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‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out

Clean energy generation exceeded rise in global electricity demand in 2025 Output from solar farms rose by a third while electricity from fossil fuels fell, research from thinktank reveals

Renewable energy generation exceeded rise in global electricity demand in 2025

Output from solar rose by a third while electricity from fossil fuels fell.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Victoria Toensing @VicToensing Hubby being sworn in as Counsel to the Attorney General. 4:04 PM · Apr 20, 2026 · 6,199 Views Jason Reding Quiñones, the US Attorney in Miami, swearing in a much shorter Joe DiGenova.

Joe DiGenova, whose wife once solicited payments from foreigners to lie about Joe Biden in 2019, just got sworn in to investigate things those things he lied about in the past.

Over the weekend I laid out why this is so problematic.

emptywheel.net/2026/04/19/t...

Ukraine Has Finally Given Up on Trump Zelensky has written off the United States.

Phillips P O'Brien: “Using language that would until recently have been unthinkable, Zelensky has indicated that he no longer views the U.S. as a reliable ally and, even more astonishingly, that all of Europe needs to start moving on from the transatlantic relationship”

Big Zee back at it 🏃

Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go? Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire co...

What happened to the combined $63 million that Paramount, Meta, X, and ABC paid to the ‘Trump Presidential Library’ fund after surrendering? It just kinda disappeared. newrepublic.com/article/2092...

Pennsylvania's motor-voter system effectively screens non-citizens from voter registration • Pennsylvania Capital-Star The audit also revealed problems with PennDOT’s data security protocols and recommended tighter internal controls.

Pennsylvania's auditor general, a Republican, audited 210,000+ new voter registrations under Gov. Shapiro's new motor voter system to see if noncitizens were registering to vote.

They found one. One.

And that was because a PennDOT staffer erred. It was fixed before the driver left the office.

Politicians are using low teen birth rates to further restrict access to birth control, abortion “Both narratives — that teen birth rates are too high or too low — problematize teen pregnancy and childbearing,” writes Riley J. Steiner.

The party of small government is trying to restrict access to mifepristone and contraception for adolescents.

www.statnews.com/2026/04/20/t...

Amidst the churn in Iran, Ukraine has quietly been turning things around. My latest at The Bulwark.

🧵 Lots of progress. But you’ll also notice that in a number of instances the US has been moving against the current.

Southwest Airlines jets involved in close call near Nashville Two Southwest Airlines jets were forced to take evasive action late Saturday afternoon just north of Nashville International Airport to avoid a potential midair collision, NewsChannel 5 Investigates h...

BREAKING: Two Southwest Airlines jets were forced to take evasive action late Saturday afternoon just north of Nashville International Airport to avoid a potential midair collision, NewsChannel 5 Investigates has discovered. www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Opinion | Cuba needs real regime change, not a Trump-friendly despot The president says Havana may be "next" after Iran. What does that mean?

Instead of promoting democracy, Trump is seeking to install deferential dictators. As he said, “When somebody’s nice to me, I love that person… even if they’re bad people.” Installing obsequious autocrats may gratify his ego, but it’s hard to see why it serves U.S. interests. wapo.st/4vLxQfs

lmfao

This is an embarrassing but not shocking indictment of legacy news media in the U.S.

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

Team Trump cannot compete in the world of reality.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...

Trump’s Go-To Justification for Contentious Decisions: National Security

Power grab in the name of national security.

It includes, “stripping union rights from thousands of federal workers, pausing the construction of wind farms off the East Coast, and exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from protections for endangered species of whales.”

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Wow. That’s a great cover of a great song.

The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned to honor Napoleon in 1806. By the time construction had really begun in earnest, Napoleon had suffered a disastrous military defeat and had been forced into exile.

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

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

Another great thread from @eddsmitty.bsky.social.

All for one

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A vibrant, modern color portrait photograph of Susan Polgar, the Hungarian-American chess grandmaster, coach, and pioneering advocate for women and girls in chess. Shown from the waist up against a bright, clean background of a white brick wall and a large arrangement of white flowers in a metallic planter, Polgar smiles warmly and confidently at the viewer. Her long blonde hair falls in soft waves around her shoulders. She wears a sophisticated royal-blue short-sleeved dress, a chunky necklace, and a pearl bracelet. With her right hand gracefully extended toward the camera, she holds a light-colored wooden chess king piece in her open palm, presenting it as both trophy and symbol of mastery.The composition centers Polgar as the clear focal point, with the chess piece and floral backdrop adding elegant context and warmth. The overall mood is one of approachable confidence, accomplishment, and quiet empowerment. A true trailblazer, Polgar became the first woman to earn the unrestricted Grandmaster title in 1991 by meeting the same rigorous requirements as male players. She was the world’s top-ranked female player at age 15, Women’s World Chess Champion from 1996 to 1999, and winner of 11 medals at the Women’s Chess Olympiad. This image beautifully captures her enduring legacy as one of the greatest female chess players in history and a powerful force for gender equality in the game.

Susan Polgar (b. #OTD 1969) was the first woman to earn the title of Grandmaster by satisfying the same requirements as male players, 1991.

♟️ World’s top-ranked female player, age 15
♟️ Women’s World #Chess Champion, 1996–99
♟️ 11 medals, Women’s Chess Olympiad

#WomenInSTEM #ChessHistory (1/2)

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

Aside:
Maria Bartiromo is a Trump-appointed trustee at the Kennedy Center, who voted to change its name to Trump-Kennedy Center in the face of laws dictating it be a "living memorial" to JFK & forbidding other "memorials" or "plaques" "in the nature of memorials" on it

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