‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

In other words murder & attempted murder by an unlawful US Administration. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Cabaret Voltaire announce final North American tour Sheffield, UK industrial/electronic icons Cabaret Voltaire (Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson) are switching off their synths but not before one last go round.

Very cool, missed opportunity years ago to see them, can't miss it this time. Icons of the UK Industrial/Electronic for sure, remember dancing to them in clubs in mid 80s Dallas, like @starckclub.bsky.social www.brooklynvegan.com/cabaret-volt...

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine — WIRED Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine - “He’s showing that with enough money and motivation, any mogul can create his own deep state and build a sprawling surveillance enterprise with him in the middle.”
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Skinned for Fashion: Leather’s Impact on Animals, Humans, and the Environment - Food Empowerment Project Skinned for Fashion: Leather’s Impact on Animals, Humans, and the EnvironmentLeather—defined as any animal skin that is chemically treated to preserve it—is among the most ubiquitous of animalproducts...

In reality, leather sales can account for as much as
26 percent of worldwide slaughterhouse sales, making it a highly profitable co-product, not a byproduct. foodispower.org/animals-on-l...

Is That Easter Bunny Exploited? What You Need to Know The world’s most exploited animal, bunnies are playful and inquisitive, and we should celebrate them year round.

Bunnies deserve better, no matter the time of year. vegnews.com/bunnies-east...

This is how screwed we are- if either one of these clowns gets to decide what / how / if this tech benefits "humanity."

Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa” Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that include the word “antifa” alongside “content-level threat signals.”

This is why you don't let a tech bro create or manage a "public square." They stand clearly on the side of power and $$$. Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa” - @sambiddle.com
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Armed Off-Duty Cop Tried to Incite Violence at a High School Anti-ICE Protest The armed and masked off-duty Phoenix, Arizona, cop said he wanted to get kids at a high school ICE protest arrested.

Armed Off-Duty Cop (who in 2025 drew a salary of $336,518) Tried to Incite Violence at a High School Anti-ICE Protest - @noahhurowitz.bsky.social
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Tom Waits' First New Music in 15 Years Is a Chilling, Macabre Protest Song Hear Tom Waits and Massive Attack's collaborative song, "Boots on the Ground."

Federal pricks. Tom Waits back with soulfull vengeance, and Massive Attack. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Drivers sue San Jose over nearly 500 Flock police cameras that track drivers in California A class action lawsuit filed against San Jose and its police department Wednesday aims to require police to get warrants to track drivers.

San Jose, armpit of the Bay Area, in large part due to it’s previous Mayor and current one, Mahan (tech bro puppet) that wants to be Governor. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

We can disagree about how progressive tax systems should be – the extent to which the rich should pay more tax, relative to their income, than the rest of us. But there is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us.

'No peace': Nearly a year after her son's death, she learned that ICE was responsible Ruben Ray Martinez is considered the first person to be killed by ICE during President Trump's second term. His mother believes his death could have been avoided.

ICE murders www.npr.org/2026/04/15/n...

Sid Krofft, Co-Creator of Mind-Blowing Kids TV Shows, Dies at 96 The puppeteer and his late brother Marty partnered on 'The Banana Splits Adventure Hour,' 'H.R. Pufnstuf,' 'Land of the Lost' and much more.

RIP Sid, Pufnstuff freaked me out as a kid. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...

Grandmother Faces Trial in Alabama for Wearing Penis Costume to No Kings Protest The 62-year-old was arrested for wearing a penis costume to an Alabama No Kings protest — then prosecutors doubled down.

What a stupid country we have become (probably always were.) theintercept.com/2026/04/03/p...

ICE is alive and well in Los Angeles, aided and abetted by the County, and the City.

They're trafficking people, who increasingly have nothing left to lose.

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The welfare ranchers are back at it, trying to force their destruction of our public lands, using an environmental group to greenwash their business. www.idausa.org/campaign/wil...

The Statement Before the Story Melania Trump went to the White House podium today. The question is why she had to.

This is getting interesting.

More about Amanda Ungaro and how she pertains to Melania’s statement today.

People in any authority have a duty not to carry out orders they know to be unlawful.

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

I have been in this valley long enough to know this person cannot be trusted. Not sure any one person can be with this (overhyped) tech. To think that jony ivy and laureen jobs have attached themselves to this psycho is unconscionable. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

People Love to Blame “Ultra-Processed Food.” It’s Unhelpful. A new bill proposed in California misses the point: The reason not to eat junk food has more to do with what’s in it than how processed it is.

New legislation proposed in California would certify foods as not being ultra-processed. It's a bad idea.

We should be using the regulatory state to improve diets, but by focusing on the specifics of nutrition and not on broad generalizations.

My latest for TNR.

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‘Hacks’ Star Hannah Einbinder Blasts AI Creators as ‘Losers’: ‘You Guys Suck… I Want to Put Your Head in the Toilet and Flush’ "Hacks" stars Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart, as well as creators Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky blast AI, which they take on this season.

I’ve seen it since I moved to Silicon Valley, they don’t value nor understand the creative process. “You don't need to optimize everything because the grit and the struggle is part of it. That's part of the creative process. It's what makes the things human." variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Perplexity's "Incognito Mode" is a "sham," lawsuit says Google, Meta, and Perplexity accused of sharing millions of chats to increase ad revenue.

Like Google & Meta, these AI Tech companies cannot be trusted with your data. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Palmer Luckey Is Our Most Terrifyingly Deranged Billionaire The Silicon Valley “war king” thinks an uncontrolled arms race is the route to peace. He is so, so wrong.

It's a serious race to the bottom for these dangerous & disturbed tech bros in Silicon Valley. The liberal arts and humanities education is so undervalued- something I noticed many years ago when moving here. www.currentaffairs.org/news/palmer-...

UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying Exclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units

Just what we don't need. Already, our rivers are overloaded with both human and livestock waste, leading in many cases to #rivercide. Now the government, responding as always to lobbyists, wants to make it worse. Then it wonders why it loses public support. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The country is a 💩show, but nothing like a low key intimate performance by Sir Paul at the wife’s office celebration last night to distract us for a moment.

Mural seen in San Diego, California.

Exclusive: OpenAI Preps Policy Push to “Rethink the Social Contract” Is OpenAI’s chief futurist prepping for a major breakthrough or just another hype cycle?

One thing is certain, we cannot let a sociopath like Altman control the narrative or make decisions regarding our social contract or the future of humanity (if the never ending hype of the tech is to be believed.) The valley- full of tech bros with a god complex. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...

Today is the Transgender Day of Visibility and I'll take the opportunity to once again say that trans people matter, their lives have meaning, and what's being done to them by so many politicians and people in this country is wrong.

I’d say trickle up, but in no way is that a trickle.

WTF are government officials using gmail anyway?