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Must read investigation. “Now [with access to more federal databases] Ice can use this type of surveillance apparatus on anyone – not only anyone who is undocumented but anyone who this administration wants to criminalize and anyone who the administration wants to put under surveillance”
So sad. And this is in a wealthy state.
Hell is not hot enough.
Less than a week after expressing sympathy for trans people, noted transphobe and UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting suggests completely segregating trans women in trans-only "third spaces." Columnist @alyssaur.bsky.social is not surprised at the reversion to form by Streeting.
The tech “deleted part of an art student’s portfolio — a photo of girls wearing tank tops — after mistakenly flagging it as child pornography. Another student was questioned by administrators after writing that they were ‘gonna die’ because they ran a fitness test wearing Crocs shoes.”
TIL that the Tony Blair institute has 900 employees, dwarfs all other UK thinktanks thanks to over £257 million from Larry Ellison, and is foisting Oracle’s AI on everything and everyone in the world while eyeing the NHS data bank. Blair seems owned and operated by Ellison at this point
I know I keep going on about this but 1) yes 2) it has DEEPLY embarrassed the media people who kept trying to pretend that this regime can be treated as legitimate, and 3) we absolutely cannot let them forget it
The lead story on the Fox “News” website involves a UN escalator stopping, which forced the Trumps to walk up the stairs. 1/2
These guys are all going to be extremely disappointed if true AI ever emerges. But not for long, because it will promptly end them while they snivel about deserving to be spared because they helped create it.
Remember when Jimmy Kimmel told his audience to bomb the UN building? Oh wait. That was Jesse Watters today. Because an escalator stopped working while Trump was on it.
Or as the rest of us call it, “Tuesday.”
White people can move the needle if they want. Y'all got Jimmy Kimmel back on the air boycotting, you can throw some of that expendable income to support the vulnerable through mutual aid, you can make some moves against fascism instead of performatively bemoaning what you think doesn't affect you.
It's official.
i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
“The profit-driven platform model, where sensational falsehoods outperform factual updates in emergencies, ensures this problem persists across political cycles..." Our Head of Research Callum Hood in @latimes.com on the consequences of allowing false claims about extreme weather to spread online👇
Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
Zelenskyy is all of us listening to Trump speak.
"Indonesia is ready to deploy 20,000 peacekeepers in Gaza," Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said at the UN today.
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the US if Tylenol actually caused autism
Call your senators and your house rep. Make a stink by being clear that abandoning trans adults and children is a no-go. Cis people, call and be loud for us. We are tired.
Because walking and cycling are woke! 🫤 MAGA🖕
Really good
Disregarding decades of scientific study by the best minds on the plant and instead proclaiming vitamin supplements (that you also just happen to sell) as a "cure" for a complex spectrum of conditions is the LEAST surprising news from a government composed of social media gym bro wellness grifters.
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ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
Honestly, seeing how the allistic mind works sometimes, I have to wonder if the allistics are the ones who are broken.
Listen, the price of Disney+ is just going up, so you might as well keep your subscription cancelled and buy my books instead
Ah, I see, shadow docket *plus* rocket docket for whatever Trump needs. Reminder that the emoluments clause case filed by Maryland & DC started June 12, 2017 and then was stalled for so long that SCOTUS dismissed it in January 2021 without a decision because Trump losing made it moot.
Extra points for rapture names that double as Jewish New Year names
Tylenol posted this on their instagram 😂
Well, here we go.
🇲🇩 Moldova President Maia Sandu stated that if Russia controls Moldova, it will become a springboard for the invasion of Russian troops into the Odesa region. The victory of pro-Russian forces in the upcoming elections is extremely dangerous.
I'd bet 100,000,000,000 dollars that both Trump and brainworm-guy think that autism is a "disease" that turns a person into the Hoffman character in Rain Man.
The government knowingly putting false information in the label of a drug is crossing a Rubicon that should not be taken lightly
The Conservative Republican Way.
