“Libs of TikTok” Creator Now Advising School Libraries After Fueling Bomb Threats to Schools

Chaya Raichik, the woman behind the far-right, anti-LGBTQ+ social media account “Libs of TikTok,” has landed herself a government position supervising school libraries. The professional agitator was appointed to the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s Library Media Advisory Committee by Continue reading “Libs of TikTok” Creator Now Advising School Libraries After Fueling Bomb Threats to Schools

Last Day of Trump’s Fraud Trial Starts With a Bomb. Almost Literally.

The problems with ADL’s reporting methods have been obvious for some time to anyone paying close attention. As Eric Alterman wrote for The New Republic, the ADL has, since its founding, repeatedly changed its counting method—and then followed these periodic Continue reading Last Day of Trump’s Fraud Trial Starts With a Bomb. Almost Literally.

Are We Gonna Talk About the Insane Number of Bomb Threats at State Capitols?

Six states received bomb threats to their state capitals on Wednesday morning, forcing them to stall their newly opened legislative sessions and evacuate their capitol complexes. Those states included Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Montana. No evidence of dangerous Continue reading Are We Gonna Talk About the Insane Number of Bomb Threats at State Capitols?

First They Mined for the Atomic Bomb. Now They’re Mining for E.V.s.

Congo’s mineral resources are found in two broad geographical curves, arcs of mineral-rich surface-level rock that converge on the city of Lubumbashi. This region, known as the Copperbelt, has been mined for more than a century for minerals like copper, Continue reading First They Mined for the Atomic Bomb. Now They’re Mining for E.V.s.