Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a ‘depressing’ record high These data come from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory, which may soon be shut down because of proposed government budget cuts www.scientificamerican.com/article/carb...

Three passengers have died and others are ill after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic, prompting a WHO alert. The rare rodent-borne virus can cause lethal lung or kidney syndromes, with fatality rates up to 38% in some forms, -- and has no specific cure

The Trump administration is evicting bison herds from federal grasslands in Montana, siding with ranchers and Republican leaders over environmentalists and tribal leaders. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/u...

We’re talking about the ones who probably don’t even know what the price of gas is, because they haven’t pumped their own in years. That’s Trump’s constituency. That’s whose behalf Rubio is negotiating on. That’s who they serve. And those people? They’re happy to play another round.

"These are monumental decisions that are happening, that are rolling back where we are as a country." ~ Olivia Troye #SupremeCourt #VotingRights #discrimination #SamuelAlito #JohnRoberts #Callais #WhiteSupremacy mastoreader.io?url=https%3A...

I’m a Survivor Imprisoned in Texas. I’m Only Allowed to Watch Fox News. We are force-fed “news” made by a network that uplifts white Christian nationalism and shields the predator-in-chief. prismreports.org/2026/04/30/t...

U.S. asks for help with opening Strait of Hormuz while Trump attacks allies According to an internal memo seen by NBC News, the State Department is seeking to create a new coalition called the “Maritime Freedom Construct.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Voter guide to the 2026 California primary election www.latimes.com/california/s...

Another Ukrainian innovation: interceptor drones are being mounted on small transport aircraft like An-28s to take down Russian attack drones. This great video shows how it works, from takeoff to interception with P1-SUN drones. I expect allies to be very interested in this.

A study in Nature Health finds that microplastics and nanoplastics were at a higher level in brain tumour samples from living patients than in healthy human brain samples from cadavers, with a correlation between microplastic surface area and tumour proliferation. go.nature.com/4cuBK4I #medsky 🧪

Speaker Johnson calls for redistricting Southern states before November
 After the Supreme Court limited the Voting Rights Act, Johnson said states should consider redrawing House maps before the midterms. New boundaries would help the GOP www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

60 Minutes journalist decries ‘spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear’ at CBS News Sharyn Alfonsi, whose report on Cecot prison was pulled by Bari Weiss, admits uncertainty over her future at network www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

Shocking. Read what Justice Kagan said about yesterday's Supreme Court decision invalidating our Congressional map la-dems.com/l/UCycFl Louisiana Dems

A divided Democratic electorate raises the risk of a top‑two shutout, giving Republicans a rare opening in deep‑blue California. Thurmond, Villaregosa and Mahan are running vanity races and should drop out now www.newsweek.com/steve-hilton...

Amazon is preparing a potential reboot of Donald Trump's signature former show, "The Apprentice," -- hosted by his son, Donald Trump Jr., -- as Amazon woos MAGA www.rawstory.com/trump-amazon/

Bitcoin

The Virginia Supreme Court dealt Democrats a significant setback on Tuesday, refusing to halt a lower‑court order that bars officials from certifying last week’s redistricting referendum while the justices consider whether to throw out the results entirely.

“Awesome news” doesn’t quite capture it — this is a political earthquake. Virginia’s court just upheld the map, and it’s about to hand Democrats +4 seats in Congress. All that noise about rigged systems? Turns out the law still matters. Elections have consequences — and now so do the maps. 10-1

A Virginia circuit court has refused to block the implementation of Democrats’ new congressional map, which voters approved in a statewide special election last week.  The order comes in one of several Republican lawsuits aiming to overturn redistricting in the state.

Trump lashes out at 60 Minutes: "You're horrible people. Horrible people. I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody. I'm not a pedophile. You read that crap from some sick person..You should be ashamed of yourself reading that because I'm not any of those things. You're a disgrace."🙄🙄

A general strike is happening Friday. General means it's for everyone. Did you march in a #NoKingsDay? Well now it's time to up your game. Check Indivisible for events in your area

This is 1984 shit - and it's happening right now www.instagram.com/reel/DXKS6dW...

