The Justice Dept’s theory of the case— that the group that single-handedly disassembled the Ku Klux Klan defrauded its donors by concealing that it was using paid informant to do that work and more— has about as much merit as the now-dismissed charges against Jim Comey.
The Onion is just getting started.
just saw someone call Kash Patel “J Edgar Boozer” and need to lie down
Rhode Island answers.
are we supposed to open these
Virginia voters approved a referendum to draw new congressional districts that could add up to four Democratic seats in the House, AP projects, giving Democrats an advantage in the national redistricting war begun by Republicans. https://wapo.st/3OljVvH
You know who else famously used paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups?
The Justice Department.
Join us TODAY at 4 p.m. for a conversation about Black Loyalism with Adam McNeil, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Virginia's Carter G. Woodson Institute.
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Read this and tell me Wakefield and his enablers aren’t criminals.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...
It's finally #NationalLibraryWeek! Thank you to everyone who has signed up to send a #RI #library a love letter! Even if you haven’t signed up you can still take time to reflect on what you love about your library and/or stop in and say hi and thank you to your librarians!
This is a wonderful source for cultural history!
Recently I delved into the cultural history of the mirror and found this great blog on this image of Marcia from Giovanni Boccaccio’s book, De Claris Mulieribus (Concerning Famous Women, ca. 1404).
artmirrorsart.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/d...
Video: ‘Homophobic’ 6-Week-Old Baby Cries After Gay Dad Tells Him ‘There Is No Mama’
Maybe we'll keep some InfoWars content up.
This event brings together scholars in the fields of gender and social policy, the #medhumanities, and early modern history to discuss their research concerning body size and embodiment.
In person @ucl.ac.uk, London and possible to attend online
📆28 Apr 2026
🕰️16:30 – 18:30
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What a nightmare and, if one may say so, a testimony to a father’s love. Great reporting.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/s...
Word.
Before you commit to a dog name, go outside at 6:30 AM with no bra on and see how it feels begging that name to poo.
The cyberattack on The British Library in October 2023 knocked out ebooks and almost ever other computer thing there for years.
Ebooks just came back. They were knocked out everywhere using the BL’s license (legal deposit libraries I think? More libraries?)
Distributed physical copies matter.
Some timeline stuff:
— We expect to get InfoWars.com after the judge clears it in a couple of weeks.
— We'll build a world of characters on the site and across social media. Tim Heidecker is in charge, and we have grand designs.
— Visit theonion.info, buy a subscription, help us dominate the world.
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Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...
a photo of pinwheel-eyed fbi director kash patel
kash patel always looks like he just found out kash patel is head of the fbi
Credit for the original goes to @andrewmohawk.bsky.social for the pic on the right & @gabsmashh.bsky.social for the pic on the left
Happy Monday.
ICYMI: Trump administration now 0-5 in legal fight against 29 states to obtain sensitive voter roll information after Rhode Island federal judge on Friday dismisses the DOJ's case against Secretary of State Gregg Amore. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social
rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/04/17/f...
Yeah.
