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4 word horror story about your profession: It’s cheaper on Amazon.

folks who won't do a protest because not everyone there has read marx are very funny and unserious

Martin Luther sits at a writing desk, writing, and a heavenly sent dove is illuminating the room. This is a hand coloured part of a bible print from 1530. You may access a digital copy here: https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0011/bsb00113027/images/index.html

This ad about the importance of using the best lightning solutions for your workspace is brought to you from 1530 Wittenberg. The desk user M.L. recommends the illuminating dove to help you stay on task. #skystorians #academicchatter

Exodus 8:2
"If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country."

I love this image.

Bluey is for everyone!

kibby!

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

Abortion providers say Missouri's attorney general is trying to get patient records Planned Parenthood officials say in court filings that Missouri's Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of patients who’ve had abortions.

Never elect any republicans again

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The Official NPR Shop National Public Radio, Inc.

A quick FYI: They have *just* relaunched the online NPR shop with bunches of new stuff, plus some throwbacks and, of course, the Tiny Desk hoodie. So if you are that kind of public media person, there’s some stuff to check out! shopnpr.org

This is the most corrupt administration in American history, and it's not even fucking close.

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A friend of ours, someone we've known for ten years, was recently abducted by ICE, is being detained, and will likely be deported. She is a mother of three, her kids were left behind while she's been detained. A go-fund-me has been started to help with expenses for her kids. Please help if you can.

WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social : “At some point we’ve gotta call these people’s B.S. for what it is. You can’t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” #TrumpShutdown

The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.

Nemik's manifesto from "Andor" as a postcard. It reads: There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this, Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empires’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this: Try.

I find more comfort and hope in this monologue from Andor than anything I have heard anywhere else since this year began.

RIP JoAnn's

I have no love for EA but as this continues to happen to company after company after company we should consider why this is still a legal practice

everyone is learning about their world from screens that specifically tell them whatever narrative they will find most validating and provide them with endless rationales to ignore or explain away any facts that complicate the validating narrative. this is why politics has gone insane

I would normally be horrified about someone releasing a video to talk about being indicted but this is pretty disciplined.

they're in the full description if you click through

It looks like Dinosaur Field Station of NJ is closing and selling their Dino sculptures

Trump is absolutely cratering in new Quinnipiac poll:

Overall approval: 38-54
Approval on economy: 39-56
Approval on trade: 39-54
On National Guard into cities: 42-55
On immigration, his "best" issue: 41-55

Trump is weak, unpopular, and failing. Treat him that way:

You could be a coward, you could be a king You could be the kind of kid who teaches us to sing You could be whatever your little heart desires You could be a walkin', talkin', breathin' ball of fire. Sometimes a mountain, sometimes a stone Sometimes a river windin' round to find a home You could crawl away, you could fly higher You could be a walkin' talkin' breathin' ball of fire. - Cantus Fraggle

Happy Jim Henson’s birthday to all who celebrate. And to those who don’t, you should allow joy back into your life.

This is one of my very favorite images, as it features characters performed by Jim Henson throughout his life holding photos (or, in the case of Ernie, drawings) of him at about the period he was performing the character. Among the Muppets shown: Cantus, Dr. Teeth, the Swedish Chef, Sam, Link Hogthrob, Ernie, Kermit (two iterations), and Guy Smiley.

Jim Henson would've been 89 years old today. Commemorate his life and legacy by celebrating creativity, diversity, imagination, peace, and just plain silliness.

Walk with me a bit while I talk about Jim and his work--and leave your comments about what he means to you.

Right this way. /1

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

In case your local Sinclair or Nexstar (🖕🏽) owned station didn't air Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight, here it is on the show's YouTube channel.

youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY?...

YouTube video by Robert Reich Why Corporate Media is Bending the Knee

Jimmy Kimmel isn't returning to the airwaves because of "thoughtful conversations" with Disney executives.

He's back because consumers sent Disney a clear message: selling out our fundamental rights is not an acceptable cost of doing business.

I had mumps at 3 years old, prior to the MMR vax being available

I have permanent, lifelong changes to my body as a result of having this disease - not to mention the stress my illness as a toddler put my mother through

in short - believe science, fuck his feelings

Chellie Pingree says ICE blocking lawyers, calls for tour of southern Maine facility The 1st District congresswoman said officials have been denied entry to U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement offices.

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree says federal officials are prohibiting attorneys from accompanying their clients to routine immigration appointments here in Maine.

Certiorari "before judgment" is how #SCOTUS takes up a full appeal *before* the intermediate federal courts have heard it.

It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019.

This is the *23rd* such grant since then.