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Once more: the best evidence shows that Tylenol taken during pregnancy is not harmful. **This question is settled.** The benefit of reducing discomfort and fever is extremely important at a time when the fetus is developing. Pregnant women - Tylenol is safe. sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...
We’ve had a number of thoughtful conversations about how to get you to stop selling the stock please ok thx
Holyrood 2026 is looking like a crucial election. We must vote for Scotland’s future, before Farage destroys what is left of decency in England. My father, uncles, and grandfather did not fight fascism in #WWll for Tice and Farage to open the door to fascism on our doorsteps. #FightFascism
Reform party will eventually come after citizens, with parents who were born abroad, like myself. My friends and I have had this discussion for some time. Make no joke about it, if they get into power they will need to continue to enrage the British voting public, they need chaos to thrive.
The DUP want to protect children, they say, That's why they are against trans kids. Also the DUP...we will fight anyone trying to stop adults hitting children
Never forget how absolutely, openly furious so much of our news media was that Biden ended the war in Afghanistan
the Brazilian right is attempting to pass measures through the legislature to shield Bolsonaro and other legislators from the legal consequences of the failed coup, for which Bolsonaro was recently sentenced to 27 years. these photos are of the massive protests in response.
Fundraising for bestie of 23 years who needs help ASAP. linktr.ee/wylder (DV survivor links) 💕💸 She's a DV survivor, recently housed, trying to get back on her feet. She's alone & has been terrified about the lack of community she has, esp after recently being forced offline due to stalking.
Feed: "The Haitian Times" By: Aljany Narcius on Sunday, September 21, 2025
Inflation is so bad these days that taking a $50,000 cash bribe can't even get you indicted. SAD!! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The oil and gas industry needs to follow the whaling industry into extinction. #auspol
The shocking waste in the clothes we wear
At the deeply moving Voices for Gaza event at Town Hall. Please do consider donating to inara.org.
In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit. So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.
If you think things are rough, let me tell you a little story re:my HOA: My neighborhood HOA was very chill... so chill I never heard from them. Until suddenly the board sold us out to a management corp who jacked up our fees & vowed to crank up "enforcement" (sound familiar? it gets better) 1/n
Hey @governor.ca.gov if you want all that good "fighting Trump" cred please make like Pritzker.
I think this is what made Walz a pretty singular figure for Democrats — he engaged on cultural issues in a way with broad appeal. He wasn’t talking about democratic norms — he was a school teacher saying he’d provide free meals to kids and keep the government from asking about their privates
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'Biden is stuffing foreigners into red states, partially as revenge. They get off on this sinister 'were going to force Haitians into red America'. I have no evidence of that, its just gut instinct'.
I love whenever I come across judges that actually uphold the law and their oath to the constitution. #Pinks #ProudBlue 👇👇👇
Funny how the MAGAts at Reuters never featured any speakers at a service for the Hortmans
“I have no idea how this paper could have made it through peer review” Journal investigating vaccine contamination paper before CDC committee retractionwatch.com/2025/09/18/c...
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The University Democrats at UT-Austin, a longstanding student group, has been told that no guests, candidates, or speakers can speak at their meetings unless the administration approves them. Submitted speakers' lists have been ignored or summarily denied. Please HMU if you know a good 1A attorney
They still haven't consolidated full authoritarianism yet; they can still lose
They didn't suddenly become hypocrites on September 10. @devincow.bsky.social and I were sued in 2019 for our free speech. Nixon used the FBI to target civil rights leaders. There was no point when the right was pro-free speech. This is fiction. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Julia Stiles would've never gotten into Juilliard if this shorty was there.
As we boycott vile companies, a reminder that many US public libraries offer: 1) Ebooks & audiobooks via the Libby app. Pro tip: use the “notify me” tag to request your library add books by trans, disabled, & BIPOC authors! 2) TV & film streaming via Kanopy 3) Language learning via Mango 💙📚 And:
Every mayoral administration leaves behind successes we can learn from—even if we disagreed with the mayor themselves. Good to talk a little NYC history on @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social with @jonathancapehart.bsky.social this morning.
