This guy is rich because his grandfather was a "Gilded Age industrialist", he was the #2 GOP donor last cycle, and he is focused on restricting voting rights. A walking, talking advertisement for a big inheritance tax. Tax the rich! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...

Timothy Mellon, a G.O.P. Billionaire, Pulls Back His Money From Senate Republicans

Timothy Mellon, one of the party’s biggest donors in 2024, has so far withheld his midterm donations for Republican senators because he is unhappy about the failure to pass a key Trump priority.

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GOP in 2024: "We will lower the cost of living" GOP in 2026: "Suck it up, TV-haver"

Karly Kingsley@karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2w ago

I don’t buy wine, cocktails, or stadium beer. I have 1 car that needs repairs. I financed my phone through my carrier plan. I’ve never owned $800 shoes, I gave up TV years ago,and while I think a well-made latte is one of the finer things in life, I’d never pay $14. Do I still have to pay the $4.50?

Abolish ICE

Chris⚖️Justice@chrisjustice01.bsky.social · last mo.

💥 ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident. Still wearing hospital gowns. Both victims of car collusion, with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit. Grace Calero 39, & Giulianna Carriel 19, from Ecuador.

Super interesting thread here!

vincentholst.bsky.social@vincentholst.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In 2023, @nature.com published 'Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time', receiving world-wide media attention. Our Matters Arising, published after a 32 month delay (more on that soon), shows that the reported decline can largely be attributed to dataset artefacts. 🧵

Opposite, but with a twist. I did PhD as a part time student and full time university employee. I really liked the whole grad school experience so it worked for me, but it took a looooong time to finish.

BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

what are things where your own experience and the view of what you think is good for most people vary wildly? For instance, I *hated* university and it was not at all interesting or useful to me intellectually, but am generally very encouraging of people going to university.

Let's assume for the sake of argument that political elites cannot affect public opinion, only pander to it. Even then, you must anticipate trends in public opinion. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to anticipate that an internal masked authoritarian police force will soon become unpopular.

This is the best reflection post on Linsey Graham so far. And I don't think anyone's going to beat it.

John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Many, many years ago I worked for a certain legal news website to which Lindsey Graham subscribed. Anyway i hardcoded it to always spell his name wrong in the top corner, no matter how many times he tried to manually correct it.

“The news cycle has moved on. We have not.” In their own words, how people in Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Los Angeles are still showing up for their neighbors in the fight against ICE.

Helpers On the Ground

In their own words, how people in Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Los Angeles are still showing up for their neighbors in the fight against ICE.

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Wow, this picture.... Fuck these guys

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

New study confirms that compulsory licenses have contributed to improved availability of HIV drugs through commercial channels, with meaningful effects on prices. See onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....

The Effects of Compulsory Licensing: A Case Study of HIV Drugs

Compulsory licensing is a legal mechanism that allows governments the use of patented medicines without the owner's consent, subject to conditions and compensation, to meet public-health needs. Despi...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

On one hand, of course people find us unreliable now, duh. But still, this is a hell of a graphic.

Pew Research Center@pewresearch.org · 3mo ago

The share of people who consider the #USA a reliable partner has declined steeply in many countries since we last asked this question in 2022. This downward turn has taken place in several nations with which the U.S. has longstanding #economic and #security ties.

When you give a donor with a firm named GREENWATER a contract to make your pool blue

Philip Bump@pbump.com · 4mo ago

I’m sorry, no. This is not the guy who did the reflecting pool. No. Come on. We’re just putting a hat on a hat here. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

You guys, the White House accidentally ordered 10x the amount of Porta-Potties that they needed. The lawn is just acres of Porta-Potties. It’s all fenced off and you can’t see, but I took this photo through a hole in the fence netting.

Life imitates art

Bob Chipman ("MovieBob")@bobchipman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I would be remiss not to point out that "Tricking Milli Vanilli into performing a concert for a dictator" is LITERALLY a storyline from the 1990s 'Super Mario Bros 3' cartoon 🙃

Happy May the Fourth, everyone

Discontinued Foods!@discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 2y ago

Jar-Jar Binks Lollipop (1999-1999): A promotional item for "Star Wars: Episode I", this candy featured the plastic likeness of character Jar-Jar Binks, whose mouth opened to reveal a retractable strawberry-flavored sucker, shaped and textured like his tongue. Delightful.

Adams Morgan PorchFest was a blast this weekend!

"The fact is, Republicans do not hate rigged maps. They just hate it when they have to take their own medicine. Don't start none, won't be none. If they finally decide they don't like it, they can take it up for a national ban." - Isle of Wight Dems bluevirginia.us/2026/04/vide...

Air conditioner's broken and four yellow jackets have appeared in the living room in the last three days. HVAC people are taking their time. Wife & kid are trapping, feeding, and naming the bees.

Pretty sure that when I turned 18 the govt mailed me a letter telling me to register. If Uncle Sam can already reach you, why keep registration as a thing anyway?

The Hill@thehill.com · 6mo ago

Eligible men will automatically be registered into the military draft pool by December as part of an effort to streamline the previous process of self-registration and save money.

"a range of gestures" ♥️♥️♥️

Why snort coke off a toilet seat if there is any other surface available?

How is this real?

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 8mo ago

Doocy: "The new face of RealFood .gov is Mike Tyson. How did you settle on someone who was most famous for eating Evander Holyfield's ear?" RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a lifelong friendship with him."

maybe my favorite all time correlation

Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

Staying on the sidelines? Tim Cook gifts Trump a custom Apple plaque with 24-karat gold base share.google/eolzfxeYmWFf...

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 8mo ago

CEOs have tried their hardest to stay on the political sidelines since President Trump started his second term. The pushback against the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is changing that.

The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.

ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’

The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...

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WTF @washingtonpost.com ?