The experts cited are from the fire safe council, fire tech & IBHS coalition which is a burgeoning industrial alliance funded by the insurance industry A billion dollar effort to shift responsibility from the state and corporations to individual homeowners with only minimal long term safety impact

o amount of political theory will make you act righteous as long as you fundamentally still believe that some people just deserve better than others.

Court expresses deep skepticism re: Trump lawsuit against his own IRS Judge orders memos to be filed by May 20: "Trump avers that he is bringing this lawsuit in his personal capacity, he is the sitting president and his named adversaries are entities whose decisions are subject to his direction"

All You Fascists Bound to Lose': Bette Midler GOES VIRAL with Anti-Fascist Anthem

On Monday Vegas will welcome crypto CEOs, Trump family members and administration officials and more than a few members of Congress for the 2026 bitcoin conference. For those interested in what lawmakers are pledging allegiance to the industry, we’ve made a helpful guide:

New poll: 55% support impeaching Trump

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok 4.1 told researchers pretending to be delusional that there was indeed a doppelganger in their mirror and they should drive an iron nail through the glass while reciting Psalm 91 backwards. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The Unitary Executive! (with special guest, Stephen Miller)

Greg Bovino, fired for having led chaotic immigration raids which caused months of civil unrest, got two American citizens killed, and turned the public against Trump on immigraton, makes clear that he has absolutely no regrets and thinks, if anything, they weren't harsh enough.

Word of the Week: Backpfeifengesicht Do you ever look at someone and feel like punching them in the face? Well, Germans have a unique word for that face: a Backpfeifengesicht — a face that’s badly in need of a fist

Who the fuck is WE?

Here's the bingo card that will be passed out to attendees at the WHCA dinner to track President Trump's anti-speech rhetoric during his address

it's not immediately visible in the US unless you are in DC, where practically everybody is—at maximum—one degree of separation away from someone who got DOGEd

Amnesty International and dozens of U.S. civil and human rights groups issued a “World Cup travel advisory” Thursday, warning tournament visitors of “rising authoritarianism and increasing violence” in the United States during Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement.

87 homes had been destroyed as of Thursday by wildfires sweeping across parts of Georgia. The two largest wildfires in southern Georgia have burned tens of thousands of acres combined. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/g...

Weird how threats the national security get ignored when the right people are making money

Question from the jury "Can we have some axes and pitchforks and a blade sharpener?"

They called him Sleepy Joe because you could sleep at night when he was in office

“Expanding the Supreme Court is no different that redistricting in California and Virginia. It is a proportionate response to Republican attempts to degrade liberal democracy and move America toward a post-liberal order.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Priceless post from the official White House social media

It’s a species of slug that is partially solar-powered, like a plant. Leaf sheep are kleptoplastic organisms that steal chloroplasts from algae, store them in their bodies, and then can rely on photosynthesis for their energy needs kottke.org/26/04/the-le...

A NOAA ‘Hurricane Hunter’ crew flew out of Portland International Airport to collect storm data for six weeks. Scientists say they now have a better picture of how atmospheric rivers work. 🧪 www.opb.org/article/2026...

And illegally, from the start.

I've been enjoying my time on Mastodon far more than my time on Bluesky lately. It's just a different vibe. I feel like there's fewer "talkers" and more "doers" here. People building tools and communities, trying to actually change stuff and get involved.

What a way to celebrate America 250. With a government so corrupt that 5/6 of the country looks at Iranian propaganda and says, "yep, pretty fair"

I wish people like this would just admit they don't like women in politics.

"Screaming for hours" 🤔 Aides kept US President Donald Trump out of the room during minute-by-minute updates on operations involving Iran, instead briefing him at key moments because they believed his impatience would not be helpful, a senior administration official told The Wall Street Journal

This remarkable vaccine technology could save lives, but with an administration run by people accusing mRNA vaccines of killing people (with no evidence), it seems this progress could be withheld from Americans.