READ: Municipal elections were the last democratic outlet Palestinians had. This year, barely anyone is running, as two years of genocide and Israeli crackdown have hollowed out Palestinian political life. mondoweiss.net/2026/04/pale...

The National Science Foundation is the main source of funding for basic sciences in the US. For decades, they have supported a scientific R&D ecosystem in the US that has been an engine of economic growth and competitive advantage. Destroying the agency is no less than an act of sabotage.

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

Happy birthday, Dad. Wish you were here. You’d know what to do. Or at least you’d know what to write. ❤️

I was wrong about 'soon' but yeah, they've just been waiting for a flimsy justification. Bluesky should've been a network of like, 10, 20 fully separate and independently hosted things years ago. It is clearly not a priority for @bsky.app management at all, even though they said it was.

Ok, you're taking a break and listening to Infinity Song's Tiny Desk concert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdeW...

This is AWFUL and should get national press.

This painting is all about an emotional response. I used value and texture to express how I was feeling about a particular moment. Painted from imagination in my studio. Tisha Mark ©2026, Unmoored, oil, 6"x6" Original is available: tishamark.com/product/unmo... #art #SciArt #VisualTexture

Doctors Without Borders Continue Humanitarian Work in Gaza Despite Being Banned by Israel [Video] unicornriot.ninja/2026/doctors...

There is massive infrastructural damage being done to our country by this administration, some of which we will not recover from in my lifetime, possibly even my kids'. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/c...

He'll get voted out, but he and his courtiers will not leave voluntarily.

I love seeing the little guys jump over these ugly fences. C'mon Maine and boost @andrealaflamme.bsky.social

I am very tired of people who create the cool stuff everyone loves dying prematurely and/or in poverty while every publisher under the sun is seemingly tripping over its own dick to figure out how to pay even *less* for the creations that pay for their yachts and country clubs

do y'all remember when using Wikipedia (an incredibly accurate and well-sourced database of information) was the scholastic equivalent of a war crime? now we've got education officials encouraging the plagiarism machine with no regard to how its impacting learning

The only difference between the assassination plots against Obama and those against Trump is that Trump’s security consistently lets these guys get closer

Proposed new marketing for ChatGPT: "Your Online Murder Buddy." 😒

Billions and billions and the environment, and jobs, and education and everything else, and for what?

if this actually passes, Dems in Colorado, Minnesota, New York, Maryland, and Wisconsin need to move forward with redistricting for the 2028 election

Batteries move energy across time, they don't generate it. Whether they help reduce emissions depends on how they're built and run Data centres are capturing the resources of the energy transition and redirecting them towards helping fossil fuels www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

A depressing but important read:

The Feds can try to end Bluesky as a communication and organizing tool for the political opposition, but they're too late. We've already blocked each other so hard no one has any idea what's going on.

This is so good. Boston, get it together and go buy a ticket:

I have no idea what any of this means, but that gorgeous little guy has got Gandalf's eyes.

Well, what else were they supposed to ride? A golf cart?

I don't care about conspiracies. Everything becomes bullshit once they decide it means whatever they want it to mean. That is always how it goes.

Expanding the public conception of disability builds political power for disabled people. Christina's fucked up take is how we get locked up in Trump Sanatoriums.

really cool that the reaction to rising traffic violence is not "we should restructure our built environment to discourage reckless driving" but rather "DITIGAL PANOPTICON NOW ALL HAIL METALANTIROOGLE"

I can only imagine how many YT creators are utilizing this slop tool YT is pushing. What a disaster. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd5E...

Imagine a world where, if a company’s product contributed to someone’s death, there were consequences for the people running that company.

"We are never done learning how to live together." This is essential viewing for everyone. Period. The work Jessie puts into these essays: the research, the technical side, the heart and wisdom, deserves support: www.patreon.com/jessiegender

We don't talk about the real trauma of school shootings enough in this country and it shows.

or cutting SNAP or banning vaccines and trans healthcare. violence committed on the floor of the statehouse is perfectly acceptable, what they condemn is kinetic violence directed at political figures.

Yeah, dude might have been mad at the cleaning staff for not changing his wet towels. Nothing to do with the VIPs at all. 🤷‍♀️

Seen better CCTV footage from my neighbor's backyard raccoon cam.

Just the other day he did say he wanted a return of 1890's style firing squads. 🤷‍♀️ Maybe this was an audition? Anyway, political violence is completely unacceptable.

Remember how traumatized an entire nation (if not the entire planet) is/was over this man?

"traumatised" It's especially funny with Clara Jeffrey in the comments saying "she's a conservative influencer, not a journalist" like yeah Clara that's what every one of these motherfuckers is really, they just have their own special Instagram called "the mainstream media"

This entire thing is ridiculous.

A reminder where the real traumas are taking place.

And the footage we have seen frankly, looks...off. Who just stood there next to the VP with a camera and didn't move?

“How dare you not show compassion here” say the defenders of a profession that has almost completely ignored the largest number of journalists murdered in a single year for two years in a row because they happen to be considered non-human by (checks notes) the guest of honor at this event.

I can only imagine how many YT creators are utilizing this slop tool YT is pushing. What a disaster. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd5E...

Unionized staff at ProPublica have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike after more than two years of bargaining their first contract. Let them know you’ll honor the picket line. nycclc.org/news/take-ac...

i am compelled to add my voice to martha's: fiber is good for your health and if you're not getting enough will genuinely make you feel better. i'm a home cooking hobbyist who almost never cooks without vegetables and/or legumes and i still wasn't getting enough without supplemental fiber

AI identified her as the suspect in a crime spree in states she had never been to. she was in jail for six months before she even got to speak with an officer and they instantly were shown they had no case. she lost everything—her house, dog, car, and was left stranded in north dakota.

This is so unexpectedly delightful. Watching this every day from now on for: - his velvet voice - the slow smile on his face as he knows what's about to happen - his clear understanding of how farm animals will react to her distress - zoomies

This is an incredibly depressing but impressively reported deep look at the FBI being crippled under Patel. Lots of interviews with people fired for bad or no reasons. I started screenshooting quotes and then became overwhelmed. (Grassley comes off especially badly. Fuck that guy.)

Norah O’Donnell, Jan Crawford, Nancy Cordes, and Weijia Jiang, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. None of them should have a job in journalism, now or ever.

I'm ready for the day when you can't be a representative unless you are in the same tax bracket as the majority of your constituents.