Hormuz standoff the 'largest supply shock' ever experienced, says global energy expert Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has come to a virtual standstill since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran almost two months ago. Around 20% of the world's petrochemical production normally flows t...

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has come to a virtual standstill since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran almost two months ago. https://to.pbs.org/4vBwpQq

This is a very good resource. I don't know how @taniel.bsky.social does this but he makes highly technical stuff like this very easy to follow and use:

DENMARK AND FRANCE 🇩🇰🇫🇷 bans all Microsoft products from all public offices.

The phaseout is expected to be completed before autumn 2026.

Their products are being replaced with customer versions of Linux and LibreOffice.

This is digital sovereignty being taken back

Missouri Town Council Approves Data Center. A Week Later, Voters Fire Half of Council The people of Festus, Missouri have made their voices heard on the whole data center issue.

🤌 *chef’s kiss*

AOC is all sensible Americans right now, Americans who have completely lost patience with the wildly incompetent, lying loons currently running things who undermine our sanity, wealth, and wellbeing.

Weird that they would fire the navy secretary who’s been overseeing a war we’ve won at least five times.

the way this makes sense for RFK is that "healthy people" and "sick people" are ontological categories.

They paused Oversight Committee hearings the minute we started getting answers about the Epstein files.

Now it’s “roundtables”: no rules, no oaths, no subpoenas.

You do the math. Because the moment accountability shows up, they shut it down. The survivors deserve better.

This article is from last year.

RFK expects us to forget about it.

As with COVID we are watching attempts to rewrite history in front of us.

Connecticut Just Told Masked ICE Agents to Show Their Faces SB00397 bars masks on every officer in the state, forces feds to show badges, and opens state courts to sue them. A first in the country.

substack.com/@resistbot/n...

It's inevitable that AI will make CEO's obsolete.

Sounds ridiculous, right? That's how the AI push is working. Just keep telling people it's inevitable (which it's not) and people will start to believe it.

So, let's make CEO's obsolete! It's inevitable!

Black aunties and white teens legit stood up and danced during the credits. In Connecticut! Anyway. Without giving too much away, I’d say the film is about 70% jukebox performances and 30% actual storytelling. BUT Jaafar Jackson and Colman Domingo both deserve award nominations. Jackson especially.

Investigating the Good Guys DOJ claims the Southern Poverty Law Center was "paying off" the Ku Klux Klan. The group's track record and common sense suggest otherwise.

Investigating the Good Guys
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Negative eugenics. They’ve been all in (publicly) on positive eugenics for a while and passive negative eugenics, but this isn’t passive.

This is one of the most dystopian things I've ever read.

I feel like Sun Tzu really missed out on "Invent Pete Hegseth and give him to the enemy"

The #KeepPublicFundsInPublicSchools Act would repeal the federal voucher tax loophole that drains $ from public schools & hands it to billionaires. Tell lawmakers to keep public $$ where they belong, in public schools. Sign the petition from @momsrising.org: action.momsrising.org/sign/momsris...

We’re still raising funds! We need ~$500,000 this month!

gofund.me/a21f172a9

A gray tortie named Harley sitting like a loaf wearing a taco outfit to keep her from licking her fur off. She is a rather thicc taco.

A gray tortie named Harley sitting up wearing a taco outfit to keep her from licking her fur off. Her eyes look bewildered and personally offended by her palindromic existence.

when they made you a taco cat and you'll never get over it

The Department of Labor has improved the lives of millions of people. I worked like hell as secretary of labor because I believed in what we were doing.

What's happened at the department under this latest Trump regime is an insult to generations of DOL employees, to American workers, to America.

Man, when you compare the bravery of every day Minnesotans to the overpaid cops it’s astounding

It Was on Your Table Every Morning Growing Up. It’s Dying Before Our Eyes. No One Wants to Face It. The powerhouse of American citrus is suffering a brutal decline. Everyone has a theory about why.

When I covered Trump's tariffs, I discovered that orange crops have cratered in FL.

This explains all the reasons--disease, climate change, overspraying, finance--why.

slate.com/business/202...

The White House Correspondents' Dinner Is Next Saturday. The Empty Seats Will Tell You Which Journalists Still Have A Spine. Next Saturday night, reporters from every major newsroom in the country will put on their tuxedos, pick up their drink tickets, and sit in a ballroom at the Washington Hilton while the sitting preside...

The White House Correspondents' Dinner Is Next Saturday. The Empty Seats Will Tell You Which Journalists Still Have A Spine.
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“Government issued identification documents are necessary to access public life. When they do not accurately reflect a person's sexual identity, the transgender Montanan is prevented, based on their sex, from obtaining the same attributes of public life that a cisgender Montanan may obtain.“

Police clash with animal rights activists during attempted beagle rescue - Civic Media Police repelled hundreds of animal rights activists attempting to breach the facility to carry away thousands of beagles bred and housed inside.

“Clash” means used teargas and rubber bullets.

Police clash with animal rights activists during attempted beagle rescue 🦋 civicmedia.us/news/2026/04...

(alongside images of the US, megaphones, Liam Conejo Ramos’ bunny hat, and signs that read “NO ICE WAREHOUSE,” “SHUTDOWN DETENTION CENTERS,” and “NOT HERE/NOT ANYWHERE”) NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION STOP ICE WAREHOUSE DETENTION APRIL 25, 2026

The regime is purchasing and converting warehouses to serve as concentration camps for the people ICE and Border Patrol disappear off the street — but local communities are fighting back. Join us at @detentionwatchnetwork.org's national day of action on Saturday: www.mobilize.us/disappearedi...

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Force the Oppressor to make a Lose/Lose Choice Social Change Toolkit: Dilemma Actions

Force the Oppressor to make a Lose/Lose Choice - Social Change Toolkit: Dilemma Actions www.lifeisasacredtext.com/p/d4ed23e2-e...

Tell Congress to protect Medicaid home- and community-based services! via @momsrising.org action.momsrising.org/sign/HCBS-20...

more soon! but mark your calendars for May 1 and check out maydaystrong.org!