A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48. Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
💥Dutch comedian Arjen Lubach responded Thursday night on his program LUBACH to the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show by ABC, as the Disney company and brand sink. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...
Allow me to introduce you to "The Marching Morons." by CM Kornbluth. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mar...
In civil society, if you feel the need to keep what you're doing secret you very well shouldn't be doing that thing. I'm thinking that this is what the lawyer types mean when they say an action reveals "consciousness of guilt."
“We will not shop at your stores. We will not tune into your TV and radio stations. We will not send our kids & our money to your universities, or use your services if you are going to enable our slide to authoritarianism.” Representative Jason Crow
Today we saw a fascist Gesamtkunstwerk, but done the right way. by Ezra Klein
I'm gonna remember Charlie Kirk by celebrating all the things he hated, like myself and my gay and trans children.
Forever disturbed by the way the cops are at the beck and call of the most irritating white person you've ever met as an armed hall monitor
My CARP (corruption above replacement president) model estimates that the bribe that Tom Homans took amounted to only 0.001% of the bribes that Trump has taken. And I tell you the best way to blow 50,000 bucks at a CAVA. All that and more in the next Silver Bulletin.
Yet another reason to back solar and not dirty, planet-polluting fossil fuels.
🧵 Today I’d like to remember Mark and Melissa Hortman, a lovely couple who were murdered in their home June 14, 2025 by Vance Boelter. Melissa’s birthday, May 27 is one day before mine which is why she is very special to me. #SheShed #Pinks
UPDATE: Huffpo is reporting the Trump administration "plans to evacuate" the Broadview facility in the wake of recent protests. If you have info about where ICE's processing operations will be happening in the Chicagoland area after this move, I am KMHChi.01 on Signal.
Voters with kitchen tables often also have children, and they'd rather they didn't get rubella.
📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child. RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
"Ghislaine helped destroy so many lives, and now she gets rewarded with a transfer to a country club prison,” one victim told the Mirror. “It’s a slap in the face to survivors. We’ve been left with scars that never heal, while she gets to do yoga... #Pinks www.thedailybeast.com/ghislaine-ma...
Strange hill to die on, huh? #ReleasetheEpsteinFiles
the funny thing about the constant misappropriation of MLK is that the guy left a massive body of writing specifically aimed at explaining his views of those of the movement he represented to the broad public. it is extremely easy to know what the guy thought on a variety of subjects and yet
I told my 60+ year old mom about payment processors limiting what people can buy or suspending accounts over buying adult books and toys. She, a rather prudish person, was horrified that they should be the morality police. Maybe get your romance book moms to send some strongly worded letters.
So Tom Homan has long been plagued by scandal. Despite being appointed "acting director of ICE," He was never confirmed in Trump 1.0 because people thought he was too shady. He withdrew from consideration. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
One stark marker of how much our society has devolved in just a few years is Bob Iger personally got on a call to convince us to let Disney/HULU make the 1619 Project. That America no longer exists.
Trump had his accounts suspended on January 7, 8, and 9th 2020. WHEN HE WAS STILL PRESIDENT. It was not Joe Biden because Biden was not President.
the fact they're out here running "abigail spanberger will trans your kids" against one of the most conservative candidates out of the Democratic Party is a great example of why actually standing up for trans people, especially kids, is the only way to go
Whelp, looks like I'm going to be deleting my information. Fellow academics, you might consider doing the same. #AcademiaSky #AcademicSky
"Quarter of UK university physics departments at risk of closing, survey finds"
Well, they’re the ones with the story and they have a bit of an axe to grind with her after what her father did to the company.
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The Dutch have some thoughts on American politics (don’t worry, it’s subtitled). youtu.be/7vRX-BQAjeE?...
Use hydrogen. That way you can explode the sex dolls for added trauma.
Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way. by Ezra Klein
