NYC Vibes this week absolutely peak. 11/10. No notes. Can’t be improved upon.

My opponents are all communists. In unrelated news, my government will be taking ownership of the means of production.

Trump's hand was looking discolored and swollen today on Air Force One (Samuel Corum/Getty)

a look at the back of Trump's right hand as he briefly spoke to reporters in Wisconsin i'm not sure what's happening here, but aspirin and too much hand-shaking ain't it (Saul Loeb/Getty)

[email protected] sez: Get the bar tacos.

Freedom of religion? “This restructuring…has now excluded minority faith/worldview groups including Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists and various Wiccans.”

1. A quick thread on faith leaders who have had violent encounters with DHS agents and law enforcement under the Trump administration while advocating for immigrants. First, most recently: a UU minister, rabbi, and Catholic org leader hit with pepper smoke outside Delaney Hall — as well as others:

“Pepper-sprayed yet undeterred: Faith leaders keep ministering at Delaney Hall.” “‘We are called by our faith to put our bodies on the line if that’s the call,’ said the Rev. Robin Tanner, a Unitarian Universalist minister.” religionnews.com/2026/06/04/p...

Surprise, surprise: Trump's top labor prosecutor sided with Amazon, her former client, and hurt delivery drivers in their fight for fair working conditions. It’s her responsibility to hold law-breaking companies accountable — not to give Trump's billionaire buddies bailouts.

A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the warm water "conveyor belt" in the Atlantic is slowing down

Re: "medical fragility exemption" in work requirements: "cancer patients, including those in active treatment, could be forced to work the same number of hours as a healthy person — regardless of whether that’s physically possible, just to keep the health insurance coverage that they rely on..."

Rachel Carson’s look at the dire effects of industrial and agricultural pollution birthed the modern environmental movement when it was first published – and remains as crucial a read today, finds Rowan Hooper

“It’s simply too expensive,” said Guerrero, an independent advisor who previously worked for Schlumberger, Chevron and Hess Corporation. “Unfortunately there’s too many companies in the industry that are not going to do the right thing until they’re forced to.”

The world’s ten richest people — almost all Americans — saw their collective net worth increase by $220 billion in May. These ten people are now worth a combined $2.9 trillion. The bottom 50% of U.S. households, is worth $4.3 trillion. Wondering if inequality is out of control?

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The second blog is Naked Capitalism, which has great coverage on many topics, and recently is putting out a daily consolidation on Iran War coverage that by comparison makes mainstream coverage look completely useless-- www.nakedcapitalism.com

I also recalled two old school blogs I used to love still exist with clarifying insights mainstream news refuses to share-- First is Ian Welsh, who today has a posting with great context to bear in mind related to a certain Maine candidate-- www.ianwelsh.net

During my timeout, which I thought was a software issue that I'd never bother to overcome, I moved on to recapture hours I'll never give back to Bluesky; so let me share some options in case they lock you out. One is just to use news websites directly--local, indy, natl--they are out there. :)

Okay is Bluesky discourse still a thing? I realized today Bluesky locked me out for a week, thing is I have no idea why so nothing has been learned by it other than-- I can confirm any suspicion you have about how fair/unfair, managed/controlled, free/biased media you are experiencing.

Meanwhile Susan Collins continues to vote to fund President Stephen Miller’s brutal authoritarian regime. #mepolitics #mesenate

This is unreal. The New School Student Senate voted to cut ties with their campus Hillel group because it literally sponsored students to materially participate in the BOMBING OF GAZA... and so The New School admin is investigating the student senators. prismreports.org/2026/06/04/n...

Again: this is marketing slop from Anthropic so they can justify doing deals to actually seriously harm people using fossil fuel plants for data centres. Do not let them do this performance. They are lying so they can sell more fossil-fuelled software subscriptions.

I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses

This isn't a new technology. It's old now. All the extra fossil fuel plants they're speed-building to run new capacity isn't making the product any less awful. This is it folks.

