In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193

My latest @bloomberg.com story: The Trump administration is formally proposing to roll back wastewater limits for coal-fired power plants. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NOW: Hundreds of Solidarity Guard activists in Jerusalem to provide protective presence during the notoriously violent Flag March, when extremist settlers flood the city and Palestinian residents close their businesses and hide inside for fear of being spat on, pushed, and called slurs. (1/2)

Are they "hurt" because Spain recognizes the state of Palestine? Genuinely perplexed.

Black people saw the largest decline in financial stability for nearly every category compared to all other racial and ethnic groups, according to a new Federal Reserve survey.

Eliot Cohen wrote this exact column in the Atlantic yesterday, I guess there's a group chat www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

As the sixth British PM in a decade is about to resign, we now have Italian politics without the cuisine

The largest AI music company now owns to your Songkick data, which includes your Spotify data. Including, but not limited to: • Contact info • Historical location data • Artists/songs you've listened to • Shows you've attended • App usage • Ads you've interacted with • Acquired third-party data

Imagine being forced to exhume the body of your recently deceased relative www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...

Sir David Attenborough has a soft spot for #kakapo. We named a kākāpō after him (Attenborough the bird is now ten years old, living on Te Kākahu) and he kindly narrated a short video for us about them, which you can see here: youtu.be/5eZVjQowNvw?.... #attenborough #conservation

@leahsottile.bsky.social's latest story on what meets the definition of terrorism and what does not in this moment is worth your time.

After being out of print for the past decade, my book about the incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II -- and moreover about anti-immigrant racism and the foundations of modern suburbia -- is now available again through Barnes and Noble Press. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strawberry...

DHS is increasingly circulating imagery aligned with white supremacist and Christian nationalist narratives that are embraced by extremist audiences. The use of these themes in official government messaging reflects the dangerous normalization of narratives framing the U.S. as white and Christian.

NEW OPEN ACCESS E-BOOK: 'Atlas of Scottish History to 1707' Almost 15 years in the making, the atlas contains maps, diagrams, plans, charts and tables covering the history of Scotland from the earliest times up to 1707, along with explanatory texts: books.socantscot.org/digital-book...

A couple of weeks after an IDF soldier smashed a statue of Jesus in south Lebanon, another IDF soldier did this. They just cannot control themselves

was searching for something sciencey in the nyt archives and found a form of eugenics i'd never even heard of www.nytimes.com/1927/03/27/a...

The NYT reported that the firm building Trump's ballroom received a no-bid contract for $17.4 million. I earlier revealed the same company got nearly 2X that — $34 million — in a separate no-bid contract to demolish historic buildings at DHS headquarters. www.theredoubt.net/exclusive-no...

This is pathetic. If you're being asked to do something unethical, you can and should just resign. Ask me how I know. www.ms.now/news/fbi-inv...

A @WashPost investigation shows that Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites across the region - far larger damage than what has been acknowledged by the USG. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

As Israel entrenches its occupation of south Lebanon behind a so-called 'yellow line', villages are being systematically erased, and residents displaced:

BREAKING: in April 2026, *every single one* of the 1,570 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,066 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else.

oh my god this is so embarrassing x.com/AAGShumate/s...

Everyone, every white settler, should read Disgrace

We looked into Polymarket's presence in Panama, obtained its government paperwork and visited its headquarters in Panama City. There was no sign of Polymarket. Nobody had heard of Polymarket there. www.npr.org/2026/05/05/n...

NEW: Reform UK are running a WHITE SUPREMACIST in Essex. ❗ A joint investigation by HOPE not hate and @mirror.co.uk reveals all. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/05/02/r...

The U.S. Department of Justice appears to be preparing to drop a nearly two-year criminal investigation of Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles, agreeing to return or destroy evidence seized from the diehard MAGA Republican before the FBI got a chance to review it. www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

This story was broken by The Cornell Sun, which @nytimes.com nowhere cites. As a former editor-in-chief of The Sun — and in the name of brave, amazing college newspapers everywhere — do not treat student journalists as truffle pigs, taking what they've sniffed out without credit or compensation.

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this is a great book — highly recommend it

The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.

Portland struggles with class issues in ways that can be hard to explain to people who haven't lived here. Comments like this one, said during the foie gras hearing this week, underscore exactly what I mean.

If you are allowed to by your workplace IT shop you should switch to Linux tomorrow. I guarantee that most of your workflow is unfortunately in the browser anyway. Just install Ubuntu or Mint and you’ll be far happier with your computer than you were inside a month

Meanwhile, as they say.

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I have long been critical of the Kardashev Scale, so much show that I call it a fallacy. The theory rests on one giant assumption: That the Law of Diminishing Returns either doesn't exist or doesn't apply, when it most certainly does. /1 www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

Israel must release Zeteo contributor Alex Colston and the rest of the flotilla activists and crew. This is piracy:

If you call DFAT about the 6 Aussies kidnapped near Crete, you get a message that says, "the Israeli Navy is patrolling territorial waters" (Greece's!?), and, "Don't join others seeking to break the blockade. Previous attempts have resulted in death..." and then it hangs up.

May Day Isn’t a Celebration. It’s a Reminder. Weekends weren’t given to you. Sick pay wasn’t given to you. Safety laws weren’t given to you. They were fought for, and they can be taken away. #JoinAUnion Protect what workers built. International Workers' Day

Concrete Reliefs, Leon House, Croydon 1969 William Mitchell

illegal thai workers in cambodia is a new one for me [h/t @campuscodi.risky.biz]

did he hurt anyone else? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Everyone needs to read A Narrative Of Denial www.mup.com.au/books/a-narr...

I'm going to say something unpopular. This is a brilliant idea.

ASSK has reportedly been moved to house arrest overnight and the first photo of her in years released www.bbc.com/news/article...

Instead of banning legitimate protest, it be might worth considering whether it’s just possible that a society which increasingly tolerates open racism and bigotry based on religion, ethnicity and immigration status, is one where antisemitism is more likely to thrive.

Worth recalling the US-led war in Iran – and the energy crisis it has triggered – is costing the global shipping industry hundreds of millions of dollars a day. Source: @transportenvironment.org

I do wonder if these fads arise because the correct advice (basically the food pyramid) is so boring

I will hammer this point. It took five years for a High Court to determine exactly what I and dozens of others said was happening: this was a manufactured moral panic, based on flimsy (and, as it turns out, nonexistent!) evidence, to remove harassment policies protecting trans professors/students

“This is illegal under international law. Israel has no jurisdiction in these waters. Boarding these boats amounts to illegal detention – potentially kidnapping on the high seas,” said Gur Tsabar, a spokesperson for the Global Sumud Flotilla. Attack on unarmed civilians in international waters.

the UK has some of the world's greatest universities, many of them on the verge of financial collapse due to government indifference, and for some reason a regulator with ~400 full time staff members that appears to be focused on pursuing culture war vendettas