The stunning colors on this cloud aren't a rainbow, but a rare phenomenon.

House Oversight Dems on Howard Lutnick's interview on his ties to Epstein: Rep. Yassamin Ansari called Lutnick a "pathological liar." Rep. Suhas Subramanyam said Lutnick could not remember why he visited Epstein's island. Rep. James Walkinshaw called the interview "part of the ongoing cover-up."

"Officials at the Food and Drug Administration have blocked publication of several studies supporting the safety of widely used vaccines against Covid-19 and shingles in recent months, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

Shirley Meng explains why her passion for decarbonizing the global economy required her to relocate. https://scim.ag/42L4Uqp

RIP freud. you would’ve loved whatever this is.

“.. On Polymarket, the Journal found, 67% of profits go to just 0.1% of accounts. That means less than 2,000 accounts netted a total of nearly half a billion dollars.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

🚨 Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized and is in critical condition. #PrayForRudy

“No reasonable person could believe that Comey intended to threaten the president via seashells," a DOJ official told me. "Everyone at this DOJ should be ashamed. I know I am.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

They shot Alex Pretti ten times while he was face down in the street.

"It kills grass if you pour it on grass, so therefore it must kill cancer cells inside the body."

Now leading HuffPost:

That was a sweet deal 😏

The matter-of-fact way she asks what investors should do if Trump destroys Iran. Absolutely wild. "Let's talk about tonight, this deadline that President Trump has set 8 p.m., has threatened to destroy a civilization. How does an investor process that? Is it a bigger upside risk or downside risk?"

Folks, I give you the New York Times

A few people have replied to my Artemis posts with links to Gil Scott-Heron's "Whitey on the Moon." Here's a story from Space.com about Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, currently en route to fly around the Moon, and his connection to that piece. www.space.com/space-explor...

Mountain snowpack in Colorado should be peaking around now. This year, it's almost gone. New blog post that shows how it is now clear that this is the worst snowpack year on record for Colorado, following the record-shattering March warmth. 1/

Officials in authoritarian regimes signal their loyalty to the leader by making obviously false claims in public (per @mcopelov.bsky.social)

As the first reanalysis data become available, I think I can say with a fairly high degree of confidence that the March 2026 heatwave will go down as the most anomalously extreme heat event ever observed at any time of year in the southwestern U.S.

man, they’ve even taken that from us

picture, thousan words, etc etc

Remember when people were fired for *reposting* accurate quotes from Charlie Kirk after he was killed.

WBAL in Baltimore helping viewers understand the difference between watches and warnings

Good words of warning here. AI models are generally designed to read and incorporate (and, in a sense, believe) virtually everything they find online, with very few guardrails. The information can get divorced from its original source, context, & rebuttals or retractions. That's a really big problem

Scoop: U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee joked to embassy staff about procreating while sheltering in place on Tuesday in a memo one U.S. official described as “awkward” and “odd.”

The White House explanation mostly checks out. Mostly.

Could someone please reset the "Hours without an embarrassing DOJ filing" clock to 0?

21% @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

I like to distract myself from the terrifying political news by reading the ridiculous political news.

Bored of Peace

Bad enough to kick a reporter out. Worse to lie about it. Worse still to smear the reporter involved by a) accusing her of fabulism — a career-ending accusation — and b) falsely claiming she’s been sued for defamation Not dramatic enough? There’s audio: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The DOJ is receiving criticism for removing, then replacing, a photo of Howard Lutnick on Epstein's Island from the Epstein Files. This comes after new reports of Lutnick and Epstein's close years-long relationship after Epstein's child sex crimes conviction.

These dogs are having the time of their lives following this week's historic blizzard in the Northeast. Please enjoy. 14/10 for all

This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange. Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119. me, for @forbes.com

(Media) SCOOP: Weeks ago, the owner of the Washington City Paper had offered to purchase The Washington Post's sports and local sections, keeping their desks alive. The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead. www.theverge.com/policy/87683...

Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats

Trump is working hard to set/reinforce a frame that connects immigration, financial fraud, & election fraud. He and the right wing propaganda machine will keep producing “evidence” to fit this frame, then use it to justify attempts to suppress voters, kick voters off rolls, and delegitimize results.

This hasn’t received nearly enough attention: Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander. Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander

Breaking news: A man attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) while she was speaking during a town hall meeting in Minneapolis, spraying an unknown liquid at her, according to police. She appeared unharmed and kept speaking. https://wapo.st/4rgMk3J

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

The NSF just released a "dear colleague" asking for ideas to inform its plans to restructure the National Center for Atmospheric Research. This includes proposals to repurpose NCAR's Mesa Lab, an architectural icon below the Boulder Flatirons, for "private use."

No one: Absolutely no one: Not a single soul on planet Earth: Verizon Wireless:

With ten days until our contract expires, our unit is not willing to settle for less. We're standing together until we reach a fair deal.

Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent… “We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”

Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/vide...

Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...

A White House spokesperson said Trump’s response was “appropriate.”