The results are clear from last night’s: Mamdani is the King of New York. And now he is sending a beachhead of socialist members of Congress to Washington. It is a warning shot to Hakeem Jeffries for his speakership and Chuck Schumer. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I've been trying to find HR leaders or workers who can talk about corporate policies re: prediction market betting or gambling. Has your employer updated policies since Kalshi and Polymarket came on the scene? Really interested in hearing from you: [email protected]

Better late than never: Last night (after a 17-year run), I finally deleted the X/Twitter app, for good This column explains why and questions the sanity of a world where Elon Musk can egg on a race riot on Tuesday, then become a trillionaire on Friday www.inquirer.com/opinion/elon...

THAT'S who he reminds me of!! I couldn't put my finger on it. OMG this makes so much sense now

I've been pretty quiet on here. But, my friends and I have a running joke that all 3 of us never find the same man attractive (so far, just Noah Wyle). That changed today!! we just added Trevor Noah to that list. In our...21 years of friendship, we have collectively agreed on 2 men. 2.

Cadets from the nation's Merchant Marine academies are finding lots of demand and great salaries because of a shortage of licensed mariners.

New — I spoke to parents whose kids are former patients of NYU Langone's trans youth health care program about the Texas criminal subpoena for their private health records. "I was furious. I was in disbelief. I was scared for my child's well-being." Read my full report:

What happens when the federal government's advisory panel on autism gets MAHA-fied? @slooterman.bsky.social went to the first Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee meeting and found mostly white, mostly affluent non-autistic MAHA autism moms. 19thnews.org/2026/04/moth...

Graham Platner has refused to apologize for repeatedly using the r-word. When disabled people have rightfully pointed this out, his supporters attack disabled people by using the slur themselves. It's disgusting. I can't believe it's 2026 and so many losers use that language like it's 1992.

For @slate.com & @economichardship.bsky.social, I reported on how chaos and changes surrounding SNAP benefits are taking a toll. People described endless fear and worry over feeding their kids, where their next meal will come from, and whether SNAP could become even more difficult to access.

RFK Jr has been attacking Medicaid-funded caregiving all week. For @motherjones.com, I spoke to a parent on how these payments helps her family keep her disabled son at home. Her son is one of 155 kids in Oregon who has a parent who is a paid caregiver. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Researchers discovered evidence of enormous Kraken-like creatures who hunted in the seas some 100 million years ago, competing with large apex predators. n.pr/4mT2TBR

“If someone you knew kept threatening you and your friends with torture and rape in jail – and if that someone kept doing it with a grin – would you go to their dinner party?” zeteo.com/p/journalist...

Texas tech now bans students from writing about LGBTQ issues in any form. Mentions of gender identity, orientation etc in textbooks must be skipped. Deafening silence so far from all the brave heterodox free speech absolutists www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-tech...

Today, Target acknowledged that they need to rebuild trust with Black customers after the company publicly backed away from DEI last year. Full story: www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...

The acting head of the CDC has canceled publication of a study showing the Covid vaccine sharply cut hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter.

Today, Target acknowledged that they need to rebuild trust with Black customers after the company publicly backed away from DEI last year. Full story: www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...

I love how many women are having kids well into their 40s. More of this.

Why @donlemonofficial.bsky.social is skipping White House Correspondents’ Dinner “I'm not interested in dressing up in a tuxedo, sipping champagne, and pretending everything is normal” More in my piece: “Toasting the First Amendment as Trump Tramples Over It” www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...

"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

Late Friday, the DOJ announced a $17 million settlement with IBM over the company's DEI practices. I spoke to the director of NYU's Meltzer Center about the implications. www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...

I'm curious if any companies have successfully recruited more men to these "girly" jobs

NEW: The mass shootings at Tumbler Ridge and FSU raise urgent questions about people using ChatGPT and other chatbots to plan deadly violence—which is happening far beyond those cases, my new investigation shows www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 🧵

New from 404 Media: the FBI was able to extract incoming Signal messages from a phone even though the app was deleted. Why? Because parts of messages were stored in the iPhone's internal notification database. Shows how secure chat data can come from unexpected places www.404media.co/fbi-extracts...

Still looking for the data that supports this claim.

