hated landlords until I became one - tenants are just ungrateful Rhiannon Picton-James
I hated serial killers until I got that first rush of my hands squeezing tighter and tighter around a helpless delicate neck
One of the most frequent causes of Charlie Kirk related cancellation was accurately representing his views, or even quoting them verbatim.
She expressed grief about Kirk's murder, and the only hateful thing in the comments came from Kirk himself.
This is a FRAUDULENT paper, AI-generated. My name was used as an author and I had nothing to do with it, never saw it until today e-pubmed.co.uk/journals/dig...
The "Editors" Angelo Rossi Mori, David Mensah, and Zarnie Khadjesari and this "Journal" should be reported.
BREAKING: Texas can require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, a U.S. appeals court rules.
Satellite imagery reveals that US has damaged or destroyed an estimated 7,645 buildings in Iran (including 60 schools) while killing at least 3,300 individuals since 28 Feb. Nearly 3,000 of those buildings were in Tehran
Thirteen U.S. troops died trying to get these people to safety — Afghan interpreters, soldiers, and the families of our service members. Veterans spent sleepless nights during the chaotic withdrawal fighting to keep them alive. Now our own government is going to abandon them.
haven't tapped the sign in a while: "support billionaire-free, worker-owned, independent media" when and how you are able
You thought you heard a roll of thunder, but it was actually thousands of medical historians cracking their knuckles and rolling up their sleeves to revisit centuries of “dirty immigrant” canards.
Thread.
I interviewed @melvingibbs.bsky.social about his phenomenal new book for @racketmn.com. He is presenting the book tonight at Magers & Quinn. Don't miss!
racketmn.com/how-did-blac...
NEW: I found two "news" websites active on X and other platforms—Al-Fassel and Pishtaz News—that are in fact U.S. government-operated anti-Iranian military propaganda mills. Both appear tied to U.S. Central Command.
theintercept.com/2026/04/20/p...
Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.
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.
* archive.vn/Mvxpp
If this actually happens, it may rank as the single most corrupt act in the history of American politics. I cannot believe this is even under discussion.
Hey, so ICE is still kidnapping and disappearing people in the United States.
Just because they got quieter about it doesn't make it okay.
Abolish ICE. Chinga la Migra.
the president of the united states is personally looting the treasury to the tune of literally billions of dollars and that he is not being immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes against this country is a devastating indictment of every part of our political system
New on the Anthropic settlement from the @authorsguild.org : over 91% (!!) of eligible books were claimed as of the claims deadline (I would not have predicted such a high number!)
Looks like the payout will be close to the $3000 originally estimated authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
a map from 1918 showing the interurban network sprawling across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio
One side obsession from my research into the 1920s is the extensive network of ELECTRIC trains that used to connect cities and towns across the central Midwest called the Interurban. We had this more than a hundred years ago. The things we had and the things we lost.
Read that again. This Louisiana bill forces homeless people to choose between jail and "treatment"—and if they can't pay for the latter, they will be forced to perform unpaid labor.
The historical precedents are clear: convict leasing, Black Codes, debtor's prison.
Feels important to uplift Rep Pressley's leadership. She puts in a lot of work on issues that others often don't see as a priority. I've appreciated her anti-criminalization work over the years. She's a worker.
"The fascist built environment is often not considered architecture as such but mere infrastructure. This is a huge mistake."
— @katewagner.wehwalt.net with an absolutely crucial reminder here—read the full essay at The Nation.
“I spend a lot of time trying to encourage people to appreciate the solitary bees, just because they do so much…” love good bee news, earnestly delivered
Why aren't students protesting?
Folks if you’re in the DC/Baltimore area I will be discussing my upcoming book with longtime friend of the pod and comrade @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social at Red Emma’s in Baltimore Saturday May 23. Join us!
"Co-founded in Kentucky by guitarist/singer Rick Rizzo and drummer/singer Janet Beveridge Bean in 1983, and shored up by future Tortoise bassist Doug McCombs, Eleventh Dream Day began with 'the sound of a band that was on the verge of falling apart,' as Rizzo tells it."
As did I, as… did… I.
everyone involved in the dismantling of USAID should be forced to spend their lives watching graphic videos of what they have subjected people to in their callousness, clockwork orange style
