New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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We’re at peak white boy summer

Imagine if New Yorkers wore top hats as political costumes. We'd make merciless fun of them. Texans do it all the time though.

Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.

WIRED@wired.com · 3w ago

Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

He reportedly called his ex-wife to ask her to "lie for him" and to "cover for his character."

Ex-wife ID’s ICE agent who fatally shot man in Biddeford

David Brouillette has been identified as the ICE agent who killed 25-year-old Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero in Biddeford.

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They should start adding this fact about Chris D’Elia even if the person doesn’t have the same last name. Can’t be too safe with that association.

Yep [as Linda knows] this is also a common response when someone accused of misconduct or abuse: "He was nice to me/I never saw it." Right so [Chidi voice] you get how that makes it worse??! This person KNEW how to be good, thoughtful etc & chose not to act that way in situations where it mattered!

Linda Holmes@lindaholmes.bsky.social · 3w ago

“But I want to tell you what he was like to hang out with in private when there were no stakes” is a very common response to the death of a person who had immense power in situations with high stakes.

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

The sort of thing that happens when people elect leaders who actively hate the country and its people

Melody Schreiber@melodyschreiber.com · last mo.

This is so upsetting

This weekend is the one-year anniversary of the release of my newest comedy special Positive Reinforcement! I'm really proud of it, and I'd really appreciate if you'd consider checking it out and/or sharing it with a friend! Thanks! :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvN...

Josh Gondelman - Positive Reinforcement [2025] | FULL COMEDY SPECIAL

YouTube video by Blonde Medicine

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An interesting thread from a month ago that predicted exactly what we’re seeing in the reflecting pool now (peeling up, prolific microbial activity)

The Monarch Diaries@monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 3mo ago

HAHAHAhaha! they're making the world's biggest synthetic scum pond!!! The coating is a polyurea used inside pipes. It gels in about 3 seconds, making it non self-leveling. The texture is like an orange peel, the perfect substrate for biofilms. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

If he were a Columbia student and said this his citizenship would be revoked

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2mo ago

Vance blasts Israel’s response to Iran deal: “You're a country of nine million people. You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.”

If this ends up being real, it will only be because they promised Trump a ceremony. There’s nothing that needy bitch likes more than some pageantry.

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BREAKING The Prime Minister of Pakistan says a deal has been reached between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The PM says a signing ceremony will be held in Switzerland on June 19.

Knew Spider Noir would have to be good when Cage was talking about it like this

Good things like Jack like cubed things like Phranque

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 2mo ago

MCA Ran out the store I don’t have to pay Mike D Rhymes so good they say no way Ad Rock Got the crew saying Oy vey All Beastie Boys JACK QUAID PLAYING PHRANQUE THE CUBE IN GOD OF WAR LAUFEY

Idk, I think “shit actually looks even worse the more we pull back on support networks” might not be a great endorsement of our economy.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

BREAM: The Bureau of Labor Statistics says inflation is now outpacing wage growth. How do you answer that concern? HASSETT: That's a technical matter. Personal income includes things like transfers and food stamps that we have been reducing as part of our effort to make government leaner and meaner

Obvious choice youtu.be/1tYvGfF1Gkg?...

Yellow River Boys "Hot Piss"

YouTube video by Tim Heidecker

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo ago

If an alien landed and asked you: ‘What is music?’ what would you play for them?

People don't long for "inconvenience." They long for permanence. And though streaming services may be convenient, people are waking up to the fact that we are paying rent-seeking middle men month after month for things we will never actually own.

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 4mo ago

People are pining for old technologies—CD players, VCRs, Walkmans. What’s behind our longing for inconvenience? www.newyorker.com/culture/essa...

The whole dumb conversation about "woke" was a precursor to this absolutely sinister anti black institutionalized racism and so many people gave that segregationist logic credibility.

Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com · 3mo ago

This This and This ... are not 3 things... they are one thing

Some of the identified individuals the US killed in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific showed "no indication of involvement with drug trafficking." And even if they were traffickers, they'd be low level. Killing them would make virtually no impact on the cartels or drug trafficking into the US.

Brian Finucane@bcfinucane.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pleased to speak with @theguardian.com about the US boat strikes and this important investigation into the identities of the victims. “I think this was in part a military spectacle to give the illusion of the administration doing something ‘macho’ about drugs.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Child protective services ripped a 14-year-old from her home to stop her from leaving the state for an abortion. They also threatened her mother with murder charges and the removal of her other child if they crossed state lines for care. So please don't tell me Republicans aren't banning travel.

Exclusive: She Helped Plan Her Teen's Abortion, So CPS Took Her Daughter Away

Child protective services is being used as an anti-abortion weapon in banned and pro-choice states

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Look if you've got a better way to run a country than "putting an illiterate octogenarian bigot on TV every few days to free associate and complain, and then everyone tries to figure out if it means we're about to start a war or not" I'd love to hear it. But the constitution says this is it.

@wayansbros make There Will Be No Country for Children of Men, you cowards.

looking forward to Oh No The National Debt becoming the single most pressing issue for the national media the second a Democrat takes office again, as is tradition

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

To be clear as day, this is, of course, absolutely intentional. It has happened with every Republican president of my lifetime (with the notable exception of HW Bush). It's what the GOP does. www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...

I am unspeakably angry about this turnout gap figure, and it gives insight into the whole ballgame for gutting the VRA. Alito points out that Black turnout exceeded White turnout twice in 5 elections. The argument is garbage 1/x

Here’s Trump threatening violence, calling for his political enemies’ executions, celebrating the deaths of people he didn’t like, and otherwise casually promoting political violence. There was also the small matter of Jan. 6 and subsequent pardons for violent felons.

Claim that ballroom would solve problem of a shooter at WHCD has been shown to be wrong for so many reasons (WHCD, not POTUS, hosts dinner, it's too small, lines would be WAYY too long). But it is also a confession. The "good guy with a gun thing"? No one believes it if THEY'RE being targeted.

this is america. you could find yourself within 100yds of a shooting at any time, in any place. school, the grocery store, a movie theater, a block party, a public park… it happens to regular people every day. but this week we’ll get 50+ weepy op-eds because it happened to the guys who write op-eds

So you and I and everyone else are in effect now refunding American corporations for import tariffs, although we paid for most of them in the form of higher prices — which they won’t now lower because they have monopoly power to keep prices high. The Art of the Deal.

Trump administration begins refunding more than $166bn in tariffs

Claims system launches months after supreme court ruled Trump had no legal authority to impose tariffs

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