JamesPredicts

i think the norm is that elected officials should be treated extremely deferentially in these situations and police/agents should be afraid to put their hands on them, and that is clearly not the case

Maybe from Annie

Isn’t she in charge of the LAPD who are shooting the rubber bullets and such? Marines aren’t doing that. She is a hack.

I absolutely do not think that, because I know trans people and providers who care for trans people, and their decisions are always ethical and sound. What you and other rightwing troublemakers are doing are bullying a vulnerable population, especially kids, appallingly, immoral, anti-Christian.

Funding cuts to U.S. archaeology could imperil field’s future A Science analysis of canceled and curtailed federal grants reveals hits to research, collections, and training

I spoke with several leading archaeologists to better understand the impact recent federal funding cuts will have on archaeology in the US. The future doesn’t look good.

#NSF #NEH #archaeology #paleoanthropology #heritage

New at @science.org 🏺🧪

Transitional Justice: Housing for LGBTQIA+ Refugees Transitional Justice is a grassroots organization created for the express purpose of providing refuge and support for transgender political refugees who are fleeing persecution.

Prof Max Strassfeld cotd

& the state, medical institutions, proper IDs have never kept the trans community as a whole safe. We keep us safe. We must organize & strategize intergenerationally. + cot'd

Neo (Keanu Reeves) picks up his green phone and speaks with Morpheus.

#NowWatching
#FilmSky
The Matrix (1999)
I watch this every couple of years, but this time, with Trump as president and ICE kidnapping people and gooning Democrat leaders, it hits a lot differently than it did just a few years ago.

Yes, I looked up “pedant” for us all, and it means bookworm.

I don't know what to say about the supreme court ruling

except that when I see trans girls get to have a girlhood, I'm besides myself with joy

and that I meet so many trans people who were made homeless as children by bigoted parents

and that trans kids deserve medical care and social acceptance

Zelensky was a comic, and, oh good god, who would vote for that, but Ukraine took a chance, and they got one fucking hell of a leader. Take a chance. We may get a Zelensky. Cuomo is not that person.

Albany knows Cuomo sucks.

I’ve never understood the protests as a way to influence Trump. I believe they’re important because they’re a way to tell each other that we’re not okay with this. They’re a way to communicate with other Americans and hopefully suppress further normalization of Trumpism in everyday life.

the thing I find profoundly depressing is that for you and me, this is it. America is most likely in the ditch for the rest of our time in this world.

You got it. We still talk about the NY Daily News headline “Ford to City: Drop Dead”, and it’s been 50 years. They haven’t a clue on how to sell us the news. We are in tabloid times.

It was the T at the S that created the accepted gay world we live in today. Without the transgenders socking it to the cops on Christopher Street back in 1969, there is no LGBTQ. We would be closeted homosexuals. We are one tribe.

Did a genie pop out?

At the very least, you don’t vote for the fascist nominees, but they are doing that even now, just boggles my already boggled mind.

Anyone who doesn’t see the value of these protests is really missing the bigger picture

I'm A Journalist Covering The LA Protests. Here Are The Shocking Things I Witnessed Police Do. "Because we were part of the press, bearing witness to what was happening, we initially assumed that we couldn’t possibly be the intended targets."

I wrote a piece about the police shooting at journalists at the LA protests, including me, and what it means for a free press. But I want to make it clear that I know that the big story here is not about journalists, it's about what ICE is doing
www.huffpost.com/entry/journa...

Guv Hochul stepped up. It’s good when Democrats do that.

I just can’t wrap my mind around the callousness & cruelty of our so-called representatives. This is an awful decision that will result in unnecessary deaths. 😭💔🤬

This meme has some other resources. @dansavage.bsky.social, we need to bring back “It Gets Better”. 🙏

Translation: “This subject makes me, a really old clod, uncomfortable, and I don’t like talking about it, and those people don’t support me, or contribute to my campaign, so this concern is a distraction, and I will focus my attention on something else that I will also bungle.”

How do you kidnap and deport millions of people? How do you meet a quota of 3,000 apprehensions a day?

Racial profiling and indiscriminate abductions. Nobody is safe. Keep your loved ones close.

#MAGAKidnappers

The Democrats walked out, who cares? A smarter Democratic group would have countered every accusation against Biden with one against Trump, every instance of frailty matched, until the Republicans give up. They win 99% of the time bc Democrats won’t play to win, always play to lose.

The same people demanding you present a photo ID to vote are perfectly fine with letting you be arrested, handcuffed & thrown into a van by armed men wearing plain clothes, face masks & presenting no identification of any sort.

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender youth medical care The ruling is a major setback for transgender rights, with more than 20 states enacting laws similar to that of Tennessee.

#ProudBlue

This is so disheartening. I am pissed off as hell.

This should be a decision between the patient, parents & doctors.

I stand with all with the trans community.

The kids that are now on therapy will have the hardest time. I hope they can keep themselves safe. Trump and the Republicans certainly covered all angles to ensure there would be minimal support for trans kids. So the community will have to support them.

Nope

I don’t understand why Padilla threw away the real political capital he harnessed, but he did, and I have to think, Democrats are simply inept, unable to function competently outside of the (now destroyed) DC bubble.

Brutal.