Center-left feminist in North Carolina. Pro democracy, reality, & data-based decision-making. Anti gender stereotypes, extremism, & leaf blowers. Art, nature, music, & literature will sustain us. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🌿 ♀️ 🐈⬛️ 🏃♀️
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We knew this was coming, but it's still terrible. Texas passes bill banning abortion pills from being mailed to the state 19thnews.org/2025/09/texa... via @19thnews.org Where are all those libertarians now? Oh, right. You just meant lack of regulation for rich men, ideally white men.
I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️ "Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
Senate: *Gives NASA an embarrassingly small budget, about 10x less than in the 60s* Also the senate: “Why aren’t we winning the Space Race this time?!?”
The holding that "pocket recissions" are illegal starts at page 31.
In his first term, McMaster recalls, “Trump would say ‘outlandish’ things like, ‘Why don’t we just bomb the drugs?’” Now we’re in Trump’s second term, and we’re bombing random boats in the open seas that might or might not be carrying drugs. www.cnn.com/2024/08/25/p...
Believe it.
If you take the reporting at face value that DoD hasn't figured out what the authorities were yet, then that means a CCMD received an order to carry out a lethal strike without a clear understanding of the authorities of the strike, which is uuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh not normal
You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants * www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
The editor's note at the end was 🧑🍳😘
“We blew it up.” On Trump’s orders. Even Rubio wants a little distance from this.
A federal judge in Boston ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully canceled $3 billion worth of grants to Harvard University after the university rejected a series of demands early this year.
Oh my god. THIS IS THE FLORIDA SURGEON GENERAL??? bsky.app/profile/flie...
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"According to a separate investigation by the independent investigative Russian outlet Proekt, Putin is known to take blood baths from the severed antlers of Siberian red deer (commonly known in Russia as the “maral”) a traditional remedy promoted by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in the mid-2000s"😦
Yep. bsky.app/profile/popo...
Wanna know who IS getting all their vaccinations? The DeSantis kids. #Florida
RFK Jr. must resign.
Another 16-year-old is a victim of human trafficking, and is already going through the process to get a T visa for victims of trafficking. Despite that, no removal order, and his parents not seeking his return, the Trump admin sought to deport him in the middle of the night.
🚨NEW: Declarations filed in the lawsuit against the rushed attempt to deport 600 Guatemalan children reveals the chaotic way the Trump admin carried out the operation. Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."
Meanwhile...
Terrifying prospect that it may come to that!
Sure, guys. Did the guy with the fetish for the nazi boat tell you that? www.markets.com/news/economi...
Around 22% of the FL population is 65 or older. That's about 5 million people. Anyone with existing health issues is going to be at greater risk. Along with infants and healthcare workers. None of this will end well.
I just almost said #RIPDisney!
Trying to kill people. And tourism.
Omfg. This is so bad.
Obscene.
WHAT THEEEEEEEEEE FUCK.
JUST IN: Federal appeals court says Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act for deportations. https://cnn.it/4pmjCyr
"The Constitution is clear. It puts elections in state hands.... The idea that Washington, D.C., can erase that with an executive order should bother every federalist.... The proper path for states that want different rules is to change their own laws, not force Utah to abandon what works." /4
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?
What could go wrong? 😐
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.
USDA quietly said Friday it will, after a century, end the Farm Labor Survey (FLS), the only wage survey of ag employers. FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages. #LaborDay #EconSky www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Not...
FWIW: A spokesperson for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that Texas “is not preparing to deploy troops to Illinois,” per the Austin American-Statesman. www.statesman.com/politics/tex...
Arguably the single biggest obstacle to the American herrenvolkists is the fact that every single American read the Gettysburg Address and Declaration of Independence when they were in school
Periodic reminder that the gentlemen of @kingsreturn.bsky.social are insanely talented. 🎶👑👑👑👑🎶
Oh, these guys are fantastic! They have a couple of albums out - well worth putting in rotation. Their rendition of Michael Jackson's Human Nature is incredible. youtu.be/OPXO4HYyDE4?...
Mother Nazi
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Trump politicizing law enforcement in Baltimore does nothing to improve public safety. We've boosted the number of FBI, DEA and ATF agents in Baltimore and always welcome more support in coordination with local law enforcement. Trump’s bloviating and theatrics are a distraction. Full statement:
The black hole of disinformation and bullshit continues to suck in huge portions of the US. Rabies is spreading in the US. One reason is that many people are not vaccinating their dogs. Why? Many actually believe rabies vaccinations will make their dogs autistic.
As someone who had a job of giving vaccinations to animals, I want to make sure you truly understand that without them, dogs and cats would die constantly. It would be insane how many would perish when they didn't need to because someone is a fucking idiot.
Pictured: Khelif smelling own bullshit.
Why does Khelif want exemption from World Boxing sex screen? Only one reason. No. Female boxers & women everywhere are completely over 'passport sex'. Female sport is for females only.
GRIM.
Wow. Respect to this woman. 😂
September is Baby Safety Month.
They've been stringing this one out for a while. bsky.app/profile/juni...
The argument is: We're all meant to sacrifice a bit, so that tariffs can help rebuild American manufacturing. Let's ask American manufacturers whether they're helping.
