The Trump Administration is abruptly closing two USDA childcare centers for federal workers, giving families less than three months to make new arrangements for their kids. If this administration is so “pro-family,” then USDA should immediately reverse this action.

Ride becomes rode. Why not glide becomes glode?

One of my favorite people has a rare skillset in leftist land and could maybe be useful to you...

Pope doth test dryve Ferrari EV yn *Castel Gandolfo* onlye dayes aftir quotinge Gandalf yn an enyclical. Conspiracye theoristes rejoice.

So many options! (1) everyone register! Nobody go! (2) suggest a nice chesterfield! (3) enjoy some tear gas outside!

"Marissa Nicosia, 40, associate professor of Renaissance literature at Penn State Abington, marries these two worlds together in her new book Shakespeare in the Kitchen, a hybrid scholarly work and cookbook exploring recipes in the Shakespearean era." www.inquirer.com/food/shakesp...

This is worth reading. (There’s another, similar gap - menopause. Gyns mostly suck at it because there aren’t babies involved; gerontologists refuse to own it, internists reject it despite it being something more than half of their patients WILL experience.)

The marker revolution. Whenevir you are temptid to create a holidaye carde, invitacioun, etc wyth Gen AI: do not. Ynstead, use a trusty bolde marker on playne papir. Make it as simple as possible. Stick figures. Everyone will knowe you made it. Everyone will knowe it ys yours. Make it wyth markers!

There are urine color charts available in lots of places on the internet. Here’s one from the US Navy, with suggestions about how much water to drink, with the amounts keyed to urine color. (If you’re not urinating, drink water now. If you hate the taste of water, try any non-alcoholic liquid.) 2/2

Thys hath been shared recentlye by several folks on thys syte

Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social some choice musical stylings for you tonight

I made this meme some years ago and it just popped up in my phone photo memories and… welp.

Cooling tip: those sealed ice blocks to pack with lunch placed by the feet can help cool you off as you go to sleep. Or put the soles of your feet on them as you sit. Put them in your armpits or groin, as well. You may want a fabric layer on them so you don't frostbite your skin.

"The RACE to build AI infrastructures is unfolding town by town across America. In some places, data centers are welcomed. In others, they are ... contested... . This MAP captures the real-world footprint of that race..." brockovichdatacenter.com

Hey all, if you don't know about @romancingthevote.com (or if you DO know and don't know it's about to pop off) now is the time! We're raising money for voting rights because fuck John Roberts, that's why.

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

I guess it's this time again

If you’re seeking info on the Orange County hazmat incident, this Reddit thread is useful. Reddit has become my social media go-to in a lot of ways nowadays for disasters (which isn’t ideal either!) www.reddit.com/r/orangecoun...

What a fantastic off-the-cuff sermon from our funniest Catholic.

According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel , in the first year, 63,110 Edsels were sold in the United States. According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_C... , According to Kelley Blue Book, total sales for 2024 (its first year) were estimated at 38,965. The Edsel outsold the Cybertruck.

I am very glad that Watch Duty exists, and is holding the line on providing accurate, freely available disaster information to the public, outside of the locked down and intentionally confusing confines of X and Meta. app.watchduty.org

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care not for thee Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love [sweete lute riff] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love

Seen elseweb: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...

Ohio’s state sales tax exemption for data centers cost $1.6 BILLION in 2025 — 11x more than its original estimate. That’s $1.6 billion that could have gone to public schools and healthcare instead of Big Tech CEOs’ pockets. Is it any wonder communities are organizing against data centers?

Choking on the blistering injustice of the Callais decision, even normie Democrats are starting to make noise about drastically remaking the Supreme Court. But if they get the chance, will they have the stomach? talkingpointsmemo.com/news/democra...

The U.S. Senate is going home without passing their ridiculous budget reconciliation bill that gives ICE more money without guardrails and attempts to fund Trump’s DOJ “anti-weaponization” slush fund. Keep fighting. It’s working!

I won't firget these names.

✅ billions for illegal wars ✅ billions for ghastly construction projects ✅ a billion for a insurrection slush fund ❌ Medicaid ❌ education ❌ SNAP ❌ child care I never want to hear folks say we don't have the money for social programs.

Oh. Oh, dear. I had missed that, too.

"I meant to do that!"

Enterprise rent-a-car doth use dynamic pricinge algorithms (aka "more expensyve when you neede it the moost"). Boo to them.

Particle Census xkcd.com/3247/

New comic: The dangers of solar panels www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

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This is *amazing*

Donald Trump has not only ROBBED YOU of $1.8 billion to reward his allies, but he just used his own government to permanently shield himself, his family, and his businesses from IRS accountability.

The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”

Did you discover, as part of the Anthropic settlement, that your publisher failed to register your copyright? The @authorsguild.org is collecting information authorsguild.org/anthropic-cl... (This is a correction of something I posted yesterday w/ a significant error. Apologies for the mistake)

Look, a lot of people are making themselves helpless or attempting the usual cope--beating up Dems. But this SHOULD BE an INSANELY EASY way to hang Trump's corruption on every single GOPer. Feeling frustrated? Think of some way to do that, whether calling your OWN reps, going to town hall.

in very different ways, I think of both Google and the CDC as examples of the kind of information resource that's been so ubiquitous to our daily lives for so long that we trained ourselves to think of them as neutral entities, and a lot of people still do even though we see clearly that they're not

great work, everyone!!

There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.

The @authorsguild.org has won a default judgment against deadbeat publisher TouchPoint Press, enabling 18 writers to get their rights back authorsguild.org/news/authors...

He ain't wrong.

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