#Onthisday in 1837, Queen Victoria ascended to the throne and so began the Victorian era. Of the vast amounts of Victorian content on our site, this is perhaps our favourite — a dictionary of Victorian slang: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-dictionary-of-victorian-slang-1909

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A picture of Neri Alvarado, a young man, standing next to his brother, who is a young teenager. Both are smiling for the camera and wearing matching shirts. Neri has his arm around his brother.

A picture of Neri's tattoo, which is an autism ribbon in rainbow colors with his brother's name "Neryelson" written on it.

NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos.

Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.

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BIG rebuke of Trump administration by the DC Circuit on Alien Enemies Act.

Upholds Judge Boasberg's order.

Conservative jurist, Judge Henderson's concurring opinion cuts through the noise.

"[A]n invasion is a military affair, not one of migration."

Great analysis of what USG wanted to do here.⬇️

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For me, E before I, as in neighbor 😁

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Is this how the USA surrendered to Russia? This and the obscene ruckus in the White House today?

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Here for it! I’m doing the March and April blackouts too.

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Floral arrangement on a wooden table. Several different kinds of flowers. All flowers have been dried and preserved.

What is that center flower? The beige one?

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Resist List They want us to think we’re alone. We are not. The Resistance is Everywhere. Hopescroll through stories of people’s noncooperation against Trump’s coup. Jump to databases of noncooperation or trackers of ligitation and impact. Follow our social media accounts to stay updated.

THE RESIST LIST IS HERE.

Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.

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Stop Censoring Abortion: Help EFF and Repro Uncensored End Digital Suppression As reproductive rights come under attack in the United States and other countries around the world, it is vital that people have access to accurate abortion information–especially online. Reproductive...

Have you had a post about abortion removed or had your account suspended for posting about abortion? Your voice matters. Report your experience. #StopCensoringAbortion

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Ok that made me laugh

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100 Days of Creative Resistance launched today, with R. O. Kwon. Even if you haven’t signed up, you can read Kwon’s post here:

mailchi.mp/c5a285e83b27...

@writingco-lab.bsky.social

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