Well, for greed, that's a reason

Yet again, lefties have hled their nose and voted for a right-winger to save democracy from the far right.

Contrast that to the large number of right-wingers who consistently chose far-right candidates over even centrists.

i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Fingers crossed 🤞🏼

Nemzeti Választási Iroda - Országgyűlési képviselők választása Választási szervek - Nemzeti Választási Iroda

Official Hungarian election results here: vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2026?filt...

Thought this was worth reposting

a map showing slovakia and hungary with a flag on it ALT: a map showing slovakia and hungary with a flag on it

For the crucial Hungarian election, friends don’t let friends follow fake-experts. Follow these real experts instead:

@gabrielagreilinger.com
@danielhegedus.bsky.social
@veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social
@szabolcspanyi.bsky.social
@zecsaky.bsky.social
@rdanielkelemen.bsky.social
@eublogo.bsky.social

One more detail. Mobilization is highest in the districts in Pest county and in Budapest, where at this rate, turnout could even reach an insane 90%. And it's lowest in north-east Hungary's poorer areas. (Data from @telexhu.bsky.social)

Whatever happens, people are feeling the stakes of the vote.

Ask Jeeves is a thing

A star scientist showed that better genetics lessons could reduce racism. It was the death knell for his career Brian Donovan had persuaded high school teachers and education researchers that prejudice might be ended by changing how genetics is taught.

finally, free speech and academic freedom have returned www.statnews.com/2026/04/07/b...

It's like Thiel=Perot and Palantir=EDS

The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵

A surge in cyclists has left some pedestrians feeling intimidated. "It's dangerous for pedestrians," says Bernadette, a 66-year-old university teacher. "Cyclists are always cutting in front of cars, running red lights and generally doing whatever they want.

Wild what you can get away with in articles about cycling. This is objectively false! A city with less driving and more biking is far safer for pedestrians. Hate cyclists all you want but that’s an empirical fact

despite being concentrated in ameria’s
largest cities, america’s media is terminally car-brained

Gammo didn't need it

How does Shaughnessy still have a job?

Today is:

Mister Rogers' birthday ✅
Big Bird's birthday ✅
The first day of spring ✅

What a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

I approve of this message

Under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, federal commissioners were explicitly paid considerably more for ruling in favor of slaveholders than for freeing an accused person.

Let's try this again 👋

Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA.

I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

Liberation in focus: Rare Guinea-Bissau photos added to NAI Library online archive - The Nordic Africa Institute Historic photographs from Guinea-Bissau’s liberation struggle, taken in 1970 by Knut Andreassen, are now accessible through the NAI Library’s Liberation Africa archive.

Digitized photographs from Guinea-Bissau's struggle for independence...

The 2nd to last comment made me laugh so hard I'm crying

There must be trials. Not as an emotive aspiration, rhetorical meme, or empty threat. A concrete plan. A dedicated special court for it. Structural legislation and prosecutors and funding and all the rest of it. Everything necessary for it can be done constitutionally. All it takes is the will.

I needed to hear it

I like @polphilpod.bsky.social ‘s definition of reactionary centrism - the reactionary right must be understood but not blamed and the left must be blamed but not understood

That's a huge WAR! Oil Can!