Big news for anyone with federal student loans: after we rang the alarm, a judge stopped Elon Musk and his team from seizing your personal data.

This is why we get in the fight.

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

BREAKING: The Department of Veterans Affairs has CANCELLED SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING because it includes considerations for the LGBTQ+ community.

Veterans suicide.

Love this for you, Laurie!

I will never stop being aghast that the United States built a higher education system that was literally the envy of the entire world—our bitterest political enemies nonetheless sent their children to us to be educated, it was so good—& then just decided to systematically, ruthlessly dismantle it

Absolutely

Happy Birthday to the supremely kind
and extremely talented Mastermind Taylor Swift
🫶🏾

James Webb telescope just dropped its latest image, Neptune, and its rings.

Is there a better first page in recent literature than STEPHEN FLORIDA’s?

do I have this right? Joe Biden is expected to run a letter-perfect presidency and Kamala Harris was expected to run a flawless campaign, but Donald Trump is allowed to shit all over everything we hold dear, and the press can't even be bothered to take notice? what in the actual fuck

A key asymmetry of this era of American politics and how it’s covered is that Trump is expected to do bad and corrupt things, so when he does it barely qualifies as news. But Dems are expected to be beyond reproach, so anything that seems even slightly suspect is a huge scandal.

Devastating

According to a nationwide survey of grocery prices prepared by the American Farm Bureau Federation, the cost of this year's Thanksgiving meal is now at its lowest level since 2021.

Canada’s top military commander, Gen. Jennie Carigna:
"After 39 years of career as a combat arms officer and risking my life in many operations across the world, I can’t believe that in 2024, we still have to justify the contribution of women to their defense and to their service, in their country."

The Helix Nebula

I like Oprah Winfrey, but she created two monsters and unleashed them on us: Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz.

I love that @flavorflav.bsky.social has a starter pack for news and media outlets.

Flavor Flav potentially being a fan of local news is 10000% a thing and I AM HERE FOR IT.