Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored images, selected from more than 60,000 entries

See a collection of some winning and honored images from the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest:

Barack Obama joins Gavin Newsom to promote California Democrats’ effort to redraw US House maps | CNN Politics Former President Barack Obama urged voters to back California Democrats’ redistricting effort during a virtual event with Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday, framing the proposed constitutional amendment as ...

Former President Barack Obama urged voters to back California Democrats’ redistricting effort during an event with Gov. Gavin Newsom, framing the proposed constitutional amendment as a way to counter President Trump’s efforts to skew the 2026 midterm elections in his favor. https://cnn.it/4nokwIr

Mike Johnson Won’t Block House From Releasing Epstein Files, He Says—But Also Won’t Swear In Lawmaker To Be Decisive Vote The House speaker has refused to swear in newly elected congresswoman Adelita Grijalva, who would be the deciding vote on a petition to release the files.

The House speaker has refused to swear in newly elected congresswoman Adelita Grijalva, who would be the deciding vote on a petition to release the files.

Two important, loosely related, yearly reminders:

The moral of “Hocus Pocus” is, obviously, “Lose your virginity as young as possible,” and

“Russia, Russia, Russia!” was never a hoax, nevermind what Hocus POTUS says.

Remember: Republicans *could* unilaterally reopen the government.

Watchdog fails wrongly convicted owing to lack of forensic expertise, experts say Criminal Cases Review Commission faces criticism over its handling of several high-profile cases The miscarriage of justice watchdog is failing prisoners appealing against wrongful convictions because it does not have forensic expertise and will not engage with third parties who do, experts have claimed. Advisers to Inside Justice, a miscarriage of justice charity, say that the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) relies on legal professionals without a proper understanding of the science that underpins many convictions and appeals. Continue reading...

Watchdog fails wrongly convicted owing to lack of forensic expertise, experts say

Damn. Can you *imagine* how bad Russia’s attacks on Ukraine would be if Donald *hadn’t* ended the war between them 24 hours after taking office?!

Probably shouldn’t have fired that last BLS chief until you’d hand-picked a propagandist replacement, huh, Donald? Or, wait—holy shit, are *these* numbers the propaganda?!
My God! How bad must the *actual* numbers be, if these are the propaganda?!

Senator. Senator. Second-guessing the President is literally in your job description: You are—or, you’re supposed to fucking be—a check on unbridled executive power.

RULE ABOUT AMERICAN FLAGS:

If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail.

But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.

So Donald seized control of Union Station from Amtrak.

Give it a couple days and he'll rename DC "Trumpgrad."

The Internet used to be, like, 50% porn, 50% more or less useful stuff.

It's now, like, 33% porn, 33% AI slop, 33% advertising, and 1% more or less useful stuff nevertheless delivered on hideously designed sites.

When can we officially start mourning the death of the Internet? What comes next?

To be fair, little leaguers *are*, notoriously, drug mules, rapists, insane-asylum escapees, MS-13 members, and Home-Depot-loitering day-laborers.

Trump & Co. would like you to know THIS leak is ALSO only happening to make him look bad. Fucking deep state.

Of course it should. 🤷‍♂️

Governor of Mexican state says the US withdrew tourist visas from her and her husband | CNN The governor of the Mexican state of Baja California, which borders the US, said on social media Sunday that the United States withdrew tourist visas from her and her husband.

The governor of the Mexican state of Baja California says the United States has withdrawn tourist visas from her and her husband.

AOC: "We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces

For those keeping score at home…

(Source: @TheEconomist)

Canada invites 1,000 candidates in first express entry draw focused on education Canada conducted its first Express Entry draw targeting education professionals on May 1, 2025, inviting 1,000 candidates to apply for permanent residency. This initiative addresses critical teacher s...

American teachers, Canada wants you!
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Attacks on Judges Undermine Democracy, Warns Ketanji Brown Jackson Speaking to a judicial conference, the Supreme Court justice said attacks were designed to intimidate and influence.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest member, denounced on Thursday what she described as "relentless attacks" on judges, and an environment of harassment that "ultimately risks undermining our Constitution and the rule of law."

Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS?

…And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people?

Oh wait…🥴

Australia's prime minister wins second term, local broadcasters project It was an upset for the conservative party, whose campaign promises, including on immigration and government efficiency, were widely seen as emulating Donald Trump.

Australia’s incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has won a second term in a close general election, local broadcasters project.

The result is an upset for the conservative opposition, undermined at the ballot box by its association with Donald Trump.

Obama wears a tan suit, Fox News foams at the mouth for a week.

DoGE, not a real gov’t dept., hires a pubescent hacker fired by a previous employer for leaking secrets to a competitor & lets him access every American’s private information…Fox News obliquely asks him about the size of his genitals.

Hot take: No law/regulation *not* authored by full moral agents after sufficient deliberation can be binding. Nobody’s obligated to do anything in response to such a law/regulation—except to laugh at the idiots who ushered it into being, and to willfully ignore it or even violate the hell out of it.