personally I agree that we should indeed reject the hollow pluralism of pretending that we shouldn't judge Klan, Nazi, and sparkling eugenicist subcultures according to what they have historically produced, and would enthusiastically endorse rejecting inclusion of them in public life
Obviously the Palantir manifesto is bad in more serious ways, but it’s also so insufferable and sneering. Did they hire that girl from Oklahoma to write it?
A rare quadruple-tap which killed four medics and wounded six more.
In total over 90 healthcare workers have been assassinated by Israel since the beginning of the intensified strikes on Lebanon by Israel.
More perfect union: BREAKING: The Senate just passed the legislation allowing the devastation of the Boundary Waters. The motion passed 50-49, and now goes to Donald Trump’s desk.
Republicans just handed the Boundary Waters to a foreign corporation.
For the GOP, it’s foreign billionaires first, America last.
We need NJT-LIRR and/or PATH-Subway through-running so that more New Yorkers attend women’s hockey and soccer in Jersey
Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.
In the news conference on Monday, Governor Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey said that since she entered office early this year, she has sought to reduce the burden of World Cup costs away from taxpayers in her state. She said: “One of the key things I wanted to make sure is that we are not going to be paying for moving the people who are viewing the World Cup on the back of New Jersey taxpayers and New Jersey commuters. And so we worked together closely to make sure that that cost will not be borne by New Jerseyans.” Sources at NJ Transit told The Athletic that the overall cost to the agency to put on services for the eight games, and account for disruption, will cost as much as $48 million. They say that FIFA’s security requirements are such that the games constitute the highest level security perimeter of any events hosted in New Jersey.
worth noting -- as @adamcrafton.bsky.social clearly reports -- the story is not "greedy Jersey Transit executives taking advantage of innocent matchgoing fans" but that the absurd costs of the event and its security are being put on the backs of state and local government bodies at the last minute
A GENTLE REMINDER: we are trying to eliminate fossil fuels because using them kills us.
If fossil fuels were cheap (they're not) or reliable (they're SO NOT), it would still be urgent to get rid of them because their intended use destroys our life support systems.
i think it's good if the Catholic Church ends up at war with the Americanist heresy
Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and Sheriff Bob Fletcher said Monday they will pursue information from the Department of Homeland Security that they need for their investigation into the arrest of ChongLy “Scott” Thao, an American citizen.
I imagine the cardinal’s reaction to the Pentagon official was similar to my housemate’s
This whole thing is absurd and reminds me that I had a housemate from Avignon in college. One time another student asked him about the Avignon papacy as if he expected a firsthand account.
INCREDIBLE
I can't stop laughing
ANOTHER adult convert trying to teach the Vatican its business
we all knew in our hearts that he would be but it feels so good to be right
US-Israeli strikes destroy synagogue in Tehran, prompting outrage amid reports of 15 killed across Iran overnight.
Can't tell you how many members of Congress who *at best* had nothing to say when I asked about the Minab girls school attack. There is a profanely cold detachment inside Capitol Hill, a mode completely unrecognizable to common human decency I wish I could properly convey to you.
it's really so beside the point by now, but i cannot believe people gave this psychotic motherfucker a second chance.
= NYPD Q Newsroom Publications Podcast Video Share NYPD ANNOUNCES FEWEST MURDERS, SHOOTING INCIDENTS IN RECORDED HISTORY FOR FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR April 2, 2026 Major Crime Declined 5.3% Citywide, Led by the Bronx with 9.4% Decrease in Major Crime Burglaries Dropped 20.6% to the Second-Lowest Level in Recorded History Safest Start to the Year in Public Housing in Recorded History with Fewest Murders, Shooting Incidents, Shooting Victims, and Robberies New York, New York - Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch today announced that the NYPD delivered the fewest murders and shooting incidents for the first quarter of the year in recorded history. During the first three months of 2026, there were 54 murders in New York City, beating the previous all-time low of 60 murders set in 2018. The city recorded 139 shooting incidents in the first quarter, tying the all-time low of 139 set in 2025, the safest year in recorded history for gun violence.
Weird, I did not see a giant headline on the front cover of the New York Post or any coverage at all in the New York Times for this, I wonder what the deal is with that, it seems like kind of a big deal?
www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/ne...
The countries hardest hit by the energy crisis are low in income and high in import dependency for fossil fuels, for example Morocco and the Philippines. They have nothing to do with this illegal war, yet their economies and livelihoods are being destroyed.
And by extension, it also indicts the United States which time after time abets this behavior. The only reasonable conclusion you can make is that the US cannot be trusted to keep its word under any scenario because it will allow Israel to breach any agreement for any reason.
This, alongside the assassination attempt of Hamas negotiators in Doha, on the sovereign soil of a neutral country which was given the explicit role of meditation, demonstrates Israel's basic non-compliance with the most fundamental norms of international relations.
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
Pretty compelling essay from Daniel Biss in The Nation, in which he reiterates his support for
-The Block The Bombs Act (strongest arms embargo on Israel legislation ever unveiled in Congress).
-Unilateral recognition of the State of Palestine.
-Naming and shaming AIPAC intervention in elections.
Or else we’ll get more of like when Jacob Frey dropped the F bomb without substantive resistance.
I love the chants and signs coming from otherwise normie protestors, but before they can go after Trump, they need to either persuade or replace current do-nothing leaders.
Regarding the discourse about how fervent No Kings normie liberals are, I think the key question is how that energy affects Dem leadership down to the local level.
Can confirm, I’m the progressive club chair. They not only refuse to work with us, they announced weeks ago they were once again closing the parking lots, which they did in October. They have used the DPW to make it hard for ppl to attend. See here: youtu.be/EIZfqz0KlCE?...
appears that the No Kings protest in the deep-blue town of Piscataway, NJ (pop. 62,000) was co-sponsored by the local progressive club, its electeds, and the local teachers' union...but not the local Dem organization 😬
Russia plans to illegally annex lands it invaded, even as its military falters. Israel Plans to Control Large Parts of Southern Lebanon, Defense Minister Says
The difference between these two is racism
