Tari Follett

If There is a Male Loneliness Epidemic in America, The Cure is Simple Lately, I’ve been reading and hearing a great deal about a supposed “Male Loneliness Epidemic in America.”

Most honest thing I've seen about this utterly avoidable epidemic.

Some of us are wondering about guillotines. Fistfights are cute.

Would anyone be upset if you saw some fist fights break out on the House floor? No, it wouldn't solve the problems...but it would Goddamn sure send a clear message to the citizens of this country how pissed off our leadership is...and how tired of the bullshit run-around they're getting.

If you're a military veteran at risk of foreclosure, NPR wants to hear from you The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. We want to hear your story.

The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages.

If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.

Just watched @amnanawaz.bsky.social and @wbrangham.bsky.social tell the bare, simple truth as regards the latest E.O. shenanigans. THAT'S what journalism looks like.

Continue to strongly recommend @pbsnews.org for excellent, fearless, honestly heroic national news coverage.

ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well

The war is here people, its just one they hope will stay bloodless for them. This proves that no target is safe & they will do anything to win.

What are we willing to do to stop them, for survival?

Whats your breaking point?

What would you trade to stop them?

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Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..

It figures: A bunch of nuns start meowing and the next thing you know someone calls the cops, who start beating the shit out of these rebel grrrls, these pussy rioters, these women just having a good time, bothering no one

YouTube video by Heather Mae - Topic All's Not Lost

Another great new release is Heather Mae's fabulous double album, from which I just love this hopeful track.

YouTube video by Iniko - Topic Most Demons Come From Home (Karuna)

Really interesting new album from Iniko. Her voice is just amazing.

Wilmer only found out his son had been detained after receiving a phone call on March 15 from his nephew, Luis, who lives with them. That morning was their last time together; they had gone around the corner to do their laundry. Later that day, Wilmer said that his son met with a friend to get help with some errands at the American Red Cross. He learned this from Luis, who looked at the situation from inside the apartment: when his son was on his way back, just steps from his home when ICE agents stopped him. “The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.'” That moment marked the beginning of Wilmer’s search for answers — answers he’s still waiting for.

One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.

An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."

The other said, "Take him anyway."

So they did.

This. Write your name in the history books on the right side of the ledger.

Bookmarking this valuable tracker on student visa revocations, from @insidehighered.com
As of right now, IHE database shows that more than 1,000 international students & recent graduates have had their legal status changed by State Dept.
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

Right?!

YouTube video by TED This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED

Connect some dots.

When they say transparency they mean secrecy.

When they say efficiency they mean corruption.

When they say gold standard science they mean grifter quackery.

When they say Make America Healthy Again they mean they don’t give a fuck if you live or die as long as they retain power and profit.

The ‘WTF Is Happening’ Guide to the Planned Parenthood Case at the Supreme Court Here’s everything you need to know about the South Carolina lawsuit that has national implications for birth control, STI testing, and more.

Here’s everything you need to know about the South Carolina lawsuit that has national implications for birth control, STI testing, and more.
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The Best Internet Browsers for Protecting Your Privacy (and the Worst One) Ultimately, privacy isn't something we can get by installing a particular browser—it's more of a mindset, and it includes strategies that come with compromises to our convenience. Tor, Brave, and Fire...

EFF’s @legind.bsky.social spoke with @lifehackerofficial.bsky.social about the best browsers for protecting privacy, and while opinions may vary, there’s agreement on one thing: It ain’t Chrome.

IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO PISS ON STROM THURMOND'S GRAVE, STAY IN LINE

and that’s why you do performative things

DOJ directs prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione 1 hour ago CAH CNN Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Texas Walmart offered plea deal to avoid death penalty

Huh, weird

‘Blood in the Water’: How an Oil Company’s Victory Over Greenpeace Could Reshape Free Speech First Amendment lawyers say the verdict against the environmental activist group could usher in a flood of lawsuits regarding free expression.

The verdict against Greenpeace threatens all of our free speech rights.

If companies are emboldened to sue critics for their speech, everyone's right to dissent is in jeopardy.

An open letter to congress #congress #fdt #fyp #enoughisenough TikTok video by defiance13

THIS should be heard by every single, solitary elected official in this country. (Hey, @slotkin.senate.gov!)

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Republicans snuck a provision into the rule for the CR that would preemptively surrender congressional authority to block tariffs.

When House Republicans vote for this rule today, they will also be voting to support Trump's tariffs and all the resulting damage to the US economy

What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works.

"virtually all modern internet services experience [DDoS attacks] regularly and must proactively defend themselves.... [But] some X ... servers...weren't properly secured behind the company's Cloudflare DDoS protection and were publicly visible.....As a result attackers could target them"

Rebecca Williams raised this possibility in Tech Policy Press a couple weeks ago, pointing out that DOGE staff would likely get to work through the shutdown. @rebeccawilliams.info www.techpolicy.press/how-congress...

SBWU members and allies hold signs saying "FAIR CONTRACT NOW" and "OUR UNION IS STRONG" outside a Starbucks store, where workers hold signs and their fists up from inside the lobby.

Inside a Starbucks store, where workers hold up fists and signs as a picket line forms outside.

ICYMI - Starbucks baristas have gone on strike, and along with allies + former workers, are occupying the lobbies of multiple stores.

We didn't want it to come to this. But if participating in civil disobedience is the only way Starbucks will listen, so be it. CONTRACTS NOW! ✊🔥

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