What's a good/trusted Bluesky post mass-delete app? Jaz's app seems offline.

Sigh. Today has been a day of "Bluesky isn't for me."

Why are 33% of *Democrats* worried about mail-in or absentee ballots??

We are on our way to Cyprus with good news. I welcome the agreement from the Member States on the 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine for 2026-27 and on 20th sanctions package.

RFK Jr looks incredibly unhealthy, and his math doesn't make sense any way you do it.

Change I can believe in. Every little bit helps someone.

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

“… of the children who were detained, nearly two dozen were held in custody for more than 20 days, in violation of a longstanding legal settlement. Teens who were detained alone were sent to Christian youth shelters in Michigan, which made it hard for their families to find them.”

Someone misquoted a pro-AI guy and the responses prove the article's key theses: human slop (nobody read the attached screenshot) and Bluesky poisoning the discourse.

At a hospital (not for me) and the amount of uncovered sneezing and coughing that goes on around here... And any masks are the stupid surgical face coverings that don't really block aerosol transmission.

"The tech industry may suffer in the long run, but several venture capitalists will make extraordinary short-term returns. In the meantime, a generation of scientists risks getting left behind." Capitalism, rinse and repeat.

good, but public power + electrified mass transit even better bsky.app/profile/jame...

second base umpire wanted nothing to do with no goose

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Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court finds that abortion access is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution, and a ban on public funding for abortion is unconstitutional.

"Ms. Ross-Mahé, age 86, was greeted at the airport by her three adult children. She was still dressed in her prison wear — orange shoes, sweatpants and a gray sweater — covered in stains and holes... "She was in a state of physical shock... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

So on Friday, when there were headlines, and chyrons, and world leaders other than Trump saying "the Strait is open," it was not, in fact, open, and is even more closed now. Clearly both sides want a deal, but to get there the US is going to have to give up its maximalist demands.

in fact i even wrote about this in SLOPPY bookshop.org/p/books/slop...

ICE says 81% arrested in Operation Midway Blitz had no convictions, falsely asserts no citizens arrested Todd Lyon claimed in the letter to the Illinois congressional delegation that no U.S. citizens were arrested by #immigration officers during Operation Midway Blitz — despite documented reports.

What’s interesting here is they say “culture” when they mean “people” but they think that this maintains a veneer of deniability about what they’re really saying. In any case it’s true that the “culture” of the tech billionaires is morally and intellectually depraved rot bsky.app/profile/elio...

One detail that got cut for space — the husband was her ride to court (they’re both free on bond) but the judge barred him from the building out of concern his presence would intimidate witnesses.

"Despite the defense’s blame-the-husband strategy, the day of the verdict, Lubna walked out of the court to meet her husband, who was waiting to drive her home." How...

Traveling in the time of unnecessary war and airline strikes: Got an email from Air India that my FRA-DEL-BLR flights were cancelled. They rebooked me on a FRA-BOM-BLR itinerary - shorter flights but much longer (8-10 hour) layovers. There's a direct FRA-BLR flight leaving shortly.🤦🏾‍♂️

Cosmopolitanism is hardly new. In late Ottoman Constantinople, large populations of Greeks, Turks, Armenians, Sephardic Jews, Arabs, and Balkan Christians lived together. But Stuart Hall nailed it in the 90s when he said "The capacity to live with difference is the coming question of the 21st cent."

"the rest of the world now thinks the U.S. is at most four years away from potentially reneging on any agreement"

Solar manufacturing capacity is approx double demand. Same with wind nacelles and batteries. The problem with Chinese manufacturing is not overcapacity! It's UNDERDEMAND. But how will it look as 2 x big fossil fuel supply shocks sink in?

Electrification with renewables seems to be the global response to the actions of the most oil & gas-friendly US government. Very interesting compilation.

The Onion's Exclusive Interview With Pope Leo XIV - must read.

Meat and potatoes, Spanish style.

It's funny to consider that Geneva is worried about air pollution.

In the #TownAir project, we are currently investigating air pollution in Ennis, Co. Clare. Our low cost sensor network has identified pollution hotspots and provides the local authority with actionable information to drive improvements in air quality and public health. share.google/1NDhvHqJi1tR...

“I am sitting in a region which is one of the poorest,” Singh said, “and we are seeing how climate change is eroding the development gains we have made over the past years and decades.” Lomborg and Bessent ignore what the folks they purportedly care about actually say.

This is Missy. She escaped from her backyard and ran straight to daycare, where she had a spa day and got to play with her boyfriend. Lessons were learned, but not the ones her parents probably hoped. 13/10 (TT: spotsplaceyqr)

Staying in Annemasse for a meeting in Geneva. Things I like: regular trains, cheap. Buying gluten-free foods from the nearby Carrefour. Cheap yet decent/good wine. Things I could do without: everpresent smoking outdoors.

That story is even worse than I remembered: www.npr.org/sections/cor...

Most food consumed in the US is already produced here. We were a net ag exporter for 60 years & only since 2019 net importer, bc we like access to tropical products & off-season produce. Also, we waste ~40% of the food we produce, and use the majority of our corn & soy for animal feed and biofuels.

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Hamburger tries to distinguish Wong Kim Ark on the fact that it was stipulated that his parents were domiciled here and intended to remain. But that ALSO describes millions of undocumented immigrants, many who have pending visa petitions evincing an intent to permanently remain.

Following this description, it seems clear that all migrants - documented or not - are subject to US laws and thus, their kids born in the US qualify for birthright citizenship. This seems easy??

Why a surprise inspection? Because the last time they inspected this facility they had to give 7 days notice; and ICE moved almost everyone out of the facility before they got there, then filled it up again when they left. azmirror.com/2026/04/09/i...

Immigration judge rules that Subu Vedam, wrongly jailed for 43 years and detained by ICE upon release for drug charges from 40+ years ago, can stay in the USA. DHS has a month to appeal.

John Seinfeld: 58 years, 100+ PhDs graduated, ~900 papers, 11 books - including the bible of air pollution and atmospheric chemistry & physics.

"The truth is the American ppl twice elected Trump over more qualified Dem women. The 1st time, Clinton warned explicitly that he didn't have the temperament to be trusted w/ the nuclear codes. The 2nd time, they overlooked an insurrection, a deadly pandemic, and a campaign full of racist rhetoric."

"We still haven't shown a deep reckoning w/the ransacking of our public institutions, violent campaign against immigrants & non-white Americans, or betrayal of our global commitments. “Not me,” we might be tempted to say. I'm not responsible. But the work of popular government implicates all of us."