After seeing the aftermath of Abdul El-Sayed asking Olivia Reingold what she meant by a Jewish state, I became convinced it's a question that should be asked more often. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
A banner that is light green. In the background is a painted texture, with a black ink drawing of a hooded crow. The title is dark green and says, "Help survivor Ahmed start his degree." In the bottom corner are some green paint strokes, over which the text reads, "Give: tinyurl.com/HelpAhmedF. Accountability: tiny.cc/HelpAhmed.”
I genuinely don't know how to do this. We have one day to help a children's therapist from Gaza with living expenses for the next month. State violence + more mean that genocide hasn't ended for Ahmed while he studies abroad.
Vetted a zillion ways. 33/387 by Tuesday. tinyurl.com/HelpAhmedF
In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.
"A state that commits genocide cannot meaningfully commemorate the Holocaust. Each ceremony it holds in its name defiles the memory of the victims."
www.972mag.com/stand-israel...
Iran Says It Won't Negotiate With 'Erratic' Trump After Genocidal Threat to 'Blow Up' Whole Country
“Our assessment is that Trump effectively lacks both a coherent plan and the capacity to secure even a temporary agreement,” an Iranian official said.
Even during the "ceasefire", the Israelis are still demolishing entire villages in southern Lebanon with armored bulldozers. In fact, civilian contractors hired by the army receive pay which is based on the number of buildings destroyed.
Schumer voted against blocking the sale of these bulldozers.
I fear that we'll get yet another muted media and public response, because this is a domestic violence situation.
When murder, even mass murder, is about domestic violence, it's not taken as seriously as violence at the hands of a stranger.
What will it take for us to realize it's just as bad?
"🤓erm, actually aid to israel is good for the US because it mostly goes to US companies!"
So you're telling me aid to Israel is transferring some of my paycheck directly to Raytheon? And along the way Israel gets a weapon to kill a Palestinian kid?
You think that's *good*?
The thing about Vancouver wanting a world class art gallery is we already have one.
The Museum of Anthropology combines two of the greatest visual contributions this land has shared with the world — West Coast Modernism and Northwest Coast Art — into a singular expression of this region.
Israeli forces burn homes in south Lebanon town - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-upda...
Not a dime of taxpayer money or govt contracts should go to Palantir.
"I remember the 2023 Perugia journalism festival... was chock full of shills for the tech industry. I was scheduled to give a speech about using my own art to document war zones. Instead, I devoted much of it to the threat generative AI companies posed to creative people" @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
This is the potential that has excited researchers about mRNA technology, at the exact same time that the very same technology has been targeted by HHS for huge cuts when applied to infectious diseases. 🧪
Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...
Louisiana Advances One of the Country’s ‘Cruelest’ Anti-Homeless Bills
The bill requires homeless people to perform unpaid labor to pay for treatment, which advocates said "evokes debtor’s prisons, convict leasing, and the ugliest day of Jim Crow."
Ceasefire Collapsing as Iran Shuts Down Strait of Hormuz Again, Accusing US of 'Piracy'
Trump's recent actions have convinced Tehran that the US is not "a trustworthy partner for any kind of deal," according to one Iranian professor.
Dear Media:
Blindly quoting the President without fact-checking or context is just misinformation with a press pass.
We don’t need stenographers; we need journalists. Do your job.
America is losing a talented researcher today.
Rümeysa Öztürk, whose abduction by masked men prompted a search and her eventual release by ICE, has returned to Turkey. She wants to resume a career without "state-imposed violence and hostility."
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/17/m...
Alberta’s #UCP government served notice in the legislature Thursday it intends to toss out the entire report of the 2025-26 Electoral Boundaries Commission.
This is unprecedented as far as electoral boundary commissions go, but not a complete surprise, writes @djclimenhaga.bsky.social. #abpoli
The Bodega Cats of New York project documents the working cats of NYC's delis, bodegas, and corner stores. [kottke.org]
@ama-assn.org @nationalnurses.bsky.social RFK Jr has got to go
This is blatantly hateful, racist nonsense. This is not a person who gives a rats’ ass about anyone’s health
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are investigating Jared Kushner over conflicts of interest between his business activities and his work as a peace negotiator for the Trump administration. trib.al/uKwyoNu
Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...
Cancel Reply Forbidden Jay Bluesky is made with Al, the engineers and even some non-engineers use Claude code Can you ask them to stop?
Asking the forbidden question
This has been a lousy week for the global right. Hungarian voters overwhelmingly repudiated their prime minister, Viktor Orbán. Donald Trump took ownership of the Strait of Hormuz blockade, ensuring the continued rise of oil and gas prices.
Peter Magyar confirmed that Szijjarto, Orbán's FM, has barricaded himself with some of his closest colleagues and is shredding documents related to the sanctions on Russia any other evidence of treason.
a screenshot of the "New Bestsellers" list from Substack, with Andrew Tate in the #1 position
Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.
#OtD 11 Apr 1914 a UK anarchist conference began in Newcastle. The @DailyMirror reported that it "sounds very terrible" but that the delegates were "in reality the mildest people imaginable… including three girls in the 'flapper' stage" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8263...
