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In the aftermath of Emmett Till's lynching, white supremacists called for federal troops to invade and occupy Chicago. "If the federal government intervenes in the interests of law enforcement anywhere, it should start in Chicago, crime capital extraordinary." h/t @larryglickman.bsky.social
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
Give RFK Jr time, heās working on it.
i just don't think it's at all mysterious why the website that's massively dominated by the exact kind of people that Trump 2.0 is actively persecuting might have more depressing vibes in 2025 than it did in 2024
Mr cait has a good eye
Again, heās an idiot, he has no idea what he is talking about #Fail Poilievre's idea to amend Criminal Code wouldn't help Canadians acting in self-defence, law experts say Proposed changes to the law are a 'slippery slope' that could put people at more risk, lawyer says www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Them: āCities are all rotting hellscapes!ā Cities:
For years and years I believed Ted Cruz was evil but brilliant, because I read a quote once from one of his liberal Harvard law professors, who said Cruz was the smartest student heād ever had. Then one day I looked it up and realized it was Alan Dershowitz.
What the fuck are we putting the children of this nation through?
You are my favourite follow. Thank you for your service.
This far right power grab is global
The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage ā and solidarity. Be prepared.
If these replies are indicative of your average American, yikes. You lot are not okay rn.
"Do you ever get that fear that you can't shift The type that sticks around like summat in your teeth?"
resting fash face
Just now saw one for the first time. For a local golf course. Just...no.
Starbucksā CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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.
Monarez is playing her weak hand perfectly, and should be a model for institutional resistance for the next four years: 1. Make them fire you 2. Donāt go along to get along 3. Donāt apologize, have confidence in your own integrity and the importance of your role 4. Always escalate the conflict
āMy grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece & lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him & his legacy proud. The nationās health security is at risk & is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest.ā Dr. Daskalakis, CDC immunization director
Sucks that feminism became politically verboten at exactly the moment when the right calcified into a masculinity death cult
it happened in my replies: one or two canadians blocked each other over whether GTA means grand theft auto or greater toronto area
the ancient outdoor cat that lived on a neighbor's patio finally passed away and they set a little memorial out for him so everybody would know
here is this platypus supercut you may want to watch
What an image (J. Scott Applewhite, AP)
After the 2024 election, in my horror and disbelief, I looked up how to get involved in my county Democratic Party in what I assumed was a vain attempt to change things 8 months later, Iām a board member of an affiliate club and an associate member of the central committee. You can do it, too!
even as the world is completely falling to pieces im still able to worry everyoneās mad at me which really shows the resilience of the neurotic human spirit
Real slow so you understand.
their small hands reach out and touching š„¹
my roommate was trying to find the menu for a nearby bagel shop and instead found some of the most iconic slop I've ever seen. thanks food! :)
Casually grabbing breakfast Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park, B.C. šØš¦
āoh my god, did you see brianās hat?ā
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
This isnāt a meme, I just think heās neat :3
Aren't these the prettiest tomatoes!!??!? Red, yellow, green striped!
Jackson, Mississippi, has the nation's highest homicide rate, more than 3 times the rate in DC
It sounds conspiratorial to suggest that Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump behind closed doors to launch an assault on mail-in voting in elections administered by the states, and Trump immediately set about mobilizing federal power to do itā¦ but that is literally Trumpās account of what happened.
The car wash needs to be slower. Itās great in there. Make it thirty minutes. I will pay extra for the inconvenience
Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring youā start using ā-AIā at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
okay here we go DRAW A BIRD CHALLENGE y'all! right now, with your own hands, no fukken "A.i." it's fine if it's bad! bad is good because you did it on your own and had fun and learned something and made something literally only you could have! #DrawABird
The fact that a president can invent a bogus excuse about crime, send in National Guard units from multiple states, and occupy a major U.S. city with barely any resistance says a lotāand none of it goodāabout Americans.
Are we all in agreement yet that it wasn't the carbon tax jacking up the cost of everything??? It's been corporate greed from the beginning folks.
This video is from a guest on my tour this week. I was busy taking stills. This is very much a wait for it video because the cutest part is at the end. It was absolutely magical to be able to watch these polar bear cubs and their mom just going about their day on the tundra in the rain. šæš¦š»āāļø
why does this raccoon dog look divorced
Canāt see em, but listen! Apparently these are called Banjo Frogs, and they really do make a string-plucking noise! Very eerie in person, so resonant and from various directions!
Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphereās promise.
This fits pretty squarely in the classic definition of assault in that it a) is unlawfully directed at constitutionally protected activity and (b) causes the victim to reasonably fear imminent physically harmful contact
US Park Police now doing traffic stops in DC, and charged at me with a baton for filming closer than they liked
Those five pictures lined up tell the whole story
Will be hard to explain in the future that the US government went antivax, causing a lot of avoidable suffering and death, not in response to any negative incident with vaccines, but to the biggest, fastest, most successful, most impressive vaccine rollout in history.
everything about this story is incredible
There are some fantastic Democratic politicians in Texas like James Talarico but one of my favorites is "Take no Bullshit" Roland Gutierrez ..man, we missed out on a good man for Senator ..instead we got Ted Cruzšŗ #stoptexasgerrymandering
This CP story we printed includes one CPC suggestion beyond more resources - which is hard, as the story notes, because water bombers aren't instant noodles - which is to "stiffen penalties for wildfires caused by arson." Which is so, so stupid. You think this map was caused by arson, do you?
NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public. By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
omg!!
For the record, our division commander BANNED things called āpresence patrolsā in Iraq. āIf you donāt have a specific task & purpose, your āpresenceā doesnāt do anything.ā National Guard stating they are now doing presence patrols in DC. A complete waste of soldierās time & effort.
Canada imports more cars from Mexico than from the US for the first time
6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these ā10 Commandmentsā: āWhen a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU: 1. Donāt know 2. Donāt care 3. Donāt tell 4. Donāt have 5. Donāt know how to 6. Donāt give 7. Canāt do 8. Donāt sell 9. Donāt show 10. Do nothingā
fuck. I was just getting ready to build a domestic factory too.
The fact that I am having to write down these words in earnest makes me want to die, by the way
Murderbot: We are best friends Verbal: No the fuck we are not
ICE looted their restaurant and tried to break into the safe. News chopper footage caught them backing their cars up to the door and carrying out cases of food.
āGood morning Iāve not eaten since Tuesday donāt ask momā
I am dying to know what makes those pierogis so good you're willing to heap national embarrassment upon yourself to get another taste
āIām just happy to help the ballclub, Paulā
The U.S. government is run by Stephen Miller, Laura Loomer, and whatever rando Fox puts on TV when Trump is watching
Iāve sometimes been sad that I donāt have a kid to play catch with but great news everyone tonight I reached a new stage of cat lady
This is Milo. He noticed you were packing for a trip. Wouldn't want you to forget the essentials. 12/10 (TT: mikrawrrrrr)
Do not accept the question "But how do we pay for it?" about social programs ever again. That talking point is done forever.
Jail for Robespierre, jail for Robespierre for one thousand years
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
I wish as many people wanted to actually click on Teen Vogue stories as like a post about our work being good and important, because this post is almost at 20k likes and that would be pretty good traffic!
Blame Canada (complimentary)
To trump administration personnel who are afraid to step outside in dc, I agree that it must suck to be targeted randomly in the street by a violent gang of out of control thugs who want to take things from you and your family for no good reason, and donāt respect the basics of the rule of law
Washington Post: āIs fascism bad? The answer may surprise youā Teen Vogue: āHere are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrierā
What is required for someone to be an American? 30% of Republicans say being White is very or somewhat important. www.pbump.net/o/what-makes...
As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
On this Chairteenth, we celebrate the good folks of Montgomery, especially our guy AquaMayne. Special shout out to the folks who, within 72 hours, recreated this in their apartment complex. A COMMUNITY!! š
It is no accident that the early use cases for "genAI" consumer products revolve around the sexual harassment, abuse, and exploitation of women in power. It is no accident that the technology is immediately embraced as a tool of patriarchy and gender-based violence. www.theverge.com/report/71897...
An easy thing to do from home is to send a note of appreciation when an organization or institution refuses to comply.
This is Percy. He's experiencing his first rainfall. Wants to know if you're seeing what he's seeing. 12/10 (TT: percy.boy.jackson)
"stick to menswear"
dahlia therapy
Today I met a baby muppet.
āWe take vaccines so for granted in the United Statesā ...āWomen in the developing world know the power of [vaccines]. They will walk 10 kilometers in the heat with their child and line up to get a vaccine because they have seen death.ā Melinda Gates
All surviving former IDF Chiefs of Staff, Mossad directors, Shin Bet Chiefs and Police Commissioners have issued a joint statement warning Israel that Netanyahu is leading the nation to unprecedented defeat. (Restart Israel)
All good points. Esp calling out the brown lip liner shading 'trend' to mimic the look of more pigmented lips. I hadn't seen any discussion or backlash to it even though it's everywhere and so obviously black face, but for lips. Couldn't unsee it and thought I was losing my damn mind.
Bleak. Bleaker still that the US birthrate will be bolstered by unwanted pregnancies because of less access to reproductive care and birth control. And open acceptance of rape culture.
For a medieval monastic chronicler, a headline to die for
one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules
It's funny to think that my preference for urban living in areas with dense, mixed-used, walkable neighborhoods, multi-family housing, small businesses, and diversity probably stems from Sesame Street. Like an early education in Jane Jacob's urbanist theories.
Dune, 1965
He's gone full Weiner
Also, despite all his successes, Colbert really really wants that Emmy. It's time.
B.C. camper heard yelling in the woods not in distress, just singing Nickelback "Two hikers had contacted 911 after hearing what sounded like ārepeated cries.ā The crew immediately switched from training to rescue mode, activating its drone team along with two RCMP officers."
We have no choice but to gerrymander blue states.