First slide of an Instagram carousel summarizing and excerpt from “What the Heck Just Happened” with Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman, 4.18.26. A curly-haired dog is pictured in a teal circle on the left. Text reads: “In today's 'What the Heck Just Happened?', Heather and Joanne explain how the Trump regime's brazen, openly flaunted corruption — from accepting a $400 million foreign jet to flouting unenforced laws — may finally be backfiring, as Americans who once looked away are now fully paying attention.”

Excerpt from “What the Heck Just Happened” with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social



Full carousel on Instagram.
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This is due in 12 hours and stalled immediately. I’m going to bed. 😶

The AI age is the "age of no consent" "Inevitability" means design decisions are no longer informed by user needs; now they are unilaterally imposed. The users are the ones being designed.

Users hate AI. So tech made it mandatory. Even if you don't use it, it pollutes what you read and how systems make decisions. The computer's hallucinated word is final.

And it needs all of your data to do it.

In the age of no consent, UX exists to normalized complete acquiescence to surveillance:

How Finland Nearly Ended Homelessness (Housing First Works) Finland's Housing First program cut homelessness 70%+ since 2008 — no rehab required, no conditions. Here's exactly how it worked and the real results.

Finland’s “Housing First”: Instead of requiring ppl to solve their problems before getting housing, it provides permanent housing 1st w/out preconditions.
It’s abt changing perspectives, prioritizing human dignity & proving that long-term solutions are possible.” positivity.org/good-news/fi...

InfoWars Let me tell you a story. When I was a child, I suffered from night terrors. It was always the same dream: I could hear my family and neighbors wailing…

Some timeline stuff:
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At least 26 Iranian shadow fleet vessels bypass US blockade While the US military says it has turned around over 20 vessels and ‘completely halted’ Iranian trade, Lloyd’s List Intelligence shows a steady flow of shadow fleet traffic in and out of the Middle East Gulf

what the blockade doing tho www.lloydslist.com/LL1156966/At...

Workplace relief is coming for employees with period pain or hot flashes in Philly Beginning Jan. 1, the city will prohibit discrimination on the basis of menstruation, perimenopause, and menopause, and will require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for related needs.

"Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, the city will prohibit discrimination on the basis of menstruation, perimenopause, and menopause, and will require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for related needs." www.inquirer.com/business/phi...

@stephruhle.bsky.social lists a few untrue statements President Trump has made about the Iran War in the past week.

Pastor was abducted:
This is the "worst of the worst" they are looking for in Portland, ME.
04/20/26

A map of Lebanese territory being invaded by Israel

Israel now controls more of Lebanon than Russia does of Ukraine

If you’d like to do something to help in addition to masking up and finding inclusive ways to socialize call the senate. Demand funding for long covid treatment.

I get the feeling that people may be trying to justify their own behaviors, saying that certain things are impossible that some of us have learned are very much possible when you have no other choice. I assure you this is just as hard for me. Probably harder. But you may find yourself here too.

When we ask for safety mitigations, like meeting outside or masking or testing we’re trying to save you the pain we suffer. The unmasked can’t admit they’re vulnerable. People with LC are a walking (rolling?) memento mori in the eyes of the ableist. But it’s easier to claim we’re having fun I guess.

I am livid that people assume that everyone who still takes significant precautions must be having a great time.
Some of us just understand the stakes and have lost too much to LC or other disabilities to FAAFO. Check in on your disabled friends. Host accessible masked events. You’re isolating US!

The idea that people who take significant Covid precautions must be introverts is offensive as hell.
It’s ableist as hell. Performers, Organizers, the biggest extroverts in the world were forced to give up careers because other people wouldn’t mask. We do it because we still can’t afford COVID.

For clarity re 10%. Over 800,000 Jewish settlers in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank correspondent to roughly 7.4m Jews in Israel+Palestine overall.

Great action from aboutfaceveterans.org

Grifters. Pathetic grifters.

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Book cover: The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy by Gil Duran

Fascists hate to be called out as fascists. Too bad.

Coming soon:

The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy.

Yes, they are fascists. Yes, they must be crushed.

Please pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

Thinnest-skinned MFer ever spawned.

Apparently this took a minute to get up on ALA Joblist, but it should be there now! #lisjobs #libraryjob #libraryjobs #dhjobs #stemjobs

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving Trump's Cabinet after abuse of power allegations Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet after multiple allegations of abusing her position, including an affair with a subordinate and drinking on the job.

You can’t make this up: US Dept. of Labor Secretary resigns over sexual harassment allegations, including that she had an affair w/a member of her security detail—AND that her husband + her dad (respectively) harassed USDoL staffers—even tho those men not even work at DoL🤦🏽‍♀️ apnews.com/article/lori...

The American Library Association has released its list of the most challenged books of 2025 The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at libraries across the country – the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color.

The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at libraries across the country – the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color. n.pr/4vFxjvp

This all leads back to Obama making fun of him at that one press association dinner years ago. That was the initial narcissistic injury which grew into Trump going "I will undo everything he did."

A breaking update from @timheidecker.bsky.social.

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars.

We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director.

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