Texans, vote for Vikki Goodwin! @vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social www.vikkigoodwin.com

Australia has skills shortages, yet almost half of skilled migrants are working below their qualification level. A clogged recognition system is wasting teachers, nurses, engineers and tradespeople already here, John Menadue writes. #auspol #Migration #Skills

Australia is wasting the skills migrants bring

Almost half of skilled migrants are working below their qualification level, while Australia’s complex recognition system leaves urgently needed teachers, nurses, engineers and tradespeople underused.

pearlsandirritations.com

I do not think we should hand Donald Fucking Trump (or, indeed, any politician!) the ability to control whether trans people or Jewish people or queer people can talk about their lives online without having to deanonymize themselves and be put on a government watchlist, and neither should you.

"Minors are entitled to a significant measure of First Amendment protection, and only in relatively narrow and well-defined circumstances may government bar public dissemination of protected materials to them." Erznoznik v. Jacksonville, 422 U. S. 205, 212–213 (1975)

Beshear might challenge the senator-replacement law in court, and he might win, but in KY, the legislature can impeach with a simple majority. It might be Pyrrhic victory, assuming he could can hold onto office long enough to fight the battle.

Pin this. It will be a pivotal moment in Trump's move to steal the 2026 and 2028 elections. It will present lies that will be used to justify illegal actions to selectively disenfrachise voters. The next four months look like a historic threat to our democracy.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 3w ago

NEW: MSNOW reports that this address will be about foreign election interference in 2020, and that the mortgage guy Bill Pulte will be declassifying documents about it.

On Wednesday of last week, Trump gave disaster relief funds to red states. On Friday, he denied disaster relief funds to blue states. If you’re wondering why a lot of us are up in arms about the proposed OMB rule that will require political litmus tests for grant funding, THIS IS WHY.

This story blames a supposed “uptick in violence” on Boston not having 600 more cops. But halfway through the article, you find out homicides are down compared to last year. And two-thirds of the way through, you find out they're down by more than half!

Boston Herald@bostonherald.com · last mo.

Mayor Michelle Wu has touted Boston as the “safest major city” in America for two years, but the city’s largest police union says the recent spate of violence and attack on cops has it trending more toward Chicago’s lawlessness.

there’s a contingent of people from historically cooler climates who really do seem to think that they’re inherently better people for not using AC unlike those decadent tropical dwellers Anyway I wrote about this a while back and need to do a update foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/16/c...

Climate Change Demands More Air Conditioning

An often-disparaged technology is a lifesaver, not a luxury.

foreignpolicy.com

Chicago nurses are flexing our collective power: This is the second Chicago hospital in a month to join our union! All across the Windy City, we're rising up to unite for patient care as THE union for nurses! 💨⛵️

Chicago nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital vote overwhelmingly to join NNOC/NNU

Registered nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago voted overwhelmingly to join National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fast...

nationalnursesunited.org

SpaceX is worth less than half of its $1.75 trillion IPO target, Morningstar says www.cnbc.com/2026/06/03/m...

SpaceX is worth less than half of its $1.75 trillion IPO target, Morningstar says

The analysts see a wide range of possibilities around xAI and find its "economic moat indeterminate."

cnbc.com

“The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the U.S., or any of them.” [i.e. state govs]

Rep. Mike Levin@levin.house.gov · 2mo ago

Not enough people are talking about this. A Florida airport was renamed after Donald Trump. He walked away with the trademark, the licensing rights, and a deal that lets him profit off every piece of merchandise sold there. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The answer is no. There is no way that smartphones are responsible for a 40% decline in worldwide fertility rate. This is what the graph looks like from 1970 to the present (from @ourworldindata.org).

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Interesting long read from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com making the case that declining birth rates are particularly tied up with the rise of smartphones and therefore fewer people in relationships, which in turn leads to fewer kids www.ft.com/content/fba3...

