Video from her youtube for people to share, again I think it has more gravitas than 'substack bad' which agree but kinda splitting hairs on this reporting needing more eyes and ears on it. Secret supercomputers by the ellisons mega depth ballroom and stuff.

so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...

The state of the California governor’s race:

Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

"“I’m here to tell you the mission of your generation is to destroy AI,” said Chieng." news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

"If data centres were a country, they would be the second-largest destination for gas turbines ordered from Q1 2025 to Q1 2026" New IEA report confirms this isn't a normal industry. It is a fossil-fuelled, high-polluting heavy industry producing socially corrosive products at massive climate cost.

I'm fine with this response to Budget Goebbels Stephen Miller. Pearl clutchers should go live inside a cave and write an essay about civility.

Scoop: NSF has been quietly blocking new funds and grants to four top universities: Duke, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. Dozens of proposals from PIs at these universities—and their collaborators—have been stuck at the Office of Award Management awaiting finalization for months.

I've thought of trying to get an online army to just tag all these pieces of bad news #theydidthis and this is a big one. When the catastrophes, the hunger, the breakdowns happen, please trace it all back to #theydidthis.

"I've been doing this work a long time but nothing prepared me for what I saw on a recent reporting trip in Somalia. I was there to look into rising food and fuel prices from the war in the Middle East landing atop dramatic cuts to the international humanitarian relief system" - Peter Goodman in NYT

I approve of the Dems' response to this, though

Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America.  He embodies the broken system we’re running against. It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton

your regular reminder that the national shoplifting crisis was a manufactured moral panic largely engineered by corporations in order to cover up their own mismanagement — and that wage theft is the largest category of theft in the U.S.

And there you have it. The anti trans campaign in Maine was never some "grassroots movement." It was bankrolled by billionaire Richard Uihlein, who poured over $800,000 into targeting trans kids over sports and bathrooms.

i think a lot of the backlash to "the male loneliness epidemic" narratives is that they're often disingenuous, they don't offer a solution and in the absence of that it's clear that the only thing they can mean is "women need to take responsibility for it by being less people"

A lot of attention is paid to craft traditions in Western Europe and North America, such as handsewn Hermes leather goods and bespoke Savile Row suits. But the uneven focus leads some to believe that things made outside of these places are low quality. This is not true. 🧵

since the fear of trans women is always the fear of trans women *passing,* transmisogyny is always simply misogyny

This is so disgusting The US is essentially extorting countries for their resources in exchange for human lives. How anyone can support this is beyond me.

Bong Joon Ho on AI 👀 deadline.com/2025/11/bong...

via Al Jazeera: Indonesian authorities shut down screenings of a new documentary on alleged human rights abuses in West Papua, including Indigenous land seizures. Access to the region remains restricted for rights groups and international media.

My son's world in gaza is vanishing into darkness. Every second we wait, his light fades a little more. We have one final chance to save his sight, but we can't do it alone. Please, don't let him go blind. Be the miracle he's praying for. Verified by : molly shah chuffed.org/project/1624...

It's the Glorious 25th of May! How Do They Rise Up.

‘She does not back down’: the couple seeking to legalise same-sex marriage in Botswana Bonolo Selelo and Tsholofelo Kumile are going to court for right to wed but face fierce opposition from church groups www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

A day after The Late Show ended, Colbert hosted an episode of public access program Only In Monroe, reviving his 11-year-old gag. How bad is CBS/Paramount taking it? They issued copyright complaints for a show they don't own. 🤣 CBS would hate it if you watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF...

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You won't want to miss this deep dive into the porno-political memeplex that has colonized the right. Cameron Cummins-Smith gives us essentially an explainer, but one that is so necessary because this stuff is so embarrassing to think about, let alone write about.

Anna Liedtke of the #FreedomFlotilla was raped by Zionist soldiers. "I’m sharing it for all the women who experience sexual violence [and] on behalf of those who did not survive those attacks, those who cannot speak about it because they are still in prison." www.thecanary.co/global/world...

