RK Young

The Real Path to Abundance - Boston Review To deliver plentiful housing and clean energy, we have to get the story right about what’s standing in the way.

Sandeep Vaheesan calls for a Real Path to Abundance, i.e. "a serious revival of New Deal politics, not a doubling down on the ethos of neoliberalism—however appealingly rebranded."

Long, worthwhile read.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

New Helene documentary provides another wake-up call • NC Newsline “Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Warning,” should be required viewing and listening for all elected leaders and average Americans.

New Helene documentary provides another wake-up call ncnewsline.com/2025/05/23/n... (audio commentary) #ncpol #npr #pbs

A line of BYD’s Dolphin Surf electric vehicles at a launch event in Paris

Chinese car group BYD has sold more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla for the first time www.ft.com/content/53ec...

FAIR WARNING: It’s ground squirrel kiddo season and excessive cuteness levels may occur or be occurring 🌿

Imagine how we would view this if it was happening in another country

#Caturday

Trump’s movie tariffs are designed to destroy the international film industry Vague and grandstanding as the US president’s messaging may be, it has serious ramifications which could wipe out large sections of the film business

Tariffs being applied to service industries is something we've never tried because if other countries started doing that the US economy would collapse since we're mostly service-based.

A fatal wound blown open, once that door is opened it can't be closed.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...

Coal miners lose safety nets as black lung programs collapse under Trump A decades-old program operated by NIOSH to detect lung disease in coal miners is one of the federal programs that have been suspended.

Bad time to rely on government healthcare. #inhumane www.fastcompany.com/91320718/coa...?

So the “women in space” sending the message that young girls belong in STEM was……bullshit ?

In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books

We need to stop thinking of the orange menace as stupid. He is not stupid, he is lawless. So the question should always be— what does he stand to gain? (And you can be certain it’s personal.)

One is made a national story every single week and the other is shhhhh.....

I Should Have Seen This Coming When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won...

David Brooks nailing it. Please tell me you *have* read 1984
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

a friend sent me this one

DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.

SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data.

Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.

www.wired.com/story/doge-h...

You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere. People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—and what they fear he will do next.

The message is: crowd large.

Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.

Events like this puncture that delusion.

The image is a screenshot of a social media post by Very Finnish Problems (@VFi ...), posted 6 hours ago. The post reads: "This made me laugh a lot harder than it should have." Below the post, there is a three-panel comic strip from sadanduseless.com. In the first panel, a woman asks, "Wanna hear a joke?" In the second panel, Donald Trump responds, "Sure." The woman then says, "GREENLAND," to which Trump replies, "I don’t get it." In the third panel, the woman says, "YOU SAID IT," with a surprised expression.

Good one!

Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.

Torbie Cat faceplant sleeping on a white cushion

Faceplant of the day

3 lessons in allyship from Lady Gaga Lady Gaga shows that true allyship is not performative but an ongoing, active commitment to justice.

Lady Gaga — a continuous Ally for humans www.fastcompany.com/91306429/lad...

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Trump golf trips since his inauguration have likely cost more than $18M The estimate came from a HuffPost analysis.

Your tax dollars at “work”https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/03/20/trump-golf-costs-inauguration/

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Mural on a wall with a peace sign and the words "just love everybody, y'all means all."

Hell yeah, Austin.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is meeting this perilous moment in American history — taking an exceptional stand for ALL of us.

The United States is a nation in crisis, and Sen. Booker is standing and speaking out in fierce opposition to an onslaught of evils being perpetrated by the…

Here's what happens to your student loan if the Department of Education disappears If the Trump administration moves student loans to the Small Business Administration, where does that leave borrowers?

If you or someone you live has student loans, read this. www.fastcompany.com/91306787/wha...

Opinion | RFK Jr. Is Already Vindicating His Critics Shrinking HHS makes sense, but giving power to antivaccine crusader David Geier doesn’t.

Wall Street Journal editorial board:

"Our worst fears about Mr. Kennedy are coming true..."

www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...