Solid quote: “Democrats have got to stop showing up to a knife fight with a spork.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/u...

I can’t stop thinking about how this photo just looks like a colorized version of a picture from the 1960s (Photo by @nicolehester.bsky.social for The Tennesseean)

A documentary that resonates, why the press needs to pay more attention to Truth Social madness, and an impressive investigation from the Post and Courier. Read Laurels and Darts by @banikarim.bsky.social www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

Tennessee and all GOP states now drawing new congressional maps to eliminate Black districts were slave states that joined the Confederacy and then imposed Jim Crow laws. That MUST be included in all media coverage for context! I break it all down: youtu.be/JuXilr6RR9E?...

Another "report what they do, not what they say" reminder.

Memphis, in 2026:

And a battle of wits?

Meanwhile the California grid now boasts the equivalent of 12 nuclear power plants worth of batteries -- the total cost of which was, I suspect, less than a single nuclear plant.

262 business days. That’s how long the Department of Education told us it would take for it to respond to our recent records request. That’s not how freedom of information is supposed to work. By @charlesornstein.bsky.social

NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)

I listened to Kelly's conversation with Rebecca Solnit and I recommend it. I was particularly struck with what Solnit says here: truthout.org/audio/hope-i...

@michaelpollan.bsky.social asks in @atmosmag.bsky.social essay on consciousness: "But what weight can the feeling expressed by a machine possibly have? Unless it can be mortal, unless it knows what it is to inhabit a vulnerable body, those feelings would be weightless." atmos.earth/science-and-...

Maryland just banned dynamic pricing!! It really is possible!!! We have to insist on it!

"To Catch a <White Person With Economic Anxiety>"

Finished reading a paper book this morning for the first time in a long time -- years -- and feeling great about it. Feeling like I clawed back some of my humanity. Good, very relevant book too. 📖💡

get in losers were unilaterally enacting electrification and demand destruction

I'm 2/5 Ship of Theseus on my StrengthsFinder top traits from 2015 to today.

I think about this all the time.

It's more that we are living in the past

fucking fascinating, via Politico newsletter

Very happy Idaho is getting sued over it's ridiculous interference in our bathroom freedom. Very sad for Emilie who, “plans to drink less water and eat less to ensure that she would not need to use public restrooms.” My toilets are open for any who need them. idahocapitalsun.com/2026/04/30/t...

“Given this context, inaction is a form of endorsement. The ball is in the court of democracies and their citizens. It is up to them to stand in the way of those who seek to silence the press. The spread of authoritarianism isn’t inevitable.” ~ Anne Bocandé 🚨Persvrijheid wereldwijd onder druk.🚨

Have we invited any international observers to work the midterms yet?

American with FOMO here

Rev. Blackmon: "What we are witnessing is not simply a legal debate. It is a recurring struggle over the meaning of democracy itself." religionnews.com/2026/04/30/t...

Exactly, a form of disciplinary advertising.

“They’re targeting foreigners to establish the principle, but there’s no question it’ll be turned against all of us if they succeed.” - @jwdwerner.bsky.social Je suis Khalil. Incredible reflections from him. nymag.com/intelligence...

It's rare that you're at a conference where you hear a prominent CLIMATE SCIENTIST say he's "never felt so encouraged" ... ... but that's what's going on at the first international conference on the transition away from fossil fuels in Colombia🛢️🇨🇴🌍 Read + listen to our reporting on @npr.org 🎧📻⬇️

👇Tepid headline for a critical GOP primary in curbing extremist influence in Magic Valley. www.idahoednews.org/elections/di... Zuider is tax dodger, far-right IFF ideologue, and defender of convicted rapist: idahoextremism.org/dossiers/gle... cc @idahocapitalsun.com @realseandolan.bsky.social

The Trump administration is fast-tracking deportations of migrant children, some as young as four, under WH pressure, according to internal sources. "Immigration hearings... are being moved up by weeks or even months, making it more difficult for attorneys to obtain immigration relief for kids"

JUST IN: Sixth straight loss for DOJ in lawsuits to obtain states’ voter rolls. This one in Arizona from Trump-appointed judge Susan Brnovich. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Bro went all the way open.spotify.com/episode/4y5h...

"hardcore desert tourism goes horribly awry" www.theborderchronicle.com/the-mystical...

The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

RIP Rahghu Rai. the greatest indian photographer His photos of Delhi, books were legendary. Taj as a memento mori raghuraifoundation.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=602V...

Raghu Rai photo of none other than 1970s Bachchan.... Bachchan, the angry young man, was born of the striking unions and the inflationary, war-driven energy shocks maelstrom of the 1970s. one for @rajakorman.bsky.social

Her partner died in the Baltimore bridge collapse. The Biden administration offered her a way to stay in the U.S. Their 7-year-old is a U.S. citizen. The Trump admin is deporting her. www.npr.org/2026/04/23/n...

PopeTUS

Reminiscent of the immigrant/expat debate, no? also: "According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), between 2008 and 2024, approximately **22.3 million people** were displaced in the United States due to a range of hazards, including floods, storms, and wildfires." (a low est.)

Idaho Statesman workers are fed up and ready to strike. Want to help? Please donate to our strike fund. Anything helps. All money will directly support journalists on strike 👉 tinyurl.com/4s7ksjjz

more than 40% of land on the U.S.-Mexico border being converted into ** restricted military zones ** 👀

mazel tov

12 more states have bills to ban new data centers but Maine passed theirs first. The future is absolutely up for grabs. thehill.com/homenews/sta...

The plane to Ethiopia below is the second private jet owned by MAGA billionaires Joe Nakash and Eli Gindi to do ICE charters. The other one, which I wrote about last month, did a third-country removal to an Eswatini prison, plus ICE stops in Liberia and Ghana. gillianbrockell.com/more-maga-bi...

montana constitution stays winning

"...where a coalition of doers... takes steps toward removing legal barriers like investment protections for oil, gas, and coal that make fossil phaseout prohibitive, and opening new legal avenues, like a Fossil Fuel Treaty...” — @nikkireisch.bsky.social

Idaho has the most punitive anti-trans bathroom ban in the country, with up to five years in prison for a second offense. I spoke to the folks pushing back—over what just a few years ago led to calls for boycotts, the state legislature shamed on the national stage—on how they fight.