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lol I have Pete Hegseth’s father (really) in my mentions about this post on the other site

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller May 22,1959

"They're calling it the greatest surrender in the history of our country, it's a surrender that frankly no one thought possible, and many people are saying, sir it's a new century of american something"

NEW EPISODE OF THE HELL GATE PODCAST Heading into a soggy Memorial Day weekend, we talk about mayoral Twitch stream, the Mangionistas & press credentials, a woman giving birth in Brooklyn criminal court, disappearing SROs, and our aspirations for this summer. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Nice thing is we can know exactly what it is, just check the prediction markets

Test your knowledge: How much does a regular gallon of gas now cost in Massachusetts? Take our Boston News Quiz and see if you know the answer.

~Kindly RSVP for May the twenty third, two thousand twenty six~ Yes [ ] Circumstances Pertaining to Government [ ]

While the weekend won't bring beach weather, there's no need to cancel your plans. While it will be significantly cooler at times, there will be plenty of bright spots.

Whatever’s wrong today, have you considered that 210 calories worth of Cape Cod original sea salt potato chips would fix it?

Palestinians, herded like cattle, themselves, facing the humiliating and very grueling system of checkpoints to and from the sheep market in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) ahead of the highest Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. 📸 Mosab Shawer

“circumstances pertaining to Government” is the most Achewood thing any president has ever said

Tomorrow is Disability Reproductive Equity Day, dedicated to promoting the bodily autonomy and dignity of disabled people. At RNG, we are committed to centering disability justice in our work, and we wanted to share some of our disability coverage with you. 🧵:

A great read about the absurd situation at Cornell and the more general alienation of those who run universities from those who work and study there

Something poetic of a Beatle closing out Colbert. The Beatles landing the U.S. in 1964 and played the Ed Sullivan show, which was filmed in the now-called Ed Sullivan Theater, where Colbert aired his show from. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8pbaGs7/

This entire series is some of the best journalism you’ll find. Vital.

The vibecession be like "go ahead. keep screaming 'We're Not In A Recession' at me. it only makes my consumer sentiment Worse."

idk guys feels pretty shitty for Tressie to block me for a reply to a longtime mutual with most minor and polite disagreement, but block whoever you want to block I guess

ICYMI Hailey is one of the coolest people I know and she is going through a lot due to her mom's cancer. :( I'd really appreciate it if you could spare $5 or $10 to help her out....

“Circumstances pertaining to Government” is a great excuse for not coming to an event because it’s kind of ambiguous as to whether you’re a spy or doing hard time

“International law is clear: Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal. Construction projects in the E1 area would be no exception. The E1 settlement development would divide the West Bank in two and mark a serious breach of international law.” www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

Look at this happy little ditch bouquet

talked in therapy today about how the constant promotion and celebration of GLP1s is fucking up my eating disorder and how weird the cultural silence is about that, so here I am talking about it

Yes please tell me more about what the smart and dumb people think

This is very much worth keeping an eye on

Meanwhile people are postulating it might be helpful for LC & my friends with LC who have requested it were denied by insurance. So basically they only push it on folks who don’t want it & deny it to those who want it

Why grant the premise like this? Say you’re going to nuke all this shit the second you’re back in power, not just for substantive reasons, but to create chilling effects around compliance.

i would never call a cop car "cool" but i can appreciate nice colors on a vehicle and i am a little fond of the old 80s and 90s Houston Police cruisers that were done in Oilers colors

spencer arrighetti is legitimately getting into ace territory if his stuff stays like this

"Hat tip: Meredith Shiner, who pointed to Mecklenburg’s detail to Durbin’s committee staff with suspicion and disgust months ago." - @capitolfax.bsky.social

why, is the war going poorly?

Gabbard's resignation letter cited her husband's cancer diagnosis as the reason for her departure, but (predictably) Reuters is now reporting: "A source familiar with the matter said that ​Gabbard had been forced out by the White House." www.reuters.com/world/us/gab...

At 18, River Ahmad survived a Taliban ambush by smearing her period blood on her face and playing dead. Now she's pushing for the summit of Everest, trying to become the first Afghan woman to do it. @arwadamon.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/an...

Trump has never been one to care about vows

Christian Romero sure went from quiet quitting to deafening quitting

also I gave three Hill editors/reporters this on Wednesday afternoon imagine getting a HOT TIP emergency call from me and sitting on it. but congrats to the SJC press person who had to field 15 reporter inquiries on Sheri Mecklenburg and the social person who had to swim through the shitstorm.

