WTH is going on in Maine

That's really bad

The way mutual aid requests have gone from mostly cases like trying to pay for a sick relative’s bills or moving to a safe place to many of them being requests for the most bare essentials now like money for groceries.

He knows he has to clean out the fascist stables as quickly as possible - or they will work from the inside to undermine the new government. There's a lesson in here for the Americans post-Trump (if they ever manage it)

Literacy and scientific comprehension rates have always been low. We are just discovering by how much.

Making events into public memory is a cultural technology you have to do on purpose and repeat over and over. The fight to keep hold of the truth never ends it's generational and idk, maybe we're bound to lose in the end. But I have to believe we can do better than we did in the last six years.

another tax we should do is a $1,000 dollar tax on every passenger helicopter ride. seriously though why don’t we do this

26 years old from South Sudan. He has been in the US since age 13, when he was recruited to the country for basketball. Now being discarded as if he was human refuse. Shame on Syracuse for not intervening. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/04...

It's rent, but also: 1. Undocumented labor. 2. Insane healthcare costs that will eat up all savings. 3. Years of extreme stress catching upto people. 1/

This kind of thing at Substack (including their Nazi problem and trans hate problem) are why my newsletter is at Ghost.org and always has been. Andrew Tate is a spectacularly vile human being accused of numerous violent crimes against women and hugely corrosive for young male minds.

Okay bluesky I need your help I live in Massachusetts. You might think we're a bastion of lefty intellectualism but our state government a clusterfuck of post-puritan real estate bros Reskeet this. Text it to your "friends from home" Help this find every masshole poster who will know what to do

The Constitution and a court order both say that the Everglades detention facility must allow people access to their attorneys. Instead of complying, guards are cutting off people’s phone access and beating people who speak up.

heh

This makes me so sad

Really heartening to see the Handbasket get exclusives. Independent media FTW!

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

You know I knew that Door Dash woman looked familiar

I support this.

This moment demands a reset. J Street is calling for the U.S. to end unconditional financial military subsidies to Israel and to move towards a relationship where we treat Israel like any other ally. 🧵 1/6

it feels quite bad that it's basically impossible to argue that much of the modern right in the west has become both entirely intellectually shallow and deeply, fundamentally morally corrupt without sounding like a tedious teenage tankie, because it is.....the factual truth

Guys this thread is so gooood

This is so good

Every time I looked over yesterday, these two were being extra cute 😭 I don’t think they’re Bonded with a capital “B,” but they sure are great pals and if a magical home was out there that wanted a 3-legged cat that beeps at you and a 6-month old cat-shaped goblin, they’re both available in Maryland

this is a boring take but if we want this from a Dem President in 2029 we need to deliver the type of huge legislative majority Magyar just achieved and not the razor-thin one that Biden was forced to work with.

I sat on that very porch and interviewed the owner for this column share.inquirer.com/KmHX4i

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

www.fox9.com/news/amber-c... Amber Czech deserves better

Do not give Molly Shah money. Do not give money to anyone Molly Shah suggests you give money to. Do not give any money to accounts "verified by Molly Shah" In fact if you see Molly Shah, hide your wallet.

Incredible

Second this and here's a link. yalelawjournal.org/pdf/Srinivas...

This is unspeakably tragic

Major media outlets are helping JD Vance play both sides — posing as the principled adviser opposed to the war but also as the loyal helpmate supporting his president's war. Get a grip. Vance is helping a criminal president conduct an illegal war. It’s a scandal that working the press works so well.

@edzitron.com once again proven right

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NASA is one of the best things about this country. Hope. Innovation. Exploration. Wonder. Give them, the post office, and the national parks service all the money from ICE

The allegations are brutal. fuck Swalwell

Incredible

It's because women are more qualified. Men should work harder if they want to succeed.

If you've got an ancient Kindle you can still put BOOKS on it, just not necessarily new ebooks from Amazon. The world is a vast place and there are many more places to get ebooks from. It's good to learn things. You can keep your Kindle.

Ask Democrats & independents what Barack Obama's biggest mistake was & you'll regularly hear that he bailed out the banks & failed to hold people accountable after the Great Recession. Likewise Biden with Trump in 2021. I am glad to see us committing on paper to not make that mistake again.

Public health experts have been begging news outlets to stop using needle shots because a quarter of Americans have needlephobia and will avoid getting vaccinated because of it and these images feed into it... and yet we (as an industry) still keep using them

When you go online, your rights should go with you. X is no longer where the fight is happening. Our work protecting digital rights is needed more than ever before, and we’re here to help you take back control. eff.org/donate (5/5)

Ms. Wollack, the English teacher leading this project, has created a GoFundMe for anyone who wants to support these students: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ea...

The Navy SEAL medic whose testimony helped Eddie Gallagher walk free in his war crimes case has recently joined a neo-Nazi group. We've obtained secret documents detailing his October interview with the group. We also uncovered his racist and antisemitic X account.

The comment section of most porn sites are better moderated and far more humane and dignified.

While I think encouraging competition is good and healthy, that's not what a "China hawk" is. Words have meaning.

revenge not for revenge's sake but because unless accountability is enforced harshly the MAGA goons will simply relax, count their loot, regroup and re-attack democracy and freedom as soon as opportunity arises again

When we take back power, I do not want unity or healing, I want revenge. I also don't want a lecture on "but that's just like Trump, he wanted revenge." He was wrong, we are right. It's different. Get a moral compass. Revenge or sit down. Call it "justice" if you must, it's that too.