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Even in florida, charges like this don’t stick. But the point is to terrify queers into silence, with the knowledge that whether the charges stick or not, they will jail us, and if they can, brutalize us whole they have us. Florida Government endorses the Pulse massacre.
It took cops three hours to finally go into the Pulse nightclub the night of the shooting. If you wander near a crosswalk in Florida with a piece of chalk right now you'll have four cops on you in under five seconds.🤷♂️
When it happens, it’s going to be like this on the socials:
The signs they put up are actually doing more to impede access to the actual sidewalk & crosswalk, especially for wheelchair users, bike & scooter riders, & folks with carriages.
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This all day long. And more.
Glad this ghoul is crawling back under the rock from whence she came. The only person she was serving was herself.
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
Make no mistake, this is also planting the seeds for the abolishment of birth control. After they come for trans folks, who do you think they’ll come for next?
Here he goes.
Here's some good news: Catelin Drey won a special election this week to flip a seat blue in the Iowa Senate and break Republicans' supermajority.
A couple of months ago, the Navy dishonored civil rights hero Harvey Milk by removing his name from a ship. Now, the Air Force is dishonoring itself by celebrating a domestic terrorist called Ashli Babbitt.
CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else. #USAnotRFK Lets gooooo
Starbucks’ 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.
No brush, no pencil. Just a typewriter. Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting. #art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is what happens when you have an incompetent administration, constantly making mistakes, that is too insecure/dishonest to admit to any error.
As someone who manages a 501c3 internship program, I feel this DEEPLY for our graduates. How do we get them past the HR AI filters so they can be seen? It’s become a very serious issue.
Definitely in my top five! Peter Boyle is magnificent. “Bad Blood” is such a fun one, too. I die laughing every time.
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
He’s wanted to declare martial law from day one. Bypass all checks and rule as a tyrant. Many have speculated how he’d do it. Now his gambit is clear. DC was a test. He’s using manufactured crime stats to send troops into blue states & cities. This is not a drill. Democracy is at defcon 1.
As a Floridian, can confirm.
Frost: He knows they can't win, so he wants to cheat. The same thing he's done his entire life. But I'll tell you something else I feel really good about, is what California's doing. They're saying we're not gonna let you do this without a fight.
That part.
Harbor Freight is a great alternative to Lowe’s & Home Depot.
#books are awesome.
I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded. HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
Monte Mader @montemader.bsky.social
"A federal judge on Thursday ordered that no more immigrant detainees be sent to a center in the Florida Everglades, and that much of the facility be dismantled... The judge gave both branches of the government 60 days to move out existing detainees..."
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.” Hannah Arendt
BREAKING: A federal judge in Florida just told the state that they have 60 days to clear out Alligator Alcatraz. This is a huge win for humanity. A huge loss for Trump.
Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the House floor after refusing to agree ‘to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers’ www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...
Trump just vowed to ban mail-in ballots and voting machines, citing debunked lies about voter fraud. Anyone that wants to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This Floridian thanks her. Fine is an absolute menace.
“With less they beat slavery. With less they beat Jim Crow… Harriet Tubman didn’t have email, Twitter, Texts, TikTok…”
It’s strategic and targeted.
I really hope he will consider a run for president. There has to be a pathway for a lot of these Christian nationalists to find their way back to sanity & someone like Talarico could be that person.
I have been following her journey everyday almost from the beginning. Congratulations! 🙌🥳 brookedoeseverything Brooke Johnson
August 15, 1969 1969It's Day 1 of the Woodstock festival on Max Yasgur's 60-acre farm in Bethel, New York. Day 1 doesn't have the biggest names, but massive crowds make it clear that something's happening here. #ClassicRock #RockNRoll #ClassicVinyl #MusicSky youtu.be/rynxqdNMry4?...
BREAKING: Washington D.C.'s attorney general sues to block President Trump takeover of local police, alleging the administration is 'abusing' its power.
“Israel fears the people who tell the world about what is happening in Gaza — the war, the genocide, the famine. Anas made it a mission to tell these stories, our stories, all over the world. And people listened,” a pseudonymous Palestinian journalist who lives in the US writes for @theintercept.com
Ten-year-old chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan made history at the 2025 British Chess Championship by becoming the youngest girl ever to defeat a grandmaster and to earn the Woman International Master (WIM) title.
Top tier comment.
Have visited DC every year for the last 4 years for legislative advocacy fly-ins for the industry I work in. Plenty of walkabouts in & around the capital without zero issue. They just love lying to the public.
THAT part. 3 bets it rhymes with “Bleritage Frowndation”.
