Shattered Map, Unbroken Faith: A Gazan’s Longing for Al-Aqsa A personal testament of memory, exile, and an unbreakable spiritual bond.

A powerful piece from a We Are Not Numbers writer.

open.substack.com/pu...

#wildlife #WildlifeCrossings

More photos of wildlife crossings in comments. Great idea!

From the reporter’s side, they need the experience and resources to vet, check, and double-check their sources. Not only can sources be unreliable or mistaken, but there are people who feed reporters false information hoping to entrap them. All of this requires institutional resources.

This morning, I posted two important stories based on insider information from the FBI and SCOTUS, published in @theatlantic.com and @nytimes.com respectively.

This doesn’t happen by accident.

The source(s) have to know they’ll be protected, even if the reporters are threatened with jail.

Trump’s Erratic Behavior May Tank Negotiations, Iran Says, Warning of “Significantly Greater Costs” to the U.S. if War Resumes A senior Iranian official told Drop Site that if Trump starts bombing again, Iran will cut off all diplomatic channels and focus on fighting.

IRAN WILL NOT NEGOTIATE WITH A CHAOTIC PRESIDENT

Trump’s Erratic Behavior May Tank Negotiations, Iran Says, Warning of “Significantly Greater Costs” to the U.S. if War Resumes

Of those 2 scenarios it seems to me that ISRAEL is a greater risk to other nations than Iran

& ISRAEL's extensively provoked 'pay back' for outrageous attacks & demolitions on others, with levels of resentment affecting Jewish people globally with attacks everywhere. Not great for its own citizens.

Help me please:

IRAN terrible regime has murdered 1000s of its own citizens. So we don't want Iran getting a nuclear weapon.

ISRAEL terrible regime has murdered 1000s of citizens from neighbouring regions, sickly tries to legitimize, has displaced millions BUT THEY are ok to have nuclear weapons?

WELL DONE ! Keep going...

I am following Musk’s money so much I captured this…

Dr Strangelove lookin ass

Never, ever, ever, ever vote for a Republican for any office.

Exactly one year ago today:

lol. He just found out about Z taxing pieds-á-terre worth over $5 mil. That gaudy Trump tower penthouse qualifies now that Trump officially moved to Florida.

FIFA wondering if it can take that shitty trophy back

A highlighted excerpt from a news story, apparently about a new washroom in the city bus terminal: "A second person who checked out the women's restroom and who asked not to be identified because she has always wanted to be an anonymous source - reported her findings by email: "Black shiny granite..."

Best reason to go off the record.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion “This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

Really important story from @wired.com: The Christian Nationalists who want to destroy the American secular state are now making their presence felt

www.wired.com/story/govern...

Incoming Hungarian PM Péter Magyar went on Orbán's state TV today for the first time in 18 months:

"This factory of lies will end once the Tisza govt is formed... What has been going on here since 2010, which even Goebbels or the North Korean dictator would have been envious of, cannot continue."

Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases Leaked documents show IRGC secretly acquired system and used it to guide strikes during war in March

Russia and China are helping Iran but Trump is angry at... Europe

Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power.

Deliberate destruction of culture was the subject of an episode of my podcast, Autocracy in America
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason

www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

A year ago, I wrote that state prosecutors can enforce criminal laws against lawless federal "law enforcement" agents when the DOJ refuses to. That is now happening, and it is past time. 1/

ICE Arrests 85-Year-Old French Widow Who Married Her G.I. Sweetheart

Merde:

After Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé’s husband died, an inheritance battle exploded. Her stepson then used his influence to have her arrested, an Alabama probate judge said.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...

says abuser

is that the tongue of a sneaker?

“time constraints” — good to hear it. Has he ever before acknowledged any constraint?

set up a nesting box with cam nine days ago and this morning got a prospective tenant - fingers crossed that his mate will approve

I’m not Catholic. Not even Christian. But I think I’m on firm ground when arguing that the “just war” doctrine probably doesn’t include threatening an entire people with genocide or refusing to grant any mercy to your enemy

The Pope is right. G-d would not hear the evil prayers of Trump and Hegseth

TRUMP, throwing insults at Pope Leo:
“weak on crime”
“terrible for foreign policy”
“catering to the Radical Left”
“owes his position to me”
“sit down and mind your own business”

POPE LEO, unbothered:
“We are called to love.”