Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!

JFK’s niece: h/t @jamiegangel.bsky.social

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

NEWS: Trump prepares crackdown on leftist networks under guise of “domestic terrorism” FBI is compiling lists of people to investigate based on “anti-American,” “anti-Christian,” “gender,” & “immigration” views. In other words, the First Amendment is being incinerated.

Re: Epstein Files Leaked GOP memo gives step-by-step instructions on how to use DARVO (deny, attack, reverse victim and offender) a psychological manipulation tactic, to dismiss any Trump wrongdoing, and instead villainize Dems and frame Trump as the victim couriernewsroom.com/news/leaked-...

Good morning Bluesky! Jack Smith says Trump broke the law, Venezuela simmers, Hegseth goes after national hero, measles are back, the FAA lost 500 trainees. Democracy doomscrolls in sweatpants while Trump delivers an unhinged prime-time ramble to the nation. And it’s only Thursday.

Queens-bound [A] trains are running local from Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts to Broadway Junction.

"California, Oregon, and Washington launched the West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) in September 2025 to ensure science-based public health guidance, creating a regional coalition to provide unified, credible health recommendations, including for vaccines, free from partisan influence."

California is providing its own version of the CDC - “a shield” - to provide reliable health information at a time when it’s lacking in the rest of the US, Governor Gavin Newsom announced. It’s not a Shadow CDC, he stressed, not at that federal level, but it will have links with the WHO.

Yeah! Because the climate emergency isn't nearly as important as Derek in Carshalton Beeches God given right to drive a diesel Mercedes through Sutton. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Start naming mass shootings after politicians who take money from the NRA.

Shmyhal: Strengthening Ukraine's defense industry enhances Europe's security #Ukraine

Lads Hasan Piker is bopping around with one of the totes I did for Kneecap

Questioners include Matt Gaetz, Laura Loomer and James O’Keefe.

Forthcoming follow up book

It’s that time of year, again

Copies of 'Made in Manchester' seen recently at the entrance to Waterstones in Manchester's Arndale Centre.

Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy | Dr Russell Jackson @docrussjackson.bsky.social yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/def...

Megyn Kelly said she thinks “there’s a difference between a 5 year old and a 15 year old” when it comes to sexual abuse. Megyn Kelly has a 14 year old daughter. Megyn Kelly is going to Hell.

and, not for nothing, there is a further acute moral injury in becoming so used to it all, and so used to it not mattering, that you begin to think of terrible crimes with real victims along the lines of "maybe this will be what hurts him politically"

A sociopath who hates poor people because he knows they can't give him the only thing he cares about—money.

The faster Ukraine scales up the production of its drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles, the sooner the war will end. Let’s seize Russia’s frozen assets and help bring the war to an end faster

BT gone down in The UK. National outage hoping to be fixed in a few hours but could be tomorrow 🙄

Five Great Reads: when Virginia Giuffre met Jeffrey Epstein, Malala Yousafzai, and life as a diagnosed narcissist

US actress Diane Keaton dies at 79, People reports reut.rs/46Z0vSs

Greta Thunberg has more courage & moral clarity than any world leader I have ever seen. Bar none. Period. That tiny 22 year old is often accused of being annoying, but what she is, is unyielding to moral ambiguity. If it’s wrong, she says so until someone listens. She deserves the Nobel Prize

ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation. Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.

Hey y’all I think I may have found out a way of our predicament.

another day of literacy being a curse

“If the “European way” is to mean anything, Europe must finally stand up for what it stands for – not just in words, but in action.” A must-read for the Brussels Bubble by @onethuthree.bsky.social and @jannikjansen.bsky.social 👏

About these flags: where’s the money coming from?

Every morning one of my first thoughts is: IHNDY?

This is hilarious!!!

Rewatching the hunger games with fresh eyes

Tuesday.

Minnesota was just ranked the 5th best state for child wellbeing — here’s why: ✅ Free school meals ✅ Nation-leading Child Tax Credit ✅ Paid family and medical leave

Il not usually in favour of creative AI but this time it understood the assignment

“So far, the most energetic opposition has come not from civic leaders but from everyday citizens, showing up at Congressional town hall meetings or participating in Hands Off rallies across the country. “Our leaders must follow their example.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

We don’t want American beef

Starmer may well have changed the narrative. A big deal with the EU will be announced in 11 days. The free trade deal with India is good for the UK. We wait now to see the content of the US one. If it’s good, the 3 deals combined could have big implications for growth and Labour’s spending plans.

Everyone should watch Erica Chenowith on Chris Hayes. It’s sobering and rich in specifics about what autocracies+ authoritarians are and what actually works to swerve them. I’m on my second watch. youtu.be/WzQSEpI9oqU?...

Southbound [R] trains are running with delays after we addressed a mechanical problem on a train at 63 Dr-Rego Park.

🔥 “There’s something wrong in this country… everything has gone up but wages… how many yachts and houses does one person need? — They want us to stay poor, stay hidden, and die silently.” 🇺🇸 #FightTheOligarchy H/T @violadavis.bsky.social

Southbound [1][2][3] trains are running with delays after we removed debris from the tracks at 50 St.

I predict Trump going proper bald where even his combover can’t cover his bonce will affect his popularity.