Photo passed along from a federal employee from inside the Dept of Labor building, where a giant Orwellian image of Trump's face is now draped outside. Big Brother is watching.
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Photo passed along from a federal employee from inside the Dept of Labor building, where a giant Orwellian image of Trump's face is now draped outside. Big Brother is watching.
This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children. Pay all workers a living wage.
Have the people who put pads on their ear at the convention tattooed a big bruise on the back of their hand yet?
Someone please kill me right now.
No wonder the fascists hate actual data analysis. Done correctly, it proves them wrong about just about everything.
If you have not been, now is a really good time to start tracing your multi-size patterns instead of cutting them out. This is a resource we'll never have again.
Automatic voter registration — which has given Georgia one of the highest registration rates in the nation — might be endangered next year. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
This is nothing else but a hybrid war that Russia wages against Europe Let's name things as they really are:Russia has made an assassination attempt of the President of the European Commission Russia has been jamming GPS-signals over many Eastern Europe countries that are in its immediate vicinity
Good to see a bipartisan group of former CDC Directors raise alarms in the NY Times about RFK Jr. dismantling US public health. And I can’t help but feel frustrated that they didn’t do this last year when public health was on the ballot—nor did NYT frame it that way—when we had a chance to stop it.
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment. Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
🚨 A billion-dollar no-bid contract. A secretive desert detention camp. A contractor with no website and no experience. This isn’t a thriller—it’s Trump’s America. Take a look before this gets memory-holed:
Euronews - Russia accused of jamming the GPS of the airplane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during her official visit to Bulgaria.
“You not believing it doesn't make it true. You not understanding it doesn't mean it isn't understood. Your ignorance gives you no authority. Your skepticism doesn't make you wise.” @juliusgoat.bsky.social www.the-reframe.com/your-ignoran...
Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.
Meanwhile, did you see? A federal judge on Friday allowed the Trump admin and the Oklahoma AG to use his court to subvert democracy through a sham lawsuit manufactured to get rid of a pro-immigrant state law they don’t like without needing to go through the trouble of actually repealing the law.
Hey @mollyjongfast.bsky.social thank you for pushing back on misogynistic bullshit other guests on MSNBC The Weekend were spewing about the victims of Jeffrey Epstein being somehow UNFIT to testify in court because they were PAID for SEX. They were all WRONG, and you were the only one to call it out
I was an avid listener. The episodes with students were particularly encouraging. It was far more informative than the rehash-the-atrocity-of-the-day/week podcasts.
Beyond warning our neighbors of checkpoints, I think the primary goal of protesters encountering ICE and HSI agents should be to try to shame them into quitting their jobs. A big lift -- unlike the Guard they signed up for this shit -- but a good goal regardless
“The people in this book are brave,” said Toad. “They fight dragons and giants, and they are never afraid.” “I wonder if we are brave,” said Frog.
I got a text earlier today from a liberal mom, outraged that she can't order BALLET TIGHTS because the vendor won't ship to the US right now. I told her one of the most useful things she can do right now is to vent about this situation to the other "apolitical" dance moms.
This whole thread is just appalling. The hearing arises from the Trump admin conspiring with a foreign country to violate a federal court order in the middle of the night so it can deny due process to children who escaped dangerous circumstances.
NEW: Northern resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act provides a template for how current leaders should respond to the Trump administration’s takeover of American cities writes Ansley Skipper. https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-long-history-behind-trumps-war
Late is the hour in which both William Broad and the New York Times (www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...) express concern over the Trump administration's promotion of antiscience: 🧵
I'm gonna start issuing executive orders. They will have the exact same status under law as this trash.
“No lawyer talk! Terrell bellows to DOJ lawyers. No law, just threats, bombast, press conferences. That’s how our universities are falling.
The DeSantis regime will do more to protect sidewalks from chalk than children from bullets.
Important story At a recent Manhattan protest, security guards snatched two brothers, dragging them inside the Egyptian Mission to the UN where they beat one with a chain and choked the other. NYT notes foreign govts have used embassies and diplomatic outposts to crack down on dissent. Gift link!
