The media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandal As Trump's son-in-law returns to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, major news outlets are largely ignoring an egregious conflict of interest.

What we already know about Jared Kushner is infinitely worse, from any possible angle, than anything we ever learned about Hunter Biden. And yet the media is completely ignoring it.

Open corruption is tolerated from one of the two parties. But only one.

What happened on Blue Origin's 3rd New Glenn rocket launch? Recap Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launch saw a successful booster reuse but deployed a customer's satellite into the wrong orbit.

D'OH! Blue Origin launches rocket from #Florida but deploys the satellite into the wrong orbit. www.floridatoday.com/story/news/n...

Figure showing number of competitive grants mentioning women from 2015-2025. The number was rising until recently, with a precipitous drop in the last year.

At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years.

Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.”

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Gray whales are starving. Some have died off Oregon Coast Gray whales aren't getting enough to eat to survive their long migration toward Alaska.

Sorry to post this for those who abhor seeing this kind of news about wildlife. But while we are collectively agonizing over the state of our nation, the state of our planet is probably the more urgent news.

She ran it in person yesterday.

Man Charged in Lego Theft Scheme of Replacing Pieces With Pasta, Police Say

"A California man cooked up a scheme that called for buying thousands of dollars worth of Lego kits, replacing Lego pieces and minifigures with bags of uncooked pasta, and returning the sets to stores for refunds, the police said on Thursday." 🎁🔗

I don't think non-Black people understand how much Black people calculating spaces as to whether they'd be hostile to Black people.

It's the same way I think men don't understand that women navigate spaces thinking about whether or not they'd be safe

Commonwealth Court rules the state constitution includes a fundamental right to abortion • Pennsylvania Capital-Star Susan Frietsche, of the Women’s Law Project, said the Medicaid coverage exclusion was the single largest barrier to abortion access in Pa.

This is a wonderful decision for Pennsylvania! And calling abortion a fundamental right is a satisfying slap in the face to the extremists on the Supreme Court.

The man who just committed the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. in the past two years had a previous weapons conviction—but his record fell short of the legal threshold for a permanent firearms ban under U.S. federal law. trib.al/yjeBIjW

Librarians are amazing. You can ask them about a book you think might have been a dream, but you’re pretty sure you read when you were eleven and the cover was blue…and they’ll find it! 💙📚

Mosaic of a rate biting the leg of a Roman boy. Red blood streams from the boy’s leg. Around are many leaves on an off-white background.

Rat bites boy! Detail of a 4th century AD mosaic in a bed chamber at the extraordinary Villa Romana del Casale near Piazza Armenira, Sicily. #mosaicmonday #WorldHeritage

Wildlife and humans thriving in Unesco-protected sites While wildlife populations crash globally, research finds designated areas enable recovery of threatened species Wildlife and humans are thriving within sites recognised by Unesco, research has found, allowing for the recovery of threatened species and habitats around the world. While wildlife populations have crashed globally by nearly three-quarters since 1970, those within Unesco-protected areas have remained largely stable. Continue reading...

Wildlife and humans thriving in Unesco-protected sites

Future Vision
Giant leaps start here! 👣 The rollout of the #Artemis III core stage is a major milestone in our mission to explore more of the Moon and eventually reach Mars. Huge congrats to the teams making the first crewed lunar landing in 50+ years possible for 2027! 🚀🌕 #NASA

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Journey & Logistics
On the move! 🚢 NASA’s SLS core stage for Artemis III has left Michoud Assembly Facility on the Pegasus barge. Destination: @NASAKennedy. This massive section will help launch the first crewed Moon landing of the Artemis program in 2027. 🚀🌕 #SpaceExploration

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Image Credit: NASA NASA moved the core stage, or the largest section, of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the crewed Artemis III mission in 2027 from the agency\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility to the agency\u2019s Pegasus barge in New Orleans on April 20. The barge will ferry the top four-fifths \u2013 the section containing the liquid hydrogen tank, liquid oxygen tank, intertank, and forward skirt \u2013 of the SLS core stage to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete outfitting and vertical integration.\n\nCredit: NASA/Eric Bordelon

Technical Highlights
733,000 gallons of propellant and 2M+ lbs of thrust! 🚀 The #Artemis III core stage is the "backbone" of the mission that will return humans to the lunar surface. It’s officially on its way to Florida for final integration. The countdown to 2027 continues! 🌕✨

