And speaking of Blacksky ... the code doesn't write itself, the servers cost money, and so does moderation & trust and safety. So please support Blacksky! Here's their OpenCollective link. opencollective.com/blacksky

All was now a phrensy.

diamond back lounge, omaha, nebraska, 1980

Since he's returned to office Trump has attacked the Smithsonian as "out of control" where everything discussed "is how horrible our country is, how bad slavery was." Lonnie Bunch has been the person who has put himself between Trump and the Smithsonian. This is the story of his work to protect it.

this is important:

I was digging around on wikipedia today and happened to come across this very good painting of Fancy Men Bamboozled By Egg

Fucking Jeremy

The Justice Department quietly deleted thousands of press releases about the Jan. 6 insurrection So Lawfare restored them: more than 5,700 pages recovered and publicly archived. @tylermcbrien.com, @michael-feinberg.bsky.social, and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org explain how.

out here on google looking up images of Black revolutionaries and freedom struggle activists laughing and enjoying themselves it's honestly really nice.

ALL THE NON-BLACKS TO THE BACK.

1: knocke knocke 2: who ys ther? 1: algae! 2: algae who? 1: algae kan evir trye still will not make me get out of thys watir

ICE flights. Thursday, June 18, 2026. At least 80 flights, 13 removal stops, at least three of which were third-country removals. 28 planes.

Journalist @marisakabas.bsky.social and @rcfp.org's @a-marshall-plan.bsky.social spent a year fighting for police bodycam footage of the DOGE raid on the U.S. Institute of Peace. In a 6/25 webinar, the two will discuss how they overcame legal roadblocks, what the footage uncovered, and more. RSVP:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

“But Toad,” said Frog, “I AM happy. I am very happy. This morning when I woke up, I felt good because the sun was shining. I felt good because I was a frog. And I felt good because I have you for a friend. I wanted to be alone. I wanted to think about how fine everything is.”

Breaking News: the algae has agreed to accept $300 billion to consider vacating the reflecting pool

Remembering David Hockney, the painter known for his colorful, light-filled portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes, who died last week, at the age of 88. www.newyorker.com/culture/post...

Catbaret, directed by Bob Pawsee

yall know about cashew yall know about this? she makes me feel Insane

David Hockney • Rain on the Studio Window •

Both sides, obviously.

Okay but What would YOUR totally gratuitous White House lawn event be, if YOU were the mad king of a dying superpower

one of the flag guys just dropped his cigarette and bent over to pick it up and the other guy goes “Dude dude dude don’t let the flag touch the ground! The president is watching!”

The Knicks victory is generating so much passion and excitement that if it ran in a primary election, Establishment Democrats would not support it.

... forgot something ... broke something expensive ... adopted something ... left something behind The best part is that all of these things work for all of the things!

we are currently experiencing a katamari damacy-style aggregation of positive developments and karmic realignments and each other into a big fuck-off ball of hope that we can use to put the stars back into the sky, so PLEASE let's not be the ones to fuck it up

Here's an activity where you can get a picture with a championship belt: the Ultimate Participation Trophy (UPT)

baby tarp do do do do do do

just bloom already

If I come upon The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), I must watch it through. I have no choice.

This. Forget everything else for just five minutes, and just take a moment for this.

the apex turd balanced precarious atop a jenga of other turds

Some routes are scenic warnings.

Toad ran through the high grass so that Frog would not see him.

I don't really follow basketball but it has been SO FUN seeing how excited everyone is about the Knicks tonight and I'm so vicariously happy right now

ICE flights. Tuesday, June 9, 2026. At least 73 flights on 25 planes, including six removal flights to Mexico alone, plus five more removal flights.

Oh no they put onions on my food oh no so many onions

Wanna know something cool? This scroll of the Book of Esther was scribed by a 14 year-old named Luna Ambron in 1767 in Rome-- and it's one of the very few pieces of the sacred scribal arts that we *know* to have been scribed by a girl/woman before the 21st c. (Scribes don't sign their work sooo.)

This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like

A skeet from Rachel Lense (@rachellense.bsky.social) featuring a high-resolution image of her PRIDE flag as originally created under the aegis of NASA in 2024. It was pulled down by the current administration a year later, in 2025.

I find myself growing grim about the mouth

in any remotely serious society, "leaving guns lying around your house" would be the kind of thing that prevents you from being able to adopt a dog let alone run for office. unfortunately life in hamburgerreich is rarely serious

The toll on press covering Delaney Hall:

Welp there’s no unseeing this

I cannot stop watching this. So much pure joy and talent. Fucking incredible.