Virginia: if you haven't gone to vote yet you gotta go do it today because you can't do it tomorrow

My first article for New Bloom Magazine is out today! After having contributed photography I'm excited to dip my toes into the written form. Thank you @brianhioe.bsky.social for the opportunity!

My quote of the day

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

Maya Angelou

Virginia friends — VOTE YES today. Polls open from 6am to 7pm.

Stand up to Trump, VOTE YES

Important that this was commemorated in Taiwan, even as focusing attention on Palestine continues to be difficult here

Democrats Once Loathed Gerrymandering. Now They’re Pushing for It.

The words "North Carolina," and "Missouri" do not appear in this piece of shit article.

Neither does the word "decade."

"Florida" and "Texas" appear in subordinate clauses, after words like "After Virginia ..." and "Gov. Gavin Newsom of California framed ..."

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...

Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression Donald Trump has declared that he is designating “Antifa” a “terrorist organization.” What does that mean? How can we prepare to weather the storm?

Remember how last September, Trump announced that he would be cracking down on all opposition to fascism, designating it as "terrorism"?

If you are not personally experiencing repression yet, it is thanks to those—for example, in Minnesota—who tied the administration down in other fights.

My first article for New Bloom Magazine is out today! After having contributed photography I'm excited to dip my toes into the written form. Thank you @brianhioe.bsky.social for the opportunity!

The UMich Regent who allegedly spearhead efforts to prosecute student protestors lost his endorsement to the Lebanese immigrant who represented those students in court.

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

They will literally never be the same. What a fucking monster, holy shit.

Those kids are literally never going to be the same. Fucking monster.

I was about to turn into a pumpkin when I refreshed my feed one more time and saw this. Called my dad and his response was "what the fuck". Proceeded by him turning around and going home instead of having to listen to his mother talk about this all morning.

the rapist who said being held accountable was like he was a child being lynched decided to kill his wife and himself in the home while his children were home because he was mad about her divorcing him, there you go fixed your headlines for you

This was a complete shock to read. Not necessarily surprising given the previous allegations of sexual assault. I feel bad for their kids who (presumably) found them and called 911. They're never going to be the same people ever again.

Former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife, himself in Annandale, police confirm A man and woman were found dead in an Annandale home early Thursday morning.

jesus christ www.wusa9.com/article/news...

Disappointed, though not surprised, I began to describe various life- saving components of USAID’s global health portfolio, highlighting how we prepare for and respond to emerging pandemic threats; support the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV; and immunize millions of children from the deadliest childhood diseases. I spoke for about five minutes, focusing primarily on our infectious diseases work and hoping to keep the attention of people who seemed to have no experience—or interest—in global health. When I finished, the room was silent, the political appointees looking at one another in what appeared to be disbelief. The silence was broken by Ken Jackson, who chuckled softly and shook his head. “Wow, there really is so much that USAID does that we never knew,” he said. “This is the story that needs to get out there.” Joel, also smiling, chimed in next, echoing Jackson’s amazement. “I had no idea you did all this,” he said. “As a Republican, when I think of what USAID does in global health, I assumed it was just, you know, abortions.”

This is NUTS

www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...

民眾黨開除李貞秀黨籍 「連續性違紀」掰了不分區立委 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報 今年2月上任民眾黨不分區立委的中配李貞秀，上任2個月來接連身陷中國國籍爭議、直播失言及檢舉高虹安風波，引發黨內眾怨，對此，民眾黨中央今（13）召開中評會就李案進行討論及裁處。經3個半小時討論，中評會宣布「即刻起」開除李貞秀黨籍，而失去黨籍也意味著李將失去不分區立委席次。

Li Zhen-xiu expelled from the TPP over her comments alleging Ann Kao received mine from Ko…which means she is also out as TPP legislator. That marks the end of the term in office of the first China-born legislator? A meteoric rise and fall

oh god oh fuck I took the metro to the Tisza rally and all these kids POURED OUT of the train at the stop and started running up the escalators chanting, and briefly held hands with the older people leaving the rally and going down on the escalator, and I think I may actually just cry

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

I love, love, love, Internet Archive's live show recordings. Bootleggers have recording rigs that rival studio recordings of live albums. Here are his recordings:

archive.org/details/aada...

As the AIDS epidemic is expected to worsen due to all the aid cuts, it is important to remember the history and the heroic efforts that helped control this once devastating epidemic

At Wits university in Joburg, they have this poignant exhibit of TIME covers on AIDS over the decades 👇🏾

New — I wrote about the terror and loss of the last few days, mostly so we don’t forget.

www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-iran...

I'll DM you with what he says

I should ask my dad if he knows who any of these people are. He's lived there his entire life and is way too plugged into every Lynchburg.

What the hell is going on here lmao

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese: “The Australian government also firmly believes that the ceasefire has to apply to Lebanon as well.”