It’s called insider trading. It is a crime. Lock him up. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) sold stock in several Medicaid providers before voting for cuts https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-rob-bresnahan-sold-stock-medicaid-providers-vote-big-bill-rcna244859 #robbresnahan #Pennsylvania […]

#abc Accuses #government of Violating #firstamendment The network’s argument, made to the #fcc, is the most aggressive [long overdue] posture taken yet by a television network toward the #trump admin. #law #constitution #freespeech #freepress #media #entertainment #authoritarianism #autocracy […]

“Photographer Spends Night on Freezing Mountain to Capture Rare Triple Galaxy Arch” - astonishing photo and interesting how-it-was-done narrative. https://petapixel.com/2026/05/08/photographer-spends-night-on-freezing-mountain-to-capture-rare-triple-galaxy-arch/ #photography

Historian Timothy Snyder Sounds the Alarm https://youtube.com/shorts/6RHPb1syMFo?si=YPHiFfIPvQnhHNsx #uspol

“War is bad. Don’t start one. But we’re already in a class war and we’re losing. Where by “we” I mean most people; the winning side comprises, roughly, the richest 0.1% of the population, who are morphing into a hereditary aristocracy. So, what to do in a war one […] [Original post on cosocial.ca]

RE: https://mstdn.social/@rebeccawatson/116527948702666630 If you take one thing away from Dawkins’ chatbot delusion it should be this: Dawkins flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane.

Today's @pluralistic essay hits a little close to home https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/06/champerty-loves-company/ "Conservative strongmen like Trump and Musk exalt the value of self-determination – for themselves, at everyone else's expense. Trump's ability to stiff the contractors that built […]

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Hanlon’s Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by ignorance.” Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also ignorant.”

Question for those of you who date men: how do YOU screen out the dangerous ones? I just can’t do apps. Too impersonal, and too demoralizing. Too capitalist as well, but that’s a different issue.

AI is flooding the web -- one of the ways Big Tech is wiping out the open Internet as fast as it can. How can we collectively stop them? […]

Sloths poop only once a week. They have to go on the ground to do it. Since they move so slowly, maybe that’s why it takes so long to get there. Once they poop, they lose almost a third of their body weight. They get so happy they do a little dance. But they may also be eaten by predators when […]

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"If a corrupt and broken Supreme Court insists on playing partisan politics, then we need partisan politicians to bring them to heel. Expand the court to 13 justices, impose term limits, and investigate and impeach any justices who broke the laws about gifts or anything else. Radical steps? You […]

Last week I tried to make a donation, via my Fidelity Donor Advised Fund, to the SPLC, which I've donated to previously. Fidelity rejected the transaction. SPLC is a 501(c)3 charity that is fully eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions. They are the […] [Original post on federate.social]

The so-called "experts" tried telling me the perfect blanket doesn't exist. They told me blankets are subjective. They said there will never be a perfect blanket. But today's Low Quality Ad, this magnificent Capybara Hot Spring Blanket, proves them dead wrong. https://collabs.shop/zib5oa

So he's at odds with Witkoff now, too.

Let's push those war costs up to over $200 billion. That'll be fun. Then we can fork out $400 million MORE for the insane ballroom! Weeeee!

De Adder nails it.

Reup: The MAGAt who ALREADY got prosecuted for using 86 as a threat (along with wishes for a long slow death) STARTED by issuing threats about Jim Comey. emptywheel.net/2026/04/30/j...

