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#artdirector: @chrisrukan.bsky.social at @postopinions.bsky.social
Tracy Chapman: Fast Car
This portrait is composed of vintage car parts sheet music discarded tires .
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Opinion | Why we should worry about nuclear weapons again Deadlier weapons, more nations, autocrats in charge, disinformation and collapsing arms control — the risk of nuclear catastrophe is back.

The last nuclear age was defined by the United States and the Soviet Union.

"Today’s global nuclear landscape is far more complicated and, in many ways, more precarious."

From @jonatomic.bsky.social, @nukestrat.bsky.social and @mattkorda.bsky.social of @scientistsorg.bsky.social: wapo.st/4dRnfXC

Voluntarily recognize The Washington Post Tech Guild The Washington Post is broken. We’re standing together as workers and forming the Washington Post Tech Guild to fix it. On April 7, a majority of over 300 technology workers at The Washington Post an...

It's a great day to support @wapotechguild.bsky.social's campaign for voluntary recognition 💪

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Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

People old enough may remember Trump making noises about lowering grocery prices way back in 2024.
Well, now we’re tracking how well that’s going — just in time for his tariffs to kick in.
Gift link: wapo.st/3E052cZ

My theme ... siblings of HOFers.

am genuinely curious about the two zeroes here. how and why and what and how?

And yeah, both McGee and Tom Herr from those Cardinal teams had two of coolest 100RBI seasons in modern-ish memory.

Love this idea ...

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Will Hoge "Whose God Is This?" (Official Audio) YouTube video by Will Hoge

And not really atheist but still an outstanding sendup of modern religion:

youtu.be/XfgRKRbtkmM?...

God Isn't Real YouTube video by Robbie Fulks - Topic

Great country song in this genre:

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Opinion | Wall Street is simply flabbergasted that Trump is wrecking the economy Who could have guessed this would happen?

If only someone had warned them

wapo.st/4hwH5Yf

Smart piece from @crampell.bsky.social and @ashendruk.com

Opinion | Documenting the courage of Katharine Graham A new film shows how, again and again, she empowered The Post to do journalism that changed the world.

wapo.st/41iktEW

See how tariffs could make your next car cost thousands more From raw metal to engines, components travel all over North America before they’re put into cars. What happens if they’re taxed at every stop?

Why even the most “American” cars could get much pricier with tariffs in Canada and Mexico (free link) wapo.st/4i0xtX1

ngl as an snl nerd it was pretty neat to see this.

One of my absolute favorite projects I worked on last year was this fantastic piece on why you shouldn’t buy roses for Valentine’s Day. Written and coded by the wonderful @ashendruk, she provided a fun opportunity for me to learn how to create pixel art.

wapo.st/3QgTUuJ

Amazing work.

Column | At the Super Bowl, Kendrick Lamar came ready to play Kendrick Lamar performed hits including “Not Like Us” at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show, joined by Mustard, SZA and Samuel L. Jackson as Uncle Sam.

Read @chrisrichards.bsky.social on that half-time show -- unsubtle and subtle, spectacular and artful, classic Kendrick stuff www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

This a fantastic job with a fantastic team,professionally but also formed of fantastic humans.
If you have any questions about it feel free to reach me (this was my job until a couple weeks ago when I left to Opinions)

DOGE wants to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget. See just how hard that is. Billionaire Elon Musk has said his Department of Government Efficiency will work to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget.

Can you cut $2 trillion from the federal budget? Take a shot.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...

Okay revised the starter pack description to make it clearer.

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If u r an art, design, or creative director who hires designers and/or illustrators, raise your hand—I’ll add u.

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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us OpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation.

Give this headline writer a raise
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Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment

You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇

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We did this this week... and now Trump also wants to end daylight saving time.