Forbes Prediction Market Gamefies Story About Mass Shooting of 8 Children In another sign that the depravity economy has no bottom, Forbes published a story about a Louisiana man that killed 8 children over the weekend containing a box that asked readers to predict whether ...

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An Open Letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr An unsolicited plea for dignity, from a former FCC Chief Counsel.

Officials who have tried to muzzle the press for political gain "have not been treated well by history," @thefireorg.bsky.social's counsel writes in a letter to FCC Chair Brendan Carr.

"Now, to the extent you will be remembered at all, it will most likely be mainly as a South Park character."

Cook County Missing Persons Day Aims to Offer Hope, Provide Closure The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office is hosting its sixth annual Missing Persons Day event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The event aims to connect people with resources to locate missing loved...

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office is hosting its sixth annual Missing Persons Day event from 10 am to 2 pm Saturday at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, 2121 W. Harrison St. The event aims to connect people with resources to locate missing loved ones.

Hello, Bluesky! We, the staff of Scientific American, are pleased to announce we have formed a union with @wgaeast.bsky.social. Just as mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, we are the powerhouse of the publication, and we’re excited to have a new way to contribute to its success.

Frank Rich, 2007, on the White House correspondents' dinner:

"Washington wisdom had it that Stephen Colbert bombed because he was rude to the president.

"His real sin was to be rude to the capital press corps, whom he caricatured as stenographers."

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Several Chicago theaters have cut ties with the Jeff Awards organization after it honored a local director accused of abuse. blockclubchi.co/4vjHDsD

WE ARE ON STRIKE TODAY! As someone who regularly looks at ProPublica web traffic, today's the only day of my career I want to see low numbers. We know our readers support our union. Don't read us today. We'll be there tomorrow.

Whatever happens, this is a deeply shameful episode in American history that will leave a permanent stain on the country.

Repeatedly vowing to commit war crimes against millions of innocent civilians is beyond the pale.

The push to include religion in classrooms could shape how schools treat gender and identity Prayer mandates and Ten Commandments laws are part of an effort experts worry will marginalize students based on gender, sexual orientation and race.

As legal battles continue to unfold, the outcome may ultimately hinge not just on the courts but on how much the public is willing to accept religion’s role in public education. @nadrakn.bsky.social reports.

The mundane, everyday errands people were walking around doing right before a driver kills them are so relatable to New Yorkers. Any moment could be your last, thanks to a culture of reckless driving where pedestrians are obstacles hindering drivers’ ability to speed.

When cars kill, it's just the cost of doing business. When e-bikes get popular, suddenly we need strict ordinances to stop "accidents".

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Beautiful cherry blossom Sunday sunrise

The blossoms are still at peak bloom and the scenes at the Tidal Basin Sunday morning were spectacular.

Thanks to Kari Jaksa and Mandy Murphy for sharing these captures with us.

The last man at the shoeshine stand

For 20 years, Steve Fullerton has polished and buffed the footwear of famous Chicagoans and faithful regulars from his bench in the Cook County Building.

I hate how relevant this is (but great stuff)

Allies and Congress are about to lose a key window into US military plans The Pentagon’s decision not to release a Global Posture Review follows the go-it-alone pattern of the Trump administration.

The Pentagon, for the first time in decades, has no plans to release a much-anticipated review of its troop placement abroad — a move that snubs lawmakers and U.S. allies, who use the analysis to determine budgets and discern American military policy. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

She Made $1 Million in 3 Hours on OnlyFans. Then, the Headaches. Despite popular belief, OnlyFans isn't a path to quick cash. Adult creators take us inside the hard work of running their business.

For Playboy, I spoke to adult content creators about the hours of labor their subscribers *don’t* see.

“The amount of times I have people in my comments being like, ‘Get a real job!’ and like, I probably pay way more to the IRS than you do!” - @siridahl.bsky.social

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Are you going to be a first-time Auntie?

Helluva 2026 pic by Megan Varner.

Hi.
Stop doomscrolling.
You need energy for even more challenging things tomorrow.
Charge your phone away from your bed.
Max loves you.
You still deserve time to rest and recover.

So much love and solidarity to Ana Murguia, Debra Rojas, Dolores Huerta, and every other survivor. Chavez was just a man; women like them, then and now, are the true heroes of the farmworkers’ movement.

Tomorrow, the Washington Post Tech Guild enters effects and decisional bargaining over the company’s illegal attempted layoffs of 76 of our colleagues. Our goal is to secure the best possible deal for our members: both those who want to stay and those who choose to leave.

On tomorrow’s Say More, @maryldixon.bsky.social and I will have @mdoukmas.bsky.social on to talk about Injustice Watch’s judicial voting guide. And then, I’m 40 now and I need some advice. So call with wisdom at 10 on @wbez.org

WBAL in Baltimore helping viewers understand the difference between watches and warnings

WA commission acts against 2 police trainers accused of sexual harassment Multiple women accused two former instructors at Washington's police training academy of sexually harassing them in 2022.

I think when people imagine "police training" they imagine a v professional teacher in a tweed jacket. But they are actually a variety of cranks, Christian Nationalists, and burn outs.
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everything is operations management

If I can’t unionize Claude then it’s not conscious, next question

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"War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of Washington -- not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict." Graduation Exercises at the United States Military Academy, 6/3/47 "Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war. Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war." Remarks at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10/19/50 [DDE's Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File, Box

Was browsing the Eisenhower Library site this morning trying to find a quote I remembered.

President Eisenhower, WW2 military hero:

“In my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war… none has yet explained how war prevents war.”

I keep thinking about how working class people will suffer so much if the price of gas spikes and the government continues to spend $1B/day on international conflict (plus ICE's budget for immigration raids) instead of education, research, international aid, clean energy, and healthcare