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I'm going to be in the car for 14 hours tomorrow. Anyone have some #audiobook recommendations? For fiction, I tend to prefer things that come out OK in the end.

You probably guessed where this is going: the entire "anti-woke moral panic of the last five years is an absolutely *textbook* example of how horrors happen. It was never going to stop with bathrooms or sports or HR policies.

Standing up to the small stuff might put you at odds w/ social trends. It might cause friction between you & your peers. It might threaten your employment prospects. It will be *socially uncomfortable*.

That's why the train gets going: by the time it's socially acceptable to say No, it's too late.

This thread is great, but this piece sticks out. When trying to prevent another “never again” moment, we have to push back early, on the small things, when it’s not yet cool, still cringe even. If we wait until the tanks are already rolling, the detention facilities full, then it’s too late.

The cover of Black Freedom!

The back cover!

An image of an emancipation day celebration!

Flower covered wagons from Juneteenth celebrations!

Thrilled to have an advance copy of Black Freedom in my hands! It was a pleasure to tell the stories of emancipation. It will be out June 2nd but available for preorder now!Preorders remind publishers that our history matters, even in this age of repression! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/blair...

The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch An internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses?

Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards

My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

Part of why I am insistent that public libraries must be expanded is because they can offer us a foundation for unleashing creativity and for nurturing imagination. This is an affirmative project at a time when we desperately need to be FOR things and not just against them.

And my parents-in-law still think antivax is the correct route, even though their son nearly died because of their ridiculous beliefs. My MIL is just young enough to not have heard about all the death and disabilities that people not even a decade older than her do remember. Infuriating.

You would think it should count.

My in-laws are anti-vax & my brother-in-law ended up in a kid hospital for months w/ tetanus. There were some court things with CPS after that, but they lived in one of the states with no exemptions & still maintained custody. My spouse got vaxxed ASAP as an adult.

Dispatch is fun, and the episodic nature works really well for bite-sized chunk of play! My spouse did like 1 episode after work and it worked super well. Also it's pretty quick even if you do like I did and binge it all. I have some issues w/some of it, especially mean-spirited jokes, but it's fun.

So, while thinking about lunar New Year stuff, I was reminded that due to the timing of the lunar new year, my dad (1938), my mom (January 1951, so still lunar year 1950), and me (1986) were all born in years of the tiger. 🐯

Fascism is here and yet we insist on continuing to make things. Keep creating. It's so important. Do not let the fascists colonize your imagination or curtail your creativity.

I enjoy having an American Pope.

Particularly right now.

Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say A Stanford University team have tested their nasal spray vaccine in animals but still need to do human clinical trials.

#ShareGoodNewsToo

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I know so many people for whom "only $2,000" would be genuinely life-altering. Maybe not forever, but for long enough.

a man in armor holds a sword with a red handle and looks to the side Alt: Astarion from BG3 clapping.

Good luck!

Last night, I was notified that another person has died in ICE custody.

That’s 39 people who have died on ICE’s watch during Trump’s second term.

We cannot grow numb to this. There must be immediate oversight and accountability.

I didn't watch many movies in the theaters and I didn't really like the Matrix because I'm weird, but I absolutely love this set of images and that is why I'm sharing this.

Splash art for TR-49

Splash art for Perfect Tides: Station to Station

Excited to spend some time with TR-49 and Perfect Tides: Station to Station today! Thanks to @inkle.co and @meredithgran.com (and their respective PR people, of course) for the review codes

Let's get into it: twitch.tv/intelligame

Either/Orc: Second Edition by SKULL SHAPED MOON A comedy micro-RPG about unionizing goblins.

Good MORNING! The second edition of EITHER/ORC, the free comedy TTRPG about unionizing goblins is here, feat. new rules by me and new art by @kaylacline.com! Digital and print/fold/play versions are both available. Roll some dice and unite some workers: skullshapedmoon.itch.io/either-orc-s... #TTRPG

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Gross, man. Just gross

Ah, I see he mentioned a heart attack, so that fits more with a full retirement.

I will admit i haven't yet looked at what he actually said, so all I've heard is that he's not running for the legislature. My initial reaction is that he wants to try to jump to the governor's mansion, since he does have name recognition...

Ousted South Korean president sentenced to life in prison for insurrection While the court denied prosecutors’ request for the death penalty, the life sentence imposed on Yoon Suk Yeol is a pivotal moment for South Korea’s democracy.

Big news day in Seoul: South Korea's former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, who declared martial law on the democratic nation in late 2024, has been sentenced to life in prison and convicted of leading an insurrection.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

Baby Bao is a fan of the shrimp! 🍤

📹: Animal care staff Chrissy

Good luck! I hope you have lots of fun!

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My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.

The Future of 'Star Trek' Comics Is Ready for a New Next Generation (Exclusive) Welcome Captain Seven of Nine aboard the 'Enterprise' with IDW's new 'Star Trek' comic.

At last I can talk about it! I'm writing a Star Trek comic!!!!

All I can tell you right now is it takes place several years after the end of Picard. And it stars Captain Raffi Musiker working with a giant positronic brain to protect the Federation from future threats!

gizmodo.com/star-trek-id...