Half a million people out of SNAP benefits in Texas, alone. Many, if not most, kicked off, others, well, they just don’t want the, terrible, grueling hassle. You see how that works? 500,000 impoverished, disabled, ill and elderly folks, many children in one state, alone.

also as I said in February when this hire was made, it was appalling that Durbin would accept the detail appointment of Mecklenburg given that she was prosecuting Democratic officials in Illinois at the time of the initiation of her employment. This was unacceptable judgment from RJD from Day 1!

Charlene had an unexpected smash hit with her camptastic song "I've Never Been To Me". She followed it up with a duet with Stevie Wonder that ranted about sex, drugs, JFK, poor sportsmanship, TV, and spiritual decay. Radio stations banned it. My latest newsletter: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

The menstrual blood longevity startup will be founded by a dude lol mark my words

Sorry I don't mean to spike the football, but Dick Durbin's office NEVER wants to see me coming.

Jesus christ just say girls and gays this is taking forever

We’re gonna look back on this period like when everything had parkour in it for a year or two there.

I too am not attending Donald Trump Jr’s wedding, for the good of the country

SEE YOU NEXT TULSI haha lame, I suck

Spokane area ICE agent Jeremy Burlingame shared this tweet of a local arrest on his Twitter/X account which has just been discovered. There are many more repugnant tweets.

"A form of human and spiritual impoverishment," he calls it — before it is ever a political one.

Cardinal Pizzaballa, issued a statement on videos showing Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir abusing detained, bound flotilla activists, describing the images as “disturbing, but not surprising.” What troubles him, he says, is not the incident itself. It's what made it possible.

Why do we bash "dead-beat" dads for not being there for their kids but we never question if the child has bad vibes? Or if they're just unpleasant to be around?

Happy Friday, good people!

Following latest Trump admin tensions with Greenland, Sen Shaheen, ranking Foreign Relations Dem, announces an upcoming “bipartisan, all-woman congressional delegation to Canada, Greenland, Norway and Iceland” w/Murkowski, Gillibrand, Cortez Masto, Hassan, Lummis, Britt, & Hyde-Smith.

"They only know your name in the bigger markets / Never in the little markets, B markets, C markets, all of those is D markets." Get it? New York City, a "bigger market" comprised of pockets of diasporic communities, is where those B and C markets converge.

The fourth member of Trump's Cabinet to depart in the last 2 1/2 months

Possibly unpopular opinion: it would be worth having some harmless progressive think tank sinecures for people like Gabbard and RFK Jr. to prevent them from going full horseshoe

Marvin Gaye released the album “What’s Going On?” 55 years ago, today. Mercy, mercy me. youtu.be/_f5xq6vCQS8?...

FoxNews reports Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as Director of National Intelligence www.foxnews.com/politics/exc...

I’m so old #WorldGothDay was not a thing in my day but I’ll take any excuse to repost my essay about Christian Death, the most important US goth band & an important part of queer music history.

a caper movie about stealing art from the Vatican. we’re calling it JESUS HEIST.

Mothballed detention centers "pending reactivation?" Or possibly repurposed for other populations? In manufacture, "Just-in-Time" refers to having the exact right amount of inventory to keep production flowing smoothly. Versus "Just-in-Case" which emphasizes preparedness for unknowns over cost.

“I’ve been selected as the captain for Elon Musk’s first Mars mission!” “That’s great, sweetie. Now please finish your vegetables, we have to get your bath started soon if we want to get you to bed at a reasonable hour”

Three of the five Democratic candidates for governor of Maine have formed a ranked-choice alliance ahead of next month’s primary.

WHO raises Ebola public health risk to ‘very high’ in DR Congo “Speaking at Friday's news briefing in Geneva, Tedros said: "We are now revising our risk assessment to very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level."” www.bbc.com/news/article...

did something dumb xoxo 😘

Hate all you want I think it’s cute that we can all be part of this guy’s LARP

This is the space I have lived in for many years: "citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their govt," vs govt "equating protests with riots," "and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence." Thank you, Prof. Heidi Kitrosser for highlighting Judge Perry's decision.

More than 50 tall ships from across the world are docking in Boston Harbor this July. The last time the tall ships came was in 2017. Here's what to expect and keep in mind before you check out these grand ships.

10/10/25 troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their govt, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence. – Judge April Perry

Laura Loomer tweets that Tulsi Gabbard retirement is imminent. Do with that information what you will. 🤷‍♂️

On Tuesday, Park Slope lesbian bar Ginger's announced on Instagram that they would "cancel the majority of our DJ events" that they had planned for Pride Month. hellgatenyc.com/gingers-prid...

