“quit immediately” ought to signal a lot in the “people can’t find jobs” era.

Something I’ve picked up on in many years of reading statements of denial from people accused of sexual violence is that they often focus more on whether the victim is believable than whether the events occurred. Because those details tend to corroborate the allegations. So they attack credibility.

Same thanks

Contrary to public perception a huge % of pregnant teenagers in the 1990s were impregnated by adult men. The younger they were, the larger the average age gap between mother and father was. Fixing teen pregnancy was in part a clampdown on statutory rape. That's what conservatives want to reverse.

Lina Khan is one of his advisors

you know, the ex-FTC head whose efforts to do things like ban noncompetes (and her gender) "forced" all our rich tech execs to support abject fascist corruption

ProPublica journalists walk off the job in first U.S. newsroom strike over AI

On the picket line in New York, union leaders said they expect “more concentrated conflicts” over AI in the news industry.

www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/prop...

Oh my god not again

I will repeat that this is a translation issue not a skill issue

Tabasco is just red colored vinegar that sat next to peppers once on a shelf

Right but she’s exceptionally not an adopter of any of this stuff?

Just bc it’s easy for you doesn’t mean it’s easy or good

It’s absolutely ableism and ageism and idc

The discussion of screen sharing as a concept to someone who hasn’t made the leap is enough to make a robust grown adult with normal levels of fortitude cry. Imagine being in her brain AND THEN

Have you ever had to explain to someone over 65 the difference between a browser bookmark and a computer file?

HDW discourse just makes me feel exhausted and sympathetic—if you haven’t adapted to modern tech and don’t understand the infrastructure of how it works, it’s truly an insurmountable translation problem to scale any of these issues rapidly.

just give Helen DeWitt a million dollars and a personal assistant! let her write in peace!

Happy Surrender and Freedom Day! On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac. home.nps.gov/apco/planyou...

like many things that should go without saying to Trump admin officials but don't because they've never read a book in their lives: there is no infrastructure for "Avignon II: Electric Boogaloo"

any powerful conservative Catholic clergy who might share their beliefs want their official status more

my best guess is that a Trumpian Pentagon official, high on his own supply as they all are, thought "get your boss to play ball or we will do an Avignon on him" would genuinely intimidate AN 80-YEAR-OLD CARDINAL FROM FRANCE, which is perhaps the funniest thing anyone has ever done at the Pentagon

Death of Enfield girl raises concerns about homeschooling oversight in Connecticut The death of an Enfield girl is raising concerns about homeschooling and safety in Connecticut.

sometimes I wonder how many dead kids it will take before states decide to crack down on homeschooling. then I remember what country I’m living in www.wfsb.com/2026/04/07/d...

source call out for a Guardian story: I am pretty sure a lot of progressive/leftist Christians follow me... if that's you and you're involved in faith-based organizing and mutual aid right now, please get in touch over Signal @ lex_mcmenamin.68

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

A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools. Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's "keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's "we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight." It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before. "It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time. A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead. @michaelfdubois Mukad A QuBoy @michacifdubois

Brutal.

Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages A key issue is protections against layoffs from AI

New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more.

They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom.

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We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today.

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We didn't deserve this day.

I know it's late, but I need you all to realize that as soon as we started paying attention to these races, Moms for Liberty & their ilk, started losing. They exploited a window of apathy & did a lot of damage, but they just cannot win when actually opposed. No unopposed elections anywhere.

what is this day

my brother reports from a nova costco that "somebody got on one of the big display speakers and started BLASTING 'we are Charlie Kirk'" but "the whole food court nearly broke their neck, yelled 'fuck no' and turned that shit off"

good good things