A ring of darkest portent.

Tonight at the @belcourttheatre.bsky.social

A number of space science organizations offered support for Isaacman's nomination because he is a proponent of space exploration and claimed he would support science. But now that science is on the chopping block -- and human spaceflight isn't -- he is volunteering to give NASA the DOGE treatment.

Growing up with goofy after-school special shows aimed at kids constantly talked about peer pressure and how "everyone's doing it" was not a good enough argument to (do drugs, sex, whatever) and just seeing AI bros "everyone's using AI to write/make music/art/research, no really trust me" is 🥴

what i want, simply put, is to have a team of very tiny construction workers -- tiny hard hats, tiny vests, etc. -- go up into my nose and physically decongest me using their very tiny power tools

I thought this point Eric made about how libraries are early introductions to a social contract was really interesting, too:

This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men A med student says he’s made thousands of dollars selling photos and videos of a young conservative woman he created using generative tools. He’s not alone.

I saw this around, but one thing I didn't see anyone comment on is that the scammer also tried to make a lib version and it could not get any traction and everyone immediately called it AI.

This is basically a perfect A/B test showing how easily duped MAGAts are.

www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...

"In retrospect, basing the entire global food system on fossil fuels may have been a poor idea." -- @benehrenreich.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/3634...

ICE in Chicago this morning at Elston and Kennicott—a masked agent tells a witness (on the sidewalk) not to get in front of his car.

Feds are continuing kidnappings across the city & burbs after increased activity this month.

No flashy CBP caravans, just a steady stream of covert ICE arrests.

It's just odd how bluesky team did everything they could to recruit the top trans shitposters to the early site but then immediately started pointing at us and going "ick! ew! weird!"

They Saw a Takeover Who gets to appear in public without being treated as a threat?

"One person sees superpredators, feral kids, a city under siege. Another sees bored teenagers...I think I see something more political...young people getting off their screens, gathering in public, and refusing the quiet age segregation of urban life."

anotherpanacea.substack.com/p/they-saw-a...

This is hilarious considering immigrants get screened for their vaccination history

World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns Severe heatwaves in commonly hot regions could leave farmers unable to work outside, with livestock mortality rates expected to rise

I really like food and would prefer we do something about this:

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

When @MarshaBlackburn talks about Trump cutting taxes, this is what she counts on us all being too dumb to understand

A huge problem in Bed-Stuy, where I live, is deed theft. A very organized and courageous group is bringing attention to this, but the battle is hard.

Last week, they arrested a victim of this, district leader candidate Carmella Charrington. This morning, they arrested our CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

My friend Amal’s son is in critical condition after being shot and needs urgent medical care. The costs are beyond what the family can afford. Any donation, big or small, can help save his life. Please support and share.
chuffed.org/project/save...

data centers in the South run hot, draw water, and spike energy bills in communities that already pay the most for the least reliable service. that's not abstract. that's Memphis and Birmingham paying for someone's AI dog meme.

I know women from The Bronx and this is a woman from The Bronx

Hallowed Ground - An Afterlife Horror Comic Anthology A 100+ Page Horror Anthology. Twelve stories of HELL, PURGATORY, and HEAVEN, from LGBTQIA+ Creative Teams!

Only hours left to back a star-studded queer comics compilation all about the Afterlife www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

Fred from Scooby-Doo unmasking the bad guy at the end of a mystery, in two frames. First frame: Left side: a tied up man in a white featureless mask with eye holes. The caption over him in impact font reads, "SOMETHING I USED TO LOVE SUCKS NOW" Right side of frame, Fred has his hand on the mask, about to pull it off. The caption on him reads, "LET'S SEE WHO'S BEHIND THIS." Second frame: The unmasked bad guy has a pencil thin curling mustache, a pointy nose, and dark hair, with a widow's peak. The caption on him reads, "PRIVATE EQUITY"

Evergreen

A scam email! The sender is a vaguely worded gmail.com address, not from kickstarter.com. The email tantalisingly reads: "At Kickstarter, our mission is to empower creators by providing the platform, tools, and community they need to bring their ideas to life. While reviewing promising projects on our platform, we identified your upcoming project as a standout. We’re impressed with your work and would love the opportunity to feature your project in our Kickstarter Promotional Newsletter. However, before this can be finalized, your campaign needs to be fully aligned with Kickstarter’s guidelines and best practices to ensure optimal visibility and performance on the platform. To support you in achieving this, we will connect you with one of our trusted marketing agencies that specializes in aligning selected projects to meet these requirements. Once your project is launched, this will also provide an opportunity for it to be featured on the Kickstarter homepage, increasing visibility and exposure to potential backers and supporters. If you’re interested in exploring this opportunity, simply reply “Connect,” and we’ll be happy to share the next steps. Thank you for being a valued member of the Kickstarter community. We’re here to support you every step of the way. Kind regards, Kickstarter Community Support" sounds nice! it's a lie.

new scam alert! i know you lot know this, but all the same- please remember to always check the email address this kinda message comes from! if its not from the domain of the company it claims to be from, it's likely a scam.

Some of the other stories I gathered here include the time Prince invited me to his house, a glimpse at the Myst-like CD-ROM game he released in the 90s, some digital artifacts that I had the only copy of—including Prince’s own notes on his greatest hits, and the message behind his Super Bowl show.

News orgs that offered their content for free for thirty years suddenly saying "No, no, now you have to pay!" really truly do not understand anything about how to make money in the attention economy

Old enough to remember when Glenn Beck tried this same pivot to revive his image during a dip in GOP popularity, before quickly reverting to form

it’s also darkly funny that they cloak their anti-vax agenda in the language of choice, like the abortion rights they’re committed to annihilating

Another Black disabled man is extrajudicially murdered by police. The combination of anti-black racism & ableism is so deadly that there is already a precedent that the Supreme Court is ignoring. They do not see Black disabled people as worthy of protection & will allow cops to kill us with impunity

Pioneering Rap Trio The Sequence to be Recognized at NMAAM We speak with Cheryl ‘The Pearl’ Cook and Gwendolyn ‘Blondy’ Chisolm of the foundational all-woman hip-hop trio — in Chisolm’s last interview before her death.

Ahead of the National Museum of African American Music recognizing pioneering rap trio The Sequence, managing editor Alejandro Ramirez spoke with Gwendolyn “Blondy” Chisolm and Cheryl “The Pearl” Cook — in Chisolm’s last interview.

Trump Pardoned a Nursing Home Owner Who Owed Almost $19 Million to a Grieving Family Stories about pardons are often about presidential power. But what about people on the other side of that grace? The Coulson family may never receive millions from a wrongful death lawsuit it won year...

Elections have consequences.

Listen to and vote like Black women = problem solved.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

feel like if they sent out covid stimulus checks they can send out tariff refund checks

Here's wishing every single hospital administrator who complied in advance a very wakes up in a cold anxious sweat every day until they a) reverse course and b) apologize.

Dunked on this yesterday but in reality the first order of business needs to be punishment. I'm not kidding. We can't start fixing anything until we punish, and punish hard, the people who put us here. That needs to be done to send a message. And if we don't punish, nothing else will matter.