A bit of good news. US Ebola patient in Berlin hospital not critically ill, family tests negative www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Anti-Data Center Rebels in Texas Pray to Jesus to Keep Them Out By Dina Katgara In a state known for pro-business policies, some local activists are trying to block the big-money projects that power AI.

“Ebola outbreaks start and end between communities, and this is why the local engagement remains so central to the response,” Arenas said, adding ⁠that rumors ​stem from fear and a lack of trusted information. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

"Gaza did not have to look the way it looks. That is not a moral claim. It is an operational one." Andy Milburn warontherocks.com/the-operatio...

Gautam Mukunda brings in the late Thomas P. Hughes, a historian of science and technology, "who argued that the pace of electrification was set by the slowest piece of the system, not by the bulb." @gmukunda.bsky.social Mukunda points to a parallel with AI companies who are desperate for compute.

Since 2003, Israel has killed at least a dozen Americans with U.S. tax dollars.

Iran continues to act like they’re fully confident that Trump lacks the political will to do anything, and they continue to be right.

The reaction to this post, almost exactly half way between the super bowl and the start of the 2026 season, confirms that Bluesky is indeed the sports app.

Lexington got a surprise today.

Remember when white men discovered that Mariah Carey's black? I have a prediction for you!

Melissa hits the Texas angle on the head. It is also important to note that when Trump became president, some number of people from the Texas AG's office went on to work in the national AG's office to undertake the exact same playbook:

Lemme tell you what’s actually pretty high on the list of things that “will not get me to let Sam Altman scan my eyeballs”

I see this behavior a lot in science. There's something important we don't understand, a challenge to existing models or knowledge, and a ton of people immediately come forward to say "that's not a challenge because I have a possible explanation". Which is not the same as the correct explanation.

It's wild to see the arguments people are making up in their heads about this post (and a couple of subsequent ones) that contains only short, declarative sentences

RFK Jr. says the most effective treatment for Ebola is a diet of whale heads and raccoon penises, combined with regular baths in raw sewage.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 May Politico House rejected legislation to advance construction of Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum after a partisan battle broke out over whether to include trans women. House Dems remained united against anti-trans Rep measure.

really dumb q but is foreign media doing as bad as u.s. journalism is? like are european or latin american newspapers in as bad of shape as the us media industry? i assume it depends on a lot but i am curious

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 May Guardian As expected, long-awaited rules from UK Equality and Human Rights Comsn says toilets England, Wales and Scotland must exclude trans men and women, but gender-neutral options must be provided. Of course using them outs you but that's "equality" in the UK.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 May HuffPo House Reps pass bill forcing public schools to out trans students to parents with EIGHT Dems: Henry Cuellar (TX), Donald Davis (NC), Cleo Fields (LA), Laura Gillen (NY), Vicente Gonzalez (TX), Marcy Kaptur (OH), Marie Perez (WA), Eugene Vindman (VA).

hey why don’t you just stab me in the heart

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 May MaineStar State officials determined Maine ballot measure to restrict trans kids kids' access to bathrooms and sports is 500 short of the minimum bec. more 12,000 signatures appear to have been collected improperly. mainemorningstar.com/2026/05/21/d...

This is just science fiction for potential SpaceX investors (no shade to Gizmodo)

lol I wonder who’s the person blazing up in a Prius right next to the playground. The toddler asked, “What’s that smell mama?”

qué torpe distracción, qué dulce sensación www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPid...

The formation of galactic disks is a surprisingly tough topic to understand. In a great paper, UCI grad student Olti Myrtaj shows how and why the Milky Way disk undergoes 3 distinct phases (chaotic -> thick disk -> thin disk). A thin disk requires a virialized inner CGM and slow(er) gas accretion. 🧪

if you live in Houston go to Blue Willow, Brazos Bookstore, Basket Books & Art or literally anywhere other than Barnes & Noble

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 May Advocate Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce advanced bill restricting discussions of gender ideology” and “discriminatory equity ideology” --i.e. transgender, race, or DIE -- in American classrooms. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 May Reuters Fed appeals court declines to stop order by TX judge that RI Hospital to turn over trans kids' medical record to him under seal while DOJ case works through the appellate process. ACLU indicates it will appeal. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller May 23 ,1949

Update: the first one to be truly ripe was delicious 🥹

Omg, someone foster this little coven

“Oooh Rumpelsmoothskin” has to be one of the greatest lines in the history of verse, props to Sir Mix-a-Lot