“In my 15 years in the Senate, I have never left a briefing this angry. We are heading down a path toward sending U.S. troops to Iran as ground forces,” — Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
If you’re in California — this is worth 2 min of your time.
Great explainer of the 2026 California Jungle Primary
The last day to register to vote for the June 2nd Primary Election is May 18, 2026.
We can not, I repeat, CAN NOT let a Republican become governor of our state.
Museums looted of priceless artifacts as Sudan counts the cost of a deadly conflict
Once containing treasures from the Stone Age to the arrival of Islam, Sudan's National Museum now lies mostly bare, looted amid a yearslong conflict consuming the country.
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NEW: For @theguardian.com, I spoke to people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s whose parents were deported under the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations about the long-term impacts of family separation:
I know people are very sensitive about the use of the word “genocide” but the attempts to medically eliminate trans children is very clearly meets the standard because they are trying to eliminate a population and also they know some of those kids are going to kill themselves
Man.
The world fucking is on fire.
So go be as corny and cringe as you wanna be without hurting people.
Live whats left of your only life.
If you can’t be free in your body at least go be free in your mind and soul.
Fuck the haters.
An opinion that makes you a fringe radical in this country is that the life of a person who is not an American citizen is not an abstraction, and is worth just as much as that of an American citizen
This was such a good job by the NYT's Shawn McCreesh.
He asked a very pointed and direct question to Trump about the school bombing, leading the president to corner himself (was he claiming the US sold Iran Tomahawks???) before admitting he doesn't "know enough" and will abide by the final report.
“The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night.”
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“From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).”
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“A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth’”
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Was wondering why this thread was picking up today, then saw @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social's generous boost. Just want to say:
1️⃣ Thanks for making time to read it; and
2️⃣ If you find it useful but aren't active in an org, please (re)join one, for that's where (y)our takes will matter most. 🙏
You, an individual, cannot "fix" the whole world. You can act at the scale of your life. You should act at the scale of your life.
More ads like this, please
Thanks @detritusbooks.bsky.social for recently reminding me to revisit Frederick Douglass. bsky.app/profile/detr...
Algorithms have failed artists, so once again I am appealing to the wealthy to go back to the practice of patronising artists so you can brag that your sicko is better than your rival’s sicko
The media and Dems are out to pacify people while the Fascists have not slowed down. Withdrawing 700 of thousands is a ploy and shuffle, as is “ending” the operation on paper.
Paleontology is very, very white; lovely profile of a Black paleontologist changing the face of the field.
we have to bring this back
As The Washington Post goes dark, today is a good day to give your money to nonprofit newsrooms like @mississippifreepress.org.
Far from laying people off, we're hiring *more* journalists and growing vital, democracy-building work.
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In October, @dgraham.bsky.social explored how the president could interfere—and already was interfering—with the midterm elections. Since then, the reasons for worry have become more urgent, he writes in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/LxUqVgcw
"but doctor, I AM a librarian of darkness/landlocked sea witch"
This was such a great convo!
AI literacy class or podcast 💯 Huge need
Seriously. My tiny city is the last place I’d expect this much passion and community from.
I’m so so proud of Surprise, Arizona
whoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero
6/ The Post has lost over 375,000 subscribers in just over a year. If 10% of those readers subscribed to The 51st instead, we could hire 10 reporters and five editors, dramatically scaling our coverage of the city at this critical time. 51st.news/signup
Reupping this. Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia is pushing for an eviction moratorium in Minneapolis. Maybe worth some of your extra bucks if you have them.
