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Meta's new celebrity-voiced AI bots, which Zuckerberg has touted as the "future of social media" are engaging in explicit role-play with accounts identified as minors. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...

Oh my god I’m crying

My painting LOST COAST

I think @amandalitman.bsky.social is correct here

Defund the Police. Abolish ICE. Two absolutely great ideas that have never been tried. There are a whole bunch of other bangers too, just ready and waiting to make a better world! De-Schumerize and WIN.

Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."

The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.

When they start arresting judges we’re all in a lot of trouble

They’re arresting judges now

BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.

So this is where we are now? This nation was founded on checks and balances. The Trump regime is deliberately trying to undercut these founding principles as it unleashes an authoritarian power grab.

Delighted to hear some NFTs are lost media

According to PEW Research, Trump's approval is -19 and falling. He is unpopular with basically every demographic. The full report here: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

This is what happens when the richest man in the world uses cost-cutting as his excuse for dismantling govt. www.reuters.com/world/us/100...

The Trump administration sent alleged gang members to El Salvador despite a court’s order barring deportations to third-party countries. The explanation: The order only applied to the Department of Homeland Security. DoD carried out the deportations. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Interim US Atty Ed Martin’s career is dotted with ethical and professional questions, records show. Some of the most serious ones have remained buried in court filings, overlooked by the press or never reported — until now. @jeremykohler.bsky.social @andykroll.bsky.social

New Fox News poll: Trump’s job approval rating is 44% positive, 55% negative. On issues, voters approve of his handling of border security (+15) and disapprove on everything else… including immigration (-1) and taxes (-15), the economy (-18), tariffs (-25) and inflation (-26).

Trump was winning on the economy and immigration just months ago. Now he’s underwater on both. Turns out Americans want lower prices AND a humane immigration system that respects due process. The good news is, Democrats focusing on both is working. We can’t let up.

Trump has gutted the gov't, upturned the economy, & eroded any sense of confidence in the U.S. as a global trading partner—so, while it’s unusual for bad performance ratings this soon, Trump's swift and chaotic policies certainly explain the numbers. And it’s far from over.

SCOOP: Barnard students are being interrogated about a bomb threat last month on the day students held a pro-Palestine sit-in at the library. But the school never revealed to the public -- or the students -- that the threat was against student protesters. theintercept.com/2025/04/24/b...

When Easter falls on 4/20 and you have an adult child 🐇🥬

“Talking with the vice president helped the cardinal better understand the Book of Job,” said a Vatican spokesperson, who added that the Book of Job itself was not discussed.

Technically became a published poet in 4th grade? My poem Magic is in the Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans 1996 I honestly can't think of anything else that's cool per se, but I've survived being homeless three times despite crippling pain.

My wife is gorgeous and brilliant and I love her more than anything in the world. I don't know what I did to deserve her but honestly just trying to be worthy of her makes me a better person.

Upon a rewatch, there is some stuff in Arrested D that I think we'd consider racist now. Sh-sh-should an affluent white family in The OC really own the small traditional Japanese porcelain figurine depicted here on Lucille's nightstand (partial, frame left)? Problematic!

Mr. Altman your money is no good here

Smart move in #AlienEnemiesAct litigation just dropped and makes sense given the public record. @aclu.org @democracyforward.org tell Judge Boasberg: "Plaintiffs will amend their Complaint to reinstate their habeas claim to seek relief for the class of individuals who were removed to El Salvador."

Where does the “Abolish ICE” movement go to get its apology? open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

That’s right… Bill Kristol?

lmao i did not have “armed standoff for the second time this week with the same damned guy” on my 2025 bingo card, and i really feel like that one’s not on me

apple.news/A4j1qH95KRE6... Some good news at times…

Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.” x.com/nayibbukele/...

Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."

It's important for people to understand that we're on a trajectory that eventually leads to political prisoners (first non-citizens, then citizens) being sent to these camps.

This isn’t a story of corporate law firms breaking an honorable tradition of upholding the rule of law. It’s a story of Big Law showing its true colors.

In less than 3 months, the Trump regime: - Centralized all the government’s information on you - Claims the right to deport legal residents—including citizens—without due process - Has kidnapped and jailed people for their expressed beliefs - Forced opposition lawyers to “bend the knee”

So by paying our taxes, we pay for a Central American dictator who runs the 116th-richest nation in the world to build five more supermax concentration camps slated to be filled with our countrymen and wholly innocent legal permanent residents of the United States? Is that right?