Phelan’s firing comes after a rocky tenure under Hegseth and Feinberg, including tension over Phelan’s close relationship with President Trump, according to three people familiar with the internal discussions. Phelan regularly chats with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club, just down the street from his own Florida home, and told lawmakers last year that he texts with the president about shipbuilding in the middle of the night. The top Pentagon leaders were particularly annoyed last fall when Phelan pitched the idea for a modern battleship directly to Trump, bypassing Hegseth, the people said. 

According to the WSJ, Hegseth abruptly fired the Navy Secretary in the middle of a crucial wartime naval blockade because he was jelly of his closeness with Trump. These are the dumbest, most embarrassing, childish nitwits alive - and they are in charge of the world's most monumental military might.

Good god the kicker:

In the middle of a war, during a Naval blockade, Hegseth just fired the Secretary of the Navy - effective immediately.

If you make a post saying “rape is wrong” or “dead men don't rape.” Men who “are not” rapists or sexual predators will get very angry.

AI is never going to break your heart and most of these dunce geniuses aren’t human enough to even understand why that’s something you should want.

Keep your heads up @splcunion.bsky.social. Thank you for your important work.

If there are folks who would like to design a couple of "FUND OUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES" posters, holler at me at niapoetry@gmail.com and please tell me your rate for this. Poster size would be 11 by 17 landscape size.

I need to print some posters for a forthcoming event.

Okay, before everybody starts running around like headless chickens, Jasmine Clark is right there. www.jasmine4ga.com

4 panel comic Panel 1: Purple Guy is yelling at Pink Guy: “What if Bluesky disappears, huh?” Panel 2: Purple Guy continues to rant “what are you gonna do without social media?” Panel 3: Pink Guy gets real close to Purple Guy’s ear Panel 4: Pink Guy whispers: “heal, bitch”

I hear bluesky is dying. thank god

mayan calendar, caption: "my doomsday calculator says the world ended 10 years ago"

MrBeast claims sexual harassment accuser is "clout chasing" MrBeast claims sexual harassment accuser is "clout chasing"

A former employee sued Beast Industries, claiming she was subject to a hostile work environment.

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

it is a minor event in the whole scheme of things but that white house photo of all the grinning white guys standing in front of the women’s tennis team is just weird not even mentioning the ted cruz looking dude

‘I’ve become stronger:’ Leqaa Kordia on life after ICE detention One month after her release from ICE detention, Leqaa Kordia remains determined to challenge injustice. In an interview with Mondoweiss, Kordia discusses her arrest, the stories of the women she met in...

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Disney Promises ‘Star Wars’ Fans A New Era Of Blind Stabs At What They Seemed To Like Before

Disney Promises ‘Star Wars’ Fans A New Era Of Blind Stabs At What They Seemed To Like Before theonion.com/disney-promises-star-war...

what is glaring is that her question was about harm the Times coverage has done (one example: cited by anti-trans lawmakers) and the response sidesteps the issue of harm. where is the acknowledgement that trans people might exist beyond being objects of their coverage? not here.

I also recommend @simonbowland.bsky.social, who has lettered multiple projects I’ve written. I’ve been delighted by the results every time. Simon’s skill, talent, professionalism and responsiveness are all top-notch.

Get you some Bowland lettering, editors.

In a comic book panel John Constantine, the Hellblazer, sits at a bar with the personification of Death as a smiling goth girl. John says, "It's like you can't say anythin' anymore! That's the theme a' my Netflix special, Literally Eviscerated By The Woke!" Death says, "Huh, okay. Hey, have you seen satire? Because I have to take it to the afterlife. Because satire is dead." A QR code is captioned, "A Kilowog-core Edit".

Satire requested a very silly funeral.

(Art sampled from "John Constantine: Hellblazer: Dead in America" Vol. 1 #11 by Simon Spurrier, Aaron Campbell, Jordie Bellaire, Steve Wands, Chris Conroy, and Matthew Levine. Edits: Dialogue.)

This is insane, tinpot authoritarian shit.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

Reminder that you are not getting all of the info, even in scientific journals, as they are being censored and throttled.

fuck sam altman forever for taking away the last places where we could engage in good faith: the creative arts, which should be a testament to human ingenuity. i am so mad that everything i read or listen to or admire is now tainted with doubt. do you understand? he is a thief of joy and i HATE HIM

"uhhhhmmmmsorry, but you can only sit at my table if you're blocked by Why"

It's even funnier that the code to create Why's whiny blocklist is almost certainly just as high quality as the vibecoded slop that creates trending topics lists.

It was the Busta Rimes, it was the Wusta Rhymes.

let's start calling the section of bluesky that's blocked by team bluesky something else. like blocksky but maybe something better.

I want to talk briefly about INVINCIBLE and Kirkman and how uh poorly he has written some characters and character interactions, but also how he fixed some things and pulled out of what I think was trying to be edgy low dip.

Spoilers for INVINCIBLE if you have not seen the show/comic

Can we talk about how harassment and borderline stalking of trans women by gender critical activists has become entirely normalised?

Why can’t a trans woman do a bloody Parkrun without having her privacy violated and her data amassed on a website?!

Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data

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I am tired of shitty people ruining the world. Aren't you?