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I’m at the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee today if anybody wants to come say “hi” in person.

A memorable chapter. Folks who haven't read Moby Dick have no idea how horny it is

<smashes emergency podcast glass>

LFG!

Not for nothing, but I do get a kick out of the fact that there is an OPEC+ in addition to OPEC.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr Report from Good Law Project and Trans Lives from 2019-2025 finds trans kids account for less than 1% of the UK population but accounted for 7% of all underage suicides. www.thepinknews.com/2026/04/28/u...

NYT got one of the greatest living songwriters correct anyway

OpenAI "CFO Sarah Friar has told other company leaders that she is worried the company might not be able to pay for future computing contracts if revenue doesn’t grow fast enough." www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

Ohio's 15th District was one of the nation’s most competitive congressional districts during the first decade of the 21st century, but that changed after the GOP passed a new gerrymander following the 2010 census. Democrats, however, are now making a serious play to flip it.

Republican Rep. Mike Carey seemed to be in for another easy general election in Ohio until last week, when one of the most influential Democratic super PACs booked $1.8 million to flip his 15th District. Democrats will choose their nominee next Tuesday in seat Trump would have won 55-45.

Essay: The HLO, which is expanding into the U.S., shares many of the same objectives as a lending library, writes Judy Bolton-Fasman. "It serves as a public resource intended to be a safe place to learn and exchange ideas, but it also confronts stigma, discrimination and prejudice."

this is outrageous. when I was in school, Randy was a crank, but mostly fine, or at least he knew better than to talk like this. his radicalization has been wild to watch. this is so far beyond any respectable discourse. just pure racism and hate.

Not sure I’ve ever clocked the kid on the couch before. Hell of a party.

I had the wonderful opportunity to meet @lindseyboylan.bsky.social at the @eleanorslegacyny.bsky.social 25th Anniversary lunch. She is an extremely impressive human being with infinite courage. If you live in NYC 3rd District, rank her!

I had the wonderful opportunity to meet @lindseyboylan.bsky.social at the @eleanorslegacyny.bsky.social 25th Anniversary lunch. She is an extremely impressive human being with infinite courage. If you live in NYC 5th District, rank her!

Three times a month, Eugene wakes up at 4:30 a.m. to make the long walk past death row to a building in the far corner of Union Correctional Institution’s compound in northeast Florida.

Is the New York Times more biased than other major US news organizations that cover the trans community? Early data from our 2026 news tracker suggests they are. Of the 10 outlets we've been tracking, NYT had the fewest stories that quoted a trans person of them all. More here:

The great @hollybfletcher.bsky.social on the non-comical effects of the bad orange one's ravings about South Africa. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-call...

Song for the Day: Black Widow - Iggy Azalea (featuring Rita Ora) youtu.be/Nimu7-16B14?...

🐑 A sheep at Clover & Bee Farm in Vermont, gave birth to a rare batch of six lambs earlier this month. The sextuplets and their mother are all doing well, making the lamb windfall even more remarkable.

What they don’t tell you on For All Mankind is that they all get really good at cutting hair.

NO DRAB GAB TUESDAY

Guy thinks he’s some kind of Gail Simone.

What is it with For All Mankind and ketchup spaghetti

The biggest single loss of life since FARC blew up a Bogota nightclub in 2003, killing 36 people. Horrific scenes described by witnesses

250 Rohingya refugees drowned, 30 were suffocated to death in the cramped conditions beforehand, and the world hardly bats an eye. Are their lives any less valuable? www.ucanews.com/news/when-si...

"It's well documented that more than 10% of Meta's ad revenue comes from fraud."

"the proto AI psychosis"

Facebook co-founder tells the truth and brings the receipts about how Facebook has put the country in the toilet.

"gas up Trump's ballroom" Tonight, I keep reading this as "Trump's balloon." That too! 🎈💭

Congratulations to two people at Dodger stadium tonight: Kyle Tucker for hitting it through the gap and Rick Monday for not having his right arm grabbed by Stephen Nelson since he was calling the tv broadcast

We gave them endless weapons and qualified immunity. They rioted in 2020 and have routinely abused their power in the years prior and after.

The implicit acknowledgement that cops makes 6 figures...

We gave them endless weapons and qualified immunity. They rooted in 2020 and have routinely abused their power in the years prior and after.

Why does Geppetto say "Music, Kappellmeister!" if he's Italian?

73 is far, far, far too early. Rest in peace, and deepest condolences to his loved ones.

“They’re the same picture” 🤷🏻‍♀️

I have been waiting 8 years to hear “Muncy” chants at Dodger stadium, if this is the Max Muncy Appreciation Year I’m in to it.

NORMAL: 4/5. Ben Wheatley and Bob Odenkirk made a charming look at the death of small towns and moves to save them. Also Odenkirk fights yakuza. Fun!

The Zuckerbergs are planning to shut down their school, displace hundreds of kids, and lay off 147 people. Doesn't feel like they're that interested in contributing if they stay, so 🤷 www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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Wanna find out what I'm up to? I've got a couple of newsletters for that! First, here's my Community Action newsletter - with all my lefty activist stuff! Good, practical events and calls to action. Get on it, friends! buttondown.com/gregpaknet

Either this stuff is completely unacceptable or it’s going to get even worse (and quickly), there’s really no middle ground here

This was very important to me.