You heard it here first: Mastodon 5.0 (eta Fall 2026) will introduce major improvements to the core user experience. We're making Mastodon the most human-centred software on the #SocialWeb. That’s where you come in. Discovery Week 🗓️ 11-15 May 2026 Join our Head of Design @imanijoy#socialwebfor a […]

you will not lose your job because an AI will replace you. you *will* lose your job because the white-collar criminals driving AI's fraudulent circular financing are going to cause a global financial crisis when the bubble pops though

Don't worry, Sam, SpaceX won't ACTUALLY launch 7,000 satellites! (There are currently 10,296 Starlink sats in orbit) Don't worry, SpaceX said they'd get their satellites below magnitude 7! (They have not […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Trump telling O'Donnell "I'm not a rapist. I am not a pedophile" is the new "I am not a crook" #uspol #60minutes #trump #whca

RE: https://universeodon.com/@tafnn/116471109146116364 I’d like to remind people that the most terrifying thing for big oil and big mining and global corporations is walkable neighborhoods, and local food supply. Every car taken off the street and everybody food that can come from farm to […]

I wrote up the whole story of how I was blocked from donating to the SPLC by my financial institution, thanks to Trump’s attempts to take down any group that monitors and reports on racist hate groups […]

🆕 EU Longest Train Journey 🆕 Kemijärvi 🇫🇮 - Lagos 🇵🇹 🦅 Geodesic: 4088.33km 🛤️ Route-km: 6251.5km ⏱️Trip time: 87 hours 29 minutes 🚆Trains: 16 💶 Cost: around €400, with Interrail All mapped and explained here 👇 https://eulongesttrainjourney.jonworth.eu

#trump ousts National #science Board members Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation [#nsf] said they received a notice from the White House that their positions were being terminated. Multiple #scientists who serve on an independent board established to […]

Using My Religion (Official Music Video) https://youtube.com/watch?v=LngDh-wP-Xw&si=5Oz9XuAIvxhdOj9k #uspol 🤣🤣

http://youtube.com/post/UgkxilcH0H1eXoGuk5PPun8s69ML2nsHZcDo?si=uwQyeOLf61lrqXdB Seriously.... #uspol

“We hired a junior dev to save on tokens for simple tasks”

Ka$h Patel is going to have to sue EVERYBODY! #kashiscooked #KashPatel #FBI #goploser #gopdrunk #removekashpatel #USpol

Well this is embarrassing. Iran is good at propaganda. #uspol #iran #war #Ceasefire #propaganda

Criminals, the whole lot of them.

Free speech is alive and well in Fairhope, Alabama. Do read to the end. https://www.courthousenews.com/penis-costume-protester-prevails-in-court/

Comrade Trump: Burning down the American empire to save it. By Cory Doctorow @pluralistic Trump's bonehead maneuvers are driving the world toward solar power, away from dependence on American technology companies and putting spine into the Democratic Party. "Look, all things being equal, I would […]

The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s #culturewar With Europe Five years out of college, Samuel Samson has driven the #trump administration’s push to upend the #us’ postwar relationship with #europe. #kakistocracy #farright #extremism #geopolitics #uspol […]

No new baby goats in the #BabyGoatCountdown, but the 5 I've got are still ridiculously cute. It will be warm enough (FINALLY) to get them outside in the sun later this morning. Their mamas will be VERY happy to be back with the whole herd, they are getting […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The director of the Pentagon’s new “Economic Defense Unit” helped train four of the Saudi bonesaw operators who dismembered Jamal Khashoggi. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/khashoggi-cerberus/

The old fossil that is trump himself may have unwittingly made the case for ending fossil fuels by just being himself! #auspol #uspol #renewables #climate #fossilfuels https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/18/fossil-fuel-trump-green-revolution-us-iran-renewable-energy

Ukraine hits four Russian oil refineries in one night | RBC-Ukraine https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine-hits-four-russian-oil-refineries-1776509568.html

PFAS detected in dolphin milk may pass from mothers to calves https://phys.org/news/2026-04-pfas-dolphin-mothers-calves.html

UNICEF ‘outraged’ after Israeli forces kill water truck drivers in Gaza | Gaza News | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/18/unicef-outraged-after-israeli-forces-kill-water-truck-drivers-in-gaza?traffic_source=rss

Obama, Mamdani read to preschoolers in New York City https://www.ketv.com/article/obama-mamdani-preschoolers-new-york-city/71061134