The hidden power keeping wages low For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to understanding today's inequality.

For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to understanding today's inequality. n.pr/4e0RHRi

Tell your senators: Don't push wolves to the brink of extinction This bill would open the door to thousands of wolves being slaughtered.

Hundreds of wolves were hunted and killed this winter.

Now, Rep. Lauren Boebert’s bill to open the door to nationwide wolf huntis has passed through the House.

We need to stop this wolf-killing bill in the Senate. Tell your senators: No more wolf hunts.

VIRGINIA! Poll are open! Get out and vote!

Trump Showers Health Care Crooks With Love His extensive pardons to health care executives convicted of various crimes show that his ‘war on fraud’ in blue states has nothing to do with fraud.

A new report shows that Trump appears to support medical fraud, as long as corporate executives and other elites are the ones committing it. buff.ly/cn3eT0r

H.R. 1897 is moving fast in the House and could hit the floor for a full vote as soon as tomorrow. This bill would gut the Endangered Species Act forcing economic impact considerations into listing decisions, limiting your ability to challenge bad science in court,

The most morally corrupt DOJ in US history.

“I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do.” — James Baldwin

For those who missed it: this was the moment The Strokes ensured they’ll never be invited back to Coachella again! I'm so proud of them

Gray whales are starving. Some have died off Oregon Coast Gray whales aren't getting enough to eat to survive their long migration toward Alaska.

Sorry to post this for those who abhor seeing this kind of news about wildlife. But while we are collectively agonizing over the state of our nation, the state of our planet is probably the more urgent news.

“Chip Roy Unveils ‘MAMDANI Act’ to Bar, Deport Migrants Over Ideology”

Time to get these guys their KKK robes!!!

Celebrate our historic victory by seizing control of an Onion membership and InfoWars tote. Become A Member. Get The Paper. Plus A Tote.

Celebrate our historic victory by seizing control of an Onion membership and InfoWars tote. membership.theonion.com/iw/

Chris Kluwe for Assembly Chris Kluwe for Assembly's campaign

So, uh, gotta do the campaign fundraising stuff because it’s gotta get done.

Who wants to chip in $4.20?

Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and hand reins over to the iPhone maker’s hardware leader Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a nearly 15-year reign.

Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and hand reins over to the iPhone maker’s hardware leader

I know I sound like old Granny Ashley yelling on her front lawn, but I miss magazines. I miss video stores. I miss music collections. I miss 22 episode television. I miss music videos. I miss when all these things provided jobs that supported people.

The internet gave us a lot. It took a lot too.

My god

Visual Guide to Musical Notation • Accessible Image Viewer A comprehensive educational poster explaining the elements of musical notation through annotated examples on multiple staves. The chart displays notes, rests, clefs, key signatures, time signatures, d...

This is super helpful for me

#0064 - Russell Brand: Politically Homeless | The Know Rogan Experience Podcast Get more from The Know Rogan Experience Podcast on Patreon

Given headlines about Joe Rogan feeling 'politically homeless', then standing behind Trump in the Oval Office... this week Know Rogan look at Joe's history of being neither left nor right, via his 2023 interview with Russell Brand.

Out tomorrow, or now for Patrons: www.patreon.com/posts/0064-r...

NEW: Astronaut Reid Wiseman shares a video of ‘Earthset’ that was taken with his iPhone

“This is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye…” Wiseman said.

This has to be the greatest iPhone video of all time.

Trump’s new budget turns the FBI into the gender police The plan casts opposition to “traditional values” as terrorism and raises fears of political targeting.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr Advocate
Trump 2027 budget would weaponize FBI in its war on trans and DEI, with new funds for fighting “domestic terrorism” redefined as “extremism on migration, race and gender,” or opposing “traditional views on family, religion and morality.”

If you’ve read the thread posted by palantir on X and are shocked, please read this piece that @tlecaque.bsky.social and I wrote 9 months ago. Palantir has not been shy about its fascist agenda, and neither has Karp, who has been rambling about Western Supremacy in text & video form for a while now

Ick, what a pig.

Please, Ohio, don’t vote for this moron.

@ohiocapitaljournal.com
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@wcpo9news.bsky.social

The days of health insurance companies eating before our families do have got to END. We need Medicare for All.

📍Westland, MI

Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”

www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

Translation: they are proposing a bill that says you cannot under any circumstances use a computer for any purpose without allowing the United States government continuous monitoring and a backdoor

SEN. @ossoff.bsky.social : “Draft-Dodging Donald loves sending other people’s children to war… Just 2 weeks into this war Trump said he needed $200 BILLION to fund it — that’s a decade of nationwide universal pre-k… instead, a war no one voted for, and no one can explain.”

“This is not transparency.”

🚨 LAWRENCEBURG, TN folks are demanding a public hearing about a planned data center: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Byw...

Tiny bit of good news for the day

Four Democrats voted with the GOP on reauthorizing a little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens.

If you’re represented by Gluesenkamp Perez, Golden, Gottheimer, or Suozzi, ask them why they’re siding with the Trump regime on government surveillance.

Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless shelters The scene was concerning enough to prompt the homeless shelter staff to call the fire department. A woman using a walker had shown up, incontinent and carrying “a large bag of medications.”

The scene was concerning enough to prompt the homeless shelter staff to call the fire department. A woman using a walker had shown up, incontinent and carrying “a large bag of medications.”