Residents are finding all sorts of ways to fight ICE: They're recording and reporting. They're wheatpasting and sharing know-your-rights materials. And they're stepping up to care for each other, from delivering groceries to walking kids to school. 51st.news/dc-residents...
9/11 was a massive boon to conservatives, rescuing Bush's floundering Presidency and leading to a midterm wipeout for Dems and Bush's reelection. They are actively rooting for more terrorist attacks.
Mayor Brandon of Chicago responds to a question from a reporter if pushing back will make things harder? “Can you imagine if my ancestors would have had the same rationale? Let’s not fight against the Confederacy. Let’s just try to get along, and maybe one day they’ll give us our freedom?”
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
IMO, Trump has publicly, proudly shown his sadistic tendencies going back at least 20 yrs. He enjoys making people suffer, even die. It’s entangled with his love of absolute power. He has that in common with Stalin.
This is the MAGA program in a nutshell. RFK Jr.-and Trump hate expertise because it threatens their complete command of arbitrary power. See Peter Palchinsky, the hero (and an incredibly brave man) of Loren Graham's wonderful short bio/history, The Ghost of the Executed Engineer.
Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
“You’re in a church parking lot—get out!” “We don’t want you kidnapping our neighbors!” open.substack.com/pub/americas...
⬇️ It has been so demoralizing to see how The Discourse™ ignored those scientists, medical professionals, and journalists who have been warning of this for over two decades. There was no doubt what Kennedy would do if given the chance. Maybe there was some 'instructor error', but also…
I’ve heard from a couple of messaging strategists now that people shouldn’t post so much about COVID19 vaccines because it’s “divisive”. I am here to say that I do not give a damn what is popular. I will never ignore scientific evidence for the sake of expediency, and neither should anyone else.
if anyone has the complaint, case number, case name, cause of action, I’d love to see it because I’m not sure what this would be
I spit up my tea.
Again I think, what would the fascists do differently if they were intentionally trying to destroy our country? Again, the answer is nothing.
Just had an interesting conversation. Folks in the American intelligence community are scared for the future of the community. Through unprecedented politicization of the intelligence community to retirements, peeps leaving for industry, and poor morale, it’s going to take a generation to recover.
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"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power." New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
A crew from Belly of the Beast captured images of 150 Cuban detainees stepping off a plane, deported from the US to Cuba. Then stories of family separation & cruelty emerged. One woman said she was forcibly separated from her US-born 2-yr-old daughter. A man said ICE had detained him 3 months ago.
In a similar vein
aside from all the issues around learning, subjecting children to AI instead of teachers will have a profound effect on how they connect with others. Don’t we already have too many maladjusted people causing havoc?
They’re doing all this to prevent people from MEMORIALIZING A MASS SHOOTING
Important 🧵 with many significant observations. This one is key.
EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS infuriating, deplorable account of what one trans woman in the U.K. has gone through as a result of the country's shifting laws (particularly as they have moved toward explicit hatred this year). Just read it. My God.
In 8th grade, our social studies teacher went totally off the curriculum to do a unit on world religions. It was a wonderful journey. In addition to the content of the lessons, it also allowed me for the first time to consider religion objectively, rather than as something people tried to push on me
Mr LaDuca, who immigrated from Italy when he was 2 years old &, like so many immigrants, loved this country deeply. We spent several weeks on the Constitution in Am History class—the debates, the compromises, the articles & amendments that emerged. It served me well when I took my citizenship exam.
Right now, your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligiblity criteria. Please send a letter to your member of Congress here. And spread the word. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
Stopped at a Midas repair shop today and the guy there brought up the CDC. This is an example where raising the salience of what is going on really can break through the noise.
🐔 Rep Chuck Fleischmann (R) tells the Chattanooga Times Free Press he will “never” do a town hall www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/au...
