Ukrainian drones hit the Tuapse Black Sea oil port, Russian officials said, causing a fire and at least one death in the second attack on one of the country's major southern ports in the past week. www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-ru...
Jon Stewart Dissects Trump’s “Art of the Deal” Iran Strategy... That Isn't Working
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Check this out 👇
Figure showing number of competitive grants mentioning women from 2015-2025. The number was rising until recently, with a precipitous drop in the last year.
At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years.
Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.”
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Disgusting.
“And when something unexpected happens in the world, it would be really nice not to have to automatically question whether it’s only because someone is trying to move a market.”
"companies’ claim that they are not in fact gambling sites profiting from instability, since “the only groups that society has decided are allowed to profit from instability are military contractors, members of the Trump family and the Mormon wives”.
Promotional graphic for a live online event titled “Preserving the Web in the Age of AI.” The design features a dark green and teal background with futuristic accents. Event details read: “April 28th, 10am PT / 1pm ET, ONLINE.” Text explains that as publishers block archiving in response to AI, the event will explore what happens to the web’s memory, access, and accountability. Speakers include Mike Masnick (Techdirt), Mark Graham (Internet Archive), and Kendra Albert (Albert Sellars LLP), with headshots of each speaker shown. The right side includes a stylized, retro-futuristic illustration of computers, books, and digital media. The bottom right reads “Future Knowledge Podcast Live Recording,” with Internet Archive and Authors Alliance logos displayed.
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The AI boom is fueling a literal and metaphorical power grab by tech billionaires—and forcing a reckoning.
"these are not normal times, and this cannot be business as usual with the press standing up to applaud the man who attacks them on a daily basis."
Love how Rep. Pramila Jayapal let Vought have it. 🔥
88 corporations, including Tesla, paid zero taxes.
Americans pay 14.5%.
Healthcare getting more expensive.
Defense failing audits.
And he wants to talk about “fraud.” She was ready.
#SheShed
Trump rages at cloud.
“I’m not surprised they would come up with such a ridiculous version of the events," said one defense attorney. Indeed. 3/
Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned today, a week after this:
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Amazon pressured major brands like Levi Strauss & Co and Hanes to inflate prices of listings on rival online marketplaces as part of wide-ranging price-fixing scheme, according to California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
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.
A promotional banner for the Vanishing Culture Book Launch at the Internet Archive. On the left, bold text reads "Vanishing Culture Book Launch, Thursday April 23, Doors @ 5:30pm, Program @ 6pm, Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave., San Francisco." On the right, a graphic illustration depicts cultural artifacts including a VHS tape, an open book, a film reel, a vinyl record, and a CD, all dissolving into a cascade of black and white pixels, evoking the loss of digital and physical media. A pixelated pointing hand cursor and the word "SAVE" appear at the bottom, alongside the Internet Archive logo.
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"It is not enough for the broligarchy to have untold wealth. They also wanted political power. Now they have that. And they want to be esteemed as philosopher kings, while simultaneously shielded from criticism. Well, that’s a taller order."
Yikes! I'm reading this while on a Southwest flight!
The Onion says it has a new deal to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's Infowars media company. If approved, the satirical news website could turn Infowars into a parody of itself. n.pr/4eyN1Cj
"These changes would weaken the ESA at every stage slower listings, faster delisting before recovery is real, and less accountability." Please call your Reps: (202) 224-3121
Characterizing something as “fascism” is now grounds for suspension on X??? So much for their supposed love of “free speech”.
The custom tchotchke will be a golden apple with a brown lipstick kiss on the side. With a plaque that reads "don't worry I'll always kiss your apple".
Man. I'm doing life wrong.
POWERFUL: Epstein survivors just released this heartbreaking new video demanding Congress get the rest of the Epstein files out in front of the public. “It’s time to bring the secrets out of the shadows.” Share this widely!
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“6 years ago today I raised my company's min annual salary to $70k. Fox News called me a socialist whose employees would be on bread lines.
Since then our revenue tripled, we're a Harvard Business School case study & our employees had a 10x boom in homes bought."
