The public needs to fully understand the repercussions of giving RFK Jr. access to identifiable medical records from 90% of the U.S. population. He is a eugenicist who wants to “reparent” Black childen, send people with mental illness to “wellness camps”, and to take away anti-depressants.

It's happening 🚨 House GOP representatives are about to introduce a bill that would completely eliminate subsidized student loans. They are trying to make it impossible to go to college unless you can afford to pay for it upfront.

For the first time in 2026, I have just tried to send a letter to the US. Learning that it is literally IMPOSSIBLE to do so using ordinary mail. You can pay a private courier, but the post office will not take it. France does not trust the US to receive and deliver mail THINK ABOUT THAT

If you’re in line to be the modern-day Madame Defarge, STAY in line

"Enrich also testified that [USAID/State Dept] political appointees had instructed staff to give lower priority to Ebola response work [during last year's outbreak] even after some programs resumed"

WTF is this NYT headline? What the Alabama + Callais decisions really signal is that Roberts Court will make up whatever the hell rule it wants to maximally help the GOP & prevent Black voters from having any representation

The number of our brave neighbors on strike inside concentration camps across the US is rising. @stateline.org is reporting that protests have now erupted in at least four states — in New Jersey, California, Michigan and Pennsylvania. 🧵…

Fun new way to fall under police surveillance just dropped theintercept.com/2026/06/01/a...

A cult of sexual abuse.

Join us this Sat, June 6, 1-3 PM at the UU Congregation (717 Rugby Road) for an ALL HANDS mtg. CHILD CARE PROVIDED! Let's prepare for the Nov election - 3 key rights are on the ballot so we can't give in to cynicism or exhaustion: Reproductive Freedom; Marriage Equality; & Voting Rights!

Cory Doctorow was interviewed by Anna Foster on BBC Radio 4 Today on the topic of AI. I've captured a transcript of the questions here in a short thread (with the help of Google AI voice-to-text. Good AI, thank-you.) 1/5

“Such struggle is what researchers term productive friction—the cognitive resistance one encounters with sufficiently complex tasks. And it is through such friction that individuals perform the labour that blossoms into competence, expertise, and occasionally mastery.”

“For Mozambique, “the reality means new chaos, and policy inconsistencies that filter down to local health clinics that don’t know where their next batch of treatment medicines and clinical training will come from,” he said.”

Does anyone know a more recent meta-study of bias in student evaluations? I've got this 2022 one but can't find an equally sweeping more recent one. @bakerdphd.bsky.social? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This is a result of the science that Trump, Elon, and their goons have spent a year destroying.

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I also spoke to Samy Feliz, the brother of Allan Feliz, who was killed by NYPD following a traffic stop that started because he wasn't wearing his seatbelt. An admin judge recommended Feliz's killer be fired - but NYPD leader Jessica Tisch kept him on the force, which she has the power to do.

Jackie Robinson, anyone?

Bigotry is so brain melting that some Tennessee rescue won't let a friend of friend adopt a dog because she lives within 20 miles of Dearborn.

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Mikie Sherrill’s state police destroyed the mutual aid tent for families of the detained that had been in operation at Delaney Hall for more than a year, providing clothes, food, even stuffies for the kids. They just trashed it. I’m pretty speechless at the kind of person you have to be to do this

They’re not even just leaving it in place and ignoring it, they’re paying more to actively remove it. I’d say “why”, but we all know why.

Some of those who work forces Are the same who burn crosses

I can’t either. But it should!

Crazy left-wing Democratic candidate: What if we just gave everyone health coverage? Crazy right-wing Republican candidate: I killed a man when I was seven years old, and don't ask me how many other people I've killed because I won't tell you www.mediaite.com/politics/gop...

It's June, which means it's time for my birthday fundraiser for our local animal shelter! 🎁 Will you consider donating if you can? No amount is too small! 🥳 givebutter.com/mollys-birth...

It's inexcusable, and it's remarkable there's not more pushback. Y'know what ETFs like SPY & VOO do when they add a stock? They rebalance by selling all the other stocks in proportion. They are literally changing the rules to take value from shareholders of every S&P 500 company to give it to Musk.

It's been 16 hours since two journalists were arrested with protesters at Delaney Hall. Even lawyers can't reach them. New Jersey State Patrol made arrests. According to Essex County Jail, everyone is physically there. But they're just "transport." Legal "custody" is with Newark Police Department.

at least he has taken responsibility for his actions and expressed remorse, right? "COPA concluded that Bryant 'appeared to provide false and/or inaccurate statements regarding this incident' during the agency’s probe and concluded his actions demonstrated an 'intent to deceive.'" Oh.

"armed with gas masks" are you even listening to yourself?

It takes strength to look the person who could fire you in the eye and tell them that both they and their boss are giant pieces of trash. You usually don't win, but you definitely leave a mark, and you write your place in history. That's what Scott Pelley did today.

why does anyone even bother trying to be serious when this is how you become a trillionaire in our society?

Congrats everyone: thanks to the AI boom, the US is now investing more in fossil fuel power than China, a country with four times the population.

Interesting thread.

I just freaking love fireflies. And until the first spring we were out here, I had no idea there could be fireflies in May. These aren’t your usual July evening ones, they’re a whole-ass other genus! (Photuris) They start in full dark and flash all night. Glorious! (Wish my phone camera was better)

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

"I voted for [Mikie Sherrill]...I'm disappointed with all Dem leadership, it's time for a big change. I'm tired of voting for old white men," anti-ICE protester tells us outside Delaney Hall ICE prison after NJ Gov deployed police/they attacked protesters w/ grenades and tear gas. WE'RE LIVE NOW⬇️

Arctic Ocean passed a tipping point and scientists say it may never recover

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And we are live! Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to this. Reading your posts made me so much madder than I ever knew was possible

One more time, I wrote about Google’s plan to kill off its own search function. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

Hey, there's alot happening, but something to note: Trump burned the engine of U.S. science to the ground last year. They did it, it's done. The bell done rung, and until these men are driven out of town with pitchforks and hammers, we won't be able to rebuild a new engine. #ScienceSky 🧪

Microsoft power consumption (TWh) 2020 10.77 2021 13.62 2022 18.15 2023 23.57 2024 29.83 2025 = ?? Reply with your prediction :)

I thought I'd get maybe 25 replies to this request and use two or three of them. We're now at 1400. The column, which is 4600 words long (blame yourselves), is finished, but this thread should be studied by future historians. No era has ever been as utterly annoyed, as molecularly fed up, as we are

Family, activists allege Newark immigration center guards beat and used gas on detainees gothamist.com/news/family-...

The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-whi...

When you see the videos of chaos at Delaney Hall, remember that in a few days Congressional Republicans will try to pass a budget bill that would give tens of $billions more to ICE with zero accountability/reforms. Let’s make our voices heard to stop this bill.

An estimated 2.5 million children have lost food assistance since Trump's Big Beautiful Bill passed last July.

Utterly horrifying. Every American should be outraged. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...