If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Jessica Alba, Pedro Pascal, Karol G, Young Miko, David Grutman, Cardi B and Alix Earle attend #SuperBowl LX (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

what a shot

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

This is the surveillance toolkit - including facial recognition and cell phone tracking - that ICE is using to identify people in Minneapolis: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...

TikTok is under right wing billionaire control now. Plan your exit strategy.

The work being done by these observers of ICE to document, illuminate, and share what is being done in Minneapolis, in below freezing temperatures, given all that has transpired is so remarkably courageous. They are being killed for that courage, as ICE further reveals their cruelty and cowardice.

Is anyone else watching #AdobeMax and feeling like all the forced AI integration is… really gross? Coming for your job faster than you think? Making you want to choose a different career?

Thought @samsanders.bsky.social might appreciate this

Bell Topo Sans in the wild (@sarahbell.bsky.social )! Layout and structure of these maps is dope stuff too.

I have been away from the news and social media for like 2 weeks so I'm just catching up on stuff, but wow is Colbert going to have FUN in the next 8 months and I for one gratefully salute him 🫡

"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

Okay, all. My honest advice, as someone who has to keep constant tabs on the news for work + also has multiple graduate degrees in global security/intelligence? Step away from social media tonight. Take a break and plan. Whether it's calling your reps, finding a protest, or -

most places burying the lead but BACK ON PBS running day and date!!!

DEEP DISH COMMUNION WAFERS

An old X post from the new Pope is making the rounds:

OR JUST NOT FUCKING USE IT EVER

If you thought that the blue origin launch was crass, just wait until you hear that Amazon has unveiled a huge book sale that just so happens to run right through Independent Bookstore Day weekend. Despicable. Shop at an indie store or order on bookshop.org if you don't have a store near you!

Trump and Bukele Bond Over Human Rights Abuses in Oval Office Meeting www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The US government holds a tremendous amount of data about US citizens. Now, The Trump administration is trying to access that data and link it together. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

Democrats Huddle To Decide How Best To Let Massive Republican Fuck-Up Slip Through Fingers

We can upload 3 minute videos now. YOU KNOW THE RULE

They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.

democrats—resist the urge to look at these people and say “oh you are very stupid” and instead say, “here is a voter who looked at biden and kamala and saw no solutions for the most pressing problems in their life.” how do you fix that? bold rhetoric and action to back it up. and better propaganda.

The return of weird Gaga! 🔥

Lmao this thought occurred to me last night when I said Facebook as opposed to Meta in a conversation Like, people I will deadname: None Stuff I will deadname: Facebook Twitter The Gulf of Mexico IHOP that week when they were promoting their burgers and tried to make IHOb a thing

Three things that remain true, no matter what Trump does: 1) Trans people have as much right to express their identities with dignity as anyone else. 2) Immigrants are awesome, create wealth, and make our culture better. 3) Trade with people around the world enriches us, and not just financially.

These fires are a watershed moment, not just for residents of LA, but emblematic of a new era of complex, compound climate disaster. Conditions for a January firestorm in Los Angeles have never existed in all of known history, until they now do. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

“This time, I’m a civilian. And this time, the user experience of getting information about a disaster unfolding around me was dogshit.”

Need to get a fucking tattoo that I can point to that says “It does not excuse it, but it does explain it”

Does Bill Kurtis always host the National Dog Show? This commentary is a damn delight

Feeling this.

"People began to hold their children closer, began to bite their tongues. Editors and producers wielded their red pens more freely: Let's not say that, best not to ruffle feathers. It happened so slowly you might not even notice it at all, like the sky turning from dusk to dark."

the failure of the American economy to adopt the siesta is something I curse every day of my life let me take a god damn nap after lunch

At this point, dunking on Google's AI for bad/wrong/hilarious summaries is almost too easy, but I came across this one last night, and I love it 1/4