If you use Waymo driverless car services, you are aiding and abetting fascism. Waymo helps I.C.E. agents locate people to terrorize and abduct. The company willingly shares all facial recognition, license plate and GPS data with I.C.E. and other law enforcement agencies—no subpoena required.

If you were to count out a million seconds, it would take you 11 and a half days. A billion seconds would take you 31.7 years. But a trillion seconds would take 31,700 years — to reach that point today, you would have needed to start counting around the time that neanderthals went extinct.

They came here fleeing persecution; rather than give them refuge, Marco Rubio’s state department will send them to die in countries they’ve never been to. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...

“The Al is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you”

He made half the city shut down and every fan endure a 2 hour security line so he could go to the NBA finals and sleep through it.

“Mostly cheers” 🤷🏼 🤥

Missing from ABC local coverage

Building Power to Win the Future of Higher Education and Democracy: new proposals from @aaup.org. We won’t survive the next few years unless we learn to fight. www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...

Elias Irizarry, a January 6 insurrectionist who later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor offense related to the Capitol attack, has now been appointed to a Pentagon policy position with responsibilities tied to counterterrorism and other sensitive national security matters.

Reuters interviewed nine former Tesla data trainers. Some of the people who trained Full Self-Driving reportedly won't ride in a car that's using it.

this is fascinating: gillianbrockell.com/habeas-fligh...

Residents of South Memphis neighborhoods are being regularly exposed to air pollution levels that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for public health, according to a community air monitoring project report released May 21. From @cstephenson.bsky.social.

“The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its capacity to scan irises as part of its mass deportation efforts… flush with an influx of funding, [DHS] is gathering biometric data from people it detains. The agency awarded a $25 million no-bid contract last week to BI2 Technologies…” NO BID.

🚨ICE attacks protesters outside Delaney Hall ICE Prison in Newark, NJ on day 5 of massive prisoner hunger/labor strike. Sources tell us ICE is actively trying to transfer out leaders of hunger strike. We've been ON THE GROUND for 5 days. SUPPORT our ON THE GROUND reporting 🔽

Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)

We are going to savor this one. Our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is freed of these outrageous, vindictive charges. It’s a good day.

Yesterday, House Democrats were on the verge of finally passing a War Powers Resolution aimed at ending Trump’s illegal war on Iran. So what did Republicans do? They canceled the scheduled vote.

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

State Rep. @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social wins the Democratic primary in the vacant #GA13, @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social projects. Clark is now poised to become the first Black woman PhD scientist to serve in Congress. My interview with her here: 19thnews.org/2026/05/geor...

what do you call it when the president steals an unfathomable amount of wealth from the treasury and then declares it illegal to investigate him

Grateful for this good primary race outcome - a new bright spot in Georgia.

Is the purpose of science and 🧪 training to churn out papers or to create a healthy knowledge community? In a @nature.com comment, @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I check in on how AI helps with the former while jeopardizing the latter 1/

“viewpoint diversity” is a right-wing political project, as lisa siraganian explores in great detail here: www.aaup.org/academe/issu...

What is it with the confederate states that they must always rely on White Supremacy to make it in this world ⁉️

“The most violent element in society is ignorance.” Emma Goldman, who died on this day in 1940

Reminder: From the top of ticket to the bottom, stakes are high in this election. While SCOTUS has dominated news lately, let this be a reminder that our statewide leaders MATTER– shaping our rights and our maps. This is the LAST WEEK to vote early! See our endorsed candidates: bit.ly/GEvotes

"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...

New from 404 Media: spoke to four people who attended a trade show where senior ICE officials spoke about how much Palantir is supercharging their arrests. List of 20 million people on ICE agents phones now; increased chance of successful arrest from 28 to 80% www.404media.co/ice-agents-h...

Highly recommended

"The journal publisher also stated that 'the authors had not responded to correspondence regarding the retraction.'" arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/i...

Retractions never get proportional attention. This one should.

when we say we’re living under fascism we mean we’re living under fascism

the most anti free speech administration in this country’s history

Reminder... Any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message — they can't win on their ideas alone.

This amazing image really captures the Tennessee fight and it's all over the internet. I am reposting it to encourage people to credit photographer Nicole Hester and the Tennessean.

Question: Why would the Super Bowl ever come to a Jim Crow state that intentionally strips representation from Black people? cc: NFL

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In the past year alone, Jeff Bezos's net worth has increased by $75 billion. That’s $205,479,452 per day $8,561,643 per hour $142,694 per minute $2,378 per second The median American’s weekly earnings is $1,235 ($64,220/yr).

Nearly 3,000 Indivisible groups are organizing across 430 congressional districts to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority. Join us: indivisible.org/get-involved...

Jeff Bezos and his wife are the lead sponsors of tonight's Met Gala. Now seems like a good time to remind folks of all the ways Bezos is shafting American consumers and Amazon workers — and how his wealth is putting our democracy at risk. https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos

A Pulitzer for Julie K. Brown. Richly deserved, and overdue!

spoiler: you do not find out what tucker carlson really believes

Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.