And the first wave of holiday lights and decorations arrive, along with the first of our seasonal door guardians.

What we're dealing with AI bots scraping the site to volume equating to DDoS attack. Normally we expect a couple hundred members and a few thousand guests at one time. AI scrapers have slowed the site so only 28 members online because there's 91000(!) "guests" making the site unusable.

Coyote vs. Acme was a lot of fun. Also, the animated Dr. Peter Lorre! forward.com/culture/film...

Peter Lorre, decades after ‘Casablanca,' is the breakout star of ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’

Dr. Lorre returns as a hero this time

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Conservatives who have long pushed for Medicaid work requirements often said vulnerable people would get a pass. But the federal government's list of exemptions left off homeless people. n.pr/4w4pkH0

Medicaid work rule leaves homeless people in the cold

Conservatives who have long pushed for Medicaid work requirements often said vulnerable people would get a pass. But the federal government's list of exemptions left off homeless people.

n.pr

Happy birthday to Bugs Bunny, who made his official first appearance in the Warner Bros. short 'A Wild Hare' (released on July 27, 1940). The famed rascally rabbit can be also spotted in our permanent collection such as in this animation cel from a 1960s television ad for Kool-Aid.

A great blue skimmer joining me on the deck.

“Any fascist attempt to gain power in America would…work under the guise of ‘super-patriotism’ & ‘super-Americanism.’ Fascist leaders are neither stupid nor naive. They know that they must hand out a line that ‘sells.’”-U.S. Army orientation, 1945 archive.org/details/Army... What’s past is prologue.

It's that weekend in South Carolina where I lift a toast to the men of the 11th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment. To General W.H.L. Wallace, hero of the Hornet's Nest where he was mortally wounded. To General Thomas E.G. Ransom, wounded in combat four times before falling to disease. 1/4

🎉 Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough! Few people have shaped the environmental movement quite as profoundly as Sir David. We're spotlighting praise for Sir David from our research and the environmental sector. 👉 Read the nation's tribute: climateoutreach.org/sir-david-at...

Sir David Attenborough at 100: A nation’s tribute

To mark Sir David's 100th birthday, we are spotlighting praise from across our research and the environmental sector. Few people have shaped the environmental movement quite as profoundly as Sir David...

climateoutreach.org

Me and my dad at a school fun fair at the end of the 70s or beginning of the 80s. Apparently yard sticks were a prize at one of the games... with the obvious outcome. #Maythe4th #BestDadEver

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only. M*A*S*H The Simpsons Dark Angel Magnum PI Adv. Brisco County Jr. Bugs Bunny & RR Show Hogan’s Heroes Black Sheep Squadron That 70’s Show 3rd Rock from the Sun Sister Boniface Mysteries Murdoch Mysteries Emergency Columbo Tales of Wells Fargo

@eleventoes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only. Doctor Who The Avengers Sandbaggers Star Trek Barney Miller Brooklyn Nine-Nine Thundarr the Barbarian The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The West Wing The Irish RM Bob's Burgers Archer What We Do in the Shadows Letterkenny Stargate SG-1

a ballroom has a core strategic weakness: the man in the back saying “everyone attack”

This morning at Hancock High, seniors headed to the floor of the gym to receive their caps and gowns, each from a teacher they had chosen. Stacy Campbell waited there, holding her student Israel Makoka's cap and gown. But he wouldn't come. He and his brother, Max, 15, had been taken by ICE.

Max and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took Them Instead.

ICE detained Max and Israel Makoka, two Hancock County high school students who were waiting for a bus when agents arrested them.

mississippifreepress.org

The original “now with AI!”

Mz. October DEATHules ⚧@aprildaniels.bsky.social · 6mo ago

When radioactivity was discovered, there was a rush to market for all sorts of radioactive consumer goods. There were water jugs made out of uranium glass, for example. I think about that a lot these days whenever I see AI products being marketed to consumers.

