What a legend she is.

Alex Pretti was described by the govt as approaching agents with a handgun when he was shot dead. But the video released since shows Pretti with his hands empty. Fmr. NYPD Lt. Porcher says in “no way, shape, or form,” does Pretti approach officers with any sort of threat. youtu.be/Yr8Fknv-u3o

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

This is Alex Pretti.

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

It's a worthwhile mission to (re)introduce tech skepticism to folks who have become (inexplicably) enthralled to AI* platforms and technologies. Technologies are not neutral--they bring with them the worldviews of their inventors.

Yesterday somebody called me 'pretentious'. I nearly choked on my oat milk decaf double choc mocha latte

Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.

The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents. In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.

Pope condemns ‘barbarity’ of Israel’s war in Gaza

Israeli strike on Gaza church kills two and injures priest Pope Francis called daily

Starting July 25, Bluesky will require users in the UK to scan their face, upload an ID or verify their identity with a bankcard. I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.

Kneecap at Glastonbury don't RT they are supposed to be terrorists or something.

Day 2- a beautiful sunrise as the Madleen sails to Gaza. #BreakTheSiege #sunrise #FromTheRiverToTheSea

Holy shit! Ser Davos, the smuggler Onion Knight, from Game of Thrones (aka Liam Cunningham) is part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla! Now he’s “smuggling” food across Israel’s blockade to help starving children, just like he saved everyone during the Siege of Storm’s End. Greta Thunberg is also on board

we let this happen, a stain on us we will never be able to remove

People who are still shouting that Israel is not committing genocide must be clapping their hands over their ears every time an Israeli minister steps onto a podium because

The intentional death by starvation, of babies. A slow and cruel death.

How do you not absolutely die of embarrassment and/or seriously reconsider your choices if both the current and former popes have singled you out for Catholicking badly?

The Chicago native is also a Peruvian citizen and lived for years in Peru, first as a missionary and then as an archbishop.

“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration

The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he: - Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus - Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies - Retweeted twice about the Pope's health - Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.

Sin é in a nutshell

📣 KNEECAP STATEMENT:

Meanwhile, Sharon Osbourne thinks telling people about Israeli war crimes at Coachella "compromised its moral and spiritual integrity”....

👏👏👏 "It is those in high places who allow this barbarity in Gaza... but nobody threatens their careers or salaries. There's not a cheep about them as the political guns are turned on three working-class rappers."

Pope Francis has died this morning at the age of 88. His final message, on Easter Sunday, called for an end to “deplorable” violence in Gaza, Sudan and around the world www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

#FilmSky 🗃️ ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Finally you can watch #NoOtherLand 📽️🏆, the Oscar winner for best documentary, in the US from home. And the streaming fee supports the people of Masafer Yatta!

If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.

This part

This “genius” genuinely believes that healthcare budget analysts can simply be reassigned to making toasters.

How it started // How it’s going

Senator Angus King: "I have to point out, Mr. Chairman, in the hour that we've been sitting here, investors in the United States stock market have lost two and a half trillion dollars."

political cartoon circa 1908