My partner Natalie has been missing for over two weeks. She was deeply loved by so many in her community, and it feels like the cops have written her off as 'another trans suicide' and don't care to find her. Natalie deserves to be found and her loved ones deserve closure.

Heute endet der meteorologische Frühling und er war der allerwärmste seit Messbeginn im Jahre 1850. In allen drei Monaten (März, April, Mai) lagen die Temperaturen über dem Durchschnitt, nur Mitte Mai gab es eine kürzere kühle Phase. Geregnet hat es nur 40-50 % der normalen Menge.

In fact, athletes across the major sports get no time to rest their bodies anymore. They’re on a year-round schedule.

As an aside, The Crown portrays him as a smart, thoughtful kind of guy.

Ich bin strikt gegen KI beim Schreiben. Denn der wichtigste Moment ist, wenn der Text, den man schreibt, nicht genau das sagen will, was man glaubt sagen zu wollen, und man neu ansetzen muss. Manchmal landet man dann an einem unerwarteten Punkt. Der Widerstand des Mediums Sprache ist zentral.

Seeing reports MV and Young MC have now backed out as well.

Au fait, ces gens font partie de l'actuelle classe ouvrière, c'est-à-dire l'industrie de service racisée, plus précaire et moins rémunérée que ne le furent celleux de la grande époque de l'industrie. Entend-on jamais le PC de Roussel s'exprimer en leur faveur?

Solidarity with E. Jean Carroll and all survivors who face legal retaliation and criminal prosecution for speaking the truth. This is both remarkable and utterly unsurprising. Survivors have been jailed, retraumatized, harassed, and sued into silence for far too long.

“All of France’s central government agencies have to come up with plans to move away from US tech—across office software, antivirus, AI, databases, and more—by this fall. On April 23, French officials also announced the country will move its health data platform away from Microsoft”

Surely you can't be saying Republicans are against long-established norms? This would be like saying the Supreme Court has a political agenda!

A few weeks ago, I was in Frankfurt about to head to Zambia when news started filtering out that RightsCon had been cancelled over pressure from China. I ended up traveling to Zambia for a separate event, but it showed me we can’t take our eye off China even if the US is the more immediate threat.

Prévoir, c’est woke.

President Bush 41’s only major domestic achievement, in fact.

My fascination with European Atlanticism is so hard-wired that everything I read a sobering analysis like this one, I end up thinking of the depths policy elites across the pond will sink to in order to rationalize keeping the dependency on Washington going.

Maybe the wrong thing to process as a first takeaway, but J6 and its aftermath should convince everyone that the Democratic Party is utterly unsuited to fighting the battles of the day.

Most folks don't realize how central events like J6 were to the Jim Crow state. Dozens of unprosecuted coups & massacres—actively encouraged by those in power—revived the fundamental logic of the pre-emancipation state: that Black Americans had "no rights which the white man was bound to respect."

Fifty-nine, y’all.

Qu’est-ce que Jean Castex venait faire dans cette histoire in the first place?

Best take I’ve seen so far on the new politics of the climate crisis.

I'd turn this around a bit and point out that, for all Trump's obvious idiocy, this war marks the moment when Americans whether Dem or GOP are coming to terms with how the age of limited warfare where great powers can quickly roll over an even half-functional adversary is coming to an end

Master politician, y'all.

As it should.

Just the book I’m reading right now, in fact.

Worth thinking about.

If you think ESC is political now, just wait until FIFA expands the World Cup field to 64 - and then, a certain Middle Eastern country begins qualifying, perhaps regularly. That's going to be interesting to follow.

« Depuis 1642, Montréal est à nous » Le groupuscule ethnonationaliste Nouvelle Alliance a fait son petit stunt à la statue de Dollard hier. Et en effet, quoi de plus « traditionnel » que de revendiquer l'héritage et la réalité coloniale, tout en effaçant l'existence des Premières Nations.

Please amplify.

Deutsche Medien so eine Bande Loser 🤦🏻‍♀️ Leute erstmal jahrelang diffamieren weil sie genau das sagen, was die Zeitung dann hinterher als die große Offenbarung verkauft 🙄🙄🙄 too dumb to be ashamed, always late to the game archive.md/2026.05.18-1...

France is supposed to be the vanguard of fascism in Europe. However, I have never seen a march in France organised by a criminal gather an openly racist crowd as large as the one in London yesterday. Most Britons still do not get how serious the situation is in the UK.

Good that he’s gone and that he was in custody but the blood soaked old bastard practically got away with it all. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/w...

« However, as the BC Conservative hopefuls debate whether or not Christian values are being defended within the party, experts say it shows how the line between Christian nationalism and conservatism is becoming increasingly blurred. »

At this moment in history, truly fighting antisemitism requires acknowledging that it is rising, and also that a lot of people are cynically deploying it as a political cudgel in ways that make American Jews less safe. It is good that Soros apparently recognizes this. forward.com/news/825160/...

Jay-sus Fuck, Y’all. Treasure with a Capital T.

Cute.

Hobbies and aspirations are put on hold as families reconfigure their lives to avoid deportation and familial separation, deeply aware of how ICE targets working class immigrants. The full story: lataco.com/children-of-... By Odessa Hairapetian

Good.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is once again able to walk out of court and return to his family. Federal Judge Xinis’ protections remain in place for Kilmar. This victory is thanks to the power of community organizing and all of you who have stood up for justice. #Fight4Kilmar

Goodbye Squared.

Goodbye.

As much as anything else, these headlines - NY Times has an identical news analysis piece today - tell volumes about Washington’s continued obsession with, as well as panic over, losing primacy.

Not bipartisan.

Le pire, c’est que j’ai pris quelques secondes à me rendre compte des auteurs de ce billet. On l’a dit et redit, mais des titres comme celui-ci, ça fait parfaitement imaginable et plus du tout farce, par les temps qui courent.

As well as that of any healthy democracy, really.

That’s what I keep reading and hearing. By all accounts, John Smith was an extraordinary man and leader.

At some point there needs to be a *proper* conversation about how cruelty has become a new normal for so many people. And we can't just keep putting it down to structures. Too many people with plenty of agency are actively choosing this.

Opinion | To win in 2028, democrats must embrace ballmaxxing

A Chicago guy who has no interest in football? OK.

So you don't believe we'll come back from the brink by talking about the price of eggs, avoiding ivory tower language, and finding the next Joe Rogan? Huh.

I'm rather scared to say which I think it'll be.