Thank God we have Bluesky!
Expropriate their wealth & put them to work in soup kitchens. I am not kidding.
mtswWe've maybe over-indexed on the importance of "all these evil billionaire guys are in the same group chats" and under-indexed "all these evil billionaire guys literally live next door to each other on this one island in Florida" youtu.be/tJBcVL4NjN0?...
BC Parks calls Carmanah Walbran Park "one of the most remarkable wild places on Vancouver Island.” But for months, it has been nearly inaccessible, as a logging company has gated one entrance and left landslide debris blocking the other, @camfenton.bsky.social reports. thenarwhal.ca/bc-carmanah-...
Logging company closes access to B.C. provincial park | The NarwhalMany B.C. parks are accessible only by resource roads controlled by private companies. The Carmanah Walbran closure raises questions about access to public landthenarwhal.ca
It wasn't just "politics" when CBS execs pressured their reporters to insert lies in their coverage after federal agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti. It was a morally repugnant attempt to whitewash state terrorism and murder. My Stop the Presses newsletter.
When news execs help fascists whitewash murderFormer CBS journalists detail pressure after federal agents killed Good and Prettiwww.stopthepresses.newsI know there's no room for another scandal, but this should be a massive scandal.
‘Shameful’: Pentagon accused of cover-up over US military casualties in Iran warNo press briefing has been held for months, as the defence department belatedly or inaccurately releases figureswww.theguardian.com
More proof of courage and resilience at the Post: here’s a profile of a resister at West Point, by Hannah Natanson, the reporter whose apartment was raided, and devices seized, by the Trump DOJ. wapo.st/3TXMwt9
After Trump’s order, West Point curbed faculty speech. One professor said no.Tim Bakken argues that the Pentagon's attempt to stifle what teachers can say and write makes the military more susceptible to bad decisions.wapo.stContinually impressed that despite the pressures/layoffs imposed by ownership and management, the reporters and editors at the WaPo continue to do excellent work covering the Trump Administration.
Matthew Hay Brown67 boat strikes 221 people killed EXCLUSIVE: Operation Southern Spear has not reduced the volume, availability, purity or price of cocaine arriving in the U.S., according to an internal DEA assessment and a closed-door Pentagon briefing for senators, and has made enforcement more difficult
Some enterprise investigative reporting just today: www.npr.org/2026/07/27/n...
In Memphis, an 'anti-crime' task force quietly turned into an ICE crackdownThe influx of federal agents into the city last fall led to widespread immigration arrests – a majority without criminal convictions. President Trump has said he wants to replicate it elsewhere.www.npr.orgAnd also: a shout-out to my colleagues at NPR news. They don’t have the same problem with management/ownership as do journalists elsewhere, but they have been punished by the Admin for their coverage, and remain under threat. Still, as someone once said, they persist. www.npr.org/2026/07/26/n...
Rage-giving, innovation and cuts: How public media has survived without federal fundsA year after President Trump signed a law ending six decades of federal funding of public media, it's a time of reinvention, innovation and clear anxiety at public tv and radio stations nationwide.www.npr.org
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appoints state AG Ashley Moody to the US Senate. She turns around and approves $10 million to Hope Florida, FRAUDULENTLY diverting money from Medicaid to a non-profit for his wife, Casey DeSantis, to spend on 2024 elections. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...
Florida Senator Ashley Moody faces renewed scrutiny over her role in Hope Florida scandalAs Florida attorney general, it was Moody and her office that approved the diversion of $10 million of taxpayer money to the Hope Florida Foundationwww.cbsnews.com
How did a false allegation lead to Pete Buttigieg's separation from his kids? Our exclusive reporting shows how authorities did not take steps to vet the caller who left her contact. We found the caller who said she wanted to thwart his White House ambitions. Gift link: wapo.st/45ok5XP
Source of false Buttigieg allegation appeared ‘mentally unstable,’ records showThe Michigan attorney general’s office is investigating how the accusation that prompted the ex-Cabinet secretary's separation from his 4-year-old twins was handled.www.washingtonpost.com
Hey, #medievalsky. Does anyone have access to a print copy of An Index of Images in English Manuscripts from Chaucer to Henry VIII (British Library I, MSS Additional and Egerton)? I need to see if there's anything on Add. 10302. It's this one: www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
Brepols - The British Library, I: MSS Additional and EgertonBrepols is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, language and literature, and critical editions of histo...www.brepols.net