"Fascism is a scavenger" is going right into my head

EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive: Secret donors pumped millions into groups behind gutting of Black voting rights

This new report lends weight to the prior whistleblower report alleging that a former DOGE member had/has “God level” access to SSA’s data, a claim that implies the ability to fraudulently alter data. iMHO, this also has scary implications for Trump’s SSA-dependant “SAVE” voter purge program…

The Defense Department is eliminating roughly 150 religious designations from military personnel records, cutting the available options from about 180 down to 31 almost all are Christian denominations.

Autonomous robot clown roundhouse kicks a small child

🚨🚨 Great news: Anti- #trump Asian trade alliance is discussing a committment with the #EU to avoid raising tariffs on one another and protectionist duties. Via @glanktree.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/anti...

Unless you do a job that is actually properly useful or are a professional sender of life-changing my good news, after 3pm on a Friday you can almost def save all your outgoing external emails to draft and send them on Monday.

We are not angry enough--a whistleblower provided evidence a DOGE brat stole social sec data & sold it to a Palantir contractor. Our data is used to sell services back to the govt at taxpayer expense for big profits. That is OUR data. Instead of investigating the whisteblower is threatened 😠

Italy has called for the creation of a new European defense alliance to safeguard the continent amid growing threats from Russia and a rising reluctance by the U.S. to guarantee Europe’s security.

Massive Ukrainian drone attack on multiple Russian regions underway right now. Around 310 drones and up to 10 cruise missiles reported, DroneBomber says.

Fourteen of the 27 known corporate donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion during the past six months, according to a report. Read more here: https://wapo.st/4o85ZCx

Reuters interviewed nine former Tesla data trainers. Some of the people who trained Full Self-Driving reportedly won't ride in a car that's using it.

Please find our paper here. I was very blessed to work on this with my great colleagues @rafaelloss.bsky.social and Marta Prochwicz Jazowska. ecfr.eu/publication/...

Our paper sketches out a plan for Europe to confront the possibility of US abandonment head-on. The goal is not to replicate America’s role in Europe, but to develop a distinctly European model of defence that builds on NATO’s structures but can function with little to no US participation. 2/3

Europeans face a kind of “Schrödinger’s NATO”: the US appears both committed to, and absent from, the alliance at the same time. Instead of keeping NATO fully reliant on America, Europeans need to create a security architecture underpinned by Europeans themselves. 1/3

What would it take to achieve high prosperity and equality while remaining within planetary boundaries? The World Inequality Lab is very excited to launch the #GlobalJusticeReport. [1/7]

Interview with @jacobinmag.bsky.social about the latest developments. jacobin.com/2026/06/nowa...

WIRED continues delivering some of the most important investigative work of the current moment.

Again, every single person involved in DOGE, including Elon Musk, needs to be sent to jail for the rest of their lives for these unprecedented crimes & constitutional violations.

Anyone not following the battle between Albanians who care vs the most self entitled, unaccountable, shady real estate dealer on this planet, should really tune in.

New report out by Dossier Center on how Russia acquires critical western equipment for modern shipbuilding, including warships and FSB patrol boats.

🔴 BREAKING: Ukrainian forces secure fire control over Donetsk airport. The 14th Regiment’s Unmanned Systems Center established combat oversight of the airfield to disrupt its use as a Russian logistics hub and Shahed drone launch site, marking the first operation of its kind in Ukraine’s history.

1/ Ukraine appears to have attacked Russian aircraft under cover in concrete shelters, likely with drones flown into the entrances. Details are as yet scant. ⬇️

KALLAS: It clearly shows panic on Russian side. The reason they are increasing terrorist attacks they are carrying out in Ukraine is because they don’t know what to do with these things [Ukrainian drone strikes deep inside Russia].

Ted Chiang on AI: www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...

The Trump administration continues to try to realign the US away from the West and towards Russia. Last year it rolled out the red carpet in Alaska; now it's at Putin's pound shop Davos to show off pictures of a ballroom. It's trying to enhance Russia's status at the cost of the US's.

61% of all political donations in the last quarter came from just 14 people Reform took in £9.3m from a handful of super rich donors British democracy is being bought. We urgently need action to take the money out of our politics

This has happened at least a dozen times on my count: whenever a 'ceasefire' is announced Israel follows it up with 'we will continue bombing and prevent civilians from returning home' I don't know how many more times this needs to happen for everyone to understand that Israel does not care

Molotov-Ribbentrop 2.0. The AfD is truly the political successor of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Dishonest pathetic fascist and traitors who will lead the world into war

Finnish President Alexander Stubb says the EU should expand to 40 states, taking in Canada, Ukraine, Britain, Norway and Turkey. As a counterweight to Trump.

It wasn't just his brake lines either. His airbags were subtly disabled in a way that prevented the car's sensors from detecting that they were no longer operable. (It's puzzling; it seems like such a professional hit job, and that doesn't align well with the Elon Musk stochastic terrorism frame.)

Also appears that Reform has accepted cash from an Indian-born investor, a Sri Lankan born investor, and a UAE-based tech entrepreneur. That's on top of the additional £3 million donated by Thai-based Christopher Harborne. Farage loves open borders when it comes to party donations.

It's also been confirmed that Ben Delo gave £4 million to the party - £2m in January and £2m in March. Here's @mc00.bsky.social's profile of Farage's new mega-donor 👇

Nigel Farage is a threat to national security inews.co.uk/opinion/nige...

“we told you so” is unfortunately deeply unsatisfying in the face of what we told you

🇫🇷 France detained the Russian captain of oil tanker Tagor, stopped on May 31. He faces up to 1 year in jail, a €150K fine and ship seizure for improper flag use and refusing orders at sea; the owner may face the same.

The whole reason you want the civil servants in policy advising, making, &/or administrating positions to have proper protections is so they can do what is in the best interests of the US citizenry & residents w/out fear of reprisal or repercussion. Which is why Trump & his team don't like that.

This reminds me of the 2024 DNC platform where Democrats literally wrote, "We need to fund the police, not defund the police," into it, as though that would finally get Republicans to stop saying they support defunding police.

Scott Pelley calls Bari Weiss on a further string of lies.

🇺🇦 SLAVA UKRAINI 🦅 FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA 🦅 FREEDOM FROM MAGA TERRORISM —————————————— Days since Putin’s invasion: 4,485. Days since Trump’s “Little Excursion” War: 95.

BREAKING: The House has passed a War Powers Resolution aimed at reining in Donald Trump’s war in Iran in a 215-208 vote. Four Republicans broke with Trump and voted with Democrats: Thomas Massie, Warren Davidson, Tom Barrett, and Brian Fitzpatrick.

Palantir Systems' Potential for Enshittification Has Become an 'Unacceptable' Risk, UK Politicians Say

“Sir the Iranians have targeted multiple regional countries with ballistic missiles overnight” “Get out the swimming pool chart”

This starts out covering a depressing landscape and then describes a path forward for those who understand the stakes. @masnick.com

When you listen to this in context, Rubio's reply is absolutely disgusting.

Every single person whose body has been sexualised throught Grok AI should sue Musk.

Rep. McBride: “I assume you’re aware that Greenland is indeed part of Denmark.” Rubio: “For now.”

Day 553 of uninterrupted protests in Georgia.

For all those who keep insisting that Bluesky is dead or dying... Bluesky is where you can get actual engagement with real humans.