A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much. Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment. /1

If the Pope weren’t so weak on crime he’d get in that Popemobile and start pullin’ folks over.

Monday playlist. #1 youtu.be/4kPgo3lPxSQ

Seems like the grocery stores are out of stock of things they used to have all the time. Am I imagining it?

I have no birds in my houses or in my chimney this year. I usually host two families of titmice, one of Carolina chickadees, and have swifts in the chimney by now.

Indian Paradise Flycatcher. The Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a medium-sized passerine bird native to Asia, where it is widely distributed. The global population is considered stable. 📸: @raj_intowild

Jesus Christ.

They should move the Masters up two weeks. They haven’t had azaleas for years.

MAJOR BREAKING: Judge Chris Taylor, the Democratic-backed candidate, has won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The result expands the court’s liberal majority to 5–2, extending its current ideological balance for years to come.

There is something you can do about all of this — make your plans for May 1. This country needs a united show of power, energy, and hope. indivisible.org/events/may-d...

Facts spoken by an ex-trumper...

I’m sorry if this is TMI, but I recently installed a bidet and I can now tell you that Europeans are not only better governed than we are, they are also cleaner in some important spots.

Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We decided to illustrate it.

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IT'S TIIIIIIMMMMMMEEEEEEEE!! Drastic times call for drastic measures. If you can stay home, AWESOME. If you can't, please consider NOT BUYING anything that day. The POINT is the pressure of OUR POWER. #MAYDay #May1st #GeneralStrike #NOBusinessAsUSUAL www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...

This is proof that sometimes you never know how good things can get, and even then, they can sometimes get even better. 13/10 for all (TT: matiastapia2409)

Yesterday and today TCM has been punching Nazis.

Screwed again. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Americans are getting exactly what they knowingly voted for two times.

Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video. “It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?” This lady’s response is🔥

Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/w...

I have no interest in cars, but if I can help screw Musk even a little bit…

My favorite sign, so far. #NoKings

A virtual No Kings Rally is available!

A book should have a preface OR an introduction, not both, and whichever the author chooses should not be longer than two pages. Extra points if s/he chooses to forgo them both.

Oh for fuck’s sake. I have covid again.

Not the first time Melania has had to drop her price.

OMG this looks SO good! 😋👀 Chicken Parmesan with Gangsta Chef a.k.a. Thug Peach 😂

House was the first follow-people-around-and-write-about-what-they-do book I ever read. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/b...

My husband wouldn’t dare say this out loud, but this is what he thinks.

Say what you want about AI, this is spot on:

Today's New Yorker cartoon, by Ivan Ehlers

ICE in the Houston airport Hunter, Daily Kos - Periodically, small packs of ICE agents wander by. Their job is guns. They are there to watch, and to have guns. They do not know the rules about toothpaste, and will not answer your questions... They are just there to watch you, and to have guns.

Surely not! Corruption in Trumpland?!

I was never a "Dynasty" fan, but had I known Carrington Manor was a death trap I would've probably watched this show.

I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

#ICE going to work TSA? What could go wrong?

I think staffing airport screening stations with incompetent, anti-social vigilantes who murder strangers isn’t ideal.

We’re starting to give up on the courts. www.texasobserver.org/man-v-nature...

This is scary, and it’s unlikely to be overturned. www.texasobserver.org/prairieland-...

Much of the Trump Era consists of treating comically unsuited and unqualified people like they have something halfway intelligent to say because they've been put in positions normally occupied by people who do.

I worked as a hotel maid at the North Rim in 1975–I think it was. Beautiful pictures here. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Belly full of dinner. #dogs

Holy cow. 1204 possible words after the first guess. Wordle 1,730 2/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I don’t think the bot believes me.