@vermontgmg.bsky.social on five Trump 2.0 scandals "that under any normal interpretation of democracy and American politics would be administration-shaking and yet there’s a good chance you haven’t even heard of at least three of them." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-trump...

This is what Bezos came to the outskirts of DC for when nobody wanted him here & we tried to get him not to come?

I'm making one last push to let people know about this online talk -- sponsored by the British Library in conjunction with their current exhibition on fairy tales. The live stream starts at 7:30 tonight, but if you buy a ticket *before* the event you can watch it any time over the next 7 days.

This is glaringly obvious to everyone except for the faces of corporate media, who desperately want to walk a red carpet

Your regular reminder that cops don't actually justify their existence or enormous budgets by solving much crime. Approximately 11% of all serious crimes result in an arrest, and about 2% end in a conviction. And then there's this...

*nudge* I'm really sorry, but this situation has turned into a disaster and we're looking at losing the whole paycheck to the bill and the overdraft fees next week if things get any worse. So, I have to busk more obnoxiously than usual.

The Minnesota Star Tribune article on the utter failure of the police with the Hartmanns is roiling Columbine memories. Because the lesson we learned from Dave Sanders bleeding to death while everyone outside knew he was dying was “cops can’t fucking wait.” We learned this, but cops are cowards.

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “The faithless president depicts himself as Christ while he plunges the nation into wars of choice… Remember — While you pay more for everything, the First Family’s wealth is growing by billions. Because they’re crooks, and everybody knows it.”

ghoulish

“The liability issue is intimately tied to the question on whether the chatbot encourages acts of violence by concretizing an action plan.”

Don’t just let it be terrible, LEAN INTO it being terrible, because no one’s going to see it. I only bring this up because someone mentioned just this week that this trick is useful, but I *still* 30 years in, when stumped, write this on the top of the page.

Browsing this company's website and the only way I can describe what I'm seeing is imagine a school shooter was a management consultant

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8F1LP7V/ This guy is Spot On

Most Americans, conservative and liberal, agree that America was great in the 1950's, when the top marginal tax rate was 91%, corporations paid 35% of all federal taxes, and the average working American paid nothing. It's the middle class that makes a capitalist society strong and prosperous.

Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October. Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year. Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce. Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.

The crucial thing to understand about Peter Thiel is that he adores "The Lord of the Rings" and no one in human history has ever so utterly completely missed all the salient points of what a book is about.

One reason that we cannot have professional diplomats representing the interests of the United States is that it would disrupt a pattern of personal enrichment for the Presidents allies and families.

this is just a warmed over david duke speech from 1990

More serious thoughts on this in this thread bsky.app/profile/elio...

This was shit we were fighting twenty years ago. More than that, actually.

We all known A*azon tends to sell books bellow list prices, but I've recently found them selling books at below WHOLESALE prices. I know this because I own a store. That's fucked up. Anyways, support your local book stores. Shit's tough.

Seems like the Strait of Hormuz is only open when the stock market is.

Reader, it was not real. Trump’s mobster tendencies real, this post, fake

Woo!! My Crocuses are up 🥰 !!

My latest. I’ve been watching the media coverage of the murders of Dr. Cerina Fairfax and Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer. One way media can fight back against male violence: If you kill your wife, you don’t get to be called a “husband” any more. You’re her killer. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Omfg—the collision of Trump’s delusions and narcissism with the real world would be hilarious if the impact were not dire and deadly. He is rarely in a place he cannot lie and bluster out of.

Analilia Mejía: “Eighty percent of Gaza is in rubble. Can we agree that that is wrong? Can we agree that cutting the electricity to water desalinization plants is not only wrong, but it goes against the Geneva Convention and it is a war crime?”

Omfg—the collision of Trump’s delusions and narcissism with the real world would be hilarious if the impact were not dire and deadly. He is rarely in a place he cannot lie and bluster out of.

Remember in December when I warned that early #ACA Open Enrollment data would massively understate the actual loss in healthcare coverage? Remember in January when I called out the WSJ for making this exact bullshit claim? Well, guess what? charlesgaba.substack.com/p/california...

A rare test pressing of Robert Johnson containing an unreleased take of his Crossroad Blues has been uploaded to YouTube a couple days ago by Nick Dellow. The sound quality is incredible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmnN...

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity

Dear Bob I hope so

John Eastman was disbarred this week by the state of CA. He’ll appeal, but he’ll lose. Let this be a warning to every other toadie helping the Trump admin. He can pardon you for federal charges, but he can’t pardon you for state charges, reverse your disbarment, or interfere if we impeach you.

My annual reminder that if you need to buy a window A/C this year do not simply buy the largest model you can afford. Energy Star has a sizing guide. Why do you want an AC that is sized for your room? Because an undersized A/C won't cool well and an oversized A/C will leave a space humid

Plus: Major data breaches at a gym chain and hotel giant, a disruptive DDoS attack against Bluesky, dubious ICE hires, and more. www.wired.com/story/securi...

WOW: Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak have the memos that describe the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket - the 2016 order halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan @jodikantor.bsky.social @adamliptak.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Flipping these two State Supreme Court seats in Georgia next month will be a crucial first step towards flipping the entire court and putting the state on the right path. Georgia, please vote for both @jenjordanga.bsky.social and Miracle Rankin on May 19th. atlantaciviccircle.org/2026/04/15/g...

This is slightly inaccurate. Their names are George and Mabel, and it is George who broke his beak. share.google/a1M4cAJH3O6T...

Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)

After intense lobbying, Trump signed executive orders to fast-track data center construction and weaken state-level AI regulations. AI firms are also pumping huge sums into our elections. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/number-go-up/

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This picture of Astronaut Christina Koch after the Artemis landing is frankly incredible and beautiful.

And Trump just revealed he does not even read his speeches before he delivers them. He's mailing this in:

Dang prophetic fr

But when we crave power over life—endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality—then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then the balance of the world is swayed, and ruin weighs heavy in the scale.

The circle of death is: Cut faculty (or non-replace) so you offer fewer classes so fewer people enroll so you cut faculty so you offer fewer classes so fewer people enroll so then the market has spoken.

no one will ever throw people under the bus like this guy, the best ever to do it

"The Trump administration cut the agency deeply last year, leaving some forecasting offices short-staffed... “You’re missing data from the Four Corners region, the northern Plains, part of the central Plains, and that’s where the storms were developing,” he said..." www.nbcnews.com/weather/torn...

Feels important to uplift Rep Pressley's leadership. She puts in a lot of work on issues that others often don't see as a priority. I've appreciated her anti-criminalization work over the years. She's a worker.