Oh no, I'm so sorry.

Two genuine LOLs in this piece from my count and several jaw drops.

Idk if you're joking but for real for real I've been thinking about smoking again so much lately.

Map of the contiguous United States showing the spring bloom index anomaly as of April 19, 2026 from the USA National Phenology Network. Many areas are earlier than normal.

Aside from Florida, nearly the entire contiguous U.S. has experienced earlier than average first plant blooms in 2026. Earlier springs can cause longer allergy seasons, accelerate wildfire risk, increase pests/mosquitoes, and lead to less reliable snow-fed water.

Map: www.usanpn.org/data/maps/sp...

The Last Day at Kids of Faith: Parents Navigating a Child Care Crisis

Must read piece on this wild stat: More than 400 day cares in Oklahoma have gone out of business since November. Don't miss the parents sending their kid to live in a different state b/c they don't have care.

It's past time for universal childcare!

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

You just know bro is the exact same way when she gets back from the store

Im going for the first time next week. Any suggestions for something that is a cannot miss?

I get why people are focusing on the rationality or irrationality of a counter-blockade, but I think the big takeaway here is “Trump’s unpopular war will continue indefinitely”

im not religious but I am a Costco member

The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.

I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc.

But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.

i don't much like platner for the same reason i have rapidly come to dislike annie andrews and the same reason i don't like newsom — values matter, and throwing out homophobic or misogynistic or transphobic "jokes" display contempt for the values the overwhelming majority of party voters live by

Always and forever this one. theonion.com/like-boxes-o...

Time for a rewatch

It made me bonkers and I'm not even a scientist I just work with some.

Well this is particularly pointed, relevant and helpful to read at the moment.

We stand up upon a pyramid of technology that is wholly responsible for all of our modern life. For the better part of the last decade, we’ve been taking sledgehammers to the lower levels out of a generalized belief nothing can really break and I’ve got the ick about some of these parts.

Let’s see.

Exclusive: Iran attack damage wipes out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for three to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says Iran’s attacks ‌on Qatar have damaged facilities that produce 17% ​of the company’s ​liquefied natural gas export capacity ⁠and it will ​take three to five years ​to repair them, QatarEnergy CEO Saad ...

Oh man, the hit at Ras Laffan has taken almost 20% of output (i.e. roughly 3% of global LNG volumes) offline for *3-5 years*.

no lie, looks like an absolutely dope bar for people who like spiking drinks

NCLR teal background. The Federal Bureau of Prisons Is Running a Conversion Therapy Program. We must not let it stand

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is running a conversion therapy program. We are calling on everyone — not just those who are transgender, not just those who have loved ones in prison — to recognize what it represents and to oppose it.

Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:

Straight of Hormuz, with Buddha imposed, text: The realization that the lack of oil isn't causing your suffering, but the desire for oil itself, on your path to enlightenment.

Possible solution to the Strait of Hormuz?

Ms Rachel talking to Deiver Henao, a 9yo in an immigration detention center

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What a world

"If you are tracking the impact of AI on labor markets, CEO statements are the worst way to measure it." Amen, @marthagimbel.bsky.social! @hamiltonproject.org #AIPlusWork

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

i work with words for a living, so I am biased, but I really think we've got to bring back words. really useful if you imbue them with meaning and arrange them properly!

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

A huge tip of the hat to the NYTimes, the CBC, the BBC, Reuters and others for being absolutely all over this school bombing and piecing together the truth of what happened -- www.reuters.com/world/middle...

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc