NYT confirms — with new details: Last year, Navy SEALs used two boats to escort Kash Patel and nine others on what a Pentagon email called a 'VIP Snorkel' next to one of the military's most sacred sites, the underwater tomb of the U.S.S. Arizona. One Navy vet called the swim "horrifying."

We are watching the worst assault on multiracial democracy since the Pettus bridge. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/u...

“we got jaden mcdaniels” -shakespeare, probably

it is racial discrimination to try ensure that the representation of a minority group is roughly in line with its proportion of the state’s population. it is equal protection to allow a state to obliterate a minority group’s representation.

By weakening Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, the Supreme Court has paved the way for the largest-ever drop in representation by Black members of Congress. n.pr/4edJ5XA

Wemby: “I refuse to carry the burden of having to hide my emotions.” This is amazing.

i've had a rough day time to turn on the loser machine

Staten Island traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck blasting through school zones or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. The truck belongs to James Giovansanti, who lives and works there as an NYPD officer. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/t...

Abandoned cars are a tricky quality of life problem in Philly. Here's what happens when you call 311, and why the number of cars is still so high: share.inquirer.com/xUxX2t

this is the chaplain btw. wonder why he was fired.

82 and 83 at the free throw line for Bam Adebayo, he finishes with 83

83 POINTS! Heat star Bam Adebayo has passed Kobe Bryant for the second-most points in a game in NBA history.

Laura W. Waring Elementary School in Spring Garden would close and its building would be modernized to house a new middle school for Masterman students beginning in 2034 under the district's proposal.

I sometimes worry that too many people think being a good critic means being a self-righteous dick about every little thing and I think far too many miss the point that you can't critique anything if you don't know how to love something.

James R. Ludlow Elementary School in North Philadelphia educates a substantial population of special-education students. And the learning environment for those students would be upturned by the school district’s recommendation to close Ludlow after next school year, teachers say.

Unfortunately, “Yo brother, legal team confirmed we can’t work with minors rn” is an instant classic

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Chicken bones are all over the streets of Philadelphia, and most other major cities. Here's what's behind the sidewalk bone temples: share.inquirer.com/UuucRo

NEW: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the slavery exhibits removed from the President's House in Philadelphia.

Amalia, 18 months, "nearly died" at Dilley migrant family jail, a lawyer for her family said in a statement to @people.com: people.com/toddler-hosp...

there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time

"Jesus, too, had to leave his “team” (the disciples) for reasons beyond his control. Yet one of these men is hailed as the Messiah while the other is smeared as a fatsuit-clad diva." @kylietcheung.bsky.social is back at BASKETBALL FEELINGS to sort out james harden's move to cleveland, thank god

guys please don’t fall for the cute doggo ring super bowl commercial. they’re literally creating a tool that turns all ring cameras in a neighborhood into a surveillance dragnet

This is an unbelievable breakdown of the halftime show

Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”

A useful map and table from this article.

Saw this clip from that interview floating around and had to share 🙂

"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota Via DonHarris4/X

Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so. How far we have not come in 250 years.

We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

That is what was relayed

preview says 3, as of now the headline is updated to 6

i believe the photographer who is taking the photo is Christopher Katsarov of the Canadian Press, and here is his photo

A 23 year old larping as a journalist made a misleading and inaccurate YouTube video that the administration full of chronically online shitposters used to justify the “largest immigration operation ever” and now someone is dead

NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed

Mike Tomlin somehow just keeps on keepin' on

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads

FNC, a grant manager for small nonprofits, spent itself into a deficit over the course of years, continuously using money belonging to one group to pay for another.

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.

Teens from juvenile diversion program MileUp will be among the thousands of athletes participating in this weekend’s races. They’re running for more than accolades.

The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

After Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration released $100 million in SNAP benefits to recipients, local business owners who depend on those customers — such as those at Reading Terminal Market and the Italian Market — welcomed their return.

"According to documents obtained by FOIAball, the Ole Miss-Georgia matchup was one of at least two games last year where the school used a Department of Homeland Security information-sharing platform to keep a watchful eye on attendees." Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:

Kevin Durant booing the OKC fans booing him

You might think a cemetery would never be short on business, but right now, many of them are struggling. I wrote about why, and how the next wedding you go to might be inside of a cemetery: share.inquirer.com/5paSPv

Kevin Durant seems to have made a lot of money on Bitcoin. Except he hasn't cashed out because he lost the password for his Coinbase account. And it's been years since he's known what it is. (This is from him on stage with Rick Kleiman at the Boardroom conference this week)