> Alberta separatists vow to appeal petition denial as soon as US State Department tells them how

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/05/alberta-separatists-vow-to-appeal-petition-denial-as-soon-as-us-state-department-tells-them-how/

WSJ - US regulators are inquiring about suspicious betting on Kalshi and Polymarket tied to political events and military operations. (Polymarket has a data partnership with Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.) https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/government-prediction-markets-betting-2126dcb3?st=oWag9Z

@phoffer yep!

Musk is imposing new rate limits to free users on X.

Things are working out it seems.

Sen Bill Cassidy’s defeat in Saturday’s #Republican #primary in #Louisiana will be covered as evidence of Trump’s grip over the party. #BillCassidy voted to convict #Trump after his second #impeachment following #Jan6, 2021, & this was payback.
At the same time, Cassidy’s third-place finish highlights another unfortunate trend in #US politics: the decline of open primaries across the country.

#elections #USpol #democracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/17/bill-cassidy-defeat-highlights-decline-open-primary-elections/

@davidgerard just like with GDPR, the objections seem to mostly come from people doing the bad thing the policy is intended to stop

@overholt
And g'bless archivists, every one.

On the streets of Andorra yesterday, calling for decent housing and protesting against the accumulation of property for short term holiday lets by companies like Airbnb.

#Housing #Protest #ClassWar

We shall overcome injustice
and oppression

History in Your Hands: an introduction to archives in six panels. https://uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/archives-history-in-your-hands-an-illustrated-pamphlet/

Someone brought their cat in and she immediately decided she was a tiny shopkeeper

#Trump Remarks Reveal a [Callous] #Billionaire Out of Touch

With his generational wealth, his 20-acre Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, FL, & his lucrative family businesses around the world, Trump has never…[been]…an ordinary American.

Instead, he has argued that he could use his [bogus] business savvy to help lift up the country’s forgotten men & women.

#US #economy #inflation #CostOfLiving #affordability #recession #trumpcession
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/us/politics/to-critics-trump-remarks-reveal-a-billionaire-out-of-touch.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

We shall defeat [[Moloch]]
for the benefit of beings

I love that @KevBot re-measured himself on the family wall and added a mark for Kevin '26.

@sundogplanets time to bolster yourself with hot cocoa!

You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now.

They started showing a popup about who sent the link and offering a (maybe new) DM feature, potentially revealing your personal account name to anyone who opens the link.

@satz et donc le store c'est un carénage avec une fente vers le bas qui intuitivement est beaucoup trop mince pour laisser passer un vertébré 😂 . Déplier / replier le store n'a jamais eu l'air de les déranger (ça ne les exposait pas non plus)

@macfranc
la mia ignoranza in merito alle leggi sull'immigrazione è sconfinata.
perché fare una cosa del genere? quale vantaggio c'è a ritardare la cittadinanza a chi ha figli minori?
@Vitalba

We will be free from suffering

@gleick that being said, if it were used properly, that is a beautifully poetic phrase.