every conservative political complaint comes back to "those people shouldn't count because they disagree with me"

Ever seen a poll result that is basically telling the pollsters themselves to go touch grass?

Name your top 5 Prince songs.

No order:
Cream
When Doves Cry
Thieves in the Temple
Kiss
When You Were Mine

1976 – The Year Jazz Fusion Died Plus: the best new jazz releases of the month.

1976 was the year jazz fusion died.

Fifty years later, our jazz columnist revisits 21 albums that marked the twilight of the genre.

Plus: the best new jazz releases of the month!

I don't think we talk enough about how many people with power and privilege, who are otherwise "anti-Trump" ideologically, who have simply placed their careers over the good of this country.

Rick signing book for Sarah

“Herat - losing my marijuana virginity” on a picture of a street seen in Herat

Hippie trail today? Fear is for people who don’t get out much Bon voyage Plus a picture of young steve

Rick Steves remains the best of us. At Chicago Humanities talk tonight we heard stories of how his first big trip - the Hippie Trail in the 1970s - made him into the best travel writer of our time, and tales of how travel can teach us all to be better humans and better neighbors to the world. ❤️

The Onion's Chicago owners have made a deal to turn Alex Jones' Infowars into their latest parody website.
blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/20/t...

Bravo!

So good.

If you watch anything today, make it be this clip of @bencollins.bsky.social talking about what real strength is:

Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto The problems with our tech philosopher kings

New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally.
It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...

one of my favorite parts of the onion infowars saga is how Alex Jones lost his fucking mind when they first bought it,,,,, partly because he didn't know or understand what the onion was

During the peak of COVID, a number of parents learned or re-learned that teaching is difficult. But this has had no lasting impact. Hasn't translated to calls to increase teacher pay, for example.

How The Onion Won the Infowars Sale — and Shut Up Alex Jones for Good YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

Watch the whole episode here:

Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars.

There's just gotta be a line somewhere.

Thank you @pablo.show for letting me talk so openly about this.

Here is an interview of Medhi Hasan by Amy Goodman from the week she became the candidate. He minimizes previous critiques of Harris, speaks about her with hope, offers praise, and says she needs to be better than Biden on Gaza, and it's our job to apply pressure so that she can win in MI et al.

Big abortion win in PA today - the ban on Medicaid funding is unconstitutional!

AND there's a fundamental right to abortion!

We won!

(Though this Commonwealth Court opinion can be appealed - we'll see what our AG does.)

Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

Yes.

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Great example of baronial behavior in action.

"You did not show me the proper deference! Hell, you used your 1A rights to make fun of me? OF. ME!? You are now resisting arrest."

It's why "resisting arrest" is often called "contempt of cop." Because the police use it when they feel disrespected.

If I were a sociologist I might study if streaming and same-day Amazon delivery and burrito taxis have turned us into selfish creeps who think the world revolves around us, personally, and why that’s generally bad for society 🤔

One thing that's worth repeating: There is *zero* evidence that "substack helps you get readers". The only thing that we've ever seen that helps grow an audience is other authors mentioning your blog or newsletter, which is not the platform's doing. Substack just takes credit for that!

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.

🤖🫧💥

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

The Trump regime’s primary export is horseshit.

We won.

Tesla Chicago is closed.

Their new location is in a ghost town. They sacrificed visibility to thousands/day--& proximity to the other luxury car dealerships--to get away from us, because we'd turned their brand ambassador location into a liability.

Organizing works.
@teslatakedown.com

Exactly.

This is why Nancy Metayer's family removed Bowen from her last name and used her maiden name after she was murdered by the man she was married to.

Radical and POWERFUL.

Her killer should forfeit the right to posthumously possess her.

Visuals Help Expose the Realities of Mass Incarceration to a Wider Audience A Brooklyn exhibition in collaboration with Mariame Kaba features paintings about prisons, incarceration, and abolition.

A Brooklyn exhibition in collaboration with Mariame Kaba features paintings about prisons, incarceration, and abolition.

🐁☁️🎈💕

Democracy Must Be Sold To People Storytelling is how fascists gain power. Maybe it's the way they lose power too.

There’s no fixing this in the short term. There are ways to exploit it though. Democrats need to start playing the game and recognizing the power of conflict-fueled entertainment.

People need a show. It’s how we experience the world.

badfaithtimes.com/democracy-mu...