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Researchers who study the happiness of nations often look at measures like health and wealth. But a new study considered another factor as well: Cats. Examining data from 93 countries, the study found a positive association between cats and happiness. https://wapo.st/4zf9yv1

@radiofreetom.bsky.social Have you read Hanson and Kopstein, the Assault on the State? Fine companion piece to the Death of Expertise.

Taylor Farms' parent company has given $2.2M to GOP PACs this election cycle. That includes $1M to Trump's own PAC, just 6 days after the FDA delayed new food tracing requirements last year. Money in politics is sickening.

I’m thinking of using this: dailynous.com/2026/06/17/a... @daily nous.com

Pretty much.

Thirteen people have died in federal immigration custody in the first three months of this year, and 46 have died since President Trump took office last year and began his mass deportation campaign, according to death reports and news releases made public by ICE. trib.al/XITKbfd

Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!) This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social as long as you never say nice things about that “school” in Durham. Go Heels!

I'm not as worried about artificial intelligence as I am about natural stupidity.

I don't think most Americans have any idea how dangerous it is for a president to declare an entire ethnic group to be "garbage." This is how the worst atrocities in human history have begun.

Ukraine’s security service spent 18 months staging a covert operation that smuggled more than 100 drones into Russia and struck four airfields at once on June 1, 2025. A new WSJ report reveals how "Operation Spiderweb" was engineered, who carried it out on the ground, and how it almost unraveled.

@timothysnyder.bsky.social Does Zelenskyy accept the deal? I say yes with caveats.

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Welcome to our new and improved doctor’s office! If you’ll just scan this QR code, access our poorly designed website and repeatedly enter the information we already have on file as the site crashes, we’ll be with you in twice the time it used to take.

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year. Republicans in Washington did this. This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

one of the clearest signs you're dealing with a strong and principled political movement is when they want to make it illegal to make fun of them

Joe Biden is a lifelong Catholic who regularly attended church while Trump is the poster child for the Seven Deadly Sins who can’t even name which testament he prefers. No amount of sanctimonious bullshit will ever change that reality

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

I just assume they're trying as hard as I am, and that their lives are already difficult enough and I don't want to make them more difficult. What makes you want other people to feel unnecessary pain? johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-repub...

Horrific. mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives and could save millions more. “I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations. www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...

Ukrainian soldier Taras Stoliar played bandura alongside Bono, while Sean Penn filmed the moment.

This Tiafoe Shelton match is something! #washingtontennis.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Will be interested to see how Jon Stewart responds to Colbert firing. Bet he rips into their common boss. Dictators getting corporations to self censor.

Why call a concentration camp a "concentration camp"

Now that the sociopaths who built it are selling merch about alligator Alcaraz I will no longer use that name for the concentration camp.

Anyone still quibbling that this isn't fascism?

Today Americans across the country will visit hospitals and nursing homes — not knowing many of them could close because of the cuts in the Senate Republican bill. Why? So the tech titans and ultra wealthy can pay less in taxes. Good luck explaining that to the American people.

Valuable summary of anti-fascist analysis from @rosansmits.bsky.social decorrespondent.nl/16177/this-i...

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Literally trillion dollar bills sitting on the sidewalk and we're refusing to pick them up

Could someone tell the CDC that the average Joe getting a vax actually protects the vulnerable ? #cdc #vaccines

Just read this sentence. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...

“If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you” —Oscar Wilde

we have a secretary of -transportation making it more dangerous to travel -education making kids stupider -defense making us more vulnerable to attacks -homeland security making us feel less secure than ever -health and human services trying to spread illness everything’s fine.

I don't think it's fully appreciated just how much Trumpism is a celebration of ignorance. Trump not only never learns but proactively avoids it. It's a braindead movement from the top down.

Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody

So heartbreaking to hear an international student say they are no longer interested in staying in the US.

Kamala Harris: “he’s a fascist” Gen. Milley: “he’s a fascist” John Kelly: “he’s a fascist” Historians of fascism: “he’s a fascist” The NY/DC political media: “how did we all fail to see that Donald Trump was a fascist?”

Congrats, Trumpers, in a few weeks you actually got the horrible economy you pretended we had under President Biden.

We have a winner!

Who's ready to lose another boatload of money this week because Trump is a dipshit who knows nothing about trade, economics, and history?

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

Circuit breakers before or after noon Monday? What’s the over/under? Take up gambling since 401k going...#tariffs