If you’re British and trans and feeling like everyone’s against you, take a look at the 1,600+ writers who have signed this letter of solidarity: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18p-rvgNitRKYs9C2PoIBC86Fb2ZQnBd8PzEfgGfnsKo/mobilebasic

Names on the list that made me smile included historian Fern Riddell, poet Nikita Gill, and comedians Sara Pascoe, James Acaster, Sophie Duker, and Aisling Bea.

"A lot of people think that immigrants in detention must have done something wrong, but many people have not broken any laws and yet they are still detained. Some have no family anywhere near their detention center and no idea how long they may be held. I decided to visit these individuals."

https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/how-we-help-the-immigrant-community-feel-seen

Ukraine scores a big hit on a site near Moscow with a designed capacity of 264,000 tons of munitions, including artillery shells, anti-tank missiles, and ballistic rockets.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/22/russian-ammo-depot-reportedly-holding-264000-tons-of-munitions-obliterated-near-moscow/

I published a follow-up on NPR's scoop last week about a whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), who alleges DOGE created super admin accounts (w/ no logging) at NLRB and transferred ~10GB worth of data from the agency's case files.

The story includes an interview with the whistleblower -- NLRB security architect Daniel Berulis -- and examines the technical claims in his report to lawmakers. He's taking some paid leave for now, noting that the same day the NPR story ran, the NLRB removed administrative rights for its IT staff and almost everyone else at the agency.

The backstory is that both Amazon and Musk’s SpaceX have been suing the NLRB over complaints the agency filed in disputes about workers’ rights and union organizing, arguing that the NLRB’s very existence is unconstitutional. On March 5, a U.S. appeals court unanimously rejected Musk’s claim that the NLRB’s structure somehow violates the Constitution.

Here's the lede:

"A security architect with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges that employees from Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) transferred gigabytes of sensitive data from agency case files in early March, using short-lived accounts configured to leave few traces of network activity. The NLRB whistleblower said the unusual large data outflows coincided with multiple blocked login attempts from an Internet address in Russia that tried to use valid credentials for a newly-created DOGE user account."

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/whistleblower-doge-siphoned-nlrb-case-data/

Dear Non-Kamala Voters: They are coming to garnish your wages and if they can’t do that, forget renting an apartment, buying a house, purchasing a car or anything else where you need credit.

Voting for anyone but the candidate with your best interests in mind that has the best chance to win or sitting it out does not serve anyone.

Anyone.

More than 5 million student loan borrowers are in default. Education Department says they will be referred to debt collection |
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/more-than-5-million-student-loan-borrowers-are-in-default-education-department-says-they-will-be-referred-to-debt-collection