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I’ve always liked visiting the Gulf of Mexico …

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After a brief delay, the jurors and alternates for the mogul's trial for racketeering conspiracy and prostitution have been set. The trial is expected to last eight weeks.

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What we’ve BECOME in just 4 short months as a Country is ethical degradation beyond anything we imagined. We thought it would be bad, even horrendous for 4 years. But #THIS REALLY? We’re not simply in Constitutional crisis. America’s Executive Branch is rooted in fascist #GRAFT & we are now #LAWLESS

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Best mall from @uncpress.bsky.social! Craig Friend’s bio of Lunsford Lane & Akinyele Umoja, Gloria House, & the late John Bracey Jr’s memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams. Don’t believe me? Ask our generous blurbers including @agr.bsky.social, @profmsinha.bsky.social, & @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social.

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Sanewashing is the practice of downplaying or minimizing Trump’s irrational or outlandish behavior despite evidence to the contrary.

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Crockett debuts a new game called "Trump or trans," then displays a gigantic placard of Trump golfing

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BREAKING: In the third-country removal case — D.V.D. v. DHS — plaintiffs have filed an emergency motion for a TRO barring removal to Libya, without certain steps being followed, following reports that such removals could imminently be happening. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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It was a privilege to help tell the stories of U.S. scientists whose lives have been upended during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s administration in this recent piece for @science.org

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In the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, Judge Xinis orders the government to file a brief addressing the legal and factual bases for its invocations of privilege—specifically, state secrets and deliberative process privilege—by Monday, May 12.

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A state jury found three former Memphis police officers not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols that helped galvanize a movement to reform police conduct.

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Stratolaunch completed two flights of its autonomous Talon-A2 rocket plane earlier this year, as the US aims to gain ground in its race for hypersonic supremacy with China. www.wired.com/story/the-co...

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Pretty much says it all www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...

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A peek into Satoshi Kon's storyboarding for Paprika (2006), dir. Satoshi Kon, Madhouse

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Now pay attention to the purge at the highest levels at the U.S. Department of Defense. Forget about the incompetence of the Defense Secretary himself. That’s just a distraction. Look at WHAT THEY’RE DOING … PAY ATTENTION … Fewer Generals, our military institutional soldiers, leaving room for what?

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Zendaya poses on the #MetGala carpet in a white suit and hat. bit.ly/44v2mit

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A few night shots….. Have a great evening #bluesky

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This Tzatziki Chickpea Salad pairs really well with flatbread, falafel, vegetable skewers, or roasted Greek lemon potatoes. The choice is yours. nyti.ms/4iUj2U2

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Today is the day! My book is out in the world. It’s not a friendly world for writing about science or women or especially women’s bodies right now. But I’m so proud to be telling a story that makes a certain type of person very, very angry. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/casey...

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Saturday, @lettercarriers.bsky.social in NW Ohio, and postal workers nationwide will hold their annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. First launched in 1993, this has since become the largest food drive in America. I encourage all who can help—put dry or canned food by your mailbox THIS Saturday 5/10.

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Thousands of flights into or out of New Jersey’s main airport have been derailed, with 94 cancellations and 112 delays after 9 a.m. Tuesday and more than 2,800 delays in the past seven days, according to the flight-tracking site FlightAware Here’s what to know.

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Significant and persistent warmth continued across large portions of the midlatitude ocean basins in April 2025. One of the more intense marine heatwaves remains over the central North Pacific. Neutral ENSO conditions were observed too. Data via NOAA OISSTv2.1 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/opt...).

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A reminder that debating Stephen Miller — who is not a lawyer and is not making legal arguments, he is spouting propaganda — is a win for him.

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“I’d rather be woke than an ignorant f***ing twat” Kathy Burke

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NEW: A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled that the gutting of the Institute of Museum & Library Services is likely unlawful. This is the SECOND federal court to rule against the slashing of the only federal agency dedicated to library funding. Learn about ALA's own legal case: ala.org/IMLS-lawsuit

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The newest and most powerful A.I. technologies — so-called reasoning systems from companies like OpenAI, Google and the Chinese start-up DeepSeek — are generating more errors, not fewer. As their math skills have notably improved, their handle on facts has gotten shakier.

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Do you like birds? My new book THE BIRDING DICTIONARY is out today wherever you buy books! This little book is deeply silly and full of love, and I hope you'll laugh and maybe enjoy an obscure fact or two.

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The suspension of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission raises questions about future efforts to investigate the country's foreign adoption program.

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If you don't have a Real ID by tomorrow, you may still be allowed to fly, but only after an additional identity verification, which “includes collecting information such as your name and current address,” the TSA said. Here's what else to know. nyti.ms/43fNl2K

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The US president has said the country will stop its bombing campaign against Houthi rebels in response to assurances from the Iranian-backed group that it would halt its attacks on ships in the Red Sea. www.ft.com/content/97db...

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Breaking News: Friedrich Merz was approved as Germany’s next chancellor despite failing to secure enough votes in the first round.

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“Fraud, waste, and abuse” is a perfect description of the toddler holding court today in what appears to be Liberace’s powder room.

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Northern Beauty. 😊.

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In the film “Conclave,” most of the process for electing a new pope was accurate, but it isn't fully accurate. Here's what “Conclave” gets right — and wrong — about papal politics.

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THE PENTAGON BUDGET JUST HIT A TRILLION DOLLARS. Not a single pundit from either political party said “how are we going to pay for it?!” Don’t dare tell us we cannot ALL have healthcare, housing, and education.

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