I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

personally I agree that we should indeed reject the hollow pluralism of pretending that we shouldn't judge Klan, Nazi, and sparkling eugenicist subcultures according to what they have historically produced, and would enthusiastically endorse rejecting inclusion of them in public life

I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines.

Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."

"So we're never gonna get out of it, because in an empire where predatory capitalism is the name of the game, then homelessness is a by-product, and we're not addressing those root causes."
- Carol Fife, Oakland Council

"For everyone that's advocating for stricter penalties around what we do w/poor ppl -bc this is about poor ppl, find out where u r on the spectrum of incomes. Bc this is coming for us all, bc the rents r too damn high & ppl are too damn poor. And in America that is our formula. And it's wrong..."/1

Dave Mathews in a keffiyeh holding up signs that say STOP THE GENOCIDE and STOP KILLING CHILDREN at a concert

This is not a knock on DMB but if you had told me twenty years ago that Dave Mathews would be this outspoken on an issue that Radiohead completely shat the bed on, well... I would've been surprised!

some things about becoming a parent are radicalizing in ways I expected - e.g being reminded viscerally how screwed we'd all be if childcare and other care work disappeared. but other things are radicalizing in ways I didn't - like experiencing constant spontaneous solidarity in ways big and small

Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.

“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”

www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Screenshotted excerpt from linked article reading as follows: "In public, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has cultivated a reputation for care and caution. The papers reveal a different side of him. At a critical moment for the country and the court, the papers show, he acted as a bulldozer in pushing to stop Mr. Obama’s plan to address the global climate crisis. When colleagues warned the chief justice that he was proposing an unprecedented move, he was dismissive. “I recognize that the posture of this stay request is not typical,” he wrote. But he argued that the Obama plan, which aimed to regulate coal-fired plants, was “the most expensive regulation ever imposed on the power sector,” and too big, costly and consequential for the court not to act immediately."

OOP

New York Times got receipts on John Roberts being like, 'I know this isn't how anything works, but a Democratic president is about to implement a policy!!'

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Between the "male loneliness" beat and the "passport bro" beat, there sure is a lot of ink being spent on pieces of shit who can't find friends or dates because they're sentient piles of hot wet trash

☠️☠️☠️

I wonder what would have happened if we had canceled this mofo for real after he used the n-word repeatedly on his show??? White supremacy & patriarchy is not reasonable or rational combo. It’s dangerous because it’s self preserving at all costs.

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

The abuse of the shadow docket by the Supreme Court is a transparency
& accountability failure that undermines public trust & faith in the judiciary branch.
Future reforms in SCOTUS should not be limited to mandating an enforceable code of ethics but ensuring decisions are no longer made this way.

AI as a handmaiden of fascism is not beating the rap

fascinating to watch conservatives embrace a literal cult of victimhood. it is not that john eastman violated his professional oath in pursuit of lawbreaking, is that he is an uwu small bean who just had a difference of opinion

“if men didn’t exist, who would protect you???”

“Protect us from what???”

Someone grabbed a package of kids gloves & there was a trail of single kid’s gloves strewn down the street like they were walking & like “oh a kid’s glove-toss it. Oh another kid’s glove-toss it. Oh another fucking kids glove!” And then they threw down the whole package after doing that 12 times 😂

why did it's arm go flying tho!?! Like that seemed uncalled for. The robot brought the drama!

🧐 there's a lot here. They don't care about children being trafficked because the current wait times are long. If wait times are long because of additional vetting, good. If wait times are long because domestically there are less children that need to be adopted good. Idk

The fact that y’all have all the time in the world to philosophize about how much you hate Platner but no time in the world to talk about his opponent @andrealaflamme.bsky.social says a lot about the seriousness of your interest in the Maine race

Sending love to all Black women today amidst the headlines of Black women dying from domestic violence and neglect from the medical establishment this morning. It's too fucking much. Please take a moment to take care of yourself. Walk away from the computer. And know we are worthy of so much more

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas after doctors delayed treatment.

The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to the deaths, but the doctors were given minimal punishment.

By Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser

She deserved better. So much better.

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit

Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here

Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse

Media and universities: AI is here to stay

Virginia governor, advocates remember Dr. Cerina Fairfax Dr. Cerina Fairfax is remembered as a mentor and community leader as officials call attention to the broader impact of domestic gun violence toward Black women.

Dr. Cerina Fairfax is remembered as a mentor and community leader as officials call attention to the broader impact of domestic gun violence toward Black women

The Labor Department wants to teach you to use AI more. Here's what we found The short course provides solid basics for using AI. But it also misidentifies AI products, links out to bad advice and raises ethical concerns about the products it promotes

The short course provides solid basics for using AI. But it also misidentifies AI products, links out to bad advice and raises ethical concerns about the products it promotes n.pr/4cxryHt

Trump’s Frantic ICE Hiring Blitz Hit by Jaw-Dropping Revelations About New Recruits Todd Lyons, the acting agency director who told Congress in February he was proud of the recruitment drive, has now thrown in the towel.

New ICE recruits include a man who lasted just three weeks as a police officer, another with two bankruptcies behind him, and a third accused of lying to bring charges against an innocent woman.

“Kraken’s CEO told staff he thought white people should be able to use the n-word at work, while Coinbase’s CEO Brian Armstrong banned the phrase “Black Lives Matter” among his workforce…”

wouldn't mind several orders of magnitude more of this

Many faculty at places like Yale, especially ones who like to pontificate about the state of higher ed, have never stepped foot on a non-fancy small liberal arts campus, a state school, or a community college. Which is the majority of higher ed.