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Today, people—from students to federal workers, from immigrants to the LGBTQ+ community—find themselves forced to fight deportations, surveillance, and the drastic erosion of fundamental human rights.

So, WIRED dedicated a whole issue on How To Win A Fight. Start ⬇️:
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Scores of Palestinian people dead in attacks on Gaza as Israel intensifies bombing campaign – Israel-Gaza war live Reports in put death toll higher than 100 people with many children among those killed by Israeli attacks As we mentioned in the opening post, there were ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Qatar, which has acted as a mediator throughout the war, on Saturday. According to BBC News, Hamas agreed to release nine hostages in exchange for a 60-day truce and Israel releasing Palestinian prisoners from detention. With the launch of Operation Gideon’s Chariots in Gaza, led with great force by IDF command, the Hamas delegation in Doha announced a return to negotiations on a hostage deal, contrary to the intransigent stance they had taken up until that moment. Continue reading...

Scores of Palestinian people dead in attacks on Gaza as Israel intensifies bombing campaign – Israel-Gaza war live

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A mockingbird stares down a red-tailed hawk, who is several times bigger than the mockingbird. They stand on a curved pole so that they are eye-to-eye. The words "Stand up to bullies" are in yellow on top.

New picture entitled "Stand up to bullies". I'm still setting up a shop, watch this space for info on ordering products. #birds #photography

Now playing Red Wine Supernova on infinite repeat…

The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

he looks so much like a well-loved stuffed toy

Not only is this a phenomenal domain name but also incredibly valuable guidance johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com

These mistakes are so predictable when you put a bunch of 20 year old kids in charge--who have no actual experience using and analyzing government data, administrative data, or survey data. We all learned the hard way, but unlike these numbskulls, we weren't in a position to crash the economy.

REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an oath to defend this country, people who have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fire for this country. I want to know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional- REYES: In a commonsense way. This is a policy from the President of the United States affecting thousands of people ... to call an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who are undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: I don't have an answer for you. REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it... People can make solid arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the military We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States dealing with a group of people serving their country... calling them liars. (Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school from appearing before her because "they're all liars and lack integrity and are undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government" She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.)

This is fucking incredible.

Seeing people get up to nonsense like this - like not to get all corny, but honest to God - reminds me that people are worth fighting for lmao.

For heaven’s sake if media fails to understand the contours of the First Amendment, we are left with “the Constitution according to Elon,”annotated w/100 tweets a day to 200 million people worldwide. The entire premise of Elon’s heroic status is ignorance. Just like his anti-fraud crusade.

Last night @60minutes.bsky.social opened an otherwise superb segment on Germany’s approach to online hate speech by saying “in the U.S., most of what’s said on online [social media] platforms is protected by the First Amendment.”
No.The First Amend protects us against GOVT infringements on speech.

if you see this quote with flowers from your gallery

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

This tax season, we're here to remind you about TurboTax's 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free.

(Published Oct. 2019)

The New York Times is complicit in this and Pamela Paul is partly responsible for this.

A humorous comic about a little brain that is so very tired after sending a single email that they require a little treat to recover.

Hello Bluesky! Platforms like this always tempt me to post every errant thought for posterity but I promise this account is for my art and comics and not a place to document whatever cute bird I just saw (probably) #art #comic #artist #braincomic #susieesse #mentalhealth

An orange and black cat curled up on a ball on someone’s lap.

Holy crap, do we have the same cat?

Today, we at Google have a new product: what if you could could ask an app a question? Oh, we do that already? Well, what if we were a little bit worse at it? What if we also sometimes gave you egregiously wrong information? And what if it cost a billion dollars? Still not interested? It's mandatory

Hahahahah I just made exactly this comment before scrolling down and seeing your response too

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54 Must-Read African American Books Recommended by The Wright Check out 54 must-read African American books recommended by The Wright, featuring adult and children's African American literature.

Octavia Butler’s ‘Kindred’ is on this list (which I haven’t read yet). RN I’m re-reading ‘Parable of the Sower’. Butler sounds more prophetic each day that goes by…

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My Super Bowl party tomorrow is going to be the best, because no one is invited and I won't be watching the Super Bowl.

I can't believe I'm being PERSECUTED for who I am (a person who commits crimes)

Costco, which has come out saying it supports DEI, will make no changes to its existing programs, AND pays workers a minimum of $30/hour, is up 15% YTD.

Target, which announced it is ending all DEI programs and has a minimum wage of $15-$24/hour, is down over 4%.

Keep voting with your wallet.

btw is this guy even eligible to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia right now?

Operation ICE Ride-Along isn’t going as planned. 🔥

Fox News tagged along with ICE, hoping for an exclusive look at “dangerous criminals.” Instead, they got a whole lot of nothing. No threats, no big arrests—just a community that wasn’t having it. The narrative is falling apart.

a child looking at chickens with the words look at all those chickens below it Alt: a child gestures to dozens of geese and says “look at all those chickens”

Wow!