Sorry, but if you’re mad that the Southern Poverty Law Center paid informants to infiltrate Nazi groups to expose them, then you are a Nazi.

Previous generations, who witnessed the rise of early 20th century fascism, had already documented for us the fascists' inability to comprehend their strategic position and hence inevitable ineptitude. I knew this theoretically. But it has still been remarkable to witness it in real life.

State media supper. Paramount Throws Party for Trump as It Awaits Approval of Warner Bros. Deal www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/b...

Great essay, worth reading. We are "ruled" by sociopaths. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The name didn't stick. The fan communities did. n.pr/4vXWo4X

In a country of millions, there are invariably going to be some number of cases of “I was erroneously diagnosed with X,” and it is generally a terrible idea to draw any broad conclusions from the fact that these anecdotes will exist.

Other people's prose: "So many things feed forgetting and undermine memory, including news that reports the events of the moment without the context that gives them coherence by showing the patterns into which they fit." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social from "The Beginning Comes After the End"

Murfreesboro TN: Elijah Miller went to a no Kings Rally brandishing a firearm. He is suspected of child pornography and has a history of mental illness. So TN why did he have a firearm when it was known he had mental illness? tennesseelookout.com/2025/06/25/p...

Update: Yesterday, Cromer Peregrines had their first chick hatch In St Mary the Virgin church, Stoke By Nayland, 3 eggs have been laid. We await more joyous news...

'Nina Simone, Mississippi Goddamn' Quilt by African American textile artist, Bisa Butler 2016 Cotton, silk, sequins; quilting & appliqué 107 x 91 cm, 42 × 36 in approx

⚡️ This evening, night, and possibly tomorrow morning and afternoon are expected to be tough. Russia is launching hundreds of kamikaze drones and dozens of missiles. The weekend is likely to begin with a massive attack on Ukrainian cities.

#HANDSOFF #WETHEPEOPLE #NewYork Brooklyn, New York Data Center Moratorium Now! Art Build Tuesday, May 5 6:30 – 9pm EDT Food & Water Watch Office 32 Court St Brooklyn, NY 11201 www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

This is kebab sandwich and King Souvlaki truck erasure. PLENTY of sandwiches are improved with fries.

Today’s mass shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge—the second mass shooting in our state this week—is a heartbreaking reminder that gun violence continues to devastate lives and communities. And it’s unacceptable.

The Trump administration wants to bring back firing squads and the electric chair as part of a radical overhaul of federal executions

Goodnight from young Davey Smith, wondering if it’s really true that being breathed on by a Harrowhound will give him the super power of being able to see ghosts. Goodnight from Rettenford, where the Witch-child is swimming the pond she was drowned in. Goodnight from Hookland.

I’m trying to convince my institution that’s it’s worthwhile to be on Bluesky, so I volunteered to setup an account and posted at @soest.hawaii.edu. Please do me a favor and follow the account, share and like some posts before my meeting to discuss the account tomorrow. @joshuajfriedman.com

You’re a bad person if you do this 👍

I'll say it again, one of the worst things this rampant push to cram "generative AI" into everything has done is make people suspect bright kids of cheating when they're just nerdy or bookish or neurodivergent, sanding down their unique edges to fit into people's lowered, homogenized expectations.

courts are struggling over whether letting Google Maps save your frequent destinations so you can easily pull up directions also authorizes Google to give cops minute by minute updates on your location when asked never occurred to me that would be a hard question ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/chatr...

This afternoon, the Chicagoland hospitality workers' union and Chicago Public School cafeteria workers, who are struggling for a living family wage. Many were arrested in a courageous act of civil disobedience.

970M eligible voters in India. Campaigns rescheduled because the air is trying to kill you. Climate isn't a future policy problem. It's already deciding who can physically show up to democracy.

ICE flights. Friday, April 24, 2026

Happy Arbor Day! 🌲 #SaveUSFS​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Georgia O’Keeffe at Ghost Ranch, 1977 #womensart ( photograph by M.Varon)

Full of gratitude tonight as Dr. Byron Brazier is elevated to the position of Bishop at the Apostolic Church of God. He’s built Apostolic into a driver of change and a home for the vulnerable, changing countless lives. My sincere congratulations to you on this auspicious occasion.

