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Many candidates are mudslinging in the run up to the #midterms. It’s embarrassing! Did you know that candidates are incentivized to mudsling under choose-one voting? STAR Voting and Approval Voting are two voting methods that incentivize consensus-building! Try them for yourself: buff.ly/wWQ6dg9

In today's episode of "still not a drag queen"...

Severe weather tracking was better on Xitter thanks to being where the meteorologists, weather geeks, and chasers all congregated, and they've either not left or scattered across alt platforms. And like any ongoing events, random people were there, too. ​All that to say: fuck Elon Musk.

Misappropriated spending by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office includes $4,070 to train and test whether to buy a horse, $3,259 for car washes and $1,261 in travel expenses to research buying a boat — for deputies who work in the desert. With @azluminaria.org

I guess I'm extra frustrated because I can think up all these ideas of how to improve systems with all the data at our disposal, and I've always assumed The World Sucks because implementing those ideas was hard. Well, if it's supposedly so much easier to implement, why world still suck?

Not to mention a couple of nasty kernel bugs wreaking havoc in the HPC arena.

Martha is a delight as a human being and (obviously) a delight as a storyteller, so you should go see her on tour if you can.

it’s simple. Dems need to 1. prepare retaliatory gerrymanders in every blue state now that the VRA has been overturned 2. pack the court (and prosecute Thomas/alito) in 2029 I will only even *consider* primary candidates who support both of the above going forward

Amazing work, everyone. Merrell has joined the Conservation Alliance to help save the US Forest Service and they’re not alone. Several other brands have stepped up too. Your pressure is working. Thank you!

China always wins. And why is that? Because China thinks beyond the fast buck. China invests in R & D. They analyze and prepare for future markets. China looks and plans forward, not ass backwards.

"Simultaneously, 80 percent of NEH staff were laid off." Yet again a student newspaper does the work of reporting on National Endowment for the Humanities grant AND staff terminations. Bonus with this one, it's full of personal stories and reflections on this "modern iconoclasm." Thank you. #NEH

In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces. 249 years later, we have this idiot.

I’m sorry he got so blackout drunk they had to ask for SWAT door busting equipment?!

When my wife first started to have afib, her doctor insisted it was "anxiety" and prescribed her Zoloft. She kept going to the ER and insisting something was wrong. Eventually, she got a doctor who listened and actually checked. She was having a mild heart attack.

NEW: A cop who chased, shot, and killed a young father in 2021—and then started training new recruits after avoiding firing—is accused of violating CPD policies over an unreported vehicle chase last year. One of the car's passengers was killed, and Evan Solano is still on duty in the 16th District:

It's a good thing to be critical of elected leaders. Not just good; it's necessary. Democracy does not defend itself.

Is it any wonder? I have always been a huge fan of Dolly Parton. We're the same age, same height, share the same values, but she can sing better. And she has more Grammys. I've always wanted to meet her!

This infuriating attitude shows up on the bookshelves in learning environments, too. We expect girls to empathize with boys, but we kneecap every opportunity to let boys empathize with girls. And look where we are.

Splashdown is at 8:07:08 pm EDT. Watch at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...

In his first 100 days, Zohran Mamdani has: -Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by gig companies -Cracked down on predatory landlords -Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program -Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets This is what leadership looks like.

UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Leo shelved plans to visit America. Some officials saw their reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

We need more American leaders to speak with this moral clarity, not violent and dangerous threats.

Just thought the exact same thing. Posts that apology and didn’t even mention Dawn Staley’s name on top of all that. 🤦‍♂️

"All we say to America is, 'Be true to what you said on paper.'" These words — spoken by MLK Jr. shortly before he was killed on this day in 1968 — ring just as true now. Let's honor his legacy by continuing the fight for social and economic justice.

See ALA's full statement: www.ala.org/news/2026/04...

NEW: The President once again called to eliminate federal library funding in his federal budget proposal. We have been here before. And when we make our voices heard, we can overcome this again. Tell your Senators to reject the cuts & #FundLibraries in next year's federal budget: ala.org/showup

“Sure all those people would still be alive, but have you considered how I would have felt bad about myself for filling the little bubble on the private ballot next to the person who I find imperfect”

Job description: applicants must confuse the center of the Overton Window with impartiality and fact-based reporting.

The Trump admin's new EO would also require DHS to compile a list of verified U.S. citizens in each state who are eligible to vote. Such a list is likely to remove eligible voters and perpetuate a false narrative about the security of our elections. Read more about the tool ⬇️

I think we're frozen in place because of HIM, in some way. Because we can't react to him correctly. There's a normal chain of cause and effect that's supposed to take place when someone does all the bad things he's done and it keeps not happening and it's breaking everything else in the world

The US Department of War Crimes.

Spoiler: It's because he and his boss are racist and sexist pieces of shit

Pervasive political corruption makes it particularly urgent for Congress to pass policies addressing self-dealing by top government officials and the private sector’s power over the electoral process. bit.ly/4v4xuQy