Trump’s FBI wants to criminally charge groups including Habitat for Humanity with fraud for accepting grants for work on climate change. (Malcolm Ferguson / The New Republic) — More criminal stupidity from the Trump administration.
RFK Jr.: It Would Be Better if ‘Everybody Got Measles’ (Leigh Kimmins / Daily Beast) — He is a dangerous lunatic.
“Please stop calling newsletters ‘Substacks’" (Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor@mastodon.social):
The vast majority of blogs are created using WordPress software. No one calls their blog a “WordPress” for the very good reason that there are other ways to create and publish blogs.
[Substack] was funded by Trump supporters and is run by people who have no problem helping right-wing extremists spread and monetize their bile.
Google is adding Gemini large language models to make robots more versatile and advanced (Ina Fried / Axios) — A few years ago I would have thought this was wonderful but now I think these resources would be better spent on universal access to housing, healthcare, education and living wages.
A clearer picture of Covid’s lasting effects on the body: Covid’s long-term effects on the lungs, gut, brain and more. (Dani Blum, Nina Agrawal and Alice Callahan / NYTimes) — I have seen these effects firsthand in people close to me.
Good tips for using AI at work. axios.com
"Fascism always fails. It is destructive and it is awful and not everyone lives to see the other side, but it always, always fails."
A brief history of George Dale, who fought a quixotic battle against the Ku Klux Klan in Muncie, Indiana in the 1920s — and won.
The Klan had millions of members and controlled whole states in the 1920s, spewing racism, anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism and other hatred. But decent, courageous Americans like Dale pushed back.
What Felt Impossible Became Possible dansinker.com/posts/202…
The More You Have, the Less You Fight.
Institutions — businesses, the Democratic Party, the courts and universities — won’t oppose Trump because they have too much to lose.
Grassroots movements made up of regular people are where the resistance has to happen…. If you and I sit around waiting for all of those Respectable Institutions to take the lead, we will be spending the next few years doing nothing except being crestfallen by the inaction from above. I guess we might as well get to it, then. Don’t be sad you’re not rich. Be happy that you’re free."
“I knew how these tariffs were going to go because I studied the classics.” www.jwz.org/blog/2025…
Bluesky is not billionaire-proof. By Dave Winer — Bluesky could be bought up by the next Elon Musk, despite management claims to the contrary. scripting.com/2025/03/1…