Jeffries calls for Mike Johnson to immediately reconvene the House to take up a war powers resolution

In the words of Logan from this season of Love on the Spectrum, "I hate everything." Except my dog. He's perfect.

YOU GUYS NEED TO READ THIS IF YOU ARE FEELING CONSTANTLY CRUSHED BY THE END OF THE WORLD

The fact that we're asking questions about what the market and the betting markets are doing, while a whole nation is sitting there wondering what hell they're about to be subjected to by us, says so much about American culture. None of it good.

CNN: "In the initial statement from DHS, they said these two migrants had attacked the ICE agents in Minneapolis with the shovel, but what this video shows is this was not the case ... the two ICE agents made false statements under oath."

Space writers of Bluesky, MS NOW is welcoming Artemis II-related pitches as the crew returns to Earth. My email address is in my bio.

* AP PLANS STAFF CUTS, RESTRUCTURING AMID BROADER BUSINESS SHIFT -- AXIOS * AP STAFF CUTS WILL AFFECT LESS THAN 5% OF THE NEWS OUTLET'S GLOBAL WORKFORCE -- AXIOS @reuters.com

New: I wrote about how the SPLC let union breaking and fear of MAGA drive it away from its own civil rights principles. After I spoke up about Gaza, the SPLC disciplined me and terminated my employment—leading to a discrimination settlement: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Why do we live in such a childish, stupid country? A country that wastes its money on useless billion dollar aircraft carriers, when it could be spending those tax dollars to actually help its citizens like sane countries.

The March jobs report is out with some alarming points: Disabled women are being pushed out of the workforce. Their unemployment rate was 9.1% in March, up from 6.7% in 2025. Compare that to the unemployment rate for non-disabled women, which was unchanged, at 3.8%.

Hi Friends, Thank you for watching @thedailyshow.com last week. The support you continue to show is making a real difference. The Daily Show grew by 51% in the 18-49 demo and reached over 1.1 million viewers. This community is incredible. I’m grateful for all of you.

I joined Amanpour & Company to talk about why "working homeless"—a term that should be a scandal—has become an ordinary fact of American life. 40% of officially-counted homeless people have jobs. And that's before we get to the millions who are rendered invisible, who are never counted at all.

YES! I've felt balloons should be banned for a long time. Not only are they horrible for the environment, but the latex could trigger a person's allergy. There are much more sustainable fun decorations out there. balloons are nonsense

BREAKING Oil prices went up Thursday after Donald Trump's address to the nation did little to soothe investor worries over the closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, with the US president calling on other nations to help reopen it

Peter Alexander’s surprise jump from NBC News to MS NOW is the latest flashpoint in a behind-the-scenes tug-of-war that has fueled tension between the progressive outlet and its former sister network. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/peter-alex...

Wait, is this the speech that's supposed to reassure Americans that everything will be ok? Cause...I don't think it's accomplishing its intended mission. Much like...well, ya know.

Chag Sameach to all celebrating Passover! Wishing you a meaningful and restful holiday ✡️

It astonishes me that any reputable media outlet still gives a person -- who has tried to co-opt the disability community for her own gain instead of help it, and has needlessly bullied people in that community -- any attention or semblance of credibility.

In professional news, I'm happy to say I've joined NBC News as a senior technology reporter. I will cover how tech and conflict intersect and the impact of tech on the biggest stories of the day. I'm newly based in New York. Email: [email protected] Signal: janelytv.74

I take boxing classes 3 times a week and it's been a huge help.

Something to take into account: Mike Lee notoriously doesn't take questions in the hallways, even as he posts a bunch of online memes. So nobody knows what exactly Lee's endgame is when it's clear killing the filibuster is the only way to pass SAVE America

Professors & university staff were targeted & fired for less than this just a few months ago.

NEW: Workers in Colorado have shut down one of the nation’s biggest meatpacking plants, becoming the first major meatpacking strike in more than four decades. From our colleagues at @thefern.org:

I was a Blue Wave skeptic in 2018 (and it wasn’t as big as some expected) but one reason Democrats and Republicans see one this year: Democrats in every state are turning out in massive numbers. Sometimes outpacing 2024 numbers. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

This is a pretty incredible mission statement for a working journalism company.