We need to call this what it is: Trump is holding vulnerable people to ransom (“give us your minerals & your sensitive health data—or else we shut down your antiretroviral program & people with HIV will get sick or die”) I wrote about this in today’s @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/393/...

The Arlington National Cemetery Memorial apparently has deleted references and information on everyone interred there who wasn’t a white straight man from their database - attempting to sweep their existence under the rug. My thoughts on this obscenity cannot legally be shared on this platform.

Artists and those who share art. May want to block this bullshit ASAP

This is such a moving piece. If your interested in #Ebola — the damage it causes, the trauma families and communities and responders face during and after an outbreak — please read it. www.statnews.com/2026/05/20/e...

After auctioning Late Night Show memorabilia, Stephen Colbert raised nearly $2.5 million for @wck.org and the humanitarian efforts of José Andrés and chefs feeding victims of war and disasters around the world. 👏🕊️❤️ latenighter.com/news/late-sh...

Good morning! One of my favorite animals. :) Testing the back side of canson mi teintes paper. Oil pastels 50x65cm. #jaguar #onçapintada #Sciart #natureart #oilpastel #art

Oh if this goes through, I'm never setting foot in a Barnes and Noble again

Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.

Breaking: the 1st circuit denied the emergency injunction request by the Rhode Island child advocate. As a result, Rhode Island children's will have to turn over medical records of trans youth to judge Reed O' Connor in Texas within the next 45 minutes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

It says a lot about Albo that he is mad that women suggested he might not know how to combat gendered violence and has clarified that he does know, he is just choosing not to act

11 Australians kidnapped by genocidal Israel Because they tried to bring aid to #Gaza. Visit, call or email your local MP - Urge the federal government to stand up for Australian citizens and end our support for Israel's occupation and blockade of Gaza. @australianlabor.bsky.social #Auspol

11 Australians kidnapped by genocidal Israel Because they tried to bring aid to #Gaza. Visit, call or email your local MP - Urge the federal gov to stand up for Australian citizens and end our support for Israel's occupation and blockade of Gaza. @australianlabor.bsky.social #Auspol #Genocide

Did not know until I read this that there's a protected nature area in Tobago as old as the United States, in case you would like a different 250th anniversary to celebrate globalvoices.org/2026/05/19/t...

This Israeli soldier is telling you about the horrific crimes the IDF is committing. The translation here is 100% accurate. Watch this. All Israelis know what is happening in Gaza and the West Bank. Shaeil Ben-Ephraim

If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)

Basically, the US govt under the Biden administration colluded with the Pakistan military to oust Imran Khan, a democratically elected prime minister, because he tried to pursue independent foreign policy. The US govt under Trump still remains chummy with the Pakistan military under Asim Munir

A year ago I warned what would happen if the US tore down our disease detection system around the world With Hantavirus & Ebola we are seeing VERY clearly what we’ve lost And why it matters Read my @theatlantic.com piece from last year outlining what happened www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Cebu and Bohol residents ,who survived destructive typhoon in 2021, file historic case vs Shell. First civil claim linking oil companies to climate harm. My latest piece for @globalvoices.org globalvoices.org/2026/05/15/p...

Ah yes, this one

Gotta say it’s a bit on the nose to have a ship full of wealthy white people and an outbreak that’s actually been controlled dominate global media while a major Ebola outbreak in DRC with cross boarder spread is going unnoticed. www.npr.org/2026/05/16/g...

An Iranian kid talking about what its's like to live under the bombing in Iran right now. "If we're gonna die, then we're gonna die together. At least I'm not gonna become an orphan or my parents are not gonna become childless."

The US is not only cutting PEPFAR , it is holding lifesaving HIV medications hostage until African countries sign away their mineral rights to the US maryknollogc.org/2026/03/30/z...