The discovery in Turkey, announced yesterday, of a wonderful statue of Athena tentatively dated to the reign of Augustus 2000 years ago. archaeology.org/news/2026/04...

Southern Poverty Law Center: “We will not stand for this perversion and misuse of the criminal legal system and will continue to expose hate and defend civil rights as we always have - no matter who tries to stop us.” Go SPLC! 🔥

EXCLUSIVE: King Charles is expected to meet Mayor Mamdani in New York during his visit next week. The unlikely duo will both attend a wreath laying at the 9/11 memorial in downtown Manhattan.

My recommendation for independent bookstore day tomorrow is that you go to an independent bookstore (or several), be very kind to the booksellers, and buy a book on their recommendation that you previously knew nothing about. Your life will be enriched.

This lively little prancing horse is a Roman bronze knife or key handle 🐴 😍 It is one of four bronze objects buried together some 1,800 years ago. The so-called ‘Rydale Hoard’ was found by two metal detectorists in North Yorkshire, in May 2020. Yorkshire Museum 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

Interviewer: "Were you surprised at the political furor that developed as a result of your visit to Angola?" Diana: "I saw it merely as a distraction, because I'm not a political figure. I am a humanitarian figure, and always will be." #PrinceHarryInUkraine #PrincessDiana

you used to be able to take nothing but local trolley networks from washington dc all the way to bangor maine.

I think it’s fine for the Justice Department to do this, under the philosophy you should be able to choose your own method of execution.

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Four days a year, Seattle Center turns into a free clinic. The line starts the night before. By the end of the weekend, volunteers will have seen around 3,500 patients, many of them working people who either don’t have insurance or can’t afford to use it.

Wisconsin averages 25 tornadoes per year. We had that many last week. Go ahead and tell me climate change isn't real -preferably while standing in a field in WI

The question I have is why the Chevy was street legal? If you can't see a Lamborghini, then you won't see a kid (or an adult come to think of it). Might want to take her license away.

It will never not be enraging that when interest rates were close to zero the US government did not invest in infrastructure and green energy bc the GOP was obsessed with austerity.

The FBI repeatedly publicly denied Tom Homan accepted a $50k cash bribe from undercover agents – yet the admin refuses to even acknowledge the existence of the video that would allegedly exonerate him. We at least agree on one thing: the FBI is protecting Tom Homan. So we’ll see them in court.

Please do not ask bookworm if they are going to finish the books they have before buying more. It is very offensive in our culture.

Every MLB team should adopt a rescue dog and make them their official Bat Dog!🐶⚾ A shelter pup sprinting out to fetch bats between innings? Pure joy, second chances, and instant crowd favorite. Adopt. Train. Win hearts❤️

When you see the betty bowers account suspended like... that's not cool. But you also remember how much unsourced, unattributed, AI, etc. shit the account posted like… now wait a minute. 🤔 I get that it's a popular account but wow did it post a lot of bullshit but it's ok 'cos of the dunks, right?

“We as citizens have come out to say no ICE facility in Suffolk today, no ICE facilities in Suffolk yesterday, no ICE facilities in Suffolk tomorrow,” community activist Brandon Randleman said during the rally.

Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day. I would love to give you a personalized rec if you tell me what kind of book you’re looking for and promise to buy from your favorite indie or Bookshop.org.

You and your neighbors should not be subsidizing the electricity needs of a data center run by a trillion-dollar corporation.   My Power for the People Act would force Big Tech to pay for their own power needs. We should pass it today to protect consumers from rising costs NOW.

NBC News just said 30% of our country is in extreme drought conditions, which are fueling wildfires. IMHO, data centers should be BANNED in all of these regions, as they use 1 to 5 million gallons of water per day, equivalent to a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people!!!

Many writers discover that their first novel doesn't sell well. Their second and third may not sell well either. However, as they publish their odds grow that one of their novels will sell reasonable, when that happens that novel will pull UP the older novels. #writingcommunity #booksky #novels

When a leading Chinese scientist doctor & professor is jumped by ICE at the Seattle airport then hauled to a detention facility in Texas to be deported, China stated do not go to the US & warned its people to be very careful if they did. This is on Fat boy and his regime pure and simply.