coachella deserves to be yeeted into the sun for this

Happy 76th birthday to the legendary Stevie Wonder.

Body-worn camera footage released Monday appears to show Desaver Hollis shoot a Richfield officer in the hand before that officer and another returned fire at least 20 times, including while Hollis was on the ground.

Rep Justin Jones made a statement entrance, walking into the Tennessee legislature with an"Abolish ICE" flag. No subtlety. No backing down.🔥🔥🔥

A governor who discards votes should be impeached.

The entire Epstein regime needs to be removed, held accountable, and sentenced to life in prison.

I had to take my shot quickly as we drove past, but here's some street art in Woodinville, Washington, from Stevie Shao (www.stevieshao.com). #TagTuesday #StreetArt #AnimalArtTuesday

Book rec: this is the most accessible piece of reading about the Constituition I’ve ever encountered. Melissa Murray (@profmmurray.bsky.social) is a law professor with a podcast (is there any other type of law professor these days?), and she certainly has a point of view on the law. But … (1/2)

Every once in a while he tells the truth.

Perfect campaign ad for the upcoming Midterms. 👌

Claiborne & St. Philip. 10a-6pm

@crockett.house.gov: "For me, this is obstruction of justice. That's what it is."

Dear fragile MAGA males,

An old phone booth I ran across in the UK a couple of years ago. What a great example of recycling. #librarians #recycling

@crockett.house.gov to the Epstein victims/survivors who are at this House Oversight field hearing: "Your courage is contagious!"

According to 404 Media, ICE officials have admitted that Palantir has helped build a database of 20 million people for the agency to use for raids and arrests. Yet another reason why Palantir is America's most dangerous corporation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88

The testimony from these survivors is so powerful and emotional. Stunningly raw. The continued traumatization of these victims is unforgivable.

Amy Grant to headline WeHo benefit for unhoused youth, including LGBTQ youth. The event “will include young people talking about how the organization has helped to save their lives. They’re expected to describe their experiences w/homelessness and how CHC’s programs helped them reach independence.”

It was a political hire. We know that because Bari Weiss had almost no experience in brodcast news when hired. Thus: "When the season finale of '60 Minutes' airs Sunday night, it may very well mark the end of the program as it has long been known inside CBS News." www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

Epstein Survivor hearing happening in West Palm Beach now. We stand with survivors.

This is a directory of DOGE operatives at DOD that we obtained through FOIA—but all the faces and names are redacted. DOGE has immense power. We need to know who works for it and how it operates. But the Trump admin is hiding it behind black boxes.

Louisiana registered voters we need to file a lawsuit against Jeff Landry.

LAWSUIT: “Three Memphis voters, through the American Civil Liberties Union, have filed a federal lawsuit against Tennessee leaders, claiming the state’s new congressional maps are discriminating against Black voters.” www.actionnews5.com/2026/05/12/m...

A nonprofit government watchdog organization has filed a complaint against Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, alleging that a reality television show he and his wife, Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, and their nine children, are starring in likely violates federal ethics rules.

“Could you fucking NOT?!”

Morning 😂.

Great Britain has been ahead of the US when dealing with the revelations in the Epstein files. Epstein survivor, Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, ‘Nobody’s Girl’ has been named Book of the Year at the British Book Awards! #ProudBlue #GreatBritian www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Walter Joseph Phillips (1884-1963) Gloaming 1921

The bluification of the reflecting pool is up to $13.1 million.

Morning Kitten

"It's just another thing that drains their mental health — 'my parents don't understand that their pathway at this stage in life that I'm in was so much easier'" www.pbs.org/newshour/eco...

This is what they think they got on AOC. Century-level high on your own supply right now. Those court decisions got them juiced.

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🌀 Untitled — By Peeta in Mannheim, Germany 🇩🇪 This Is Not AI: 14 Street Art Illusions That Are Actually Real: streetartutopia.com/2026/05/12/t...

Vincent Bolloré is a public danger to France. By putting Xenia Fedorova, the former head of RT France, on CNEWS as a ”journalist,” he is officially doing Putin’s job. Bringing a Kremlin propagandist into the heart of French media is nothing short of traitorous

"One study found that increasing the number of people who receive SNAP benefits by 5 percent could have prevented nearly 32,000 suicides over 15 years. And a $1 increase in minimum wage has been linked to roughly 8,000 fewer suicide deaths over a decade."

One of TVs best characters

A 1967 studio rehearsal of "I Say A Little Prayer" with Dionne Warwick, Hal David and the late great 3-time Oscar & 6-time Grammy winner — BURT BACHARACH — born 98yrs ago today.

Science publishing giant Elsevier has joined the dozens of firms and individuals suing artificial intelligence companies over their alleged use of copyrighted works in training AI models go.nature.com/4eFGLZK

Residents in Fayette County, Georgia noticed their water pressure was unusually low. Turns out that a data center 20 miles away had been drawing 30 million gallons of water in secret through connections the county didn't know existed. Is it any wonder why so many are opposed to data centers?

© Carlos Martin. 'Quiet Presence,' 2025. Ink on paper, 30 × 42 cm.

Molas, textile art traditionally made by women of the Kuna people of Colombia and Panama #womensart

Ahead of the hit show’s finale, cocreators Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello talk about media consolidation, the perils of censorship, and why they find AI “deeply disturbing.” www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Louis Armstrong performing for his wife at the Great Sphinx of Giza (1961). 📷 Bettmann/Corbis

Amen To That

Fellow Seattle locals who have to travel downtown to their offices for work during the World Cup, in light of covid and now hantavirus, I highly recommend we mask up again if you're taking public transportation, and/or going to places that will have large crowds. I've been masking all 1/2