The advances in cancer have been so fast that if you’re a doctor who doesn’t specialize in cancer, you simply can’t keep up. There are cancers that I learned are incurable in med school (‘98-2002) that are now cured or managed as long-term issues. Insane levels of ignorance from Peter Thiel 😳

Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates— 💰His net worth is up $1.8 billion, to $6.1 billion 💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million 💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million 💰20-year-old Barron is worth $150 million Hope all the nepo babies remembered their dads this Father’s Day!

The Trump administration is executing a controversial plan to allow dirt bikes, ATVs, trucks, snowmobiles and other off-road vehicles to drive through tens of millions of acres of public lands and national parks, which environmental groups warn threatens endangered species and the environment […]

Really great how every single media company is going to be owned by 3 white guys all loyal to MAGA. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Based on the apathetic behavior of Congressional Democratic leadership one could reasonably conclude that no one cares.

This ICE flight believed to be carrying Afghan, Syrian and Iranian asylum seekers to the Central African Republic is underway. Omni Air International, may you rot in infamy and shame.

I know why right wing leadership and powerful people don't like or care about right to repair. No one in leadership or with power likes right to repair left or right. However, why don't right wing ordinary people vibe with us more. "fix it yourself" has the very best of right wing vibes (rare […]

I got tasked with the most serious commission, after the box office results of last week

Earlier: Under Trump, more than 50 American kids per day have an undocumented parent yanked into ICE detention. These children are citizens and the government has left them, and their remaining families, struggling to survive.

Anyone who works for, with or in general vicinity of Bari Weiss ever again should hang their head in shame. I thank @lulugn.bsky.social for this interview, but NYT should apologize for creating and elevating this truth-hating monster.

We have to end his power in November. It is life or death.

I feel like we’re in for many years of “haha, they were spending taxpayer money on bug condoms—DOGE to the rescue!” turning out to be something important Elon’s Tween Team didn’t understand.

My attempt to create a visual representation of this:

“… eight years after President Donald Trump’s forcible border separations … an Associated Press investigation has found that the government has re-separated dozens of children from their families, despite a landmark legal settlement meant to keep them together.” apnews.com/article/immi...

🔥WARREN: “You’re gonna sit here with a straight face and say it’s not a conflict of interest for the president to do that?” @warren.senate.gov grills Bessent on Trump’s absurd insider stock trading as he makes policies to help companies he invests in.😕🤷🏼 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DZIk3VY...

the current director of national intelligence is a guy who two years ago received a trophy declaring he “Fucks Only The Young” at an (oddly dildo focused) event he organized dedicated to the conspiracy that Bed Bath and Beyond never actually went bankrupt

FLASHBACK: Barbara Walters called out Trump for being $3 BILLION in debt, infidelity, not talking to his son, reading the works of Hitler, etc Real Journalism used to be a thing! (Now ask yourself what long-term promises you might make to people if you were billions in debt…)

"You treat people like sh*t! You don't know what the goddamn Constitution even says!" anti-ICE protesters chase off Proud Boy agitators outside Delaney Hall ICE prison.

This is what “bringing down the temperature” looks like for Gov. Sherrill: 📸: www.northjersey.com/picture-gall...

the general bsky userbase being a lil dismissive of the standard.site integration is a reminder that this whole atproto atmosphere ecosystem is a long game. not everyone will be on board, and that's ok! we'll be ready to welcome people into a decentralized social future as big social fades away :)

Tangible versus Virtual. Here's a great example of how the promise of streaming has been betrayed by cartelized corporate greed. First photo is my recently delivered box set of "The Expanse", 19 DVD's all for $32.40 USd including tax & shipping. Second photo is the... see complete post

I've been warning about this moment for two decades over at Techdirt The U.S. is too corrupt to regulate data brokers (and their exploitation and sale of location data) and the check has come due

Too Many Platforms for Musicians, Too Little Traction

Lying about rates of plastic recycling is actually harmful, because a lot of it is exported for ostensible recycling, counted as being recycled...but it's not. It's burned or put in landfills in poor countries. Officially, it's "recycled." The U.S. exports 27 million tons of plastic trash annually.

People got really angry at me when I wrote this on Mastodon a few years ago, but it's true: post-consumer plastic recycling is functionally a myth, not just in the U.S. but globally. Odds are vanishingly close to zero that your plastic, faithfully put in the recycling bin, will ever be recycled.

Guys, pay William Waffle, it's really important for bisexual social media protocol development

The Trump regime killed off US gov funding for Ebola research & eradication back in 2025. What greets me in the news today? Ebola outbreaks with fatalities nearing a 100 in DR Congo & Uganda. #ebola #africa #maga #trump #evil #disease #usaid #uspolitics #health #drc #uganda

This is a cool double-interview analysis of the Hungarian election - I particularly appreciate that on some questions the two interviewers have different answers - that gets at some important issues for any election these days globalvoices.org/2026/05/15/w...

Just discovered for myself (even though apparently it is 5 years old) another rare bird - an independent search engine running its own webcrawler & index (most alternatives like DuckDuckGo & Startpage just use Bing or Google's) - and this one is foss, & returned some nicely relevant a[...]

All of this and one more - personally enrich himself & his family.👇

83-Year-Old House Democrat Is MIA – With No Explanation

Opportunity cost is Econ 101 with real stakes: the cost of a choice is not just dollars spent, but what you gave up. For war, that means not only destruction, but all the prosperity that never gets a chance to exist.

RANDALL: Look at this safety hazard. There's $300m in repairs needed for Olympic Park. Now look at this AI image Trump posted of draining the reflecting pool. Which do you think should be higher priority? BURGUM: We have issues all over the US R: Yes! And you prioritize Trump's vanity projects

An ICE removal flight operated by Journey Aviation just landed in Myanmar--the second time this year. Migrants onboard will have been shackled for 19+ hours. Previous Burmese deportees were immediately sent to a nearby torture prison, per @jamesstout.bsky.social. gillianbrockell.com/three-craven...

new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...

The party of local control has decided that "local" means wherever they have control www.texastribune.org/2026/05/08/a...

There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.

"We ask the Senate Banking Committee to establish strict ethics guardrails in digital market legislation. This must include prohibitions on federally elected officials, including the president, from engaging in any cryptocurrency venture." - @publiccitizen.bsky.social

Democracy in America (2026)

One thing people don't necessarily understand until they have been through the legal system...LEGAL COSTS ARE HIGH If you want a good attorney, it costs BIG MONEY