It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...

The Dogs of 2025 youtu.be/K_1tNbud-8g?...

And if this is the first time you're hearing about It's Storytime, I want you to know about it! It's my new short fiction audiobook podcast. New episodes drop every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcasts. If you're already a listener, thank you! I'd love for you to rate and review us.

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

3 sips in: I am now literally vibrating. I’m pretty sure I can see time. 13/12, this stuff rules

I’m howling.

My latest at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: I talked to @oglaf.bsky.social! Not the character, but rather, the people who create it. They don't do many interviews, so this was a real treat. They're funny people! Turns out they're not super private, just...really bad at PR? www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...

#sciart www.quantamagazine.org/origami-patt...

One week after Trump pardoned Binance’s owner (for a stunning array of crimes related to terrorist and sex predator financing), Binance starts promoting Trump crypto. The White House is a full time, 24/7 corruption machine.

FWIW, this 10-chapter serial is scary, funny, engages with real history and creepy urban legends, and also copes with witnessing the real-time horrors unfolding in America. It's centered on the experience of expats, immigrants, queer, and Indigenous characters surviving colonialist BS.

For when you can't go outside: #birdphotography #birds #photography #nature www.birdpoty.com/2025-winners

Yesterday we visited Green Mountain Falls, CO to visit the kinetic sculpture Off the Beaten Path by Patrick Shearn. I wasn’t ready for just how dynamic it was even in the slightest breeze. Reminds me of a murmuration of starlings. Incredible artwork. It’ll only be up through October 19th.

Sometimes the historical dictionary offers solace through the existence of an obsolete word that is sorely needed now. One of them is ‘respair’, recorded just once, in the 15th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

Charlie doesn't like the sun, or heat/humidity, but has a lot of excess energy this morning. Photo taken moments before chaos/violence was chosen, as the solution.

Informative and only a couple of minutes long.

Finally, I can post this video I've been hanging on to since somebody sent it to me.

Our favorite kinds of fireworks are the cosmic kind 🌟🎆 Our #RubinFirstLook image of the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae has plenty of cosmic fireworks to explore! Let the bright, young stars in these clusters add some sparkle to your #FourthOfJuly holiday ✨🔭🧪 📷: NSF–DOE Rubin Obs.

My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!

Yesterday we released our cosmic treasure chest...and now it's yours to explore! With ✨~10 million galaxies✨ in the image, there's plenty to find. Pan, zoom, and hunt for gems in this treasure chest using Skyviewer - and be sure to share your favorites with us! 🔭🧪 ➡️ skyviewer.app/explorer

We're here, we're queer, and we're looking towards the future! Author @leemandelo.bsky.social recommends five works rooted not just in where queer and trans stories have been–but where they *could* be 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ reactormag.com/five-stories...

If there's one thing you should know about NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory, it's this: ✨It's going to build the greatest time-lapse movie of the cosmos ever made✨ And tomorrow is the world's first preview of how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos in the coming decade! 🔭🧪

This just kept getting better.

David R. Hagen just solved a small mystery that I mentioned 13 years ago in the mouseover text of a comic drhagen.com/blog/the-mis...

TL cleanse www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk-B...

Tab groups are an amazing feature, if you don't want to solve the problem but you don't want to see it either.

FAIR WARNING: It’s ground squirrel kiddo season and excessive cuteness levels may occur or be occurring 🌿

happy mother's day

Here's the full stand-alone comic, for those who'd like to share <3

Happiness on the timeline:

GS: Buybacks at risk? Corporate executives and officers have stopped buying their own shares (via @mikezaccardi.bsky.social)

@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Even jokes... www.youtube.com/shorts/IkHF9...

I would like to thank @hankgreen.bsky.social and @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social for having me appreciate scripture today. Ecclesiastes 12:8.

OH: The guiderails are an atomic bomb. It's much worse than I expected.

Darth Vader is so mad at the beginning of Star Wars because he accidentally texted the plans of the Death Star to a reporter at the Atlantic.

Who wants some good news? The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...

Managed to forget to view it myself ... but these are some nice photos.

Squirrel! Currently Windows only AFAICS, but it has a demo and releases in 14 days if that is good for you.

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

Happiness for your timeline: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsfM...

DEI initiatives are still legal. Universities need to stand their ground. A Friday gift to your university's General Counsel Office - courtesy of an all star lineup of civil rights lawyers and scholars. You're going to want to read this.

A few days old now, but penguins! www.nhregister.com/shoreline/ar...

I don't get personal on main very often, but I spent a few hours writing this, and I want you to read it. It's about my dad and my stepmom, and me, and Stranger Things, and what's happening to the VA right now. www.cheriepriest.com/blog/the-dep...

A CNN headline for the ages: Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say.

Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

The Fedora Project's annual contributor conference will be in Prague in June (not August!). Call for papers is open! fedoramagazine.org/flock-to-fed... #FlockToFedora