Lizbon

This is the most awesome thing.

I once walked through the inside of a particle accelerator.

This country can afford anything it wants. Single payer healthcare. Affordable housing. Modern transit systems. High speed rail. Everything is a choice.

We need better Democrats.

Not a single dollar more for Trump’s illegal war.

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

For all the but how can we afford space exploration folks…this means we’ve already spent more on this war that started last week than Cassini cost in the 26 years it took to build, launch, and operate it.

I keep thinking about how many stories there will be about the U.S. camps and how there didn’t have to be any stories at all

my first book (2020) was about online neonazis and my second book (2024) was about christian theocrats. they gained strength, voltronned and became a government. my third book (2027) is going to be a history of notable sandwiches so i hope this means we will be governed by sandwichocracy

It must be really hard working in a professional kitchen what with all the spies and secret agents in hot pursuit of bad guys constantly running through smashing up all your shit.

really tired of conversations about how we need to get people to spend more time offline that don't acknowledge that one of the reasons people ARE online is their access needs aren't being met in physical spaces. This is especially true for queer people and disabled people.

AOC: This is about actual crimes happening in front of us. This is about shredding the Constitution and plunging us into war. This is about taking crypto money and money laundering… So if you’re asking me if I’d support impeachment, I do

Oh good!!!

An elephant grabbed my butt while I was walking on stilts.

yikes!

It's day 93 of the ICE occupation of MN.

Minnesotans are not generally people who engage in long hugs, but the last 3 months have changed that.

The hugs now are long and meaningful, whether between old friends or people who just met responding to ICE calls.

Our love for community keeps us safe.

Every single one of us would have understood it if @crockett.house.gov had remained in Texas for a while after putting everything she had into her Senate campaign. Taken some time to recover, rest, and heal. She's earned it.

And instead she's right back at work in DC today. For all of us. Wow.

Pro tip: take a long distance train ride right before daylight savings time. I think the gradual adjustment to different time zones might mean that I will escape the weeks of sleep disruption that usually happens when we “spring forward“

In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.

The Postal Service’s new policy for issuing postmarks could trip up some people who rely on mail to register to vote. In states that don’t have stop-gap measures like same-day voter registration, some may miss out on voting entirely.

Candidates who don’t support trans folks are not viable as dems for voters under 65. This isn’t identity politics, it’s a basic moral alignment issue.

a white orb covered in black speckles and spots rests on a dark sofa cushion. the left side is a dalmatian’s face, tucked in toward her haunches with her thin tail wrapped up to hug her face. she is looking at the camera with one sleepy brown eye.

This is Koyuki. Please do not disturb her. She's in ice cream scoop mode right now. Needs to focus. 12/10 (IG: fuji_bull)

It’s true! 👀

I just left a classified briefing on Iran, and here's what I can say: it is so much worse than you thought. You are right to be worried.

Since we are doing this again apparently

Anyone with a billion dollars can solve several of humanities problems several times over while remaining EXTREMELY wealthy. Like the equivalent to like a couple thousand bucks for "middle" class people. Every day they choose not. No they are not good people

Actually existing things that help humans survive, are the things that preppers ignore and mock. Empathy, mutual aid, mutual cooperation, etc.

Oddly, most of these things are gendered as feminine for some definitely inexplicable reason.

U.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’

i'm sorry what (gift link because i'm sorry WHAT)

It's like 4 dr who's squeezed into 1

The Feds Targeted Charlotte. Now a Local Democrat Who Helped ICE Faces Voters. - Bolts North Carolina lawmaker Carla Cunningham voted to mandate compliance with ICE, and derided immigrants on the House floor. The Democrat faces an intense March primary.

JUST IN: North Carolina's Dem lawmaker Carla Cunningham gave the GOP the decisive vote to pass a law forcing police to comply with ICE. She said "all cultures are not equal."

She just lost reelection BIG in the Dem primary to a progressive pastor & activist, Rodney Sadler. 70% to 22%!

Context:

GOOD.

Primary the hell out of all the collaborators.

The idea that Black voters, whose lives and survival depends on knowing how best to pragmatically and effectively organize to oppose fascism, might have *more* information about how to address that US fascism and racism than white voters, never enters the conversation.

100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money? Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say

Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?”

Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing.” #HousingFirst #UrbanTruth