Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.

Image is edited on top of the image released by NASA/JPL Caltech

NASA saves Voyager 1 mission by successfully reviving frozen thrusters from almost 24 billion kilometers away

This is how geologists collect lava samples from an active volcano.

Video credit: USGS

State violence is a public health crisis.

people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research

AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."

Riley: Don’t tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you are doing is shitting on the middle class

Laura Loomer‘s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

May she reap what she sows tenfold, murderous coward.

My God. Please make sure everyone you know knows this.

ICYMI: “Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social has filed a bill to ban law enforcement officers in Tennessee, including ICE, from wearing masks while making arrests (and ID themselves) — the “Stop American Gestapo Act” www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

For real tho…

A reminder, in case you need one, that women are incredible athletes

US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.

they want you sick and preferably dead www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

As a sociologist, here’s my question:
If you want to burn Teslas but not Harry Potter books… ask yourself why.

In this episode of The Scenic Route, we unpack the UK Supreme Court ruling that tries to reduce womanhood to chromosomes—and the billionaire ‚feminist’ backing it.

ppl keep mistaking Jurassic Park for a survival film against dinosaurs when it's actually a survival film against startup culture

A screenshot of a Reuters article stating that the US FDA suspended milk quality test workforce cuts.

Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.

It's not that the people following Trump's orders made a mistake. It's that if the Constitution had been followed, the mistake wouldn't have happened.

Trump may have immunity. But anyone else who knowingly denied someone due process, should receive some due process of their own.

Trans military voices are loud, proud and courageous! Thank you for your service. We see you and won’t let you be erased

Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign to Remove Pro-Palestine Posts on Facebook and Instagram A sweeping crackdown on posts on Instagram and Facebook that are critical of Israel—or even vaguely supportive of Palestinians—was directly orchestrated by the government of Israel, according to inter...

🚨A sweeping crackdown on posts on Instagram and Facebook that are critical of Israel—or even vaguely supportive of Palestinians—was directly orchestrated by the government of Israel, according to internal Meta data obtained by @dropsitenews.com
www.dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-dat...

Safety through Solidarity by Shane Burley, Ben Lorber: 9781685890919 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Two activist journalists present a progressive, intersectional approach to the vital question: What can we do about antisemitism? Antisemitism is on the rise today. From synagogue shootings by white ...

Since Trump is attacking universities under the pretense of fighting antisemitism, I want to recommend this book by @benlorber8.bsky.social and @shaneburley.bsky.social. A must-read if you want to learn how antisemitism works and how to actually fight it.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741043...

We were JUST talking about this, y'all.

a man with glasses says i just stopped in front of a pinkvilla logo Alt: a man with glasses says i just stopped in front of a pinkvilla logo

The FDA has halted a fucking shit ton of research! 🧵

Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.

This is the literal destruction of knowledge.

Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...

The administration is telling us that tariffs are the tool to a winning economy. And I’m saying, innovation is the tool!

I want to innovate my way to that future, instead of berating the American consumer who has to pay the price for this policy.

Worth noting that "taking US citizens to other countries without trial" is explicitly condemned in *the US Declaration of Independence*

Tesla Sitting On Thousands Of Unsold Cybertrucks As It Stops Accepting Its Own Cars As Trade-Ins - Jalopnik Tesla can't find buyers for the current backlog of nearly 2,400, or $200 million worth of Cybertrucks, despite claiming over a million orders were received.

www.jalopnik.com/1829010/tesl...

DOGE Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on reducing federal property. All they said was “fire sale” this, “fire sale” that. Meanwhile, they’re lighting all of this s**t on fire — while their incompetent leader wastes millions of taxpayer dollars golfing, all while steering us towards a recession.