Is this freedom? An essential need like HOUSING is being kept artificially scarce to extract every last penny out of people, while innocent families get thrown onto the street by landlords WITH the assistance of our court system.

For context, there are roughly 15 to 16 million vacant housing units in the USA against an estimated 580,000 to 650,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night.

In 100% of US states, metro areas, and counties, a full-time minimum-wage worker can't afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment. An average minimum-wage worker has to work 116 hours per week (nearly 3 full-time jobs) just to afford a modest 2-bedroom rental. nlihc.org/oor

This is a clip from Stone Cold Justice, John Lyons’ investigation for Four Corners (ABC, 2014). It exposed Israel’s industrialised cruelty way before Oct 7th 2023.

The Blacks. We love him. He's helping us with the Black jobs.

Q: The Black unemployment rate is 7.3%. You campaigned on 'Black jobs.' How do you explain this disparity? TRUMP: Well, we're doing very well with the Black jobs

Epstein survivor, advocates hold human trafficking awareness event in Topeka | via @maya3smith.bsky.social #ksleg

Papua New Guinea has detailed its plans to protect approximately 200,000 km² of Pacific Ocean waters from fishing and all other destructive human activity. Papua New Guinea sits within the Coral Triangle, the global epicentre of marine biodiversity. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/papua-n...

humanitarian appeal ⚠️ My mother needs you, friends. Please don't abandon her; she desperately needs treatment, and I can only provide it with your help. I haven't yet tallied the cost of the treatment; all we've received is €25. 😔💔

It is treason…

One part of this is that fighting Screwworm requires flying US government planes all over Mexico (to airdrop sterile male screwworms, for one thing) and even if funding for the program hadn't been DOGE'd those flights are controversial when the president keeps threatening to bomb suspected cartels.

(if you follow the sky marchini account this crisis should not have been a surprise)

mansplaing disinformation 😍

Actors and activists Jane Fonda, Bette Midler, Patti Smith, will lead the "No Kings" event on June 14—the same day as President Donald Trump's 80th birthday celebration. It will feature a 90-minute concert at New York's Town Hall, streamed free across the country, to promote democratic values.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "Solar is irrelevant in the winter" (this, dear reader, is false)

I think tying Jewish identity intimately to ethnic cleansing isn't the brilliant strategic move they think it is. Then again the ethnic cleansing of Arabs and the idea of Israeli Jewish ethnic superiority are wildly popular among Israelis (only 9% of men under 40 oppose ethnic cleansing of Arabs).

Derrick Coleman declined his Mobile Sports Hall of Fame induction, saying he could not accept the honor while Black voters face diminished representation under newly approved congressional maps. “We cannot settle for silence,” Coleman said.

World, my heart is breaking. My most precious soulmate is slipping away within hours, and I am utterly paralyzed, unable to save him. My beloved Arafat is dying before my eyes. I beg you, please donate to save his life. 💔 gofund.me/df8249776

Trump is now sitting back in his chair and dozing off

NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Sanders: Can you believe that in the richest country in the world, where the people on top have never had it so good, we rank 35th out of 36 major countries in terms of childhood poverty?

Temmincks’s tragopan pheasant In the damp Evergreen forest of the Himalayas and central China

substack.com/@genxgirl199... @sammyb1996.bsky.social House Armed Services Committee REJECTS Ro Khanna’s Amendment to REMOVE Section 224 (US-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation) from the NDAA.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis has vetoed the state’s groundbreaking law banning surveillance pricing. That’s a big win for shady corporations — and a major loss for your privacy and wallet. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.

This means that Doctolib, the app practically everyone in France uses to book medical appointments - and has received lots of state money as the founder is BFFs with Macron - is sending appointment notes taken by its AI assistant to Meta, Google & co to train their f’ing future models. Nice, eh?

#youarebeingwatched When the class action lawsuit against Meta’s Pervert Glasses drops, count me in. www.wired.com/story/meta-s...

Meta: I’m sorry, you can’t advertise that post with the music you chose. We don’t have a license and want to be respectful. Also Meta: Would you like to speed run the destruction of Earth for an image of you as a Studio Ghibli character built from the stolen work of all artists who have ever lived?

"Meta seems to have created the capacity to turn their customers into a distributed surveillance machine."

Meta is unhappy b/c they handed us a boiler plate statement that just repeats things we already wrote at the top of the piece (minus calling our work "sensational"). We sent Meta a full explanation of what was in the piece and provided 10 detailed questions. They refused to answer any of them.

“Despite the billions of reasons not to, Meta seems to have created the capacity to turn their customers into a distributed surveillance machine."

Now just need massive repeat street protests demanding all of that until it is implemented.

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. Internally called “NameTag,” it’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.

ANGIE CRAIG: I don't think you understand the difference between error rates and fraud rates. I honestly don't. SNAP has one of the lowest fraud rates of any program BROOKE ROLLINS: You can't be serious when you say that CRAIG: Your own data says that

At least 10 Trump officials hold as much as $43.8M in stock in Elon Musk's SpaceX or in xAI. That means the SpaceX IPO — which will make Musk a trillionaire — would also directly enrich Trump's lackeys. SpaceX has been boosted by over $10B in government contracts since 2025. See the problem here?

A widespread screwworm outbreak in Texas could cause $1.8 billion in economic losses, according to the USDA.

hilarious for carney’s AI press conference to be in front of a bunch of medical workers weeks after the ontario auditor general reveal AI “scribes” to transcribe doctor’s appointments are wrong most of the time

Funny Dogs Doing Human Things Colouring Book, Quirky Activity Book (A5) https://tuppu.net/d7714e62 ##humour##oddlydrawngifts##weirdgifts##funnycards##DogsAsPeople

"Agricultural expansion accounts for nearly 90% of global deforestation, largely driven by... demand for meat... Land for...grazing accounts for about 40% of deforestation, in addition to the land used for soy crops..." #zoonotic #govegan #ActOnClimate sentientmedia.org/how-deforest...

“I don’t think this is a win for public safety. I don’t think it’s a win for the officers. I don’t think it’s a win for the public,” EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told @azfamily.com of AI-generated police reports. www.azfamily.com/2026/06/04/...

Video Exposes MAGA Congresswoman’s “Assault” Claim Against Activist Representative Anna Paulina Luna is claiming she was assaulted by the CodePink founder. That’s not what the video proof shows. ...

Do NOT come to the U.S. thinking regular human rights apply, especially if you aren't white. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Sama'a and her family have lost so much over the past years of Israel's genocide. Please give what you can to help. chuffed.org/project/1575...

Hello, I'm Saeed, speaking to you from the heart of the genocide. My mother is going through a very difficult time; she urgently needs treatment for diabetes and high blood pressure. We need $200 to cover my mother's medical expenses. Please help us through Chuffed. 😔⬇️🍉 chuffed.org/project/1635...

We were left behind in northern Gaza, surrounded by destruction and loss. Every day is a struggle to find food, medicine, and safety for our children. Donations that once helped us survive have nearly stopped. Your kindness can help our family endure another day. 💔🙏 ✅ molly shah gofund.me/bee000d3a

I am delighted to announce that 'Sex, Gender Identity and Sport', is published today by Routledge and now available for order. It's edited by me, and an academic text so a bit on the pricey side, but use Code 26AFLY1 for a 20% discount. Sex, Gender Identity and share.google/5NHeTWqRefwW...

Giving billionaires and corporations the green light to buy our elections. Making it easier for polluters to destroy the planet. Stripping millions of reproductive freedom. Granting presidents immunity. Gutting the protections of the Voting Rights Act. The shame of the John Roberts court.