The AI boom has created a new type of work: fixing botched AI. Designers are being hired to remake wonky AI art. Writers are asked to make ChatGPT’s writing sound more human. Even software developers are tasked with fixing buggy vibe coding. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Great story by my colleagues on the constant political realignment of Grok, the generative AI chatbot over on the other site. This change to Grok’s answer about the greatest threat to Western civilization is particularly ironic/meta. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
wow
A federal judge just ruled that Trump illegally deployed federal troops to LA – violating the Posse Comitatus Act. Trump can’t use our troops as his own police force. As Trump continues to stomp on the Constitution, I’ll keep fighting back to protect democracy and the rule of law.
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Pro tip for covering pregnancy-related arrests: don't use the word 'infant' before finding out what actually happened. More often than not, these are miscarriages, but outlets will repeat the language cops use - smearing women in the process www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
There are so many ridiculous logical errors in your reply I don't even know where to start. Your assumptions are far from universal and you seem committed to unwarranted prejudice. But stay steeped in your reactionary, myopic ignorance, I guess! 🇺🇸
Tariffs cause ‘unprecedented’ disruption to global trade rules, WTO chief says reut.rs/4g7ekT2
Lovin' the end vibe on this exchange. 😊
Disagree - many of us on the left refuse to cede the flag to the RWNJs.
The Atlantic - A legal resistance led by a patchwork coalition of lawyers, public-interest groups, Democratic state attorneys general and unions has frustrated Trump's ambitions.
The people in Washington who can actually stop Trump are not Democrats. They are Republicans. And we should be asking them every day when they will start. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/02/r...
An Army veteran, known in his community for the work he did trying to get people to safety after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, was arrested for his protests against ICE. The charge is alarming. Latest by @aglantz.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I didn’t mean to Google the letter B, but the result did convince me to figure out how to disable Google AI
Wtf. WTAF.
searching and prompting ARE NOT THE SAME THING AND ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE. The magic of original google search is it could pull correct answers for you even if you made a slight mistake in your search. We trained people to expect that! one of the most harmful and reckless deployments of tech ever
it's obviously very funny that computer cannot compute, but it also spat out totally wrong medication info at me the other day. someone is going to die because of this FOR SURE. bsky.app/profile/genn...
Wow, it's so gotten so much better in six months, the speed this technology is improving is almost frightening.
Next up, Google will claim this is quantum computing.
I had a follow up question. AI is still stupid.
It doesn't understand how longitude works, either:
For added fun, it also says that 2010 was not 14 years ago either!
AI overview is the thrashiest of all trashy AIs.
Phenomenal!
Aerial image of one of my favourite glacier rivers in Iceland. Image taken just few days ago.
At least 1,000 were killed in a landslide that destroyed a village in the Marra Mountains area of western Sudan, leaving only one survivor.
This is legit hilarious.
Maple, an English springer spaniel and former police dog, uses her strong sense of smell to help save thousands of honeybee hives. She sniffs bee colonies for American foulbrood, a highly contagious bacteria that’s fatal to the insects. https://wapo.st/41phn2Y
It appears this person 1) had loving supportive family & friends, 2) was convinced they had cancer from vaping, 3) didn't want to deal with paying bills, 4) had long been fascinated with mass shooters who targeted kids. Sympathetic generalizations ascribing this horror to bullying are inept at best.
This is a lie on an absolutely colossal scale - the figures show that tariff revenue has increased by $20 billion/month - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... would take over 30 years to reach $8 trillion at this rate
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.
Wtf
After years of being woken up by the cats bringing rodents in, dropping them under the bed leading to Tom & Jerry scenes at 3am, we bought an AI catflap. Which seems to work, now just need to remove the decapitated prey from the door mat
Elon Musk is a radicalised extremist openly championing the most racist faction who would deport the Foreign Secretary, the Leader of the Opposition, the Justice Secretary and the last Prime Minister The govt silence about such a level of extremism is craven: infinite tolerance of racial hatred
❗️The plane Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu was on was forced to land in Bulgaria due to suspected Russian GPS interference -FT There are reports that the pilots even had to use paper maps due to GPS jamming as they made the emergency landing.
Cry me a river.
No one is saying rape crisis services should not be available to trans people, you absolute fuckwit. The issue is the availability of female-only services for those women who do not want their trauma compounded by having to deal with men.
TRAs are men's rights activists. ⬇️
Ports across the country were planning to become economic hubs for the growing offshore wind industry. The Trump administration is cancelling grants to build the infrastructure for it.
Y'all know that man does not step foot in a grocery store. He's got to be talking about the bread options available at the places where he orders his Uber Eats lunch deliveries.
Ed Snowden replied-all to a supervisor with an all-caps screed and was made to apologize to everyone on the email. His downloading of classified documents began the next day. The DNI comments that he cites as his reasons for action didn't happen until two weeks later.
I made a spreadsheet of all the federal cases filed as part of Trump's DC crackdown. It's not going great
This is such an accurate description of our current situation.
So much courage to speak out right now. Thank you.
Just days after two crew workers helping battle Washington’s largest wildfire were arrested by Border Patrol, Washington Rep. Emily Randall was denied entry to the facility, calling the situation “disgusting” in an interview with CNN affiliate KOMO.
Trump promised to drain the swamp. Instead he’s delivered the most corrupt administration in American history, and officials are already jumping ship to peddle their influence at lobbying firms. From @jeffhauser.bsky.social and @timi-iwayemi.bsky.social @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social: trib.al/tmtQhfI
Trump spent part of his Saturday night posting that he wants to sign new executive orders aimed at voter ID and mail-in ballots. That would be unconstitutional. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The signs of a gathering catastrophe in Sudan’s besieged city of El Fasher have been mapped out from the skies above on.ft.com/3Vpqkph
