A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers. The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.

WELP. wtop.com/lifestyle/20...

The Chinese government’s repression of journalists at home is well-known. Less visible is how that machinery now reaches far beyond its borders. Read the accounts from Journalists who faced intimidation for reporting on human rights abuses tied to China’s ventures in African countries.

Another year almost over and I still haven’t made any progress on my book project. Sigh. #birds

hey do you want to show appreciation to your loved ones in discord dms or other places that use markdown, but struggle with earnest vulnerability? boy howdy, look no further! (alternatively, if the meaningful message doesn’t matter, just take a sharpie to a letter and send it in the mail) #comic

I think it would be fun if writers who love language started intentionally writing more strangely as AI flattens written "content" into a mono-voice. it would cool I think if writers responded by focusing their individual efforts on cultivating a really unique voice that's hard to copy

Trump has given a full and unconditional pardon to entertainment executive Tim Leiweke—whom his own Justice Department indicted on charges of “orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university” in Austin. trib.al/kdwFCSi

Tense afternoon in Kenner, outside of New Orleans, as protesters followed Greg Bovino and Border Patrol around a neighborhood around 3pm today.

If you live in Alabama, your tax dollars are paying for anti-evolution textbooks. NCSE's Glenn Branch explains here: https://ncse.ngo/alabamas-taxpayers-are-paying-anti-evolution-textbooks

🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...

This is U N B E L I E V A B L E. #Kilauea

'I'm trans and work in the military – I barely eat or drink to avoid bathroom ban' https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/03/im-trans-and-work-in-the-military-i-barely-eat-or-drink-to-avoid-bathroom-ban/

another decent stocking stuffer imo

“In LA, CA a man’s father was abducted and disappeared by ICE. While trying to find him using a GPS tracker in his car, they find his now stolen truck being driven around by an ICE Bounty Hunter while he is off-duty (12/2 or 12/3)” www.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...

“The only clue that users seemingly had of Siri’s alleged spying was eerily accurate targeted ads that appeared after they had just been talking about specific items like Air Jordans or brands like Olive Garden, Reuters noted” arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

NEW: xAI's Grok chatbot readily generated in-depth stalking instructions, down to lists of spyware apps + install ideas. Grok also drafted plans for surveilling + approaching real people, even sharing links to real locations where it said we could "stake out" a celeb. futurism.com/artificial-i...

hammering holes into my walls so i can get to the secret cotton candy they hide in there

The internet promised us a better future, but here comes another dose of dystopia www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

So non-prestige regional magazines are just fully AI-generated now, huh? This is a profile of a band that does not include: -any quotes from the members -the titles of any of their songs -any details about them or their music -the members’ full names lmao

My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

Never shop Temu. Not even once.

online friendship is crazy. like yeah we go way back. we talk about weird shit exclusively and we've seen each other in person between zero and four times

Praying didn’t work? Try complaining to the Dark Lord instead this holiday season! Letters to Satan is now open 🐐📮 Email: [email protected] Subject: Letter to Satan Your letter may be featured in this year’s TSTTV Wrapped. Please indicate if you prefer to remain anonymous! Merry, happy 🎄

oh cool i love everything useful dying

"Stride’s graduation rate, says the district, was “horrific,” with a graduation rate of 27.67% in 2024."

ICE agents beat up 16 year old American citizen on his way to school. Keep recording, folks! This will matter again someday. #Pinks #ProudBlue #FuckICE

Hint: books critical of AI will not be approved.

Accurate

This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:

Axon is testing facial recognition technology in its body-worn cameras with a Canadian police department. This dangerous expansion of surveillance tech should alarm every community. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.

As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (or deserve) free advertising for Spotify Wrapped: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky

NEW: Carol Loennig tells Nicoll Wallace on MSNOW that the DOJ intends to try and indict Letitia James a THIRD time. The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.

i think it’s only right to give lesbians the gift of teleportation for the holidays

Something to keep in mind next time you decide to splurge on a designer luxury bag. 📌 Prada was one of 13 luxury brands asked to hand over documents about their work practices this week as investigators lift the lid on the widespread use of Chinese-run sweatshops in Italy.

California unveiled an online portal to report potentially illegal activity by federal law enforcement, including ICE agents, to the state Department of Justice.

Glowing millipedes in hand ✨🪱 New Motyxia in the lab #FluorescenceFriday

The feds want to make it illegal to even possess an anarchist zine "Being guilty of possessing literature is a concept fundamentally incompatible with a free society," @seth-stern.bsky.social wrote in @theintercept.com. 🔗 theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...

Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said she was pepper-sprayed by ICE agents after confronting them at a restaurant as the agents were "taking people without due process."

firefox begging for donations after filling my browser with AI shit that I use firefox to escape is a bold move

Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.

The American Academy of Pediatrics fires back on the ACIP's "irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance." www.aap.org/en/news-room...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just announced it will hear our case challenging President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship. Every child born on U.S. soil has a right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.

Joint Statement of the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.

I received an "F" on my dental school paper for writing "the tooth fairy takes 'em while you sleep" and now I'm suing the school for religious discrimination

Incarcerated women and trans people in the U.S. are punished for their periods. They describe: 🟣 making their own tampons out of unsanitary items 🟣 facing penalties for having more tampons or pads than allowed 🟣 being humiliated by prison staff — yes, even women My latest for @19thnews.org:

Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.