Tom Johnson

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JD Vance, the US vice-president, and his wife, Usha, were met with a chorus of boos at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center on Thursday while attending a classical music concert.

Donald Trump’s administration has started to remove or downgrade mentions of the climate crisis across the US government.

Websites for several major departments have pulled down references to anything related to the climate crisis.

See the thread below for some of the changes so far:

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You've probably seen terms like PFAS and microplastics in a lot of news stories recently, often in the context of frightening studies showing just how prevalent they are in everyday items.

One of the most frequent questions I see in our comment section is: "What can I actually do to avoid them?"

Trans people in US federal prisons face brutal crackdown under Trump order Advocates report harassment and loss of gender-affirming care as trans women face transfers to men’s prisons

I've collected accounts from trans folks inside US prisons facing Trump's brutal crackdown: trans women rounded up + placed in solitary before transfer to men's prisons; canceled medical appointments + loss of vital healthcare; vicious taunting

"You're going to be a man," one guard told trans women

Trump has suggested dismantling Fema, a move that would cut off aid that has largely helped support Republican-leaning states like Louisiana and Florida that voted for him in last year’s US presidential election.

Good stuff, Teddy! Made me reevaluate my daily dose of elderberry

This is my periodic rant that Apple Intelligence is so bad that today it got every fact wrong its AI a summary of @washingtonpost.com news alerts.

It's wildly irresponsible that Apple doesn't turn off summaries for news apps until it gets a bit better at this AI thing.

‘Running to danger and saving lives’: 1,100 incarcerated firefighters are on the LA frontlines The jobs are highly coveted, offering training and reduced sentences, but face criticism over low wages

There are now 1,100+ incarcerated firefighters on the LA frontlines, including 50+ youth.

The jobs are highly coveted - some of the most meaningful activities available in CA prison, but they risk their lives for $5-10 a day. Several have died in recent yrs + many struggle to get jobs after prison.

Melania’s $40m Amazon deal: another sign Bezos is capitulating to Donald Trump | Margaret Sullivan Sadly, the Amazon-Melania deal has much the same flavor as the rest of Trump appeasement moves – not just by Bezos but by others of his ilk

With Amazon’s $40 million deal for a Melania documentary, Jeff Bezos turns up the Trump supplication and it’s pretty dark. You know what dies in darkness. New from me in @us.theguardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/10/melania-trump-amazon-documentary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job. So I have decided to leave the Post.” — @anntelnaes.bsky.social

Here’s why some billionaires are going soft on Trump

‘People feel drained’: anti-Trump Americans face temptation to tune out The president-elect’s first term brought a wave of protest. This time, visitors to New York’s Washington Square Park are struggling for energy to resist

link to the original story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

A screenshot of a Reddit a comment that says: I tuned out. Unfollowed every news outlet, every reporter, canceled my subscriptions ect When he won in 16 I wanted to know everything I wanted to be informed I wanted to make sure I knew why I hated him and why this was horrible. It made me depressed, it made me drink a lot and I didn’t even realize it but I was so upset about the state of the country that I didn’t wanna live it in soberly most of the time. I refuse to live that way again. I’m gonna vote like always, I’m gonna look up policies when it’s election time. But I’m not arguing with anyone, I’m not gonna let these fuckers get me mad, I’m angry not sad this time but I’m being mindful that anger doesn’t have to be my constant driving force like depression was back then. I just know that for the next four years the only thing I care about it my life and my wellbeing and hopefully we make it to another election where something changes

A highly upvoted Reddit (r/politics) comment reacting to our story on anti-Trump Americans tuning out the news

‘I’m terrified I’ll be executed’: Trump win could bring spree of death row killings The ex-president has allegedly floated hangings and televised killings, and called for the deaths of drug dealers

Trump carried out more federal executions than the past 10 presidents combined. 40 ppl on death row are now in danger, many asking Biden for clemency.

“The majority of people here become better men for themselves, their family and friends and supporters” -Billie Allen, at risk of execution, told me

Remember Nuzzel? A similar news-aggregating tool now exists for Bluesky The creator of Sill says "the death of the link" has had disastrous consequences for journalism, art, and the web. His free social media tool entered public beta on Friday.

Nuzzel was such a timesaver and one the tools I’d always recommend to others in the newsroom. So excited to for this!

Revealed: trans rights case at US supreme court features doctors previously discredited by judges Tennessee relied on doctors rebuked by courts for inexperience and bias to defend its trans healthcare ban

NEW: the trans healthcare ban before the US Supreme Court rests on a group of doctors who have repeatedly been discredited and dismissed by judges as unqualified, inexperienced + biased “experts” spreading religious doctrine and misinformation.

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Now that’s a subskeet

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The real test of Bluesky’s new power is whether someone on here will finally do a nuclear take that ends their career.

The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

Hi everyone.

The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.

We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.

We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.

I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.

“This is something we have been considering for a while given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism.”

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles

Why we’re no longer posting on X from official Guardian accounts:

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