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This ain’t about abortion, it’s about punishing folks who can’t afford private care and women who dare to demand control over their own bodies.

Shutting down clinics means more undiagnosed cancer, more untreated STIs, and more folks left out here with nowhere to turn.

black and white photograph of Watergate hotel in 1972. exterior, the main hotel sign is visible at left and the hotel curves up next to it like a dated vision of the future.

Happy Anniversary to the Republican Party!

GOP tax bill would cost poor Americans $1,600 a year and boost highest earners by $12,000, CBO says The Republican tax bill approved by the House would cost the poorest Americans roughly $1,600 a year while increasing the income of the wealthiest households by an average of $12,000 annually.

Let’s all get excited for the Republican party’s Big, Beautiful Tax Hike on people who work for a living. Remember, it’s patriotic to give your earnings to the wealthy! apnews.com/article/trum...

beautiful! i love how you have expressed your own style while still honoring Wendy’s character design. bravo!

INTERVIEW: ‘Murderbot’ Showrunners Paul And Chris Weitz Discuss The Making Of The Series And Potential Future Seasons Nexus Point News sat down with the Weitz brothers to explore how Murderbot made the leap from page to screen, the creative challenges they faced, their inspirations, and what audiences can expect from...

www.nexuspointnews.com/post/intervi...

Brian?
Wait, no – Garp!

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:

“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

It's crazy to discover how many people believe they love you, but will walk all over you when they know you have no way to hold them accountable, and no means of fighting back ♿

You’re not wrong. But it is a choice to enforce that which is easy to measure, rather than what is a danger. The danger is distracted, impaired, or reckless driving. Speed is just a subset.

If we put governors on cars, can we also _please_ mandate blocking messaging apps while in moving cars?

ICE has again deported a US citizen child with cancer. No medical provisions were made, a violation of ICE policy.

This is systemic cruelty backed by a psychopath in chief.

a badly needed chuckle:

beautiful aurora borealis video:

Six Centuries of Type & Printing: New Edition Help create an affordably priced version of this book that spans 600 years of the history of typography, type casting, and printing

a little visibility for Glenn Fleishman’s Six Centuries of Type and Printing kickstarter. so close to being over the finish line! if you love history and/or typography, check out this project and consider backing it.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...

US senator traveling to El Salvador to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland announced Tuesday night that he will travel to El Salvador to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's condition.

US senator traveling to El Salvador to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia | Click on the image to read the full story

Price of bagged coffee at our local Market Basket is up about 10% over last month.

Call me crazy but I don't think it should cost $150,000 to $200,000 walk again, especially if there's only a 50/50 chance it will work.

But imagine if I lived in a place where they invested in healthcare. Logically they'd get 25-30 more years of work out of me. It would pay for itself 20x over.

we saw one pickup truck flying a trump flag drive around the block to pass us an extra time. then it vanished. we wondered if he was just driving to each town rally in turn.

Fourth Circuit panel, including conservative icon J. Harvie Wilkinson, unanimous in rejecting Trump administration position in case of El Salvador abductee Abrego Garcia.

i’m less worried about speed than about paying attention. as a motorcyclist i’ve seen a terrifying increase in inattentive driving since smartphones became standard equipment for americans.

i’d like to see some actual enforcement of distracted driving laws.

Trump says Federal Reserve should cut rates as markets plunge after tariffs – US politics live US economic council head denies tariffs were part of strategy to crash financial markets and pressure fed to cut interest rates

Trump is really leaning into the mafia extortion racket thing:
“They want to talk but there’s no talk unless they pay us a lot of money on a yearly basis.”

Mafia nickname: ‘Donald “RICO” Trump’

www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

5:10 am in Kyiv.
Explosions.
Kyiv is under ballistic missiles’ attack.

erika hall is smarter than i am. you should follow her.

The Senator from CT nails it: Trump's tariffs are "a means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief." Which is all of them.

Sometimes you just have to ask—why? The Senate voted to strike down a rule capping most bank overdraft fees at $5, a measure introduced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that was expected to save Americans billions each year.

Google makes Android development private, will continue open source releases Google says this change will simplify things for developers and OEMs.

Today in "Android is Open": Android development work in AOSP will now be private. This is done to reduce Google's costs.
Google says "this will allow developers to focus on supporting their apps"… weak sauce.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

Screenshot of a MacOS notification. It says: Login Item Added "FigmaAgent" will open automatically when you log in. You can manage extensions in Login Items & Extensions.

Figma quietly installed some sort of background process during an update. This is not your Mac, @figma.com Product Managers! Do not install things without user permission. NOT OK.

(Thanks, macOS, for telling me when an app does this particular anti-pattern.)

DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next Google says government proposals would “harm America’s consumers.”…

It’s adorable that DOJ thinks there is a chance in heck of this happening. arstechnica.com/google/2025/...

science is faith. it is a faith of doubt, questioning, evidence, empiricism, and change.

science is my religion.

America’s Slumlord in Chief is making sure he never has to deal with uppity tenants again.