AI developments... tldr; It's just math. Dueling AI security bots (and some random grad student in chemistry or biology will kill us all). www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

Anthropic’s New AI Mythos Is a Cybersecurity Game-Changer | KQED

We look at how this next generation of AI could reshape digital security and policy.

kqed.org

Drop your crime fighting Catholics

Scott Lynch@scottlynch78.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Drop your crime fighting Catholics

I can’t comprehend it. These are the folks who have created the first visuals for every. Single. Marvel Studios film. Ever. A really small team of people, some have been there for over a decade. They are a HUGE part of Marvel Studios’s success, to just be let go like that? I got no words.

Here in the great state of Florida, which I love, the governor just signed a bill into law that allows his office to designate any group a terrorist organization without revealing the reasons for that designation. So that's fun. pen.org/press-releas...

Warning that Florida “Domestic Terror” Bill Likely Would Chill Free Speech

Legislation awaiting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature would give broad authority to politicians to label organizations, including nonprofits, as “domestic terrorists,” and due to vague language could rest...

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After taking time to connect with the Pretti family and with their consent, we are honored to share that we have created the Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship. For those interested, you can learn more and make a gift here: crowdfund.umn.edu/campaigns/Al...

Counterpoint, Heritage: If you’re pretending non-citizens vote despite your own study showing otherwise, you’re probably trying to cheat. @MarshaBlackburn #SaveAct #VoterSuppressionNotVoterID

This is a lie on a scale of Elon Musk saying he would cut the deficit to zero. Just insane. Not just untrue, but the opposite of the truth, which is that immigrants are lowering the deficit. www.cato.org/white-paper/...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

Stephen Miller: "If all of this theft were stopped, it would be enough to balance the budget. The extraction of wealth from American taxpayers to people who don't belong here is the primary cause of the national debt."

Some spring blossoms on Gibbes Green at the University of South Carolina.

A spring break morning on Gibbes Green at the University of South Carolina.

One of the greatest mysteries of all time is how it is impossible to educate people in the US after the 8th grade in a setting that doesn't have a football team. (1 of 3) www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

Donald Trump warns college sports crisis could ‘destroy’ US universities

Donald Trump says he may issue a sweeping order on NIL payments as lawmakers and sports leaders debate anti-trust protections and new revenue models

theguardian.com

Will "The Shield of the Americas" get a helicarrier? Will Noem get to pilot it? Will its AI targeting system have a block to stop it from going after dogs?

Emmanuel Damas, 56, died in ICE custody on Monday. Damas came to the U.S. from Haiti seeking asylum. After six months in ICE custody—the last four at CoreCivic's Florence Correctional Center—he died from complications from a tooth infection. A tooth infection. 1/3 tucson.com/news/local/b...

New post! Many Americans hold contradictory opinions on the same policies. Question wording effects can swing opinions by 20+ points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights. That's a problem for people who interpret polls for a living. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/many-ameri...

Many Americans hold contradictory opinions on the same policies

Our new poll finds question wording can swing opinion by 20+ points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights. That's a problem for people who use polls to tell politicians what voters want.

gelliottmorris.com

Under a new policy released Thursday, the Trump Administration will test conversion therapy on trans people in prisons. It explicitly states that it aims to help trans people “recover,” all the while forcibly detransitioning them both medically and socially. transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

The Trump Administration is Testing Conversion Therapy By Medically Experimenting on Trans People in Prisons

The Bureau of Prisons is subjecting trans people to conversion therapy and denying them care with the goal of helping them "recover." It's trying to prove dangerous conversion practices can work.

transitics.substack.com

So let’s think about this. A private company refused - on principle - to yield to the government’s demands. The government then cancelled its contracts with the company and has set about destroying it

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a Supply-Chain Risk to National Security. Effective immediately, no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with the United States military may conduct any commercial activity with Anthropic." - Defense Secretary Hegseth

This is clearly blatantly intentional voter suppression and any claim otherwise is completely unserious