A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Devastating. Teen Vogue's politics coverage has been incredible and this is a major loss for journalism.

Legacy journalism keeps on getting rid of the only people making it worth anything anymore.

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

This heartfelt and meaningful statement by Portland resident and author Cristina Breshears on another social media platform bears reposting here. I don't think the intent is to idealize Portland but to remind all of us what is important and why. (Posted here with permission.)

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

1. Great news for trans students in Chicago.

Chicago Public Schools has announced it will defy Trump's demand to ban trans youth from bathrooms.

Trump will now pull millions in federal funds.

"Our district will not back away from doing what we know is right."

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Your daily reminder to fuck off with yelling at trans people to either forfeit their rights or spoil the proverbial picnic

"They released their insane asylum population into our country" -- Trump still thinks that people who make political asylum claims come from insane asylums

This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick in the middle of their performance. Always excited to find a fellow stick lover. 12/10

I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points

To all the people who said "you might be autistic, you should get diagnosed" this is why I didn't.

They will literally say that they want to end Autism. When I've pointed out that this means ending the existence of Autistcs, I've had people "explain" to me that they don't want me killed or anything (how kind), but just don't want any more born. 🙄

I’m autistic, I pay taxes, I shit poetry, and I’ve gone on dates more mind-blowingly awesome than RFK Jr is capable of imagining.

"Untrue, impossible, & ableist": We join @autisticadvocacy.org in condemning HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s ignorant, absurd promise that “by September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures.”

autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/trum...

To all the HSPers out there wondering

“am I Autistic?”

*Many* of my *Autistic* peers asked themself the same Question …

And many Autistic ppl just assume you are Autistic if you say

“I have HSP”

… we know that the penny is likely to drop for you on its own.

1. In a devastating ruling, the traditionally progressive 9th Circuit Court has allowed Idaho's bathroom ban for trans students.

They rule that "common experience" is enough to assume trans students are a harm to cis ones.

The panel was majority Dem appointed.

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Democrats must start with the truth that, because the Republican Party is an insurrectionist organization that opposes humanity and reality, they are fundamentally illegitimate—that any position any Republican holds is held illegitimately, and proceed accordingly. www.the-reframe.com/the-moon-is-...