Nick Offerman, Ben Whishaw, Cailee Spaeny, and More Confirmed for Elden Ring Cast, Alongside Official Release Date Announcement The Elden Ring movie finally got an official update today, with the full cast announced alongside a release date.

I hope Nick Offerman is the heroic protagonist as envisioned by someone that built a dadbod barbarian in the character generator

MAGA wants teen births. It won't work Teen birth rates are at historic lows — and young women want to keep it that way

I also had someone trot out the "better social services will fix this 'problem'" line.

If they had read, however, they would realize this article is about *teen* pregnancies. Why would we want more of these?

Read! It's good for you and prevents embarrassment!

www.salon.com/2026/04/20/m...

LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest The Los Angeles Police Department deployed drones intended for public safety uses to surveil a No Kings rally and a protest against the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant campaign, flight data reveals. Last year, the LAPD launched its “Drone as First Responder” program with a clearly articulated goal: to protect and even save lives. The pilot program authorized the rapid deployment of drones to the scenes of certain emergency calls before human officers even arrive. After receiving a 911 call, authorities can dispatch a drone to get a better picture of what’s happening from the sky, potentially reducing the number of officers dispatched. This means police resources could, theoretically, be more efficiently deployed to other emergencies around the city. “This innovative program not only aims to enhance transparency in Department operations but also prioritizes the protection of individual privacy,” the LAPD explained in a webpage about the program. “By deploying drones as an invaluable resource for patrol officers, the DFR Pilot Program provides a cutting-edge tool that can respond swiftly to emergencies, ensuring a safer environment for all.” The LAPD turned to Skydio, a California-based drone startup that previously marketed its aircraft to consumers but has pivoted to supplying militarized, weapons-compatible hardware...

LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest
->The Intercept | More on "LAPD drones surveilling protest activities" at BigEarthData.ai | #Protest #Drone #NoKings #NoDecency

A demonstration at the Dilley Concentration Camp in Texas. Children and families have been imprisoned in the concentration camp in Texas for months, and all they’ve experienced is abuse, neglect, mistreatment, undrinkable water and moldy food. #SHUTDOWNDILLEY

Credit: @mommmaliz.bsky.social

Palantir CEO Alexander Karp's book The Technological Republic advocates for Western 'hard power ... built on software'

Palantir CEO Alexander Karp's book The Technological Republic advocates for Western 'hard power ... built on software' https://aje.news/556jbw

A bright yellow kiosk stands in stark contrast to the background.

A vintage photo showing two people at a beach kiosk

One of my favorite Yugoslav designs is the K67 modular kiosk. Injection molded modular plastic building often used for newspaper vendors, coffee shops and info kiosks. Could be linked together like legos. www.archpaper.com/2023/01/univ...

Take a quick tour of the new Beechville Lakeside Timberlea (BLT) Community Centre. Designed with community input & built as a net-zero facility, this space is all about connection. Stop by 1492 St. Margarets Bay Rd. to check it out for yourself! Learn more about rec facilities at: halifax.ca/MyRec

Marylanders are paying over $4.00 per gallon of gas.
 
Trump may have declared victory, but costs are still skyrocketing. 
 
The war he promised he'd never start is spiking the prices he promised to bring down. 

Betrayal all around. 

www.cnbc.com/2026/04/19/g...

As it gets warmer, it’s worth remembering the US is one of the only developed countries without guaranteed paid vacation.

27M Americans have ZERO paid time off. That’s wrong.

I have the PTO Act w/ @repcasar.bsky.social, @budzinski.house.gov, & @crockett.house.gov to guarantee paid vacation.

A gentleman from Japan flew all the way from Tokyo to see my show tonight in Tallinn.

PM Tusk and President Macron are meeting in Gdańsk, Poland

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:

Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%

Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%

This is what a rigged system looks like.

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.)

Hands the lord some of what he made.

Stop New York's Attack on 3D Printing New York's proposed 2026-2027 budget currently includes provisions that will require all 3D printers sold in the state to run print-blocking censorware—software that surveils every print for

A mandate adopted in New York becomes the national standard in practice. NYers should act now to defend user control and privacy. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

G'morning y'all. Happy Monday. Happy 420

Cover of Anna O. Law’s book “Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship”

Excited to host @unlawfulentries.bsky.social at @siwpscolumbia.bsky.social this week to talk about her new book!

The National Science Foundation which funds a quarter of all basic scientific research in the country is being dismantled.

The rich are getting richer, while everyone else is left in the dirt.

While the ultra-rich get even richer, families are getting squeezed by a rigged economy.

It's time for the government to stop listening to the richest of the rich and start working for working people.

I don't know if you saw, but JD Vance was in Georgia this week.

Happy Holidaze 😎

Keir Starmer actually put this in a briefing to Labour MPs of 'useful questions to ask' today. The PM knew of Mandelson's relationship Epstein when he appointed him.

And yet thinks he can still exploit the grief of the victims. This is why he is not fit to be Prime Minister.

Four individuals, including two ​foreign nationals, were arrested ‌in Iran's northwest, semi-official Tasnim news ​agency reported on ​Sunday, for being part ⁠of a "U.S.-Israel-linked espionage ​network."

Ford CEO Draws Line In Sand: Keep Chinese EVs Out Of US – 'Should Not Let Them Into Our Country' Ford Motor Company paused its electric-vehicle growth efforts, but is pivoting to a major push in 2027. With lower-cost production methods and new models in development, the legacy automaker’s CEO wan...

Just checking on how the Invisible Hand of the Market is doing

Absolutely true.

This is exactly right. It’s not a dilemma though. It’s a line in the sand that will at once once collapse what remains of the rule of law and regulatory infrastructure designed to protect the public.

Argentine farmer Pedro Martin Ureta planted over 7,000 cypress and eucalyptus trees near Laboulaye to form a 1.2 km (0.75-mile) long guitar-shaped forest, fulfilling the dream of his late wife, Graciela Yraizoz. Beginning in 1979, he spent decades creating this living, aerial-view-only tribute.

Remembering the good old days of accountability journalism, when they’d invent liberal corruption instead of hiding conservative corruption.

We must require ALL data centers and other extremely large corporate users of electricity to generate their own electricity at their own expense If we don't do this, we are either idiots and/or masochists.