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Please circulate these two job postings, and apply! I will be working on this project, so we will be close colleagues. Postdoc in experimental linguistics job posting: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/2... PhD in semantics/pragmatics job posting: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/a...
There's a lot going on, and a lot to argue about. But we should all be able to agree that the shocking levels of incompetence shown in the leadership of our federal government is both historically unmatched, and it hurts all of us.
Scott Jennings and Ben Shapiro are currently both sitting at a panel table on CNN, not OANN. Seems like a pretty good barometer of where things are in this country. 😕🇺🇸
Trump made $3.4 billion while in office. Thou shalt not pretend he took a pay cut for the people.
Dear 2nd Amendment voters: If Trump can send the Texas National Guard into Illinois against that state’s will, what stops the next president from doing the same, except to take your guns?
Wes Moore is NOT playing: I am the Commander in Chief of the National Guard. I will not authorize the Maryland National Guard to be activated. THIS is how you fight back.
Fox News had to pay 3/4 of a BILLION dollars for lying to its viewers. And it STILL lies.
The United States is the only place on earth where poor people shun unions, free healthcare, and free education because the rich tell them to.
“Community Notes for the Win!”
The Democratic party leadership is only concerned with finding moderates who don't rock the boat too much – and that's the exact opposite of what we need and what this time demands.
See through it.
🟪🟦🟩🟨🟧🟥 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
How can any military personnel feel honor or duty when they and the rest of the world watch their degrading and humiliation at the hands of a flatulent orange-painted clown? #MAGAIsADisease
“I refuse to accept this is normal.” - JB Pritzker. Amen, governor. Amen.
That 77% is worrisome.
Phang: The judge notes that the MacArthur Park show of force was just sheer political theater. Major General Sherman, objected, expressing concern that there would be a large number of people because it was Father’s Day. To which Bovino criticized him, questioning his loyalty to the country.
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This is so important. Please read. RFK Jr is endangering our lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
In a major setback to President Donald Trump’s attempt to purge independent agencies, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to block a lower court order reinstating Democratic commissioner Rebecca Slaughter to the Federal Trade Commission. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Ken Paxton is now "recommending" that Texas school children recite the Lord's Prayer at school.
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
Yesterday we visited Green Mountain Falls, CO to visit the kinetic sculpture Off the Beaten Path by Patrick Shearn. I wasn’t ready for just how dynamic it was even in the slightest breeze. Reminds me of a murmuration of starlings. Incredible artwork. It’ll only be up through October 19th.
Two tropical cyclones in the eastern Pacific Ocean have gained strength. The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Lorena is expected to become a hurricane by Wednesday. Kiko is a Category 2 hurricane but no watches or warnings are associated with it, and there are no hazards affecting land.
She is so precious! Here’s my oldest, Maddie Lin Lin, she’s 18
Luddism about pharmaceutical research and development is not a good look on anyone, including progressives.
Public defenders from across the country share their challenges, triumphs, heartbreaks, & moments of profound humanity in this new book from the @americanbar.org Proud to say New Mexico LOPD contributed 5 of the 45 stories It's available now on the ABA website www.americanbar.org/products/inv...
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
COMMENTARY: If this was happening in another nation, we'd call it by name. It's authoritarianism.
BREAKING: Google just dodged a $2.5T breakup. A federal judge rejected the DOJ's request to force the tech giant to spin off Chrome and Android products.
It's really quite a thing to have a Secretary of Energy who does not understand, ummm... energy.
Pritzker: When did we become a country where it's okay for the president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything, especially something we don't want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?
So they re-released most of the same shit they gave the GOP binder crew in February? Color me shocked. Never thought I’d say this, but I’m with Massie. Release the rest of the damn Epstein files, not this cherry-picked bullshit.
Mary Peltola, the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress, is leading in polls on who should be Alaska’s next governor. People are also floating a possible Peltola Senate run. She hasn’t made any announcements. 19thnews.org/2025/08/mary...
As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
Kristi Noem's Non-Stop Slander Invites Congress to Ask Melania about Her Close Ties to Jeffrey Epstein www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/02/k...
“The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building stands visible as protesters dressed as handmaids from The Handmaid's Tale march on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.” @gettyimages.com
REP. @yassaminansari.bsky.social on the bipartisan demand for the Epstein files: “This is the most corrupt administration in 🇺🇸 history, and this story shows it more than anything.”
He must be removed!!
Having a bad day?? Here's a pick me up... 😊 #bluesky #nature #animals
It’s odd that the president would need to give an Oval Office address about something as arbitrary (albeit idiotic) as moving Space Force or renaming the DoD. I have to assume he’s doing it because he knows the world thinks he’s hiding.
“Rather than defending civil liberties and civil protections, you’re turned inward to potentially hinder [them].” In June, we sat down with a veteran and military law expert to discuss “being used against your neighbor” as a soldier.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the vice chair of the Intelligence Committee, says he was denied a meeting with career intelligence workers because Laura Loomer objected.
🚨BREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN down new South Dakota law imposing a nine-month deadline to file ballot measures declaring it unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Congrats to Dakotans for Health and their legal team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...
So our military just bombed a boat in international waters and extrajudicially killed suspected drug traffickers without so much as a conversation, let alone a trial? Then posted it on social media? And we’re all supposed to just trust their account?
