BREAKING:
Democrats pass Virginia redistricting plan!
Trump started this with Texas. Democrats would traditionally blather on about how gerrymandering isn't right, as we get slaughtered by the GOP doing it. Not anymore.
Finally, we're fighting fire with fire.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
Is this part of the satirical rebrand, I can’t even tell
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order banning state employees from using insider info to bet on prediction market apps like Kalshi and Polymarket, warning the unregulated boom “opens the door to insider trading and abuse.”
"When news publishers turn their back on libraries, they hurt themselves in certain ways. They lose evidence, they lose documentation, they lose tools that they use to do their jobs."
@andrewdeck.bsky.social on the big picture of news orgs blocking @archive.org www.marketplace.org/episode/2026...
More U.S. troops could soon be suffering from influenza after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the flu vaccine was no longer mandatory for the armed forces.
Given recruitment difficulties and losses from disease, George Washington literally mandated smallpox inoculation for all troops in 1777
Virginia! Today is the last day to vote in the redistricting referendum.
Make sure to vote YES.
You can find your polling location at IWillVote.com/VA.
Satirical news site The Onion said it has reached an agreement to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ InfoWars company, in a move that could help repay the more than $1 billion he owes the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims.
The best people.
Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).
Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.
And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.
Remember this.
The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned to honor Napoleon in 1806. By the time construction had really begun in earnest, Napoleon had suffered a disastrous military defeat and had been forced into exile.
We are spending billions to keep our entire navy in the Strait to fecklessly fail to open a waterway that wasn’t closed until Trump’s pointless war of choice closed it.
He’s just burning your tax money.
We are living in a timeline so dumb it's exhausting.
I saw PROJECT HAIL MARY in the theater for the second time last night. I enjoyed it even more the second time, noticing more details. Such a fun, uplifting movie!
ICYMI: I first reported last night on the arrival of a third-country removal ICE flight to the DRC. Story is now updated with new info on the passengers and comment from @yaelschacher.bsky.social at @refugeesinternational.org.
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Meta is preparing to begin a major round of layoffs that could affect about 10% of its global workforce, or nearly 8,000 employees, according to a news report.
If you’re a Hachette author you should be talking to your editors and teams about this. If they’re using AI to counter AI, it’s still AI. And it may also be giving your work to the machine, serving it up on a contractual platter.
Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. More than two dozen people she spoke with described his management failures and conduct that could harm national security.
While Trump fiddles, China connects its 'deepest' offshore wind farm to grid.
www.oedigital.com/news/537805-...
A looming jet fuel shortage in Europe and Asia sparked by the Iran war could further upend world travel within weeks if oil doesn't start flowing again soon — meaning higher airfares and flight cancellations as the summer travel season approaches. https://to.pbs.org/48axTqW
Yes, the Republicans -- every single one -- are environmental pillagers, happy to destroy rare ecosystems for a fast dollar.
The seven-member body, whose ranks are composed of Trump appointees, was expected to approve the arch. The proposed monument strongly resembles Paris' Arc de Triomphe, but almost 100 feet taller. n.pr/3O5czfK
A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.
"Defunct startups are being liquidated for their Slack archives, Jira tickets, and email threads—operational exhaust that AI labs now treat as premium training data."
At 250 feet tall, Trump's arch would be the biggest such structure in the world. Asked last fall what this modern-day arch was meant to commemorate, Trump pointed to himself and replied, “Me.” @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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The theme of the table is “crypt keeper”