This evening!
August is National Black Business Month! Tag a black-owned business you love in the comments. ⬇️ Here are just 3 in New Jersey to check out.
Big Beautiful Bill? More like… #BigBillionaireBuyout
My main takeaway from the last JD Vance interview is that Trump is the only one who wants to protect Democrats who may be on the Epstein list.
Live your life such that no one ever denies you a pierogi.
Through the Every Kid Outdoors program, any fourth grader can get a pass that admits their entire family into national parks, preserves, or historic sites for an entire year, for free. It's a great gift. nyti.ms/4orN5Gz
They were sent to CECOT by the Trump administration. For months, their families were left wondering whether they’d ever see their loved ones alive again. Now that they’ve been released, three of the men and their families open up about their ordeal. 📽️ Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8IN...
Some types of old debt are no longer collectible after a certain point. But collection agencies make money by scaring people into restarting the clock on payments. Here’s what you should know:
Parting shot of this rock star from last week… Costa’s Hummingbird on cholla skeleton 🪶☀️🌵 (sunrise reflection in bird’s eye)
Ohh that's RICH @ohhthatsrich.bsky.social
“.. At the time I believed I had a higher duty to represent my client zealously and to protect the tabloid’s First Amendment rights — which included the right not to publish a story. Now I wonder whether I was kidding myself.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/o...
Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social
Her whole career & personality are constant attempts at glamorizing the dehumanization of people. It’s not what she looks like on the outside that makes her an ugly monster.
WhatsApp is owned by META. Signal. Signal. Signal.
NPR @npr.org
Just got irrationally excited to find ‘Medicine Man’ is now on streaming.
Adolf Hitler used the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin to promote fascism. I hope the world deprives Donald Trump of that same opportunity 92 years later.
Heinous.
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me. #pediatriccancer #cancermom
What would be the most effective course of action for us to take away from this info? Boycott? Report the Ads en masse? Contact the services & ask to take them down?
@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "We're here in IL, the land of Lincoln... When he was a state senator in 1840, broke quorum by jumping out of a window in the statehouse. I believe my colleagues and I are participating in a long tradition of standing up to bullies, civil disobedience, of good trouble."
Rewatching X-Files. S11: E4 The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat. “You know our current President (Trump’s first term) once said something truly profound. He said, “Nobody knows for sure.” “What was he referring to?” “What does it matter?”
It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....
Talarico is such a refreshing voice of integrity.
@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "As a state rep, I get paid about $600 a month. That's not much to live off of. Many of my colleagues, including myself, we have day jobs that help us pay the bills. And by breaking quorum, we are leaving those day jobs behind... So this decision was not made lightly."
With news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down due to Trump’s meddling, it’s worth watching Mr. Rogers testifying to the Senate about the real value of what we’ve all lost.
We are losing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has helped educate, inform, and entertain millions of Americans. Instead, we’re getting a vulgar new gold ballroom, which none of us will ever see.
It’s about damn time
This clip...I have no words. Gaza Humanitarian Fund whistleblower Anthony Aguilar describes ordering pizzas for their site while Palestinians starve.
“Gagging”
‘The Lost Boys’ was released on this day 38 years ago! (July 31, 1987) Directed by Joel Schumacher. Starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Jami Gertz, Kiefer Sutherland, Alex Winter, Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, & more. #80s #OnThisDay
Tanganyika Wildlife Park "Born on June 26 to proud parents Posie and Pluto. Native to the tropical forests of West Africa, pygmy hippos are endangered, with fewer than 3,000 estimated to remain in the wild. Every birth helps ensure the future of this rare and incredible species"
It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
Still hanging around from Turtle Tuesday
The IRS's free tax filing tool is now reportedly "gone," according to Trump's IRS chief. This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file. Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration. See how this works?
A woman who is under age is a girl and/or child. I’ve already seen conservative talking heads trying to legitimize 13 & 14 year olds as being able to consent & if we don’t keep making this distinction clear we are doing their dirty work for them. Much appreciated.
"He stole her"
Some medicines affect your ability to sweat, stay hydrated, or even to notice if you're overheating. Doctors say keep taking them, but make sure to keep yourself cool.
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the one thing i genuinely did not anticipate from this administration was its vicious, know nothing hostility to any and everything that might even be adjacent to science and scientific research. they genuinely one to destroy the entirety of the nation’s research capacity. and for what, exactly?
Sure. Like a little league team of children. 🙄
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“What’s your religion?” Me:
1939
Seriously…the call has always been historically coming from within their own party.
They always tell on themselves.