hang tight yall, it’s gonna be a bumpy week.

screenshot of nick adams tweet from 2/4/26 depicting an AI generated image of trump as a religious figure

especially considering the original image was just a flying dude 😬😵‍💫

2026 Journalism Fellowship — Daniel Singer Prize Nominations are open until April 20. Apply now.

Do you know a journalist who fits the bill? The Rosa Luxemburg Journalism Fellowship will award one $30,000 fellowship to an early to mid-career journalist w/a history of progressive writing who lacks institutional support to do their journalistic work. Deadline to apply is April 20 at 11:59 pm ET.

i looked up that post/video, and turns out it’s a brother telling jones that trump is possessed by an evil spirit. LAWD 😭

the jig is up!

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she irks me so much lolol

where there’s snot, there’s boogers.

We’re still raising funds for Ike’s homegoing. If you’re able to, please donate a few bucks to the family to help pay for funeral expenses: www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-i...

“Maxwell’s life and his brother’s killing were chronicled in the recently released documentary, “Dry Bones” by filmmaker and Elyria native Tara Conley. Maxwell had been unable to attend the Feb. 6 premiere.“ chroniclet.com/news/462868/....

Cover of Octavia Butlers’s Parable of the Sower and a black and white portrait of Melina Matsoukas

“Matsoukas, whose resume includes ‘Queen & Slim,’ ‘Insecure’ and several key collaborations with Beyoncé, will direct and produce the film adaptation of Butler’s 1993 dystopian novel.“

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Donate to Honoring Ike Maxwell: Support for His Family, organized by Tara Conley Ike Maxwell was a hometown football hero who played for Elyria High School du… Tara Conley needs your support for Honoring Ike Maxwell: Support for His Family

It’s with great sadness to announce our beloved Ike Maxwell passed away yesterday in his nursing home. I’m helping the family raise money for funeral expenses. He did not have insurance.

Please donate and share widely if you can. Ike needs to be buried soon. www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-i...

“‘I was $80,000 in debt and I had been through a series of failed relationships where my financial insecurity was a real problem. I had just thought that was going to be my life forever, and that is a really heavy thing to live with,’ Ball said.”

sheesh.

There is no ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel has been bombing Lebanon non-stop since last night. If anything Israel is expanding its war on Lebanon.

You are being lied to

agreed 👍🏽

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Israel strikes central Beirut without warning after saying Iran ceasefire doesn’t apply there Lebanon’s health ministry said dozens were killed in an early estimate.

“The fleeting sense of relief among Lebanese after the ceasefire announcement turned into panic with largest coordinated strike in the current war, hitting more than 100 Hezbollah targets within 10 minutes in Beirut.”

ceasefire smeesh-fire.

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‘Joint Venture’: Trump Reveals Plans to Partner With Iran to Manage Strait of Hormuz to Jon Karl Despite floating the prospect of economic coordination in Hormuz, Trump drew a firm line on Iran’s nuclear program.

i saw a post #onhere this morning that said something like Trump will find a way to get a kickback from the SOH debacle. then i saw this: www.mediaite.com/media/tv/joi...

tldr; Western imperialism; colonialism; Christian evangelism; and far right influence. I’m so disappointed in president Faye of Senegal. I had high hopes for him:

“Bassirou Diomaye Faye, signed a new law that doubled the maximum prison sentence for sexual acts by same-sex couples to 10 years.”

And men still keep on
marching off to war
Electrically, they keep
a baseball score

the beat goes on..

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This is no way to live, man

article 5, amendment 25, idc…get this man out of the white house NOW

Gunmen open fire near Israeli consulate in Istanbul | The Jerusalem Post A spokesperson for Israel's Foreign Ministry told The Jerusalem Post that the consulate is not staffed. One gunman was killed, and two police officers were injured, Turkish authorities confirmed.

this war is hitting home in the worst a way. this is in my cousin’s neighborhood. she’s trying to get home and busses have stoped running. www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

"For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us."
- Cmdr./Cpt. Benjamin Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. 🖖🏾

Dawn Staley addresses the Geno Auriemma interaction in a postgame interview with ESPN's Holly Rowe.

Little Venice Film Festival Disability Experience screenings Catch inspiring films about disability at the Little Venice Film Festival.

Venue announced!

My film DRY BONES will be screened in London at the Vue Piccadilly Circus (5min from Buckingham Palace! 🤯) on April 22nd starting at 6:30pm.

For those in London on 4/22, I hope to see you later this month!

Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/little-ven...

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Meet the Artemis crew on NASA's first moon mission in more than half a century This first Artemis crew includes a woman, a person of color and a Canadian, products of a more diversified astronaut corps.

"The 49-year-old Navy captain and former combat pilot from Pomona, California, makes it a habit to listen to Gil Scott-Heron's "Whitey on the Moon" and Marvin Gaye's "Make Me Wanna Holler" from the white-dominated Apollo era." www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

Photo of Christina Koch

Astronaut Christina Koch (no relation) is set to become the first woman to ever orbit the moon..

Photo of smiling Victor Glover, wearing sunglasses and a NASA suit

Astronaut Victor Glover is set to become the first person of color in human history to leave low Earth orbit and embark upon a lunar mission. #ArtemisII