The University of Michigan has sent a legal threat over a yearlong pause that would prevent water hookup to a proposed nuclear weapons research and AI data center. www.404media.co/university-c...

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

“The documentary BBC News dropped, Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, won a BAFTA award. “Ramita Navai: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘉𝘊 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥. “Silence and censorship is not journalism, the BBC is engaging in genocide denial.” — Dr Assal Rad

I said “do better” to 17 people today. Ren Fairs used to be one of the Crown Jewels of American empire.

The empty, aimless fau professionalism, the blank eyes, the suits, the disregard for human life unless it’s politically advantageous… Starmer would flourish in the Democratic Party over here in the States. Hell, he’d do alright with the Republicans too.

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

Just waking up to another day where candidates for all kinds of offices & major news media pretend this extremely predictable, civilization wide disaster isn’t going to slam into us like a bullet train hitting an ornate tea party. In other words, just a normal day in 2026 America. #ClimateCrisis

The Guardian online front page… Mainstream media have implemented a common editorial strategy; bias by (de)selection against the Green Party. Exactly the same joint editorial policy they deployed against trans people.

WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN Crazy MINIMUM Temperature of 38.5C at Khassab Port, OMAN It didn' t just smash its monthly record,but it's the hottest night ever recorded in the world this time of the year Records in Middle East have been thousands these weeks,every single day

They admit it

Very cool that several people who used to yell at me in DMs for being too mean to Facebook are now running some sort of extralegal posse informally deputized by the actual United States Army.

Temperature swings have left crops across the Plains in terrible conditions, with some farmers opting not to harvest

Remember in today's elections there are some parties who would jail this pensioner for being right 1. Antisemitism is real & revolting; 2. To march against a UK government that supports genocide is to march *against* hate; 3. There is nothing 'Jewish' about Netanyahu's crimes; #SolidarityPalestine

As each new model run comes in, it seems more possible that we are witnessing history. The latest NMME (North American Multi-model Ensemble) forecasts the strongest El Niño on record, with the white shading +3°C or higher (+5.4F) anomalies covering an immense section of the Central-East Pacific. 1/

Multiple women serving sentences for nonviolent crimes at the minimum security prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is now serving time were punished for speaking to reporters about the special treatment Maxwell receives. At least two women were transferred to higher security facilities as punishment.

Your 'doom quote' for today: "You know that climate change is happening faster than even the most pessimistic of scientists warned us decades ago. It has become a runaway freight train bringing with it an impending disaster for all living things." www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47R...

I watch live sports so sometimes am forced to watch commercials and there have been wall to wall Round Up (aka Cancer Sauce) ads playing non stop lately.

#TimelineCleanse: Tom Waits/Cookie Monster - Hell Broke Luce youtu.be/fbiioBFkD_Q

The condensation from this Pulitzer voter is so palpable you can fill a dehumidifier with it. Translation: She is not part of the northeast “nibble around the edges” serious crowd because if she were she would have known to let this story go like we all did.

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT ALLOVER ASIA Records are smashed allover Asia every day from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia. INSANE MINIMUMS up to 27C in UZBEKISTAN with the hot air about entering to CHINA (43/44C coming to Xinjiang !) In THAILAND Min 29.6 Samutsongkram May Hottest night

📢 Polling stations are now open! 📢 Want to replace the failing Labour Party and defeat the hateful message of Reform? Get yourself down to your local polling station and vote Green today! Every vote counts. Make sure your voice is heard 💚 Don’t forget your Photo ID for voting in England!

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Better late than never. I wonder if they were getting blowback for ignoring her stories when they actually came out?

Worrying new research Trees are expected to shift their ranges polewards as the planet heats, but in North America things aren't so simple That's because seed production isn't determined by annual temps, but by moisture deficit and late freeze dates nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Lina is struggling to care for her family, including her severely injured husband Mahmoud who's at risk of amputation, her mother-in-law with bone cancer, & her sick daughters, under Israel's genocide, which has left them homeless & starving. Mahmoud urgently needs surgery to save his life:

Good riddance.

“They are stealing money from working people here to build weapons to kill working people overseas.” On May Day, South Carolinians protested Elbit America’s Ladson factory, connecting labor, war & public school funding. In partnership with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social

We make Los Angeles run. We make this nation run. We demand money, power, and respect. From the streets to the White House. From our stores to the Supreme Court. And beyond. #MayDay and every day. #MoreThanMayDay

Important new article in Climatic Change documenting how university policy promotes climate delay discourse and disinformation within academia. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Tens of thousands of teachers in North Carolina are on strike. All the major school districts in the state are shut down for May Day

Incredible body of work over the last 2 months

The Shadow magazine, dated May 1, 1939. Cover by Graves Gladney.

Zero stories in the Atlantic about Hind Rajab, zero stories about Israel killing medical workers or journalists—but five articles in two weeks on a Twitch streamer: by @ahjohnson.bsky.social

Two parties, same team, same bosses, all treasonous crooks.

NEW: A New Web of Secret Money Is Shaping Democratic Races Across the Country readsludge.com/2026/04/30/a...

STRIKE: Ahead of May Day, Popeyes workers in Los Angeles are on strike due to life-threatening workplace violence, extreme heat, cockroaches in the kitchen, wage theft, and broken restroom, to the point we’ve been forced to urinate in a closet drain because it is the only place without cameras. 🧵

Here’s an L.A. weather man saying a 2.5 Celsius increase in ocean temps from the likely approaching El Niño is no big deal. Ppl will literally die from these kinds of lies. Can you say class action lawsuit? #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency youtu.be/mRqHMU0xOmI?...

SXSW used an AI-powered trademark tool to systematically and automatically censor negative posts about it on Instagram. Very wild that this is possible. And great to have a @kitoconnell.com article on 404 Media www.404media.co/sxsw-used-ai...

Hey all, it’s publishing day for my book “How to Sell a Genocide,” which is a data-driven account of centrist and liberal media’s role in creating the conditions of mass death in Gaza. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social. > www.plutobooks.com/product/how-... > a.co/d/00CQcElr

#Heatwave alert in #India! Hit by a severe late April warm spell, the peninsula has been record-breaking temperatures in some cities. The #Copernicus #Sentinel3 map on Apr. 26 shows Land (not air!) Surface Temperature reaching more than 60°C in multiple areas. #climateemergency

What a strange way to frame this story. Kind of a mash up between human interest and collapse of the entire livable climate stories?

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"Amidst this bog of omissions, half truths and straight up misinformation a person almost can’t be blamed for asking, 'Who do I believe? This guy I’ve barely heard of telling me sci-fi movie information or a 100-year-old news outlet like the BBC or the Times.'” - Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social