Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.
most gerrymanders are republican legislators saying fuck the voters
these ones are the voters saying fuck republican legislators
Trust Trump? Iran’s Doubts Shadow Peace Talks. Trump is a possible counterparty for a truce, but not dependable enough for a peace treaty. Trump's word is rarely his bond. 3rd party guarantors required.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...
Using the US Navy like a velvet rope line enforcer with only those VIP ships on the list getting to pass.
Here' to @georgetakei.bsky.social on the occasion of his 89th birthday! #maddow
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Maddow: "Do we think our servicemen and women are in good hands? Do we think that there is care being taken in terms of what they're risking their lives for?"
Yes, over 20 years. I've never met a more transactional politician. Becerra makes Andrew Cuomo look like a boy scout. He will be hated by the base if given power. Always looking to triangulate instead of knowing and doing what's right. There's a reason he was trailing in low single digits.
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There are now over 260,000 pages of evidence relating to the Holocaust and the Nazi era available online buff.ly/OaZa98s
New clinical trial data from vaccine makers show that their Lyme disease vaccine reduced cases by about 70%.
www.sciencenews.org/article/lyme...
The leaders of the United States, Israel and Russia are seeking to impose a new "predatory" world order while most countries are too cowardly to stop them, rights group Amnesty International said
I know Becerra and would never vote for him. This is not a positive choice, but one driven by fear of a GOP/GOP runoff. I predict if Becerra is elected Governor, he will eventually be recalled like Gray Davis. #NoBecerra
Columbia University Will Pay for Elevator at 125th Street Subway Stop www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/17/e...
Democrats should make the confirmation hearing on the nominee to be U.S. Attorney General all about the Epstein files.
If you won’t commit to release the files without redactions and prosecute the Epstein class, then you’re obstructing justice, not enforcing it.
Ternus is a product person in a way than Cook never was. He’s also an engineer, which is something of a mixed blessing. At its best, #Apple is about the user experience, for which you need to look beyond creating the latest whizz-bang gizmo. www.macrumors.com/2026/04/20/t...
This is awesome. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen this, and wait, is that Dan Aykroyd?
A map of NYC with containerized bins marking neighborhoods. The neighborhoods are also listed: See if your community district will be fully containerized by the end of 2027: THE BRONX (DISTRICTS 2 AND 5) Hunts Point, Longwood, University Heights, Mount Hope, Morris Heights, Fordham Heights QUEENS (DISTRICT 2) Sunnyside, Hunters Point, Woodside STATEN ISLAND (DISTRICT 1) Stapleton, Randall Manor, Westerleigh, West Brighton, Clifton, Shore Acres MANHATTAN (DISTRICTS 2 AND 9) West Village, SoHo, Little Italy, Greenwich Village, Nolita, West Harlem BROOKLYN (DISTRICTS 2 AND 8) Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Weeksville, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Navy Yard
If a bin marks your neighborhood on this map, your community district will have rat-proof trash containers and automated side-loading garbage trucks by the end of 2027!
Every neighborhood in New York City will be containerized by the end of 2031.
Tough day for rats, good day for New Yorkers.
The US military has always won with brains as well as courage.
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Trump can't offer Iran a deal they will believe he will keep. But as the price for reopening the Gulf, Iran can enlist the world in an alliance to protect Iran from the US, Israel, or anyone else who might threaten it. Every bomb just strengthens their resolve; every day raises the cost to Trump.
With an irrational actor, it is not easy to game out what that actor will do. This leads to the adoption of all weather strategies that work OK for your side whatever the irrational one does. Iran's all weather strategy is closing the Persian Gulf to ship traffic. Trump can't reopen it & they won't.
From farming to religion, the CSO has compared the 1926 census to the most recent census in 2022.
But what exactly has changed in Ireland over the last century? jrnl.ie/7018245
Washington Post article on STEM cuts at federal agencies. NSF tops it at -42%!
“Between January 2025 and February 2026, STEM and health employees at science-focused agencies saw nearly 15,000 jobs cut. The rate outpaced cuts among other federal workers.”
OPM data - Figure from Wash Post article 19 April. (Where US science has been hit hardest.)
NSF at -42%!
The deaths of young children has fallen by 60% in the past 25 years! The number of under 5s dying worldwide is down 60% & new-born deaths have halved. That's millions of lives saved thanks to immunisation, better nutrition & health services. Well done world 🌍👏
data.unicef.org/resources/le...
THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026
* CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt
* Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2
* Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse
* Age of Electricity "confirmed"
* "Extraordinary" solar growth
* Batteries up 40%
* EVs up 20%
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Prediction markets are presented as real-time measures of probable outcomes driven by collective investment. Which is what horse racing odds are, and we don’t treat those as more than a novelty. Gift link: www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
