he needs to be stripped of all his assets as part of his impeachment. How is it not illegal to profit off of the Presidency?

this is heinous behavior. those lands are absolutely breathtaking, and extremely important pristine wilderness. these people should be deeply ashamed of themselves.

weekly reminder that there is a literal deranged, criminal madman with the nuke codes! and Republicans think that's *checks notes* fine, actually.

the fact that Rand Paul is literally the only Republican choosing to speak sense into the world speaks volumes

ending my spree today with this. Mamdani is a beam of hope in this dark night!!!! let's go!!

I hope y'all think about this whenever someone says something like "but the stock market" when you point out that these continuous layoffs are unreasonable and make no sense

VOUGHT: The budget community currently relies on current law to evaluate these estimates [and that's wrong] right, they should be evaluating against *jots down* entirely fabricated notions of fraud. got it.

now let's do a class action!

Oh sorry, so religion and politics should be separate? Is that what you're saying? bsky.app/profile/atru...

wait a damned minute... is JD Vance... not actually interested in the true teachings of Catholicism? is American Christian nationalism/evangelism often about... something else?

this is a huge win for Mamdani (who is facing criticism over his decision not to unilaterally end encampment sweeps for a /good, compassionate/ reason) and for democratic socialism. video does a great job at pointing out how divorced from reality the people who this tax affects are. #TAXTHERICH

THIS!! the language of neutrality is NOT unbiased journalism when you are sanewashing the reality of the situation. The sanewashing we've seen of this administration is really insult to injury. outrageous.

I'm completely uninterested in what any NYT editor has to say about what Democrats need to do. likewise I'm completely uninterested what DNC members think Democrats need to do. if any Democrats want to know how to alienate voters' material complaints and wishes, look here!

Imagine no inflation It’s easy if you lie No oil blockaded Economy sky-high

assuming "most generous" here means she's given it away at a faster rate than the Gates', who have given a higher lifetime total (~$46 billion). all the other billionaires who have signed the "giving pledge" just prop up their own shady business-adjacent orgs (looking at you CZI)

it's an astounding display of our lack of empathy as a society that we are unable to respond to SA with any level of decorum. the problem begins with our attitudes toward men's behavior and our expectations for that. believe survivors. teach men not to rape. teach women to demand better.

nice try, Bezos. WaPo is just a bunch of yes people dressed up in a journalist costume and Bezos is pulling the strings

This might be one of my favorites from Artemis II. A cinematic alignment of the Moon and Earth, each cradled within the warmth of sunbeams. Taken from behind the Moon on April 6th. flic.kr/p/2s6BABn

HOLY SHIT

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

remember y'all, the word is demented — or, if you like, deranged. don't back down from what demands stronger language.

here I am, posting about the Moon and going about my day, while a nuclear war threat looms. That encapsulates the discordance of the last 10 years better than I can really say or feel. if we could all agree to just stop, I am so there. just say the word y'all.

I believe here we see what Victor Glover was describing yesterday. Lunar craters at the terminator appear to be bathed in darkness at center, with their high crests lit up. The drama, the intrigue. What a moon, our Moon. Just absolutely gorgeous. #ArtemisII credit NASA tinyurl.com/rak3kvp3

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com

So, to sum up, a couple of days ago Christina Koch became the first woman to see Earth in its entirety, and today – right now, in fact – she is the first woman to see the Moon up close, and the first woman to see the far side. 🥹

New shot of the Moon taken only a few hours ago by the Artemis II crew! More of the lunar far side coming into view :-D flic.kr/p/2s676GN

as Trump continues his free fall into cognitive decline, I really hope, in the logical-and-yet-miraculous-under-these-dangerous-circumstances event of his removal, we don't forget that the issue is so much bigger than him now. MAGA is a cancer and it has metastasized.

Good morning everyone today is MOON DAY 🚀🌖🥰 #Artemis

THANK YOU for using the word demented. This is the word of journalistic integrity and accuracy.

Sorry, which side is supposed to be religious zealots here, someone remind me.

this book is back to regular price (9.99 - buy Kobo! don't support Amazon!), but you should rent it and read it if you can. it was VERY good. very much looking forward to reading the more popular series, Broken Earth, from this heavy-hitter. #BookSky #📚

not an aeroeng & I won't pretend to be for the purposes of my curiosity, but I would love if someone who IS an aeroeng could write some kind of blog about whether or not I can be reasonably optimistic that we get a functional (read: fully tested) lunar lander by current scheduled Artemis III date

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

🎯

What a fucking shot holy shit

Where is the criticism from his base about his fitness for serving that they levied against Biden?

it's crazy to me how people are still reluctant to say "demented criminal." he's not a child, pig, etc. these insults are still too soft. this man is a monster. it's infuriating to watch people continue to shy away from being direct, when reason abounds for use of more cutting language.

it is likely always inaccurate to use the verbiage "Donald Trump detailed..." due to his general complete lack of being able to communicate detail or precision on anything.

"Humanity's next great voyage begins" #Artemis

your grandparents voting for reagan

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.

He is truly incompetent, but he is also negligent and willfully cruel. The combination incompetent, negligent and cruel adds up to something beyond any of those individual words. A new word, a fourth word, is required: demented. We live in truly demented times.

Mainstream journalists are abdicating their duty. Cartoonists are the real heroes of the moment.

real talk - what material benefits have been provided to people who voted for this? you will have a really hard time convincing me that the people left supporting this party aren't: 1) just completely compromised in some way (i.e. cult, victim of propaganda), 2) willfully cruel

honestly, what are these "journalists" holding back for? even a left-leaning publication like The New Yorker can't do any better than "incompetent?" these people are fucking evil.

Ok but this energy regarding the concentration camps and secret police

???????

there is no silver lining to our authoritarian decline (it's daily hell), but here's more post-hoc condemnation of the last 10 years of partisan politics that makes me feel a bit saner. 🧵

Reminder

Minimizing the window where I read about how our world is a joke and we're at the mercy of megalomaniacal evil perverts. Logging on to the work zoom. "Heyyyy I'm good! How are you?"