Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing. (image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)
Apr 21, 2026 at 9:57 PM
It Appears RFK Jr. Is Having Trouble Finding Anyone To Take The CDC Director Job
All the way back in August of 2025, RFK Jr. made the extraordinary decision to fire his own CDC Director, Susan Monarez, after only a few weeks on the job. Kennedy claimed at the time that he fired…
Sam D'Amico on Twitter / X
the new global political compass, everyone https://t.co/6EeqGBUBwR pic.twitter.com/31QpjypeMp— Sam D'Amico (@sdamico) May 17, 2025
John Coogan on Twitter / X
Best thing I’ve read recently. pic.twitter.com/FOksO0RDkR— John Coogan (@johncoogan) March 24, 2025
ME SEN Delegate Meeting Results (Nicholas Anastácio/National Journal's Hotline)
ME SEN Delegate Meeting Results (Nicholas Anastácio/National Journal's Hotline)
New: ATmosphere Report #145, with collections of links to interesting atproto articles for November This time, the links are on-protocol, as a @cosmik.network collection, with a page that lets you follow the conversations on @leaflet.pub and @bsky.app traverse.connectedplaces.online
Great read from @joebasser.com After @toni.bsky.team's @theverge.com interview I'm really excited to see where this all goes
Let's Talk Money · Interlinked
standard-reader.appSo exciting! Huge props to @bnewbold.net, @dholms.at, et al for making this happen. Definitely still a long journey ahead but this is a huge step! 👏
tangled.org/alice.mosphere.at/perlsky no way...
alice.mosphere.at/perlsky
tangled.orgThis is a disappointing and reductive take by @prospect.org It's a mistake to think of Substack only when thinking of independently published journalism and analysis.
The American Prospect
At their best, Substacks combine a probing brand of journalism with deep scholarly knowledge and a willingness to express a point of view at a time when many legacy newspapers have become timid and cautious.
Congrats to @ronentk.me and the rest of the team for such extraordinary progress building social for science!
Cosmik Network
Semble alpha is now open! ✨ Check it out at semble.so More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
It's going to be a long night. I've been hanging on to these for five years. Images posted to Twitter to follow.
Jay Stevens
Hey #DisSky - As a hobby, I'm working on an N-scale model railroad intended to be shown at shows via @group160ntrak.org. One section is inspired by Discovery Bay. It won't be 1:1 due to the format - but I want to lift as much as I can. If you have any relevant stuff, can you shoot it my way?
Photo by @nicolehester.bsky.social for The Tennesseean tennessean.com/picture-gallery/news/politics…
singlecatlady23.bsky.social
The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.
US media: The Washington Post
For context, I’m a former NYT and WaPo subscriber who wishes the former would do better and has given up on the latter
Amazon reveals plans to spend $200bn in one year the day after Bezos guts Washington Post
“Something I will be most proud of when I’m 90”: How Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post, and what’s changed
