NEW: Seattle might declare a civil emergency to help LGBTQ (mostly trans) people fleeing red states, so I looked for a Texas angle. An organizer told me that Texas is #1 among trans people looking to relocate: "The baseline hostility to their existence is unbearable." www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Crucial point from @ariberman.bsky.social on the pod: Dems have already tried leading by example as a way to try to entice Rs to deescalate the hardball. It failed. Time to try something else: Dems must now engage in redistricting Total War. Our exchange on this: newrepublic.com/article/2102...

As a former sax player and an off and on weight lifter, this is terribly impressive. To sound *that* good and simultaneously lift that smoothly just 🤩wow 🤩

Again. But we have to fight every inch of the way before November. Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/SCse1FFEKLM

Still the best film adaptation of The Odyssey

Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow

Pretty cool watching California's first solar-over-canal project succeed. Looking forward to more scale on the next go-round — currently two installations totaling less than one-third of a mile. www.fresnobee.com/news/califor...

May the 4th be with you 🌌

NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)

THREAD: Chewbacca at MLB stadiums Throwing out the first pitch at Fenway

Released 47 years ago today Gangsters, the first single by the Special A.K.A. (The Specials). The Specials (The Special AKA) - Gangsters (1979) • TopPop #punkrock #ska #skalegends #skabands #2tone #thespecials #theselecter #history #skahistory

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social: "I always picture old men trying to push the rewind button on a video cassette player, because that seems like the right technology for them." truthout.org/audio/hope-i...

Happy May Day! Monthly marker made with 2 apps: Percolator and SnapSeed.

I'll restate my oft-stated position that democratic self-government in the United States is not possible unless this Court and its manifest corruption are thoroughly reformed. civic democracy or this corrupt court. can only have one.

Big sigh of happiness that I caught my peach iris while it was in full bloom. It’s in a spot where it can be easy to miss.

Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park no. 24, 1969

Working on something new, and definitely using my walking foot.

Finished turning my Clover quilt into a big pillowcase. Now to get a big enough pillow to fill it out all the way. Thanks @tarafaughnan.bsky.social for the very enjoyable Color Collective and the Clover pattern.

Earlier this year, Trump released a bizarre executive order touting the controversial herbicide glyphosate (a.k.a. Roundup). Why? Our new investigation shines light on that—and a whole lot more.

You’re always welcome in my garden, California Sister. I 🧡 Butterflies

Several white supremacists were convicted of crimes related to Charlottesville, including Heather Heyer's murderer. A dozen were held civilly liable. To call this a "hoax" because an anti-hate watchdog had eyes on the organizers is delusional racist propaganda from the White House.

While the administration has simultaneously ramped up approvals for nuclear startups.

Inside Palantir, people are finally waking up to the fact that they might actually be the bad guys Great reporting once again from @makenakelly.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/palant...

All in all, 32 states are holding supreme court elections this year, deciding over 60 seats. These courts could determine key issues including abortion access and redistricting across the country. Our new guide explores what’s at stake in each state: boltsmag.org/your-st...

Sitting here crying while after getting WhatsApped the photo on the right, so let me tell you a little story about how we got here from the photo on the left and why repatriation research matters!

Pete Hegseth Nailed It. No Really. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/pete-...

Our new album is out today! A sincere request to help spread the word!

panel from 2020, from a cartoon about time traveling Sparky(s)

NEW: Raskin, w/ 50 House Dem co-sponsors, formally introduces a bill which would create a commission to assess Trump's fitness for office under the 25th Amendment. Bill text here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Story TK

RT to give 70s kids PTSD

Picture of the century. 😍 📷 credit: Science Tube

Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...

Crying.

Yaaaaaay chutes SPLASHDOWN CONFIRMED

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This whole thread is amazing

“We will inspire but ultimately, we will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Koch added: "When we burned this burn towards the moon, I said that we do not leave Earth... we will inspire, but ultimately, we will always choose Earth, we will always choose each other." 2/2

“To Asia, Africa and Oceania, we are looking back at you. We hear you can look up and see the moon right now. We see you, too...” “Ultimately, we will always choose Earth,” she said. “We will always choose each other.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists. Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.

Beautiful tribute

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

ICE came to Newford. Big mistake. A free novelet for all of you. www.charlesdelint.com/IceOut.html

Happy April! #monthlymarker

Now I'm crying again. But the good kind.

Go Artemis! www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...

If you’re looking for a new tarot deck box (or just a cool box) I can’t recommend these highly enough!

We had such a great turnout for #NoKings in Boulder Creek, California. 410 was the official count, which was the biggest so far!

Fascinated by the display of Marcel Duchamp’s rotoreliefs at MOCA LA. Wish I’d been wearing a solid color shirt for the reflection though

Today on The Daily Blast, @gregsargent.bsky.social talks to @sarahposner.bsky.social about radical theological ideas and explains the deeper roots of Hegseth-Trump-MAGA sadism toward perceived “enemies.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...