"One big reason that consumer spending hasn’t tanked is that the richest, we’re-doing-just-fine 10% of Americans account for nearly half of all consumer spending," writes @greenhousenyt.bsky.social.

As a writer and analyst who does not use AI, I don't fear AI taking my job. Because AI can't do my job. I saw one prominent author saying "If I can't use AI, I'll stop writing." Exactly. Get your info from lazy hacks like that if you want. Follow @ketanjoshi.co and real writers.

ALERT: Big hearing at 9:30am on the Trump ballroom And despite talking tough... the Senate GOP allows the slush fund to survive the night Lots of new reporting in my daily editorial note open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

My take

Another prominent fossil fuel funded think tank weighs in warning about limiting US crude oil exports. This is what the oil industry needs everyone to believe. I disagree. The think tank take.

The conflict marks its 100th day on Sunday.

Pope Leo to German Catholic Students: “In the face of the despotism and ideologies of the past, the Catholic faith has never been merely a veneer or a label, but rather a way of life to be shared in university and in work settings.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

It does not escape me that the two faces featured as who to fight are (a) millennials and (b) a Muslim and a Jew

Trump-wannabe Kevin O'Leary's monstrous data centre next to Utah's already badly mismanaged Great Salt Lake gets worse the more I hear about it. Luckily we don't have any governments tripping on their own willies in the race to bring projects operating at the same scale here!

here we go again with the Trump stolen election bullshit. here's why California takes up to 30 days to certify election results. 👏 so 👏 the 👏 results 👏 are 👏 fair 👏 and 👏 accurate 👏

Ukraine's Navy says one of its drone boats lost control due to Russian jamming during a Black Sea operation and drifted toward Romania. Ukrainian Navy informed Romanian forces to prevent civilian casualties.

“.. the share of US small businesses planning new hires or trying to fill jobs fell to a six-year low in May: National Federation of Independent Business.” @bloomberg.com

I'm sure apologies from all his jerkoff defenders will be immediately forthcoming

A last look at the timing of phenological spring across the contiguous U.S. this year. Red means spring came early for plants. Truly remarkable to see the conditions across the West. Map from @usa-npn.bsky.social: usanpn.org/data/maps/sp... Our study on future projections: doi.org/10.1007/s003...

Been a grim, grim fucking week man iandunt.substack.com/p/an-abysmal...

One year. The only reason this won't happen everywhere is because of politicians selling us out for fossil fuel money. In the US, Mexico, Canada, Germany, New Zealand....I could go on. From Bloomberg's morning newsletter with this subject line: "War ushers in clean energy era"

"The stock market’s recent strength is one reason that high oil prices are seen as merely inconvenient. How bad could it be?" I've been looking at energy markets for quite a while. I'm not sure why one would use the stock market price as an indication of global oil and gas supply an inventory.

Christ, you're the governor of the entire state. Shut the building down. It's not sovereign territory like a foreign embassy. Pull the certificate of occupancy. Cut the power. Back it up with state police. Stop coddling fascists and groveling every time they order you around. Act like an American.

New for @talkingpointsmemo.com: My look at how a recently-retired top immigration official getting celebrity treatment at a conference of outright fascists, and admitting to a friendship with a Nazi like Martin Sellner, should be a giant giant giant scandal talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/greg-bo...

"Once rare, seven-year car loans are fast becoming the norm. They’re often the only way buyers can afford new ride" affordable: adjective That you have the financial means for. Just because they will loan you the money, doesn't mean you have the financial means to pay it back. See also: 2008

People arguing that the public hasn't opposed any other fossil fuel developments but now are opposing datacenters are revealing that they live in a privileged area that isn't located next to fossil fuel infrastructure. The fight has been long and continues even if you haven't cared.

"The Climate Policy Monitor report found a trend of backsliding [on methane regulation] by one country in particular – the US"

And while the battery trucks are 20% higher now, the cost of operation over their economic life is significantly lower than diesel. And even bigger now that the war has made diesel pricey.