US as weaker to the world, and ended up just going back to a version of Obama's deal but worse? Do I have that right?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile in a mass attack on Kyiv. This is the third time the missile, which is capable of carrying nuclear or conventional warheads, has been used in Ukraine.

This has been especially difficult for the disabled and chronically ill in a world full of Covid. The betrayal by abled friends that won’t make accommodations or simply stopped reaching out has been devastating across the whole community.

I've been thinking a lot about the death of friendship lately. "Somewhere between “Let’s catch up soon” and “Sorry, life has been hectic”, adult friendship became one of the most emotionally significant and least discussed losses of modern life." timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/civil-...

Lots of little magic in nature

Timeline cleanse: California is beautiful

Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy.

Drawing of the Day: Trump and the DOJ seek to erase history and make sure we forget January 6th 2021 and his attempted insurrection. Aid workers are facing attacks from locals while trying to manage the Ebola outbreak in Congo.

well done william

One common method for highly-trained enlisted nuclear technicians to protest stupid orders was to simply follow the orders as directed. The officers even gave it a name, “malicious compliance”. Which is all to say orgs should be careful about the orders they write down and expect to be followed...

We all literally, LITERALLY just watched NASA fly four absolute all-stars the farthest any human has ever been from Earth and back flawlessly, and yet we're still continuously forced to pretend Musk's bullshit catastrophe factory is the future of human space exploration

You come to me, on the day of my son's wedding, which I am not attending

Timeline cleanse Check out these butterflies!

Drawing of the Day: Trump skips his son’s second wedding to campaign in NY. Tulsi resigns A chemical tank in CA may explode and is causing evacuations Greencard applicants are told to go home while applying

The trans problem is that trans people are being harassed far too frequently, lack medical access, are being demonized in media and politics, and face higher risks of violence. Which isn’t actually a problem with trans people it’s a problem that society is bigoted AF and that should trouble us all.

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

Gotta establish the base at Mars Happy Valley first before they can steal Goldilocks. (Where are the For All Mankind fans at?)

The first EV manufacturer that makes and sells a non-enshittified car is going to make trillions of $$ (and props to Neerav for highlighting this as a major issue)

If only he could’ve done something about it…oh, wait

Far too many people are unwilling to acknowledge that we are no longer in the stable climate in which human civilization learned to be civilized.

Drawing of the Day: Colbert signs off and the GOP cancels house vote after realizing they don’t have the votes to support Trump’s war on Iran despite enabling him at every step.

Where’s the emoji for this peach? 🍑

NEW: The Colorado Democratic Party has formally condemned and censured Governor Jared Polis for granting clemency to Tina Peters. Polis is hereby banned from speaking or being honored at party events. 90% of CDP central committee members voted to reprimand Polis.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live Bastille Satellite Stories B52s The Police Dave Matthews Band Train Two Spot Gobi Coldplay Maroon 5 Snow Patrol

Drawing of the Day: DOJ charges Raul Castro, coupled with a US aircraft carrier going into the Caribbean is looking like pretext for a US invasion Cops who defended the Capitol on January 6th are suing to stop Trump’s $1,774 billion fund Barney Frank, former congressman and gay rights leader, dies

Jeff Bezos pays an effective tax rate of just under 1%. In the 1940s-50s our top income tax rate was over 90%. In fact we should increase by 90x, not 2x, the taxes Bezos pays.

Top income tax rate 1948: 91%

Barney Frank being visibly gay at a time when it was illegal to have gay sex in some states was an act of courage and the financial accountability that he worked on was also so important. It’s sad he was against trans rights. Like every American leader, he has failure points.

There were definitely moments where Barney Frank was brave and impactful. There were definitely moments where Barney Frank was cowardly and harmful.

terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info

why reward an election denier and january 6th apologist is a question these democrats should be asked tbh (except fetterman do not even bother)

Drawing of the Day: Trump still has a hold on GOP primary voters as nationally his popularity drops. Israeli detained flotilla of activists bringing aid to Gaza, including Irish PM’s sister Death toll rising from Ebola outbreak in Congo

MSM, some quick notes: 1. It’s not a settlement (the case was dismissed). 3. It’s not a ballroom (it’s a bunker). 3. It’s not a library (Trump said it will be a hotel). It matters that you get it right.

The GOP has not yet learned the lesson of Pence and the last Trump administration: if you have a spine on any issue you’re as good to dead to Trump and will lose your job. And if you don’t do that you’re likely gonna end up in jail eventually. They could always get rid of him but they don’t.

this says a number of things about cassidy, few of them flattering

HAHAHAHAHAHA. I love this for Trump.

Nope. This is bullshit. If he doesn’t pay taxes and can’t be audited or impeached or sued in court or held to any laws - we don’t have a democratic republic where all are equal. Fuck every judge, congressmember, and media/tech baron who’s enabled this shameless grifter

Also the next somebody says reparations for black people is a ridiculous idea, remind them that we have a reparations program for trying to overthrow the government

This is a betrayal of our basic social compact. Blanche and so many others chose loyalty to Donald Trump over loyalty to their country.

They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.

Know what’s cool? That big bright dot in this photo is the moon. The dot to the lower left of it is Venus. The dot above and to the left at roughly 45 degrees is Jupiter. This photo was shot on my phone at the beach.