Last year, Andrew Cuomo brought in nearly $5 million for "consulting." We don't know who paid him. Or who he now owes.

I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app? What?

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It is the root of our dysfunction.

A number of viral infections, including flu, Covid-19 and shingles, are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study affirmed.

For my newsletter, I took a deeper look at the electoral record of WelcomePAC, a centrist group that produced that 352 page document advising Democrats to moderate once again. Turns out the campaigns they work for aren't winning. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...

Trump killed a crucial disaster database. This nonprofit just saved it. Climate Central revived the federal list of billion-dollar disasters, another example of nonprofits providing data the government deletes. grist.org/extreme-weat... #Climate #Disaster #Weather #Data

One year ago, an entirely accurate page in NYT.

I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this

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Please, don’t ever miss a @jennycohn.bsky.social Thread Always detailed, always good information

Don't see the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum online yet. But Act are already crowing about having gutted it. community.scoop.co.nz/2025/10/new-...

“A dark fleet of tankers carried tens of billions of dollars of Iranian and Russian oil to Asia, evading Western sanctions. Reuters found the ships were connected by one thing: a small insurance company in New Zealand, run by a British family.”

In case you're wondering if that book review offer or marketing pitch or friendly message from a well-known author are genuine (the short version: probably not)...my collection of blog posts on the new Nigerian marketing scams will help you decide writerbeware.blog/tag/nigeria/

9mos after leaving FB, zero regrets. I wrote this up when I left, still holds true:"a better world doesn’t happen by default. It’s not the easiest or cheapest option: it takes effort & expense, either in money or time, but that’s how you build something better." susankayequinn.com/2025/01/inve...

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.

I understand why they had to stop him but I don’t agree with imprisoning him in the phantom zone

This is incredibly deep and I am tearing up. Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams are the worst of us. Mamdani is one of the best. When you vote in this election, whatever your faith, you are making a moral decision that will reflect on your character and your soul forever.

Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

National proposes gagging the public, to prevent "record number of submissions; 98% opposed" headlines. This party opposes democracy. newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/t...

OpenAI named its new sucking vortex of surveillance browser Atlas? Atlas?! Are they f'in' kidding me?

If you think the NAF coalition government has ANY redeeming qualities… read this & think again. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Thank you to everyone who came out to support our public service workers today ✊ #nzpol

The Universe Browser is believed to have been downloaded millions of times. But researchers say it behaves like malware and has links to Asia’s booming cybercrime and illegal gambling networks.

You know, there’s this pervasive view that people don’t care about climate change / are bored of it / find it overwhelming but I wrote this story this week and social media went crazy over it. People care!!!! They really care are they need a way to channel it www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

An extraordinary artist whose impact cannot be overstated. Can't wait to continue following her work. "In all honesty, I don’t feel that ABT has done enough with me in furthering the cause,” she says. “Where’s that legacy?” The answer, it seems, is that she’s carrying it forward herself."

More than 420 state bills attacking key public health protections have been introduced in 2025. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted. Please call your state's elected officials!

This is how normalisation works — silence and denial. Simply stop acknowledging that COVID exists. Parents deserve to know when a contagious virus that can cause long-term harm is spreading in classrooms. #COVIDisNotOVER #LongCOVID #COVIDisAirborne #CleanAir #MaskUp Source: x.com/chaitrovert/...

Who are the private donors funding the disgusting demolition of the East Wing of the people's house for Trump's $250M gilded ballroom?

All of these companies should be forever associated with destroying the White House.

Good message, but still a fail. No mention of clean air, ventilation, or masks — which are far more effective at preventing respiratory virus transmission. 😷 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. "Mythbusting: Protect yourself against the flu, RSV and COVID-19"

Extraordinary weather events forecast for much of AoNZ tomorrow. NOT usual spring winds, but MEGA RED ALERT WARNING winds. This is climate change. This is climate change HERE NOW. This is why we MUST meet our agreed greenhouse gas emission reductions. It’s not politics - it’s SURVIVAL Mr. Luxon.

Such a mind fuck how Covid conscious folks are accused of not "moving on" when really we're the only ones who've evolved our behavior to fit the science, while others cling to some 2019 glittery dream world indefinitely

Everything wrong with the #internetofshit right here. Read the complaints. Hilarious, unless you are the customer.

Storytelling Methods Alter How Memories Are Stored in the Brain, Neuroscientists Find www.scientificamerican.com/article/stor...

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Maybe instead of arguing about Planter, we should be talking about the Maine election that ENDS IN TWO WEEKS! Cause you know, another state trying to destroy voters rights should be top of mind www.maine.gov/sos/news/cit...

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Nothing captures the current state of U.S. democracy as accurately as this (real) picture of the White House.

How did an outage in one AWS region cause global chaos?

Half the internet seems to be down thanks to the us-aws-east-1 outage Perplexity, Amazon .com, Signal all down (just 3 services I tried to use) When aws-us-east-1 sneezes, the whole world feels it indeed

It takes 5 of these stacked sheets to cover the official front groups partnered with the Atlas Network just for America. There are more added since the list went dark in 2021. They are think tanks (junktanks)/college beachheads/astroturfing bodies. There are 100s more linked around the world.

They’ve just made the #internetofshit real. 🥴 Add this to the pile of shit… I mean smart devices no one needs, that will only cause countless problems in the future.

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US anti-vax stance to blame for continent-wide surge in measles, say experts

Benjamin Zephaniah’s poem, “British,” is pure New Mythos. Using it as a values-based political ad is Brilliant. There is a better way and a better story.

This story, of a woman denied treatment for an ectopic pregnancy IN ILLINOIS is horrifying. In conclusion, subscribe to @jessicavalenti.bsky.social's newsletter, Abortion Every Day.