700,000 People Have Died from DOGE’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Eighty million people were reached by emergency-health services in 2024, that number in 2025 dropped by more than fifty million people. Fourteen million of them were victims of severe, acute malnutrition. 2.5 million of them were children.

It’s not paranoia. It comes from generations of experience and a need to protect our sons. Many Black families grow up with the understanding that one bad situation, one false accusation, or one moment where your word isn’t believed can change a young Black man’s life forever. 4/6

What in the Jim Crow is this? Rosa Parks didn’t refuse to give up her seat so white supremacists could take over the whole damn train. This is what America looks like on its 250th birthday when a white nationalist sits in the Oval Office.

Here, we have a president who, by his own account, personally called a federal prosecutor to intervene in an ongoing election — and the story has barely registered. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

will i see you tonight? on a norsebound train?

Today is #ShowYourStripes day! The warming stripes, created by @edhawkins.org, show how the place where you live has changed over time. Temperature change in Los Angeles since 1850. 😱

Do vaccines save lives? Yep! Does antivaxx BS kill? Yep. 👇 Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

This is Penny. She found the perfect stick today and is determined to retrieve it. Hasn’t moved an inch so far, but her human didn't raise a quitter. 13/10 (IG: aussies_exploregon)

The world's first trillionaire received 38 Billion Dollars from the US government. But, no, we won't have enough money to pay for school lunches for your kids. Or give you healthcare. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#PrideMonth2026 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

New York City, we have no excuse to be bored this summer. The map at Nyc.gov/summer is full of free and affordable stuff to do -- sports, music, arts, movies, video games and more -- in every borough.   The city is your backyard. Get out there and enjoy it.

I've never seen a series finale as funny, emotionally impactful and downright spectacular as last night's Late Show! What a pleasure it was to meet the hundreds of staff members and thank them personally (and pose for selfies) for entertaining us for more than a decade. ♥️🙏-mh #GoneButNeverForgotten

Stephen Colbert has been a gift for 11 years- brilliant, stunningly knowledgeable, kind & hilarious . From his home, he with his family, helped us thru dark pandemic times. He won 11 Emmy Awards, 2 Grammys & 3 Peabody Awards. Thank you for all of it Stephen. We'll miss you ❤️

Convicted Felon Donald Trump wants to give these Insurrectionists your money (Credit to Bill Weir for the original video post)

I want to buy a new Porsche. But first I need to lie about throwing a fire extinguisher at the Capitol on Jan 6.

Disgusted by Trump's $1.7 billion theft of taxpayer money, treasury dept. general counsel Brian Morrissey has resigned. Trump plans to use the money to bribe Jan. 6 terrorists, who'll be used as his private militia — tasked to help Trump rig the 2026 midterm elections by intimidating voters.

BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

i’m starting to roll out the behind the scenes trivia answers behind this series of 20 staging photos - play along and guess the staging “easter eggs”

BTS at Hyggelit House! A fun part getting our home ready to sell was staging vignettes, salutes, and inside jokes See which you can guess I’ll post answers later You’re looking for Easter eggs, jokes, curiosities, artists, etc - each has a hint Have fun💜 www.coldwellbanker.com/ma/milton/67...

France is mandating solar panels on every large commercial car park in the country — turning millions of square metres of idle asphalt into one of Europe's most productive clean energy assets. I have been mentioning this for months - they are shooting up on all the supermarket car parks.

With our team of 60 lawyers, Elias Law Group is currently litigating 85 voting and election cases in 43 states plus DC. Perhaps someone should ask the law firms with thousands of lawyers how many pro-democracy cases they are handling. For most, the answer is zero.

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i’m not crying you’re crying (we don’t deserve dogs)

— Fashion houses then use this opportunity to create fantastical designs, partly to show their creativity and craftsmanship. — Events like this provide work for countless artisans. These people often work on other types of cultural productions, such as the costuming for films, TV shows, and theatre

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Which is the backwards country now, United States?

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

Thank you, Julie K. Brown for always speaking truth to power. Congratulations on your Pulitzer Prize. The entire world applauds your courage.

Greater blue-eared starling are remarkably common throughout Africa: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/FactUp/s/d...

What is happening in Louisiana right now is both a redistricting power grab and a dry run for authoritarian election subversion this Fall. The governor has declared a state of emergency to suspend the congressional elections because he doesn't like the current map.

When the CEO of one of the world’s largest mining companies calls out fossil fuel subsidies while backing renewables and storage as the future, you don’t ignore it. This isn’t activism, it’s economics. A fading model vs cheaper, faster, scalable energy. The system is flipping. Momentum is shifting.

The Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) is calling for all Americans to participate in tomorrow's MAY DAY: no work, no shopping, no school. Andy Kang joins me to talk efforts to fight for immigrants' rights & why we need to push for the total elimination of ICE. youtu.be/hdQZZuirHi0?...

- Elect Roy Cooper in NC - Elect James Talarico in TX - Elect Graham Platner in ME - Elect Mary Peltola in AK - Elect Sherrod Brown in OH - Elect a Dem in IA The path to a majority is clear. Now we need to work for it. Help us mobilize Gen Z to get it done ⬇️ secure.actblue.com/donate/votse...

My Threads feed is full of Black folks absolutely gutted and despairing over today’s Voting Rights Act ruling. I love Bluesky for so much, but today is one of those historical moments where it is stark that we really live in two different Americas.

A reminder that both Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris literally warned everyone that SCOTUS was on the ballot. They were right yet again.

as long as john roberts has his majority, there is simply no pro democracy reform that will survive the supreme court. none.

The DOJ violates the Epstein Files Transparency Act on the daily. So I'm suing Todd Blanche. As a journalist, I cannot report accurately on the Epstein Files if I cannot even read them. I am represented by @brendanballou.bsky.social & we seek to hold the DOJ accountable for its noncompliance.

Norway sold 12 petrol cars in February 2026. Out of 7,272 new passenger car registrations, 98% were fully electric. Just 67 diesel & 12 petrol cars were registered. Hybrids? Only 66 in total mostly plug ins. More in my new Substack newsletter coming out every 7 days. Sign up here: t.co/In5lBaF2ox

my god this is beautiful.

I love when humans respect animals

thinking about the gould quote again

So as im scrolling through sky i realize its Uber quiet in the house, the dogs (who normally are hyper at this time of day) so I begin to check the house and this us what I encounter Ginger somehow got into the kitten kennel and was being a good babysitter bc momma cat was in the other room...

Today, we honor and remember Virginia Roberts Giuffre on the one-year anniversary of her passing. Her courage has allowed countless survivors to be seen, heard, and to be believed. Sending love to her family on this difficult day—and to all the survivors out there still on this journey for justice.❤️

Footage of a horse protecting its owner after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Japan 🇯🇵

The young people in our @obamafoundation.bsky.social Leaders program give me hope. One of those leaders, Luisa Neubauer, is working to fight climate change and recently traveled to Antarctica. This Earth Day, I hope you'll check out her incredible story.

A little background on who the Southern Poverty Law Center is and what kind of work they’ve been doing for decades makes it clear that DOJ’s indictment (which is of the center, not of any individuals) is vindictive & malicious, an attack on civil rights work itself. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

this is so sweet and pure

um i’ve been HAD i grew up calling an egg fried in a piece of hollowed out toast “toad in the hole” and instead i could have had sausage in yorkshire pudding!!??