Not a penny to make life more affordable for American families, but $70 BILLION for ICE to terrorize our communities.

Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo

"A U.S. aid worker said that the Afghans, who were evacuated to Qatar, would face a choice between moving to the Democratic Republic of Congo and living under the Taliban."

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

They not only won’t cancel; they’ve handed the entire event over to the fascists.

Stephen Miller and Pete Hegseth are sitting at CBS’ table.

FCC’s Brendan Carr has actually been invited, while he’s trying to take away press freedoms.

NEW STUDY: Media coverage of violence against women has reached an all-time low — at only 1.3% of total coverage.

This, at the height of the Epstein scandal.

www.akas.london/globalmisogy...

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If you're a historian of (many) diseases, you have no choice but to engage with the histories of war, conflicts, armies etc because you know, THEYRE ALL RELATED

Honestly this is my dream, but as somebody with chronic impostor syndrome I still can't quite believe it. AUTOMATIC NOODLE is a finalist for the Hugo, the Locus, and the Nebula awards. Thank you so much to everyone who voted. I am flustered but very happy!!

From @frauwise.bsky.social, author of Madame Sorel’s Lodger, comes a tale of ambition, affection, and aristocracy.
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#fallbooks #regency #romance #marriagemart #londonbooks #historicalfiction #newbooks #bookrecs

I miss the good old days when being against fascism earned you medals in the military.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase changed my life when I was 7. Absolutely and completely.

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

There are exceptions, but many of the "conservatives" who a decade or two ago wanted universities to teach more Western Civ both (a) had no idea what universities are actually teaching, and (b) had no idea about the content they purportedly wanted to be taught more.

Mort du zoologiste britannique Desmond Morris, auteur du bestseller « Le Singe nu » Desmond Morris est mondialement connu pour cet essai, publié en 1967, vendu à plus de 10 millions d’exemplaires à travers le monde.

Mort du zoologiste britannique Desmond Morris, auteur du bestseller « Le Singe nu »

I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business.

WE Pay for

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

BREAKING: New data shows ZERO oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz today, signaling what appears to be a complete shutdown of the Strait for the first time in history.

The Strait normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.

If journalists had any integrity and courage, they would boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner. It should be as empty as a TPUSA event.

This is what America SHOULD look like.

#DiversityIsOurSuperpower #Education #ReadingIsFundamental

Peter Schiff: The most likely explanation for Trump's Truth Social lies about Iran on Friday, is market manipulation. If so, Trump insiders must have made billions. The next likely possibility is that Trump is either delusional, incompetent, or a combination of both. Either way it's not good.

This is textbook femicide, but America is terrible at thinking through intimate partner violence from a systemic perspective. We could learn so much from Latin American countries and their feminist movements.

At 8:31 pm Friday, the US Treasury prolonged Russia's exemption from US oil sanctions for another month. Two days earlier Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent had promised that this would not be done.
This is sufficient proof that Trump works for Putin.
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It's an extension of the idea that individuals are on their own when it comes to risk. What ever happened to systemic change - redesigning roadways to reduce pedestrian-driver interactions? (Not to mention making public transport more affordable, available, and reliable, among other changes.)

Iran's IRGC warns that no vessel of any kind should move from its anchorage in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of ​​Oman, stating that approaching the Strait of Hormuz will be considered as cooperation with the enemy, and the offending vessel will be targeted.-Iranian Press TV

However low your opinion of the Roberts Court, it should be lower.

More than 100 writers quit French publisher in protest against rightwing owner Vincent Bolloré Tycoon’s media empire accused of pushing far-right ideas, as writers say: ‘We refuse to be hostages in ideological war’

Rightwing media capture cont'd. Hachette's fascist-adjacent owner forces out Grasset's famed editor. And if you think 'That doesn't affect me,' he owns Little Brown, Orion, Conran Octopus, Cassell, Mulholland, Voracious, Abacus, Constable, Corsair, Piatkus, Sphere, Virago...& probably ones I forget

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: “Here in Spain, we are approving and advancing a process to regularise half a million immigrants.

“And I want to say to the Right and the Far Right who oppose this: Spain is the daughter of migration and will not become the mother of xenophobia.”

Photo of a filled bookshelf, featuring copies of MADAME SOREL'S LODGER and MANUFACTURING A DUCHESS

And here the novel is again, next to my forthcoming novel (September 8), MANUFACTURING A DUCHESS (am in the midst of recording the audiobook now).
This time, on one of my own bookshelves (yes, #BookHoarder).

Books on a bookshelf in a bookstore, featuring MADAME SOREL'S LODGER standing next to several novels by Virginia Woolf.

Just remembering spotting my novel, MADAME SOREL'S LODGER, on the shelf at my local independent (#FrugalFrigate), right next to...Virginia Woolf.

Never have I ever been so glad to have a last name beginning with "W."
#BookSky #WriterSky #AuthorSky

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

If you are as infuriated as you read this as I am, know that Congress not only has the power to fix the abuse of the Shadow Docket but also that the legislation is already drafted. We just need to get it to the floor. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...