every day's a beautiful day to go to "Settings" > "Content and media" and turn off "Autoplay videos and GIFs"

NEW: ICE facilities’ medical staff repeatedly failed to diagnose critical illnesses and misdiagnosed patients, @kolyncheang.bsky.social and I found, during a six month investigation that we have just published. www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

Trump was elected to wipe the trauma of the first black president from American history, a task which included scrapping the nuclear deal that had the US in a much better strategic position than before this needless, unconstitutional war of choice against Iran

The singular goal of all future US politics is to ensure Trumpism is defeated and cannot again take root here, and everything that serves that end is to be considered and prioritized. It's a holistic organizing principle, from a Green New Deal to Nuremberg 2 to expanding the court to Reconstruction.

A vote for Trump was a weapon pointed at the rest of the world. Everyone - yes, every single person - who cast that vote knew that and cast it anyway. The excuse of ignorance will not wash, because Trump's monstrosity was on every available broadcast and his voters indulged it. It's simple as that.

OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!

Pedro Sanchez is the best leader in the world right now, by a mile.

An oldie but goodie.

This is no way to live, man

Please stop saying TACO. We’re talking about an ungodly number of people who could die or maimed. It’s not time for cutesy little internet slang. We have to get away from this bizarre desensitization.

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.

God this poem is haunting me again.

also if i can call both of my corrupt senators here in Ohio, you can too. the phone calls matter. and every time Jon Husted turns off his phone, I send a fax with FaxZero.

it does not help to call Sen Husted Mr. First Energy and to remind him I know its hard for him to remember that people who are not named First Energy matter, but I do it. I can't help it. He's a corrupt fucker there to rubber stamp the Trump Admin and mfer I won't forget you.

One time when I worked at a small college, our IT guy was a young immigrant from Iran. He was really a nice guy. Introduced me to Persian food with his family; they were all great. He joined my movie going group. I remember how hard he laughed at Prince of Persia. Hope he and his family are safe.

#Artemis II lunar flyby images are showing up! 😍 A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon.

Script.

a better clue for 31 down on today's USA today should've been Hongdae guy's question "are you ...." 😂

can't even escape donald trump in space wtf

every time i write about wage theft i do a double take because it's so crazy corporations steal more than $50 bn from workers' paychecks each year, illegally paying workers less than they earned for their labor that significantly exceeds the combined losses from larceny, burglary, & vehicle theft

they really said "they should have sent a poet"

"For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us." - Cmdr./Cpt. Benjamin Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. 🖖🏾

President Trump threatened to force a news organization to turn over the name of a source who revealed details about a U.S. airman who went missing in Iran. “Give it up or go to jail,” he said. Several outlets reported on the lost airman.

I've got the live stream up! Several clients heard it in the background and asked to see the screen. Super exciting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...

Awesome view from Artemis II this morning.

i hope all the ppl commenting on social media that the moon landing was fake are bots, but i suspect that they are not. people really did fall asleep in science class.

instead of an easter egg hunt as the child is a teenager, i quizzed him on significant theological points. candy for correct answers. he still seems confused on the resurrection bit. i told him to ask his catholic father.

For the people who missed it

Pope Leo XIV carried the cross across all fourteen stations for over an hour. The prayers named children who had been “taken away and imprisoned during protests, deported by policies devoid of compassion, shipwrecked on desperate journeys of hope, killed in war zones, and wiped out in death camps.”

we also need more space missions because apparently a lot of ppl i know are flat earthers and we never actually went to the moon conspiracists. holy shit.

im re-reading the all souls books and one thing that deborah harkness does a lot is things like "linenfold paneling", "william morris chair" and a bunch of other things that maybe people of a certain class know. im poor. i stop and look things up but i wonder if this is normal?

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

13% cut proposed for Interior. The president wants to cut national parks, wildlife refuges, and public lands by 13% so he can pay for his illegal war on Iran without raising taxes on his billionaire buddies.

Diego Rivera's "Flower Festival: Feast of Santa Anita," which depicts a flower festival held on Good Friday. The painting was included in Rivera's first solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1931 www.moma.org/collection/w...

war crimes, war crimes, war crimes

A few years back the Romance in Colour podcast, hosted by @richardwriteson.bsky.social and Dr. Yaki, did a special Pride Month episode featuring Black Queer romance authors @fionazedde.bsky.social, @aaronkfoley.bsky.social, Chaz Cruz, and me. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... #Romancelandia

what the actual fuck

Harlequin, owned by Harper Collins, is getting push back for making microshorts with AI. Well HarperCollins as a whole is doing it www.harpercollins.com/blogs/press-...

love the contempt Harlequin has for its authors and readers! so cool! so fun to enjoy!

Today is World Autism Awareness Day. Everyday is autism day for me.

Coming up on my anniversary of starting Patreon back in 2018! I make a sticker every year, and this year, my patrons voted for insect. Below is an example, NOT the sticker! If you'd like a sticker - I send them out to anyone who joins in April and sticks around thru May patreon.com/fallenlights

anyway here's Akira Kurosawa gazing lovingly at Toshiro Mifune on the set of Seven Samurai

guys what the fuck we're sending actual people to the moon

Authors are not all using AI. Not even close. Anyone claiming otherwise is telling on themselves. The truth is, a lot of us authors have a central conceit to us. We believe in our heart of hearts that we have something unique to us to say to the world.

Watching Artemis with the kiddo. He said the teacher had it on during science class and the teacher talked about it and history of manned space flight. super exciting

I have absolutely zero doubt in my mind that if the administration decides to deport American citizen Jews to Israel a certain group of people on the left will shrug and say good riddance.

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. Happy trans visibility day

Here’s everything you need to know about the Artemis II mission, the long-awaited (and long-delayed) human return to the moon. www.wired.com/story/artemi...

this supreme court can go to hell

my favorite part of tax season is clients who email at midnight and then wonder why there is no response. i think this is maybe why AI may be popular for some tax filers. because its on 24/7 and im human and need sleep (im not a tax pro who insists on working 90 hrs a week. absolutely not)