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Image Credit: NASA NASA moved the core stage, or the largest section, of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the crewed Artemis III mission in 2027 from the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility to the agency’s Pegasus barge in New Orleans on April 20. Credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker

🚀 Big news for #Artemis! NASA has officially rolled out the SLS core stage for the Artemis III mission. This 212-foot powerhouse is heading to Kennedy Space Centre as we prepare for the first crewed lunar landing in 2027. We’re going back to the Moon! 🌕

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Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

Blue Origin loses satellite in setback for Jeff Bezos’s moon rocket New Glenn rocket is being developed to send astronauts to the Moon as part of Nasa’s Artemis IV mission

Yet another failed Amazon delivery 😑 sent to the wrong address.
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A short sleeved sequinned dress with high collar. It is bright yellow and has a silk satin belt cinching the waist

Another big name in fashion lore was born on this day in 1900 and that was Norman Norell. Amongst his many striking designs, one of his most recognisable was his mermaid dresses, silk jersey covered entirely in sequins. Here an early #1960s version in bright yellow #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Artist: Dennis Goris

How tragic that you could publish, then re-publish, then re-publish, then re-publish, then re-publish a cartoon like this over and over again...

A mass shooting that took the lives of eight children should stop this country in its tracks. Instead, the Shreveport tragedy disappeared from the headlines in a day. We cannot allow this level of violence to fade into background noise. Ending America’s gun‑violence epidemic is a moral oblligation.

still can’t believe that given the choice between “bountiful, free, clean energy from the earth, wind, and sun” and “poisonous dead animal sludge price sensitive to global politics” we keep choosing the latter

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

A remarkable find in Maui! We identified the 96th hawksbill turtle in Hawaii and named him Cousteau, highlighting the importance of marine conservation efforts.

My photo shows a Paleo-Babylonian clay tablet inscribed with cuneiform text, still partially enclosed in its original clay envelope. The clay is pale orangey-brown in colour displayed against a grey display case background. The outer envelope has been broken open, revealing the inner tablet beneath. Both surfaces are covered with densely packed wedge-shaped characters, which record a contract for the sale of a house purchased by Mannum-balu-Samas at the price of 1/3 shekel and 15 grains of silver. This is followed by the names of the numerous witnesses including the mayor Sin-magir and the courier Apil-ilisu. The same text is repeated on the envelope in the event of a dispute, which was broken to inspect the internal document. It is dated 32nd year of Hammurabl's reign, 10th month, c. 1750 BC. The clay envelope measures 87 mm (height) × 55 mm (width), while the inner tablet measures 64 mm (height) × 43 mm (width). On display at the Museum of Antiquity in Turin. Collection number MAT 740.

A 3,750 year-old contract for the sale of a house recorded on a clay tablet, still in its original clay envelope!

Museo di Antichità, Turin
📷 by me

#Archaeology

A selection of the Queen’s coat and dress ensembles shown with their matching hats. They are displayed in two rows, one above the other in rainbow shades

A photograph of the white gloves worn by the Queen of her public outings and two of her trademark Launer handbags

A photograph of two framed embroidery samples relating to the Queen’s 1947 wedding dress, one for the dress itself and the other for the veil

As well as the garments, there are plenty of accessories on display in Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style. It celebrates the work of the milliners, the glovers, the embroiderers, all of whom are present in the story of this wardrobe #corneliajames #RCT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

We don't know which Cabinet secretary will be forced to resign next, but we know it'll be either Brooke Rollins or Linda McMahon because they're the last two women left.

NASA Rolls Out Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage - NASA Following the recent successful test flight of NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon, NASA rolled out the core stage, or the largest section, of the

With Artemis II safely back on Earth, NASA has begun shipping the core stage for the Artemis III rocket to @NASAKennedy. Artemis III will test rendezvous and docking capabilities needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

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Archaeologists Find Homer’s Iliad Papyrus Inside a Mummy in Egypt - GreekReporter.com Archaeologists found a rare Iliad papyrus inside a Roman-era mummy in Egypt, highlighting the spread of Greek culture.

“Inside one of the mummies, the team discovered a rare papyrus containing a passage from Book II of the Iliad by Homer. The text includes part of the “Catalogue of Ships,” which lists Greek forces involved in the campaign against Troy.”

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I just look at it and like to think about the hands of the people who shaped and placed the tiles covering the shield, like humans have been covering surfaces with tiles for durability and heat resistance for millennia