Khanna: It’s going to be a bombshell press conference tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. The American people will hear directly from survivors of the Epstein abuse. And they’re not just going to talk about Epstein’s and Maxwell’s abuse — they’re going to talk about rich and powerful men…
A note to RFKJ- don’t cross the nurses. They’re tough as nails and get things done. We’re glad to have National Nurses United join the fight against unscientific nonsense.
Trump on moving Space Command to Alabama from Colorado: They went to all mail-in voting. So they have automatically crooked elections. When a state is for mail-in voting, that means they want dishonest elections. That played a big factor also
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie has filed a discharge petition to force the disclosure of Justice Department investigative files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
Moving Space Command away from NORAD is stupid. Colorado already has the existing ecosystem to support both the command and the operations. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
If the GOP is cool with going to the “war department” then you know they just have no independent thought left. Just betas
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s use of National Guard troops and Marines in Los Angeles earlier this year violated a federal law that prohibits using the military as a domestic police force. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Now THIS is interesting. Especially that last bit about Melania making an unscheduled visit to “tour” Walter Reed….
Congress is back — and a laundry list of thorny issues threatens to complicate the funding fight.
Los Angeles music festival 2025 Throwback edition ✊
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A local diner was raided by ICE and 14 people were kidnapped, and most of the locals seem more concerned with where they're going to get their hashbrowns than with anything else. Unfriendly reminder that immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and migrants don't owe you labor to deserve respect.
In case you were looking for this tonight … How The 25th Amendment Actually Works — And What Nobody's Ever Figured Out www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chri...
Donald Trump may end the first year of his second term as the most unpopular president in American history.
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
Marsha Blackburn wants the National Guard in Memphis. www.actionnews5.com/2025/09/01/s...
All kidding aside, it is so *insane* & *shocking* & *dangerous* that Corporate Media has collectively decided to completely bury objective fact that the President is uninformed, confused, and physically & mentally deteriorating.
Every person, without exception, who claims they voted for King asshole “because of the economy” is lying. All of them. Not a single person voted for that criminal asswipe because of the economy. They voted for him because they wanted team white man to win and be in charge. That’s it.
The administration is constantly repeating the same ugly lies about who ICE is detaining—in their press releases, media appearances, and posts. We combat their flood of propaganda by telling the truth every chance we get about who they are really tearing out of our communities.
Whatever is in the Epstein files must be pretty bad, because the President seems extremely stressed by its content. 🤔 Tomorrow morning, we push for the release of the unredacted Epstein files, and the impeachment of this criminal president. Join us.
IMO almost every popular view of gender massively downplays the intensity and virulence of anti-effeminacy as a form of gender violence and prejudice.
This week, Oversight Committee Dems are meeting with many of the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. We will listen to their stories and continue our work to seek justice against anyone responsible for these horrific crimes.
📢 GOTV #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory 👇🏾CANNOT
Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer: -Australia by 2028 -Sweden by 2027 -Rwanda by 2030 -UK by 2040 -Indonesia by 2030 -Bhutan 2030 -El Salvador by 2030 -Canada by 2040 How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban. You will note USA is not on this list.
School starts tomorrow for many. Approximately 1 in 74 people in Ontario currently has COVID. If those were the odds for a lottery, I’d be buying several tickets, but this isn’t a lottery worth winning. Masks work, insist on open windows & filtering the air/HEPAs.
RFK jr's cult beliefs in no way supersedes anyone's right to prevent death or disease in their self or their family. Full Stop.
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I know I'm banging on. But we have to because we're a small press and need this limelight to let readers know about our books. From Hebden to Hollywood via Dublin. As Rónán said. 'It's like throwing a dart from Dublin and hitting the bullseye in New York.' www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Never forget this: Working people outnumber the billionaires and CEOs by a huge margin. If workers stand together, they will win. Solidarity.
🔥 future Senator of Maine @grahamformaine.bsky.social Platner rallying with Bernie…
This is my 95-year-old neighbor. He's been living alone since his wife passed away from cancer, and not long ago, he also lost his loyal companion dog. Now, every day, our chicken Hei Hei escapes the yard just to visit him. She sits with him, accepts treats, and lets him pet her like an old
God @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social should be both Mayor of NYC and the head of the Democratic Party's comms and I'm so glad we get to watch him cook.
It is frightening that the dictators of Russia, China, India and North Korea are having a meeting to make plans against TRUMP AND THE USA!! All because of Donald’s incompetence and inability to negotiate with anyone about anything and his damn TARIFFS!!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
This is what #democracy looks like. #WorkersOverBillionaires @davidbfox.com
Netflix is putting its money where its mouth is: 💰 $2M to back Newsom in the redistricting fight 📺 A deal for Sesame Street — new episodes and the full archive free to watch. That’s how you pick a side.
I love this guy
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We want to give a big shout-out to Palm Beach Gardens, New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Houston, Albuquerque, Cleveland, and Greensboro! Thank you for showing up today and making your voices heard! 💚✊
ICYMI — “LA wouldn’t be standing today” This is a real thing @Sec_Noem said on tv, with a straight face
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
Celebration of Bluesky Friends 🦋 go.bsky.app/899qT4s
I can't believe the U.S. Congress is flying Nigel Farage over to tell them about freedom of expression in a hearing this week. judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac... Hey people in the UK, are there any particularly choice tidbits you'd like to share about this guy??
NEW: Nadler will not seek re-election, citing the need for a new generation of leaders. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
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The Department of Homeland Security posted an image of the ideological moral allocation heat map. They’re calling people who care about what happens to other living beings beyond just their family and friends, losers and their opinions invalid. /