“It’s difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is. Journalists are trained to be like, ‘OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?’ So you convey that to your audience. But in reality, when you actually watch, you see he's full of hatred, lying constantly, and very incoherent.”

I take no pleasure in saying that I and my @propublicaguild.org colleagues are on strike. It shouldn't have come to this and i can only hope that seeing the overwhelming majority of staff walk out today opens management's eyes and convinces them we're serious about our demands.

I wish science could explain what’s happening.

"Bloomberg examined Trump’s record of following through on threats to attack other countries and non-state actors. "Looking at his first term, he made good on threats roughly 20% of the time. "In his second term to date, that rate has risen to 50%." www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...

Ali Ghamsari absolutely knows that US-Israel will not hesitate to kill him and destroy the power plant. That is the point of the action. To die for justice.

LOS ANGELES CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEYS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FILE LAWSUIT AFTER BEING SHOT WITH 40MM "RUBBER BULLETS" BY LAPD OFFICER Media advisory for press conference tomorrow Tuesday 4/7 at 9 am outside LAPD HQ 👀 See videos below 👇🏻

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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work. Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world. (Published May 2024)

Pfizer has ended its large Phase III Trial of an updated COVID19 vaccine. They were not able to enroll enough people to meet their goal. A major problem is the FDA’s wholly unreasonable demand that people with chronic conditions, who benefit most from the vaccine, not be allowed to participate.

Please consider backing our crowd funder for this passion project being made with real love for the character but retooled for today! kickstarter.com/projects/798979572/dan-dare-graphic-novel Dan Dare: First Contact graphic novel from @b7comics.bsky.social

Researchers now turning their attention to determining whether the Pope is Catholic.

In perhaps the most predictable move ever.....

The country's largest network of crisis pregnancy centers has publicly aligned itself with 'abolitionists'—the movement that wants abortion patients to get the death penalty jessica.substack.com/p/the-most-d...

All right, live whatevering of Trump v. Barbara, the birthright citizenship case. Arguing for the bad guys is US Solitictor General John (voice is an immutable characteristic so let's show some respect) Sauer. For the plaintiffs it's ACLU legal director Cecillia Wang.

Excellent Bouie piece on the birthright case. Especially how it points out that every academic backing Trump has either explicitly rejected Trump’s take in the past or somehow written extensively on the 14A without raising it (and implicitly rejecting it)… and have no new evidence now. Gift link:

Trump is saying this now because he's angry that other NATO members aren't doing what he wants. But there are also medium- and longer-term questions about NATO's viability that everyone needs to face up to. 🧵

I know gas prices are like the lowest form of political discourse, but in this case there’s no “circumstances” or “complicated economic fallout” this self inflicted by one man and his sycophants . These are from my neighborhood today.

There are two types of people in this world: those who watched the new Supergirl trailer and thought, “Wow, this looks epic,” and those of us who immediately went into full panic mode the second Krypto got hurt.

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

Slotkin is so gross with her "what works in the middle of the country will work on the coasts, but not in reverse" bullshit

Interesting. I posted the official text of the law GWBush signed capping the percentage of US TV market ownership at 39% for companies like Nexstar. It has now disappeared from the Federal Register. Hitting a nerve?

Trump at wartime

Also, Kash Patel was on the board of Trump Media.

Explicitly, unambiguously racist, and part of a broader pattern. Not only unfair and insulting to these officers, and to all Black people serving the country, especially Black women, but bad for national security as well. Weakening America to prioritize a project of resegregating the government.

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

Me, reading the first sentence: “eh, does X-files really need a reboot though?” Me, reading the second sentence: “X-FILES REBOOT! LET’S DO THIS THING. TEN SEASONS AND A MOVIE!”

So lets get this straight. The Trump admin through its mind numbing arrogance and incompetence has upended the hegemonic goodwill that the US had accumulated over nearly 100 years. Great job everyone!

You know what? Chase your dreams Stephen! If I had the option to write Star Wars, I would go all in. It would suck, cause I can't write. But I would have a blast doing it.

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Got it added to my pull list! Post haste!

One of the ways that #NIH is collapsing is its buildings and infrastructure. This is one of NIH’s most impressive buildings, the Porter Neuroscience Center. Water is pooling, permanent sandbags hold back floods, and stone walkways and cement steps degrade and are not repaired. Why? 1/

Trump is spending $1 billion to stop two new windfarms. He is also spending $1 billion per day on his Iraq War. None of this was authorized by Congress. Remember this as you pay more for Heathcare, gas and groceries... #HealthcareNotWarfare wapo.st/47LKFfa

This is a solid investigative post. Mad credit to Mr. Webb, for doing the work. If people make claims, they need to back them up. Otherwise they are just trying to cloak their actual advocacy or worse, engaged in a disingenuous operation with much more nefarious goals (ratfucking) on offer.

This is fantastic news! If it holds out and can be widely performed it would be modern marvel.

The FCC is waiving a rule that bars a single company from owning TV stations reaching more than 39% of U.S. households. Nexstar and Tegna combined would cover ~60%. Reminder that Nexstar's CEO has praised Trump and quickly pulled Jimmy Kimmel off its stations last fall. See how this works?

Terrifying numbers in latest annual survey of federal workers from @ourpublicservice.bsky.social. For example, DoD workers' trust in Hegseth is in the toilet. Only 11.5% of Army employees say their dept's political leaders "maintain high levels of integrity." Similar numbers for Navy, Air Force

Donald Trump: •Blew up the Iran Nuclear Deal despite Iran's compliance •Sanctioned & bombed Iran, claiming he destroyed their nuclear program •And when Iran still came to negotiate & give up ALL its enriched uranium, Trump killed 175 Iranian girls & launched a war on Iran This is a dictator 2/2

MSNBC Journalist David Rhode reports: "Iran offered to give away ALL of its enriched uranium during peace talks in Geneva. The British thought it was a credible offer. Hours later, Trump started bombing Iran anyway. The US didn't want peace, they wanted war." So to recap... 1/2

"Black women ...comprise 6 percent of the overall U.S. labor force and 12 percent of the federal labor force. But of the almost 300,000 federal jobs slashed in 2025, Black women were a stunning 33 percent of those cuts."

Our treaty allies. Per capita casualties were higher than the US in Afghanistan where they fought as a NATO member.

Math, with its black-and-white rules and rigid structure, might seem to be beyond politics. But right-leaning education advocates are now pushing new model math standards.

Damned right we are. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social is in this until public health infrastructure is rebuilt, and better than it was before.

This @the-independent.com story is such an obvious lift of mine that they didn’t even bother deleting my site’s referral URL. And no, they do not credit me for reporting it first or (intentionally) link to my story. In j-school, rewording someone else’s reporting was called plagiarism. 1/

This is sloppy, disrespectful, and also fits into the larger pattern of using the work of independent journalists with no credit. Gillian is an extremely experienced journalist doing critical reporting and yoinking it like this is unethical and unprofessional.

True, which is why Democrats should get rid of it

@grahamformaine.bsky.social blamed women for sexual assault, saying they should "take some responsibility for themselves" and "act like an adult." Here's what Maine women had to say about his words.

"Autocratization is now truly global. (...) In 2025, Western Europe and North America registers the most notable decline on both country- and population-weighted averages. This is primarily due to the recent developments in the US." V-Dem released its latest report. www.v-dem.net/documents/75...