A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss

The world’s richest man and a kid named “big balls” brought 6.7% unemployment to DC, put uniformed Fed troops in the streets and per conservative estimates cut programs that’ll result in the deaths of millions of people: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

New York Attorney General Letitia James sues Coinbase, Gemini, calls their prediction markets illegal gambling New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the backers of two prominent prediction markets​, calling them illegal gambling.

👏New York Attorney General Letitia James sues Coinbase, Gemini, calls their prediction markets illegal gambling flip.it/rHN7rZ

Scammer Dupes ‘Dumb’ MAGA Men With AI Model A 22-year-old Indian medical student tricked scores of Trump supporters.

Scammer Emily Hart Dupes ‘Dumb’ MAGA Men With AI Model www.thedailybeast.com/scammer-emil... finally!!

I am a belieber after those performances:)

I meant the requirements enforced on women in the music industry are sexist, not his lyrics (which idk) or performance.

Another victim of Cesar Chavez breaks their silence: ​​‘My body remembers’ Jennifer Andrea Porras, now 53, says they were sexually abused by the union leader as a teen

Cesar Chavez survivor
Jennifer Andrea Porras breaks their silence www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... ‘My dad & I were hero-struck, completely in awe of the request to have me join the union at La Paz’

Living at La Paz was a badge of honor —& elevated careers. How awful that it really meant this😭😱

There's a global race to secure EV battery gigafactories & reduce reliance on China.

But not all clean-tech projects are created equal. Some generate good jobs & domestic capacities, others produce ecological harm & low value-added enclaves.

New paper & thread 👇
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FTSE bosses receive 18% pay bump this year in global fight for talent Companies are also watering down ESG elements of pay plans as boards reassess whether such awards ‘make sense’

FTSE 100 CEO average pay up 18% to £5.89m, less weight attached to environmental, social, governance targets.

Did your pay rise by 18%?

Workers produce wealth but get crumbs.

Need worker elected directors, worker vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution.
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lol/cry: I didn’t realize what you were responding to—so, now I feel obligated to also say that said, amongst punks, libertarians & alas also deadheads, nazis have been & are oft welcome:(

But just in case also I’m not disagreeing. It’s been a while since then—lots of folks have died—& under Trump 2, being an angry rich libertarian deadhead who is mad about woke & idk prolly vaccines is definitely a thing.

1%ers aside, IME libertarian deadheads were most tolerable—bcuz tolerance was then a huge part of their definition of libertarianism (& FREEDUMB, for folks who resembled them)?

Mostly, like their patron saint Barlow, as they grew old their healthcare needs led to outgrowing their teen boy politics🫠

This festival mogul gave Trump $225. His scene revolted — and bolted The founder of Punk In The Park donated to Trump, sparking fan backlash.

Punk in the Park festival's founder donated to Trump. Fans revolted www.latimes.com/entertainmen... sure literally every other festival (& notoriously Coachella) & almost every venue (& platform) is owned by Trumpsters—but also so what? Gotta start somewhere—& having impact encourages repetition.

Another victim of Cesar Chavez breaks their silence: ​​‘My body remembers’ Jennifer Andrea Porras, now 53, says they were sexually abused by the union leader as a teen

Cesar Chavez survivor
Jennifer Andrea Porras breaks their silence www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... ‘My dad & I were hero-struck, completely in awe of the request to have me join the union at La Paz’

Living at La Paz was a badge of honor —& elevated careers. How awful that it really meant this😭😱

French prosecutors summon Elon Musk over allegations of child abuse images and deepfakes on X Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct on the social media platform X.

French prosecutors summon Elon Musk over allegations of child abuse images & deepfakes on X flip.it/8bsgeo today is the next best day to all those that preceded it.

Since the DOJ isn’t prosecuting these federal crimes, why aren’t states!?!

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 show Amazon colluding with firms to get Walmart et al to raise prices, CA alleges www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... Since the risk of antitrust enforcement or penalties is infinitesimal, openly violating laws is more profitable. And obvi Amazon must maximize shareholder value. #loligarchy

Motion Filed – #2169575 in Media Matters for America v. FTC (D.C. Cir., 25-5302) – CourtListener.com MOTION [2169575] to dismiss case voluntarily filed by FTC, Andrew N. Ferguson, Mark R. Meador, John Doe 1 and John Doe 2 (Service Date: 04/20/2026 by CM/ECF NDA) Length Certification: 603. [25-5302] (...

The FTC is dropping its appeal in the Media Matters case. They've withdrawn the civil investigative demand that is at the heart of the dispute (and presumably also want to avoid a D.C. Circuit decision). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Sonic Youth - Diamond Seas 1995 [2026] YouTube video by nonumbersrepeated

It's on YouTube (h/t @travisclark.bsky.social): youtu.be/f5oMAy5wsMQ?...

When does conspiracy shift to fact? Because who doesn’t believe this?

Also begs the question: why has no one built a Kalshi/Jordan simulator?

Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.

1. This weekend, a federal judge permanently blocked funding threats to providers and hospitals that provide trans youth care.

The judge also blocked "any similar policy."

Hospitals have NO excuse and must return to providing care under many blue state laws.

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Feels kinda silly to say that rich people from the center to left of things politically can’t build a successful media environment when the onion is doing it basically using donations from semi-employed forum goblins

The Onion plans to lease Alex Jones’s Infowars after judge blocks purchase The satirical website’s parent company will have to pay $81,000 a month to the misinformation platform

TheOnion plans to lease Infowars after judge blocks purchase www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... sure we’d all prefer a reality where The Onion wasn’t the most ethical & least conflicted institution in “journalism”—but jfc I’m so grateful for @bencollins.bsky.social’s understanding of the assignment

Infowars’ endless afterlife The Onion may finally boot Alex Jones from his studio, but years of damage have already been done.

NEW: How exactly has Alex Jones avoided paying the Sandy Hook families a single dime of what he owes? I wrote about it here, and spoke to Chris Mattei, an attorney for some of the families, and Lenny Pozner, the father of the youngest child who died at Sandy Hook: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Two men in fatigues with their hands ziptied being arrested by Capitol Police

Dozens of people in fatigues lined up in the Capitol Rotunda with signage demanding an end to the Iran War

Dozens of US military veterans were arrested at the Capitol today during a protest against the Iran War.

Photos via @frankthorp.bsky.social

Climate removed from top level navigation on BBC News.

Please—for all of our sake—let FKA twigs & her collaborators distract you from the awful with her phenomenal performance art & add some awesome to your weekend:)

Mojave - Live from Coachella 2026 YouTube video by Coachella

Don’t miss FKA twigs—starting any second:) m.youtube.com/watch?v=cYT7... #Couchella

Main Stage - Live from Coachella 2026 YouTube video by Coachella

Young Thug starting now m.youtube.com/watch?v=xIiS... #Couchella

Ms Boylan’s strength of character is encouraging to woman that we will not be pushed out of government. 🇺🇸

Holy. Shit. This is Reid Wiseman's video he took with his iPhone while at the moon 🌙

Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist The government's cybersecurity needs are outweighing the Pentagon's feud with Anthropic.

NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist flip.it/a6OCC0 2 weeks ago, an appeals court denied Anthropic’s attempt to block the designation.

But now with this prima facie evidence that for NSA, Anthropic is more a FOMO risk than a “supply chain risk,” maybe they’ll win on summary judgment?

This is nothing short of digital hate crime.