"There’s a freedom people are craving because they’re feeling so constrained, surveilled and, frankly, threatened in so many other spheres." Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.

Humanity's Largest Scientific Project Enters Its Most Critical Phase to Unlock the Power of the Stars share.google/T0xZ8NFUDfg7...

This is huge, right? They just Trump-proofed the Fed.

When asked who holds him to account, Phoebe CEO Scott Steiner said, “I hope that our consumers do, right? ... They can do that by electing to get care elsewhere.” Except in Albany, they don’t have anywhere else to go. This is Part 5 of "Sick in a Hospital Town" ⬇️

I couldn’t leave Chicago without getting a cut from my old barber, Zariff!

#SomeGoodNews A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid, flat-packable washing machine. The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning

Apple iOS 26.2—1 Billion iPhone Users Must Install New Update

This is exactly what the bosses who put Trump into office were trying to achieve. Crushing the tight labor market from the early Biden years that gave workers - for the first time in my adult lifetime - leverage over their bosses.

Paramount’s WBD bid relegates Netflix to a supporting role on.ft.com/4oHyOEC

Seeing this news is so weird for me because in 1989 when I was a baby 25-year-old corporate litigator in Manhattan, one of the first things I worked on was Warner Communications Inc.'s defense against a hostile takeover bid from Paramount Communications Inc. (1/2)

Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos will stop paying into Social Security in early January. The rest of us will contribute throughout the year. It's time to adjust or scrap the cap! #musk #zuckerberg #bezos #socialsecurity #scrapthecap @sanders.senate.gov @democrats.senate.gov #SSA

Drag him.

In a powerful moment, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey made clear he will NOT back down to the 47 regimes efforts to terrorize Somali immigrants. This is powerful. This is what real leaders do!

Russia just tried to assassinate Zelensky on EU soil and it's barely news.

North Carolina-based graffiti artist JEKS ONE is known for his hyper-realistic portraiture & mastery of spray paint. (Check comments for a different view of how this mural looks on the street). #StreetArt #murals #WallMural #mural #art #artist

If only American journalists had the same amount of integrity, or ANY integrity.

First of all her name is Kaitlan Collins and she’s far from stupid & nasty. Next, this nastiness from this cockroach of a president needs to be checked by somebody! Since when is asking a totally relevant question a problem? This isn’t his White House.

Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱

Feds Warn iPhone And Android Users—Change Apple, Google And Microsoft Passwords

Three-year-old Castelion is worth $2.8 billion after raising $350 million to fund its ambition to supply thousands of weapons to the U.S. government.

The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.

Since we can’t ever expect Mike Johnson to do the right thing, we’re forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits. And we only need four more members to sign the petition to make it happen. Help us move the needle!

Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment

Why Americans are feeling poorer even though they’re not on.ft.com/4rDM5k6 | opinion

Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE

And here it is: the EU’s first big fine against X under the Digital Services Act www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/t...

Maga’s strange rage against Europe on.ft.com/4iI8gSm | opinion

FYI - Live Science is hiring! Come work with me? (Remote, US based position)

As reported by FOX news :Gilligan was trying to flip the boat while smuggling coconut cream pies.

When Pete Hegseth tweeted he was investigating me, Gabby laughed and laughed.

FOX: “Mom and pop bankruptcies are surging to a new record…” (*Fox host then immediately freaks out goes into deep denial mode*)

How did Robert F. Kennedy Jr. become a powerful figure reshaping public health in America? Watch our recent documentary "The Rise of RFK Jr." for an in-depth exploration of the Health and Human Services secretary's past, his anti-vaccine activism, and how he is now influencing policy.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com "Barbaric behavior tarnishes all who wear, or once wore, the uniform, and lust for cruelty turns a noble vocation into mere thuggery," writes Phil Klay, a Marine Corps veteran.

Upstart hedge fund launches fresh attack on US regional banks on.ft.com/49TywXw

You're going to want to sit down and take a deep breath before you read this. A regulated monopoly is actively working to prevent competition. I know, it's hard to believe. But it's true. www.utilitydive.com/news/solicit...

#GVerse Anti-ICE protesters SHUT DOWN Nola City Counsil Meeting, after demanding to speak about #FuckICE in New Orleans and city collaboration. City Counsil shut down the public comment and left!

As I said a couple months ago: Really hard not to see last year quite clearly as a Black woman being nominated for the first time and the response being the return of Jim Crow.

US stocks set for double-digit gains in 2026, say Wall Street banks on.ft.com/4po0oIe

CARTOON OF THE DAY

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell again this week, slipping close to its low point so far this year.

Wall Street banks expect US stocks to post another year of double-digit gains in 2026, defying recent investor jitters over Big Tech companies’ huge spending plans and a potential bubble in the artificial intelligence sector on.ft.com/3MhLjcw

This article is an extremely well presented discussion about the current funding challenges for science and medicine in the US. Highly recommend. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... @nytimes.com #FundScience #publicpolicy @altnih4science.bsky.social @roguenasa.altgov.info @roguenoaa.altgov.info

Hannah reminds us why we have a cabinet with "talents" like Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, RFKJr and Pam Bondi...

TBF, I'm not sure they're actually trying to make Americans suffer and die. I think they just don't care if Americans suffer and die, as long as billionaires get tax cuts and shareholders get more profits.

These 2,900 individual billionaires could lose 75% of their wealth and still be richer than 4 billion people. Inequality is eating the whole world alive.

The Trump Administration's latest rationale for killing striken seamen was that they knew that two men had survived the initial strike but that they "needed to sink the vessel" so they fired again. That is the EXACT same defense Heinz-Wilhelm Eck used after WWII. He was found guilty and executed.