Picture of a gas station sign with a car, a fuel gauge, and a bong, all above the gas prices

Happy 4/20 to those who celebrate!

Journalists Applaud the Internet Archive’s Role In Preserving the Public Record Journalists are thanking the Internet Archive for their respectful preservation of news and history and for being an important resource for journalists. This letter is coming at a time where many majo...

BREAKING: 150+ journalists including @maddow.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social @jamestgriffiths.com @doctorow.pluralistic.net @taylorlorenz.bsky.social @kattenbarge.bsky.social are thanking @archive.org for services to journalism.

✍🏻Journalists can still sign at www.savethearchive.com/journalists/

Hey, the right thumbnails can change someone from relative obscurity to being stopped every ten feet at ISC West 😄

You know what doesn’t need to get through the Strait of Hormuz? Wind and solar 🤦‍♂️

Welp, I guess it’s back to killing dogs for Kristi Noem

Each person must travel their own journey. It sounds like you're in a bit of a rough patch right now, but I hope it gets easier for you. Sometimes the only way out is through

Gotta get those numbers up!

(inb4 Trump threatens movie award orgs to get it nominated for something/anything)

Qualified immunity and civil asset forfeiture are the clearest abuses of state power against its citizens, and both are long overdue to be eliminated

inb4 @signal.org gets banned in the U.S. to “protect the children”

Tearing it UP 🔥😆

Legislation like this is introduced in no small part due to your reporting. Thank you and the rest of the 404 team for continuing to do this important work 🙏 (I’m already a paid subscriber but would make this post anyway. Thank you again!)

Thank you for doing the work you do Hannah and being on the front line of fighting for our democracy. A free press and freedom of speech have never been more important than now. Thank you 🙏❤️👏

FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move Agents searched Hannah Natanson’s Virginia home and seized devices in inquiry tied to a classified materials case

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

That is great news, and surprising in this generally dark time. Happy for her and hope things continue to improve for her! Thanks for sharing this

10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various

Every available method of age verification systematically excludes or harms marginalized people. The real question isn’t whether these systems discriminate, but how extensively. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

FDA withdraws requirements to check for asbestos in makeup - WTOP News A recently withdrawn FDA rule means cosmetic companies are no longer required to test talc-based products for asbestos, leaving consumers responsible for choosing safer options.

Do they ever take a day off from being evil? wtop.com/lifestyle/20...

Thank you for continuing to do the important work of journalism in the face of such idiocy; you are a class act and everyone watching your interactions with him can see who the reprobate is. Thank you 🙏

How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national

Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, EFF discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national network of surveillance data in connection with protest activity. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The Disguised Return of The EU's Private Message Scanning Plot After public outrage buried it once, the EU’s mass surveillance plan is back; rebranded, repackaged, and more invasive than before.

reclaimthenet.org/the-disguise...

@vox.com happy to hear Astead Herndon @astead-mirror.bluesky.bot on the Today Explained pod—he’s a great addition to an already-great team. Keep up the good work!

It’s because of the wide income concentration at the top due to industry consolidation eliminating real competition (leaving workers little bargaining power), and regulatory capture; folks at the bottom can “survive”, but they are making the rational choice to have fewer/no children in such a world

Or it was THE BEST MRI EVER and the doctors were so amazed that they just had to do it again! 🤣🙄🤡

“He didn’t leave any specific instructions about what to do with his remains, but we were able to infer from his excessive use of the 🔥 emoji that he probably would have wanted cremation”

At least I know how to pronounce Louvre now 🤷‍♂️

P.s. - happy to hear the good news about Tiny Desk, too 😁❤️

Thank you and your colleagues for continuing your good work. I‘m an NPR Plus subscriber and happy to support you and similar organizations such as @freedom.press - our nation’s founders knew how important a free press is to hold the government accountable to its people so your work matters so much 🙏

Hegseth orders hundreds of senior military officers to Virginia for highly unusual meeting | CNN Politics Hundreds of US generals and admirals around the globe have been called to Virginia for a meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, several US officials told CNN, though the reason for th...

I’m afraid we’re about to declare war on Venezuela. Then 47 can use the Alien Enemies Act at will & get a lot more wartime/emergency power. Renaming DoD to DoW, bombing boats off Venezuela, now this meeting, it’s all adding up. Never thought I would live under martial law www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...

I’ve never been so interested in watching late night comedy shows as now

Live from The Atlantic Festival: ‘2026 Is the Battlefield’ YouTube video by The Atlantic

2028 isn’t the next battle to focus on, 2026 is. As Kasparov says here, if we lose in 2026, we may have no hope in 2028 as they will have changed the system to eliminate free and fair elections.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=61hF...