Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

I had the opportunity to confront Pete Hegseth's bigoted spiritual mentor, Pastor Doug Wilson, and call him out on his history of hate, his misreading of the Bible, his hijacking of Jesus, and his cosplay Crusading.

It was worth it.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is grounded after launching satellite into the wrong orbit Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin is blaming a bad engine for a failed launch that left a satellite in the wrong orbit, dooming it.

Turns out Bezos is not a rocket scientist

Blue Origin rocket grounded after launching satellite into wrong orbit

flip.it/uR9Ykh

As Zohran Mamdani kicks back rent-free in the roomy head of Chip Roy, Roy has introduced a bill, designed to marginalize people based on their origins, their religion, AND their politics, that would make McCarthy blush. Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
thehill.com/homenews/hou... @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

guy outside a house-fire: I'm so SO sorry I ever helped the arsonist, I never wanted this!

me: ok. I guess it's good you know that now...wait. what DID you want?

guy: I wanted him to use a LIGHTER not MATCHES

me:

guy: you like me now

me:

guy: where's your house?

guy: stop running away!

On the 3rd Day God created earth, but it took @gregabbott to make sure Texas is #1 in Pollution. Today Texas emits more greenhouse gases than any other state in the US! It's time to clean up Texas! It's time for GINA! @ginafortexas

Absolutely idiotic comment, but especially from a douchebro like this. Dude isn't even the "dominant predator" at an Applebee's!

Insane corruption.

And if Lutnick is profiting from the end of tariffs you can bet Trump is getting a taste.

Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.

The corruption is just stunning.

www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

Five Trump Scandals You’ve Probably Missed Swirling scandals—from the Pentagon to DHS to the IRS to the Labor Department—that represent basic betrayals of public office, trust, and confidence-in-leadership that should be the table stakes of go...

Washington can only pay attention to a scandal or two at a time, which means in the Trump age there are all sorts of should-be-big-deal scandals that don’t get the oxygen or media focus that they should.

I'll bet you've missed at least three of these: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-trump...

Like, my single biggest issue with the Democrats is that THE DEMOCRATS don't seem to be al that concerned with opposing the Republicans.

Google should sue the bejeezus out of any company that launches these as IP/copyright infringement, ESP Meta, since it was them that sabotaged Google Glass. (Not endorsing Google Glass as any more of a worthwhile product, mind you, just calling out the ratfuckery.)

Brutal Chaos at DHS Laid Bare as Top CBP Official Quits CBP’s Office of the Chief Medical Officer is leaderless for the third time since the role was created in 2020.

The chief medical officer at Customs and Border Protection has resigned, leaving the crucial role empty for the third time in roughly three years.

I'm thinking "everyone" is doing a whole lot of heavy lifting here. They had to revamp their entire O365 subscription model to offer a version WITHOUT Copilot because so many of us bailed when the price went up/Copilot was forced on us.

Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.

"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.

I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).

So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

MAHA

www.bakerinstitute.org/research/rea...

In you go, Caitlyn!

An NYT headline reading: Homeland Security Expands Deportation Fleet With High-End Jets

My headline from April 15 reading: Water is wet, and DHS's 'deportation fleet' boondoggle expands under Markwayne

The hed and dek of my story from February reading: ICE FLIGHTS Noem's luxury 'deportation' jet is the tip of the ICE-berg Kristi Noem's DHS has acquired at least nine new aircraft in recent weeks, with another one on the way. Half are luxury jets. Gillian Brockell 26 Feb 2026 - 9 min read

Hey @nytimes.com, I already reported this earlier this week.

And the G650s you mention? I reported on those in FEBRUARY.

You credit NBC News and WSJ for first reporting parts of your story. Please credit me, too.

Screenshotted excerpt from linked article reading as follows: "In public, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has cultivated a reputation for care and caution. The papers reveal a different side of him. At a critical moment for the country and the court, the papers show, he acted as a bulldozer in pushing to stop Mr. Obama’s plan to address the global climate crisis. When colleagues warned the chief justice that he was proposing an unprecedented move, he was dismissive. “I recognize that the posture of this stay request is not typical,” he wrote. But he argued that the Obama plan, which aimed to regulate coal-fired plants, was “the most expensive regulation ever imposed on the power sector,” and too big, costly and consequential for the court not to act immediately."

OOP

New York Times got receipts on John Roberts being like, 'I know this isn't how anything works, but a Democratic president is about to implement a policy!!'

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

How's he supposed to do that when the man can barely read?

i think folks might be unfamiliar with "the pharisees", so let's make it clear: he's saying the jews run the press, and that they are conspiring to undermine the military. it's not just antisemitism, it's indistinguishable from nazism.

To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman.

Yes, that's the point.

It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.

bsky.app/profile/kore...

And Ripley said unto them, "I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

Congrats on “opening” a strait that was open six weeks ago, and all it cost was at least 13 dead service members, thousands of dead Iranian civilians, tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, our loss in global standing, and the Iranian regime’s increase in power. Phenomenal work.

Despicable fucking government.

and an apology from every news organization, journalist, and pundit that spent the last decade normalizing and sanewashing him.