Extreme heat is already creating “nonsurvivable” conditions for humans in heatwaves that have killed thousands and likely many more, according to new research that warns people are more susceptible to rising temperatures than first thought.
An immigration agent shot out his eye at a 'No Kings' rally. His lawyers plan to file claim against Homeland Security
During Trump's busy day of golf at Mar-a-Lago, the president stopped his golf cart for a picture with golf content creator and MAGA supporter Nina Coates, remarking, “She’s in great shape, great shape, look at her ... Is she in good shape or what?” trib.al/yaFfNwX
Before the United States was founded, the idea of volunteering was well underway in the colonies. Now, Americans consistently donate more of their time than citizens of any other country. https://to.pbs.org/41Bilc0
The Sisters of Charity of New York, an influential order of nuns that has helped shape the city for two centuries, has decided that the congregation should cease to exist when the last sister dies. The only question left is how to finish well.
I will say this again: Science isn’t just something that nerds do, it’s the foundation of the modern world.
It’s why this app exists. It’s why child mortality rate isn’t 50% anymore. It’s how we’re able to launch people to the moon. It’s how we’re able to grow food that feeds half the world.
Amateurs study tactics; professionals study logistics; Hegseth studies his camera angles.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
"This isn’t just about clever accounting — it's about power and impunity. When millionaires and billionaires stash trillions of dollars in offshore tax havens, they place themselves above the obligations that bind the rest of society."
Christian Hallum, @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
The 100-second video, posted by Trump, also depicts a skyscraper that appears to be about 50 stories tall. That would tower over other presidential libraries. (Obama’s is 225 feet.)
Politico reported in December that Trump's allies were eying a 47-story skyscraper in honor of the 47th president.
There's one trait where economists clearly outperform the other social sciences:
Hubris.
This is why you play the games!
The Miserable One is at the center of our Misery Machines. 🥹
Of course.
The Trump administration is gearing up to kick an estimated six million more people off of food assistance programs — including nearly two million children.
The move would save just $1 billion a year, while Trump spends upwards of $1 billion per *day* on his new forever war.
Priorities.
Probably just a coincidence
It’s all just political theater by the Trump administration.
The defenders of Western Civilization are strangely uninterested in Western Civilization.
And it’s well-known now too that research on-campus at NIH is being slowly choked to death.
Scientists are leaving and not being replaced, lecture visits blocked, people are spending more and more time not on science but on fruitless paperwork seemingly created to stop progress.
How can this go on for another 3 years?
Robert S. Mueller,III, a great man and role model for all America, has died. This country is better for his lifetime of dedicated service. May his memory be a blessing.
Jessie Buckley wins Best Actress for role as Agnes in “Hamnet.”
"It’s Mother’s Day in the U.K. today,” Buckley said while accepting the Oscar. “So I would like to dedicate this to the beautiful chaos of a mother’s heart.”
See more winners: https://wapo.st/4boVqFg
Retired NIH Program Officer Requests Grandson Address Weaknesses From Last Year’s Christmas List Before Considering New Submission
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Photo w caption: A person flees after throwing a homemade explosive device during a protest organized by far-right influencer Jake Lang in front of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's official residence on Saturday. Charly Triballeau / AFP - Getty Images
NBC - Two arrested and two IEDs seized as right wingers hold an anti-Islam demo outside Gracie Mansion today during Ramadan. Not immediately known if Mayor Mamdani was home.
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Today we observed six shackled detainees being loaded onto the ICE Air flight at MSP. They're heading to El Paso, where conditions are so horrific, staff gamble on who the next prisoner to commit suicide will be.
The man walking from right to left at the beginning of the clip is dragging shackles.