🚨Priest uses his body to attempt to stop ICE vehicles in Broadview, Illinois outside of a detention facility that has refused entry to members of Congress.
I still struggle with the pronunciation of “inchoate.”
For the first time in Newbern’s history, the citizens of this majority-Black town got to participate directly in the democratic process. The incumbent Mayor Patrick Braxton defeated his opponent Laird Cole 66 to 26.
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.
Pre-ordered! It’s a gift for my son, good timing for his b’day.
La Décapitation de saint Georges, Bernat Martorell, 1430
I can
3rd QB for GA today. Glad to see them getting a chance to have some playing time. #GoDawgs
And #GoDawgs
Update: There are 2 copies of 1 volume of her works in the entire state of Georgia public library system (at least, those who are members of the online catalog system). 0 copies of the other two volumes. This is a sad commentary.
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
Spot-on from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
this fucking guy
Trump did this
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An alum just made my day. She wrote about the Holocaust survivor she met in my class 10+ years ago & that she remembers vividly her account of feeling alone & abandoned by her neighbors. & that motivates her now to SHOW UP for others but also to know she & her community need to DEFEND THEMSELVES. 💔🔥
Arch Manning is the first QB in college football history to have more commercials than completions in a game.
Geez I wonder why. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08...
It is TRAUMA to have to do school shooting drills when you're fucking 6 years old.
About 10 yrs ago, I was researching women in STEM, prepping to teach a lifelong learning class. Not one of the searches I conducted at the time brought up any results linking to her books! I did manage to find information about the women she wrote abt mentioned this obituary. I’ll now read her books
“The federal occupation of DC, w/the help of Congress and other authorities, is not keeping our streets and communities safe,” said Rev. Yoimel González Hernández, who canceled services to help protect his congregants. “They are disappearing people without due process and infringing their rights.”
What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
How much does he need to raise to buy his ticket?
RFK Jr. taps his top deputy, Jim O’Neill, to be the new CDC director. Both men appear to wear skinny ties from Otaa. Otaa's ties are made in China from microfiber, a kind of plastic that, under the right conditions, can migrate to your balls.
Checking out the events at the Decatur Book Festival, I came to a hard stop at this one. With the CDC resignations, it should be a lively discussion!
I’d be please if Schumer just got a better socials aide.
Science: Trump supporters are assholes.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
These people are scum.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/c...
Oh, I prayerfully pray that they will all be sent to prison. They believe in the private carceral industry, so let’s make them all “customers” of BIG PRISON.
Holy sh*t. The GOP is a criminal enterprise intent on the destruction of children, young women, the elderly, lbgtq+—basically anyone not white, straight fundamentalist Christian male.
North Carolina Republican county elections chair James Yokeley resigns after video shows him secretly tainting Dairy Queen Blizzards he bought for his 16 year old step-granddaughter and her 15 year old female friend Search his basement NOW www.wral.com/story/nc-cou...
this thread was extraordinarily helpful and shaped my thinking on this. unrolled it for easier reading.
Every time I read of yet another blow to edu, science, immigration, health, I think: What would Trump do differently if he intentionally set out to ruin this country? And the answer is, nothing. I don’t care why he’s doing it—Putin or the gaping hole in his narcissistic soul. He needs to be stopped.
This rule would have meant I couldn't do my Ph.D. in America. I did do it in America. Became a professor. 12 thriving U.S. labs are now headed by trainees from my research lab. Like me, they are all working hard to enrich American knowledge and society. With this self-harming rule, none of that.
“End-run” “Pushing limits” “Unusual” “Redefining” “Challenging norms” “Boldly upending” Sounds heroic, muscular. Our English language already contains the word illegal. No need to craft misleading/laudatory synonyms for suspending our Constitution. In this dangerous moment, we must speak clearly.
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there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
Being a Republican means demolishing the planet and still expecting to get invited to dinner. They don’t believe in cutting people off socially over politics—they believe in *murdering* people over politics. Keeping normal relationships with whoever’s left is how they tell themselves they’re ok.