I wrote about the campaign to criminalize “organized retail theft” in this piece. It’s the only time I’ve written something where I felt like I was going crazy. Theft is already a crime! But retailers lied about the stats, the law, and the causes—they claim that MS-13 and Hezbollah are behind it.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In a response to the long-debunked "retail theft epidemic," the House voted 348 to 60 for a bill that would exacerbate mass incarceration by sweeping more low-level crime into the federal system and exacerbate the criminalization of poverty. TY to the 59 Democrats who voted NO (see below).

bluesky — i am talking to you, all of you — need to internalize this and you need to tell everyone you know this. shampoo more expensive? republicans. burgers more expensive? republicans. beer more expensive? republicans.

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 3mo ago

every dollar. every time you think “shit, that’s more expensive than i expected”? trump and the republicans. every time your tank costs half your rent or mortgage to fill? trump and the republicans. literally *all* of this is their fault.

Ogles should be in prison for stealing money he raised to build a memorial garden to his dead baby, and he has the nerve to call other people hustlers:

REVEALED: What did Andy Ogles do with nearly $25,000 meant for child burial garden? He won't say

Now, NewsChannel 5 Investigates has uncovered more questions that the freshman Republican won't answer.

newschannel5.com

@sendingoutansos.bsky.social · 3mo ago

By “average person” in Maine, you mean young male voters. “Platner’s advantage in the primary comes from male and younger voters. Democratic men preferred Platner over Mills 52% to 3%. The candidates were tied among women at 41%.” www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...

the indoor smoking bans of the 90's and 00's were the last genuinely great win for organized labor in this country and absolutely could not happen today, trying to reopen this door actively sets us back as a civilization, don't give them an inch

Mitch Randall: Rural communities often have few or no private school options, meaning the greatest benefits go to suburban and metropolitan families. For-profit schools rarely prioritize poor or rural communities because their central purpose is profit. Read more: ow.ly/9EgQ50YP2zj

The Crumbling Wall of Church-State Separation: Why It Matters for the Future of Public Education

Let me be clear: I am not against private schools. Have as many as you want. What I oppose is private schools being funded by public dollars.

ow.ly

Seattle Times is still talking about "mandating treatment" as a necessary condition of having a place to sleep out of the rain. You can't get furious about the persistence of tents and also say people in active addiction don't deserve shelter.

Can Seattle mayor's approach to homelessness gain traction where past efforts failed? | Editorial

Seattle's mayor is staking her political future on making progress on homelessness. Questions remain in the policy details and residents deserve answers.

seattletimes.com

Iran says Lebanon is part of the ceasefire. The U.S. and Israel say it is not. This is why real diplomats spend considerable time on joint communiques. Each side will always spin agreements to their domestic audiences. But you can’t have disputes over fundamental matters like entire theaters of war.

I'm a bit of a broken record on this, but usurping the power of the purse isn't just one constitutional violation among all the many others. It is, uniquely and singularly, the death of constitutional government altogether. Game over, end of story, you now live in an autocracy.

Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u... So, we're just not doing that whole Article 1 thing anymore, is that it?

For years I've been looking for the right guest to do a pod on this. The car-sales model that is dictated by law in the US -- you must go to a dealership & suffer for hours in order to buy one -- is one of the most nakedly anti-social special interest giveaways in history. Needs to be killed dead.

Erika Hall@erikahall.bsky.social · 4mo ago

US car dealers hate EVs because EVs need a lot less maintenance www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/202...

IBM OS/2 Warp 4 😍😍😍

Trump: I’m going to put ICE in the airports, where they will target and arrest all the illegals, especially Somalis, because I hate the Democrats Headlines: Trump puts ICE officers in airports to ease long lines, provide relief for weary travelers

Farage 2026 : "Starmer has finally given the US permission to use British bases to destroy Iranian missiles. Better late than never" Farage 2015 : "We don't need to take foreign policy advice from the American President. The last time we did that it was called the Iraq War" There's always a tweet

We saw an uptick in ICE activity today. ICE continues to be spotted around the metro area - dining, driving, and hiding in between events. Current vehicles on the short list include Black Chevrolet Tahoes, White or Silver Jeep Wagoneers, and White Ford Transit vans with fake branding.

there are a lot of people working in the government right now who want to intentionally trigger an apocalypse to create the conditions for the return of jesus christ and I know how crazy that sounds but its absolutely true