LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest Flight records show that Los Angeles police dispatched drones 32 times over last month’s No Kings rally.

As foretold by prophecy, LAPD used their "first responder" drones to spy on No Kings protests and anti-ICE protests: theintercept.com/2026/04/20/l...

me with the time machine, to my 1996 self:

the year is 2026. the Pope is the only world leader you respect. you believe unironically that the cultural mores and sexual behavior of San Francisco are destroying America. computers were a mistake

Wrongful Arrests Pile Up Due to Facial Recognition Technology One client spent six months in jail because police relied on facial recognition technology to incorrectly identify her as a suspect.

At least 13 people “are publicly known to have been wrongfully arrested by U.S. police because of reliance on erroneous facial recognition results…”

4) they often let you track you and wait to let you get enough so it's counted as a felony.

‘It’s just madness’: Trump administration to close three-quarters of Forest Service research stations Between funding cuts, facility closures, and the inevitable resignations that will follow, there’s virtually no way for the Forest Service to continue to do research at its current level or quality, w...

My big takeaway from reporting this story is that it's not JUST about the Forest Service.

The closure of these stations threatens to upend a delicate system of mutually beneficial collaboration and resource sharing, and the impacts will ripple out far beyond the Forest Service itself.

Jefferson Starship - Jane (Official Audio) YouTube video by Jefferson Starship

coincidentally, this jam was actually about Joan of Arc

Orban consolidated power by making the electoral system less proportional and gerrymandering districts of very unequal sizes.

That gave Orban supermajorities when the opposition was divided and less popular—but it turned an opposition landslide into a supermajority that can now dismantle the regime

April 12, 1787: Free African Society Founded The Free African Society was a benevolent organization grounded in Christian religious faith and operating outside denominational differences to serve the social needs of Black Philadelphians.

#tdih 1787, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones founded the Free African Society in Philadelphia, a multi-denomination mutual aid org for freed people.

Provided core services (education, health, jobs, burial) denied to Black people by U.S. & local gov't.

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Played the lottery numbers JD Vance gave me and the convenience store owner shot me

since i know you’re all curious: i’m told the dildos were donated from a sex shop in minneapolis. when it went out of business, the shop created a national “dickstribution” program and drove hundreds of dildos to cities including chicago and memphis for a fuck ice day.

Pete Hegseth’s holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on Iran The bible-thumping US defense secretary is overseeing another strategic disaster in the Middle East. Is this a war or a crusade?

Pete Hegseth believes that Jesus guides Tomahawk missiles, even when they hit elementary schools.

I wrote about the roots of his militant faith - from the Crusades to the confederacy - and what they mean for the US and Iran today.

NASA's Artemis 2 pilot Victor Glover listens to 'Whitey on the Moon' every Monday. This is why. "It ain't about racism. It's about the human condition."

Thought this was an interesting bit from Victor Glover, as well as his remarking on "I live in the America that sent me to space & told my grandfather he couldn't fly during the Korean conflict when he was enlisted. We live in a very complicated country."

[watching my comrade get droned down by Trump's goons as we contest the stolen 2028 election] He...he's got that DAWG in him

the length of the table of contents in "united states involvement in regime change"

Infographic from Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operation Center (PHEOC) on the number of Lebanese killed and wounded since Israel intensified its attacks on March 2nd. 1530 Killed 4 812 Wounded (As of 07 APRIL 2026)

Israeli media is reporting that Lebanon is not included in the Iran ceasefire deal — meaning that Israel will most likely intensify its invasion of south Lebanon and attacks throughout the country.

Already, Israeli attacks have killed more than 1500 people in Lebanon since March 2nd.

A portrait of every being who has ever been alive, their bones and ashes, and their distant, alien descendants who still populate the world

The timing of this launch couldn't be better to remind us of how small and precious this planet is

Annihilation (2018)

What’s truly enraging about Silicon Valley whining that nobody is excited about their digital warlordism is that there are truly astonishing breakthroughs happening rn in renewables and vaccines/treatments but they are being actively marginalized bc they actually point to a post-profit motive future

The IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir Could Help Decide Who Gets Flagged Documents show the tax agency is testing a Palantir tool to surface “highest-value” audit and investigation targets from a maze of legacy systems.

NEW: Palantir is piloting a tool at IRS to control tax audits.

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PizzaINT = OUT
StripperINT = IN

This man dresses up as an ICE agent every weekend and walks around Waikiki (Honolulu, Hawaii) antagonizing and threatening men, women, and children. Last night he got what was coming to him.

Everyone who has said “we should have a general strike”—a lot of people!—put May 1 on your calendar. The demand is on the table and it’s real and now it’s on all of us to participate and not just wonder why it never happens.

Azeez Al-Shaair’s anti-genocide note: Muslims tackle NFL fine with charity Houston Texans' linebacker faces $11,593 penalty for displaying nose tape message that says, 'Stop the Genocide'.

in Dec. when Azeez Al-Shaair was already catching heat for writing FREE PALESTINE on his equipment, on Sunday Night Football after a pivotal win he said “So I'm truly grateful, God is amazing.. all praise to Allah.” and it was such a relief that opportunistic rightwing freaks didn’t start howling

Update on the gates; cool, good man, this isn’t an issue at all

“Yawn. Like, super fuckin’ yawn” is eternally part of my internal lexicon, alongside the excellent points she was making about the bro-down of the time, 👏and👏 my curiosity as to who the rapist on the record was — didn’t realize she was just fucking around, wow. (this’s what you’re referring to?)

‘It’s No Wonder’ Review: Sylvia Moy in Motown Moy co-wrote hits for Stevie Wonder, the Isley Brothers and others. Much of her work as a songwriter and producer went uncredited.

‘It’s No Wonder’ Review: Sylvia Moy in Motown | Emily Lordi

Moy co-wrote hits for Stevie Wonder, the Isley Brothers and others. Much of her work as a songwriter and producer went uncredited.
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This is a very important phenomenon that’s happening across organizing spaces. People haven’t stopped political work, mass demonstrations have become a less central tactic.Given that we know diversity of tactics&building parallel institutions is what makes movements powerful, this is a good thing.

Happy polio vaccine announcement anniversary. "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" remains one of the hardest remarks of all time. Kind of quote every child should be taught

It's 3 times harder for blue states to get disaster funding under Trump The president has approved just 23 percent of blue state requests for disaster aid, compared to 89 percent for red states.

Trump admin approved 89% of Republican states' disaster aid requests, compared to 23% for Democratic states

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