The problem here is all of these people know they're in a race against the clock to get all of this done before the tide turns. And by "all of this," I basically mean the destruction of anything that could criticize the post-Constitutional technofeudalist society they're hastily trying to stand up.

“I speak for myself when I tell you all that I demand complete and total deference, which is why I will not tolerate even a hint of opposition to my continuing desecration of journalistic integrity, nor my ongoing defecation over its very basic standards.” Pretty easy to translate this one, tbh.

This is outrageous!! Boutros says if grand jurors had opinions about ICE because of what they've seen on "TikTok and Instagram" and they "can't set aside your personal emotions" then "raise your hand and identify yourself, because we have a different procedure for that." What the fuck?

A failed op-ed writer bankrolled by billionaires purging a universally liked and credible straight news journalist from 60 Minutes really has to be the height of the complete slide of American news media into a complete death spiral.

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Yeah we gotta regulate this shit immediately.

heart got v full seeing the members of rilo kiley repeatedly, innately draw closer together to make a theater stage feel closer to the club stages they started on had i not already known, would never have guessed this was a band coming off a 15 year hiatus

yikes :(

mamdani’s impact on essential nyc culture + production has been so contagious that even the knicks made a finals

Yesterday, charges were dismissed for myself and five others protesting ICE. Yes, it was a win. But it’s not justice. And it’s not over yet.

I can't believe how many politicians are saying "let's ban trans people from public life, but in a way that is respectful". Are you fucking thick? Who is this for?

wrote about one of my fav songwriters & the author of my 2026 aoty front-runner to hard launch @hbreakbravery.bsky.social’s revival. expect more soon. live sessions included. loved shooting ‘em for maryn/all dogs, mitski, patrick jennings, johanna warren, & more years ago. time for a revival.

This whole thing is batshit insane levels of corruption and it’s just… happening?

In November I broke this story about Andrew Paul Johnson, a pardoned J6er who molested children and used the promise of reparations to bribe his victims silence.

The result of AI boosters getting booed at commencement will NOT be them getting a wake-up call about AI skepticism. They will just stop speaking at commencements. But that’s a small win!

There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)

you gotta love a team that plays selfless basketball it’s the law and it’s correct

The Internet is disappearing before our very eyes and it’s why we should all support that absolutely critical work of @archive.org

It’s no secret that working class men are struggling. I spoke with Jimmy Williams, IUPAT union president and fourth-generation Philly construction worker, about how the labor movement can help. www.playboy.com/read/politic...

Oh.

incredibly depressing that the reimposition of jim crow districts across the entire south is getting nothing more than generic horse race coverage

That Tasha is an excellent writer and a holder of strong opinions is evident in her published work. But does everyone know what a great editor she is? She's fastidious, thoughtful, and thorough but also a great nurturer of ideas and sculptor of emerging talent. She'd be a great addition to any team.

The latest casualty of lifelong McCarthyite/fascist activist Bari Weiss April 30: www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a... May 8: www.tvinsider.com/1263106/60-m...

burn it down

gonna be thinking/talking about mixtape a long while. not everything works, imo, but when it finds a sweet spot & everything acts in harmony? thing hums like nothing i’ve experienced in recent memory.

found an outdoor stray yowling in the backyard. brought it food + water, cleaned it up a bit, gave it lots of good attention, & sat with it while it slept on a windswept cushion. also snapped some candids, bc you gotta. enjoy this goofy, friendly guy.

the bewildering jacobin music piece is what happens when you don’t have editors who are both knowledgeable about the central topic and willing to be combative

This is what state media looks like. “Meet the Free Speech Warrior” of an unabashedly anti-free speech administration

Haslam can rot, Bucks deserve better

This is absolute bugfuck insanity

RFK Jr. thinks that if you can’t live without certain safe and effective medicines, it is better for you to die. It is not difficult to convey this in the headlines and stories about him. They are choosing not to.

this is the cost of RFK being given DHS

They're really stopping an election that's already under way to erase my people from the map.

i’m sure people who’ve worked with Bryant Rousseau have stories. message me on signal if you’d like to share any :)

today, @dropout.tv unveiled the game changer: home edition game. their kickstarter ask was $40,000. they're on track to have met that ask 50 times over by day's end, exceeding the 2M mark. (currently at 1.84M.) partner quipped its bc the $6/mo sub price meant all their fans could afford it.

Our scientific agencies are being run by people who oppose science

NEW: Investigators found that leaders of a prison gang in Puerto Rico were selling inmates drugs in exchange for voting for Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican. After Trump’s election, prosecutors were told not to pursue charges.

Every Republican state treats its cities as conquered territories to be ruled by fiat, and this gets approximately one thousandth the degree of national attention and critique as anytime a Republican voter in California or New York feels underappreciated.

RIP to all of your Celtics-Nuggets Finals predictions Wemby’s coming & the only thing his opponents can do is pray that he sits out (And this is coming from a dyed-in-the-wool Bucks fan)

Sometimes people get confused about tensions between majority rule and minority rights Majority rule as almost always been helpful for rights for racial, religious, gender etc minorities The minorities that the Constitution tends to protect are geographic (small states, rural) and capital

"Why are all the journalists laid off now" this is why. Pretty simple.

relaunching hb next month & am gonna gush about @gougeawayfl.bsky.social @gladiephilly.bsky.social @liquidmikeband.bsky.social graham hunt pile noun & more also there’s gonna be a lotta roller derby photos + photog commentary then a lot more after that like… a lot more just a head’s up

LULAC makes Callais worse: Justice Alito's Callais opinion purports to preserve claims in which there's evidence of racially discriminatory intent. But this is the same Court that simply waved its hands at a district court's *detailed* factual findings of exactly such evidence in the Texas case.

Journalism as a whole is extremely hostile to people of color. The smaller the niche, the worse it is.

Kind of a perfect metaphor for the media and the role they've played over the last ten years

This is why it's important authors read a lot, Murakami has no idea this has been done already

A New York Times shareholder and mother of a trans teen confronted their publisher AG Sulzberger at a shareholders meeting over their years long biased reporting on trans people. Sulzberger was unrepentant and doubled down.

Incarcerated people stopped believing they deserved soap and toilet paper when the government controlled the news they could watch, writes @joinjeremy.org's Jeremy Busby. People on the outside may stop believing they deserve democracy.