I just look at it and like to think about the hands of the people who shaped and placed the tiles covering the shield, like humans have been covering surfaces with tiles for durability and heat resistance for millennia
“The protesters stood in the middle of the Cannon rotunda holding red tulips — meant to honor Iranians killed by U.S. strikes — and unveiling banners that said “End the War on Iran.” They also conducted a flag-folding ceremony meant to symbolize the 13 U.S. troops who have died so far in the war…”
this is in no sense how it should have happened. but it is precisely because we find ourselves in a situation that requires war, death, and destruction to get well positioned political actors behind accelerating energy transition that we should demolish fossil capital as decisively as we can
They work with the Basanja coalition in the DRC, which has produced a lot of writing and film about various issues there. A great way to amplify the self-advocacy of the people of the DRC! friendsofthecongo.org
Friends of the Congo will host an online film and discussion on "Critical minerals powering the US war machine from the Philippines to the Congo" at April 23 at 8pm Eastern time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGFm...
The persistence of geopolitics through ideological changes is pretty striking
A Prominent PR Firm Is Running a Fake News Site That’s Plagiarizing Original Journalism at Incredible Scale
Woman charged in US with trafficking arms to Sudan for Iranian government
Woman charged in US with trafficking arms to Sudan for Iranian government https://aje.news/hopw2i
Three different shots of a male red bellied woodpecker in a bird feeder
Look at this guy
Newly released records on the police response to the assassination of Melissa Hortman show officers knew a woman was lying motionless on the top of the stairs inside the Hortman home but waited 30 minutes to physically check on her.
Excited to attend the ribbon-cutting for the next segment of California’s solar canal initiative later this month in Hickman. Imagine generating solar power over 4,000 miles or so canals across the state. A lot of Sierra and Colorado River water to save via avoided evaporation.
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is so much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."
- Haldir in The Fellowship of the Ring
I tried the archive and it only shows one sentence--not sure if there is meant to be more: archive.is/202604201652...
SCOOP: Les médecins desservant la communauté étudiante de l'Université McGill refusent désormais de prescrire des hormones... aux étudiant·es internationales en provenance des États-Unis ayant moins de 19 ans.
La raison? Donald Trump.
celeste.lgbt/fr/2026/04/l...
SCOOP: McGill University's on-campus doctors are now refusing to prescribe hormones to trans youth and adults under age 19... if they're U.S. citizens.
They claim liability issues, but this isn't the first time U.S. EOs have interfered with Canadian doctors.
My report: celeste.lgbt/en/2026/04/d...
CERTIORARI -- SUMMARY DISPOSITION 24-1099 SMITH, KYLE, ET AL. V. SCOTT, ROCHELLE, ET AL. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for further consideration in light of Zorn v. Linton, 607 U. S. ___ (2026) (per curiam). Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would deny the petition for a writ of certiorari.
By a 6–3 vote, and with no opinion, the Supreme Court throws out a lower court decision denying qualified immunity who killed an unarmed, mentally ill man by using "bodyweight force" to restrain him. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
I just spent 90 minutes teaching the fundamentals of probability theory to a software engineer and it was an *indecent* amount of fun
It’s bad that open source digital public infrastructure projects are under attack.
I can't stop thinking about Palantir's manifesto and how (as far as I've seen anyway) there has been very little pushback on it
Hezbollah bares its claws
Hezbollah is accused of killing a French peacekeeper in the South; one of its officials likens Joseph Aoun to ... Anwar Sadat.
today.lorientlejour.com/article/1504...
One month into having an EV I charge for free at work with electricity generated by solar panels and gotta say: no regrets!
admitting I'm conflicted about this. Yes I have experienced this and it's often sweet, but it often makes me think, Come on, we were all sweet babies once, why can't we be nice to grown-ups too?
"We women are the land guardians and keepers," says Theonila Roka Matbob of Papua New Guinea, recognized for her efforts to repair the environmental and social harms caused by a copper and gold mine. n.pr/3QbDxTA
do people like it when it's so bright outside you have to squint, i can understand liking overcast sunny weather but 'bright and sunny' seems impractical
The American labor movement will soon have something it’s never had before: a centralized strike fund. buff.ly/EesoMzL
The Justice for All team reported that protesters from the “Law and Dignity” sit-in in #Damascus were subjected to organized attacks, preceded by social media incitement. The group reported injuries. It is pursuing legal action, and will name the main instigators.
#Syria
We’ll be facing the Home Office in court in just a few weeks to save refugee family reunion.
But we’re still short of our crowdfunding target. We're extending our campaign for a few more days. Will you help us close the gap? 🧡
Donate today: www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-su...
Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection www.cnn.com/interactive/... always men.
An 85-year-old Frenchwoman who spent 16 days in American immigration detention went home to France on Friday.
Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé was still dressed in her prison wear — orange shoes, sweatpants and a gray sweater — covered in stains and holes.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...
