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"daddy, what did you do in the war"

son, i archived all 6,793 videos from the Kennedy Center before they disappeared from the internet

we all did our part

Dear Republican cowards,
These men ran through a hail of bullets, shrapnel and bits of their friend's body to keep us all free from tyranny. You are running from threats and intimidation, straight into the arms of American fascism.
I hope the shame of your cowardice haunts you for eternity.

a man in a suit and tie is standing next to another man in a red shirt in a room . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing next to another man in a red shirt in a room .

"And then, get this, they were so worried about illegal immigrants taking their jobs that they let one walk in and take their whole country!"

If you didn't create your own story, you may be a Red Shirt in someone else's.

If you don't contribute to the broad cultural mythology, the "what is true?" of society...you will be at the effect of those who control the narrative.

www.steven-barnes.com

The World Organization for Animal Health, a France based NGO, has discovered a new H5N9 bird flu strain at a duck farm in Merced County, California. Additionally, they also found H5N1 at the same farm.

MORE OF THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

Just saying.

The greatest wound in the Diasporic community is most easily defined as lack of generational wealth. If you would heal that community, you have to realize you CANNOT both fight structural racism AND your own internal broke-assed thinking.

You only have the energy to fight one at a time.

Tyrants have access to our data. Here to help. If you haven’t already, contact all three credit bureaus to freeze your credit at all of them. It’s free.

If you suspect that your identity has been stolen, you can report it to the FTC at identitytheft.gov, which will hopefully continue to function.

This is a slap in the face to American women.

Pete Hegseth has a track record of disrespecting women service members, and multiple credible sexual assault allegations.

Our troops deserve better.

Major life decisions shouldn’t be based on short-term emotions. They should be guided by long-term values.

Feelings are better mirrors than maps. They reflect our present state, but they don't come with future directions.

Don't let today's mood drive who you become tomorrow.

Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI

Amazon
Boeing
Brown-Forman
Caterpillar
Ford
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
McDonald’s
Meta
Nissan
Stanley Black & Decker
Target
Tractor Supply
Toyota
Walmart

Support who supports you ✨✊

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Trump's Mass Anti-Immigrant Raids to Begin Here are action items to protect your immigrant neighbors, answers to common FAQs, and insights to debunk anti-immigrant propaganda

Tuesday the Trump fascist WH starts mass immigrant deportations in Chicago. I'm an immigrant & human rights lawyer. Here I cover:
•7 Calls to action to protect our immigrant neighbors
•Debunking 6 common anti-immigrant claims
•Answering 4 FAQs on dealing with ICE
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...

BREAKING: The FTC is taking action against Greystar, the biggest apartment landlord in the country.

The regulators claim that the company deceives renters about costs, piles mandatory fees on top of the rents they advertise, and makes hundreds of millions from these hidden fees.

Not much to see here, just Mark Zuckerberg making sure that Stephen Miller, of all people, greenlights Facebook's new hiring policies.

Gift link to this excellent NYT piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...

Meta’s Abandonment of Fact-Checking Empowers a President Who Traffics in Lies By Barbara McQuade

“As false information about wildfires in Los Angeles rages online, Mark Zuckerberg is fanning the flames of disinformation.”

Read more from Barbara McQuade on Zuckerberg’s decision to end fact-checking on Meta platforms—fueling a shift toward disinformation.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000% The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.

"OptumRx, the group’s pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission."

Lina Khan really is That Girl.

"I find it remarkable that a Republican party that is so concerned about wokeness and DEI thinks that appointing any mediocre man—with whatever qualifications or not—is a good thing."

@jenrubin.bsky.social & @amymcgrath.bsky.social talk Hegseth hearings contrarian.substack.com/p/jen-rubin-...

a woman says " you said you wouldn 't tell " ALT: a woman says " you said you wouldn 't tell "

Ya found me.

Exclusive: Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a

“An independent developer is building a photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The soon-to-launch app is powered by the same technology that underpins Bluesky”

It would be an alternative to Instagram