Listen to the latest from @revealnews.org, on a harrowing journey to deliver aid to Gazans: “We were at gunpoint; like, you could see the laser on our chest.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The hate crime charge against Alexa Wilkinson for photographing vandalism of the New York Times building is a dangerous precedent, no matter what you think of Wilkinson.
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Thanks for the shout out! :)
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
And if you subscribe to Hyperallergic you'll see that we ran a report on the rise of NYC's clowning culture a whole year ago! hyperallergic.com/932760/insid...
Please use alt text when posting illustrations or photos or other images. I realize it feels like an inconvenience if you didn't ever do it at the other place, but folks who need it are a zillion times more inconvenienced every single day.
Any US-based museum workers out there interested in speaking with me about their workplace protocols for immigration enforcement-related searches, send me a message or DM me for a story! Anonymous tips welcome!!
NYC Mayor Eric Adams has been reluctant to abandon his reelection bid — but an influential post in Trump’s administration could incentivize him to bow out.
Funeral held for Anas al-Sharif and other journalists killed in Israeli strike
Trump’s plan to rig the 2026 midterms became crystal clear on Wednesday, as Texas Republicans introduced a new congressional redistricting map that would give their party five new seats in the US House, making it much more difficult for Democrats to retake the chamber next November.
they ended up updating the headline to "Even New York’s Strict Gun Laws Couldn’t Prevent the Midtown Shooting" but it's saved on Wayback Machine
The whooping cough vaccination rate for Washington state kindergartners in 2023-2024 was 90.2%, slightly below the U.S. rate of 92.3%.
But in 4 counties, the rate for children ages 19-35 months was around 30%.
In one county, it was below 12%.
(Published April)
There is currently an NWS flash flood warning in effect for all five boroughs of NYC.
But no City agency has posted it on this platform.
Please help spread the word.
“If you live in a basement apartment or low-lying area, be ready to move to higher ground.”
A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
Statement from @cairnational.bsky.social: "These posts represent the same Islamophobic playbook from the same bigots we see almost any time a Muslim runs for public office." (1/2)
When the California biotech firm filed for bankruptcy, there was one looming question for customers: What's going to happen to my data?
read this report!! by @isafarfan.bsky.social regarding Mahmoud Khalil's imprisonment by immigration officials and its connections to his suspension by Columbia University last spring theintercept.com/2025/03/19/c...
This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages
Nvm! Found it!!
Hi! Can you link a source for this statement ? Looking online!
🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this exactly what Musk did at Twitter?
Tariffs are taxes.
"Trump insists that tariffs are paid for by foreign countries. In fact, its is importers — American companies — that pay tariffs, and the money goes to U.S. Treasury. Those companies, in turn, typically pass their higher costs on to their customers in the form of higher prices."
Our latest scoop: Government tech workers are having to defend their projects to random Elon Musk bros.
A recent high school graduate and former Neuralink intern has been joining meetings to review lines of code and other work history of career public servants, sparking chaos. wrd.cm/40SsDVz