This Saturday, May 2! It's the TRANS NERD MEET UP. We're at Zeitgeist in SF, from 12:30 until whenever. If you don't consider yourself cis, and you like to geek out about ANYTHING AT ALL, come hang out with us. <3

marlon brando on the set of apocalypse now:

lol nah. You’re gonna be helping drop this link for another 50 days. ;)

It’s been a minute since I made Thai curry. Gonna do a red one with pork tenderloin. Thai curry is one of my favourite ways to vacuum up a ton of veg I need to use.

I think I want my next book to be an essay collection actually

"Mexico will pay for the wall."

Feel like I'm getting pretty good at making salmon

me rushing to say "at least it's a dry heat!" on the muggiest day of the year

Appreciate you! ❤️❤️

Holy cats, we're up to 93 folks registered for this event! Can we break 100 tonight???

If you're passing through New Orleans and you like diner food, you absolutely need to visit the Drift Inn Diner. Super affordable, rock-solid burger. (Plus soft-serve vanilla ice cream so good that it made me -- a person who does not like vanilla ice cream! -- swoon.)

I've known Hailey for years and I've seen her deal with some incredibly tough challenges with grace and resilience. I've also seen her do so much to lift up other trans and queer people. It fucking sucks that her mom is sick. I'd be so grateful if you could show her some support <3

i am reliably informed that knicks fans are happy about this?

the coldest part of the shooter's manifesto is the part where he's like "Kash Patel, tho? nah"—so humiliating

this is the exact level of perversion this site was built for

Don't share screenshots of random accounts from Twitter. They're almost always fake or bullshit. Yes, this is about that one going around right now. Just delete it.

Thank you @gatodejazz.bsky.social for not even hesitating when I said “hey can you edit the logo to be a ghost I want to make a cross stitch”

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 27, 1953p

hey gen x wanna infuriate the gen z person in your life? call them a millennial

Guys I gotta be honest, I am not sure I understand what people like about The Pitt. I feel emotionally destroyed after almost every episode. Maybe I’m just too much of a weenie? I don’t know.

Faculty lounge discourse has finally gone too far

2 and a half hours!!!!!!!! Let’s goooooooooooo!!!!

She’s not smart, anything resembling reason is a veneer to cover inane bigotry and stupidity.

It’s the 10th anniversary of 1/6 today. Crazy it’s been so long.

For more on the subject of Arab racism on the screen, there’s no better than Jack Shaheen’s (RIP) Reel Bad Arabs. He also authored, The TV Arab and Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in American Popular Culture. All invaluable.

my latest bombshell long-term investigation: It turns out my wifi problem was that the plug behind my couch kept getting hit and briefly disconnecting the router over and over again

representation is not liberation

this may be patch but I’m calling this whale Punkin.

Every basement in Louisville gettin damp

Idea for a protest action: mass screaming.

This judge seems overly confident that he understands the effects of tear gas. If clouds were wafting into his home, as has happened to people in Portland on many occasions since 2020, I'm sure he would revise his views.

we’ve let the free speechers speech us into an alternate reality

“Channel 14 is a political propaganda tool. It consistently serves Netanyahu and is loyal to his talking points, regardless of ideology. The channel maintains reciprocal relations with Netanyahu’s governments, which give it enormous benefits and a huge advantage over other media outlets.”

“We have seen this movie many times before, so we know how it ends: very badly for Lebanese and Israelis alike. The only winners will be in Tehran” @ibishblog.bsky.social www.ms.now/opinion/isra...

I found a pair of hiking sandals for $25 at decathlon, something almost impossible to find Vancouver for less than $40. I can’t figure out what it is about this company. They just emphatically do not suck and have reasonable prices. I hope they’re kicking MEC right in the teeth.

It’s criminal. Our children and their children will suffer the consequences of this malice. 👇🏼

the Candy Crush Code Amendments Act

What’s so pathetic is the cop I know? He still wouldn’t vote her her even if she did that. Because he’s a Republican. It doesn’t matter what you give them.

He quite literally means “you” as in “not us”, as he feels he and his allies have the right to use force to back up their domestic politics while those he opposes have no such right

Well sure, but tomorrow marks two months since we blew a girls’ school to bits with the girls inside, and we’re still waiting for answers on how that happened

Sickening. Two high school kids from DRC. Seized by ICE. Very well loved and admired by students and teachers alike. The oldest already had a college scholarship set up.

idk why i looked at facebook but lol

You laugh but handing out these hats is the Democrats’ entire healthcare plan.

Mentalist one of those rare words for a change that sounds like a slur in the UK but not the States.

“He doesn’t even like Arthur???” —our five year old when we told him that Donald Trump ended Molly of Denali and that he doesn’t like anything on PBS

The base has gotten belligerent enough to make party leaders get up from the defensive crouch

friends I am so tired

This piece by @moiradonegan.bsky.social is so beautiful. I've never understood the fixation on Marilyn & have mostly tried to avoid participating in the seemingly bottomless appetite for treating her, as Pratchett might have said, like a thing. Here, she is a person.

Sports bros can even lose money on Fan Duel’s hypothetical bets

@vinceguerrieri.com, thanks for this in OHIO Magazine. I miss Geauga Lake!

I'm feeling pretty smug right now that my brother in Washington State has a worse representative than I do in Texas. What a world.

This was an interesting listen, and is, I suppose, as good a place as any to note that there is a streak of fundamental nastiness in Rebel Wilson's comedy

gotta tip my cap to TMZ for getting a John Hinckley interview www.tmz.com/2026/04/27/j...

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I have always been proudly anti-Michael Tracy.