When will states grow backbones enough to institute their own congresses to oppose this federal tyranny? The American Revolution only happened because of such solidarity. Any invocation of revolutionary principals to push the legitimacy of violence is false without organization

you know, laying off staff in the middle of a war zone while enduring a ukraine winter without power makes laying off ppl during the holidays look downright humanitarian.

billionaires shouldn’t exist.

Trump grants tariff breaks to 'politically connected' companies, Senate Dems say The White House's trade policy has "opened the door to corruption," according to a letter from Ron Wyden and Chris Van Hollen.

The White House's trade policy has "opened the door to corruption," according to a letter from Ron Wyden and Chris Van Hollen. n.pr/4qgSrEo

farms are gross. you can and should take hygiene measures and I'm sure these people didn't but FARMS ARE GROSS.

this is why pasteurization is a good fucking idea

A photo of a tiny brown mushroom with a long, slender stem, and a delicately textured cap. It grows amid moss and dried leaves which make it look even tinier by comparison.

Sometimes it is the smallest of beauties that capture my attention. Look at the texture on the stipe of a Mycena #mushroom, like miniscule downy feathers. We walk by wonders like this all the time; only by giving ourselves permission to slow down and look do we get to appreciate them.🌿 #FungiFriends

Judge Calls DOJ's Statements On Slavery Exhibit Display 'Dangerous' And 'Horrifying' Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe told the Justice Department's attorneys, "“You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way.”

A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that their statements on a slavery exhibit display in Philadelphia were "horrifying."

"You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"

bad people can and often do make good art. attacking the art as retroactively subpar to free yourself of moral dilemma and give yourself permission to not care means you're innately equating quality of art as representative of moral virtue (it's not) which is how you get purity culture

the flippant dismissal of the undefined and nebulous "online leftist" without ANY mention of the utterly unrepentantly uncompromising right wing media, influencers, or even just a "online right" makes this argument appear deeply unserious and patronizing.

it's easy to wag fingers at leftists (and it feels good too!) but there are functionally no incentives to compromise on the either side. Until incentive structures are changed (by uncapping the house!) compromises are going to be a rarity whether or not online leftists become less puritanical.

it's becoming standard right wing doctrine to support eugenics (autism registry, anti-vax, etc etc) and ethic cleansing (ICE, anti-asylum policies, scapegoating immigrant communities, great replacement theory) what compromise with these policies would be anything less than immoral and unproductive?

the school lunches example is odd, because she's using it as an example as something "online leftists" are unwilling to cross the aisle on, when Republicans consistently vote against such measures. Her point would be more salient if she offered something republicans and dems actually WOULD agree on.

100% it felt weird every time

might be conspiracy brained of me, but I feel like there's a non-zero chance the student submitted a bad essay with the goal of getting a failing grade. The speed at which she contacted the press and conservative organizations known for targeting academia makes it feel planned and targeted

one might maybe even say...anti-fascist?

I planted sugar snap peas in a planter under the window my cats like to sit at, and when it grew big enough flocks of finches would periodically swarm the thing, leading to much (entertainment? distress? Yearning?) for the two cats XD

100% ceiling fan if it's an option
I like osculating tower fans too for small rooms

even more surprised to see that the southern strategy is the clear lead. while not irrelevant to MAGA, it's more relevant to the stranglehold of the republican party in the south and electoral politics generally than it is important to the foundation of the MAGA movement

rather surprised to see how few votes the Tea Party is getting. I'd put that above the rest of these options easily. I don't think the culture war is unique enough to be the most important (not that they don't use it all the time) certainly relating to MAGA's ascension, it's not as relevant

Utterly disturbed when this was the first thing I heard on the radio this morning. Disgusting to the point of me putting off any donations to NPR in the near future. This is the second time NPR has platformed aggrieved white males without pushing back at all on their ideologies. ridiculous.

might want to finish reading the original post XD

bsky.app/profile/kort...

no it's literally the best tea!
to me anyway, there's nothing better

obligatory: "I'd agree, but I only just read this and don't want to make up my mind about it too quickly" joke XD

If your investment goal is long term like retirement, don't sell! If it's for money you need in the near future though...yeah now might not be the best time for investments XD

the levels of pain I suffer going from history undergrad to graduate library science where they use the god-hating-nauseating-horrible-unforgivable-troglodytic APA style 😭
I've heard all the arguments in support of parentheticals and NONE have been persuasive

I read this book back in history undergrad, if you manage to get your hands on it, I found it fascinating. www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv...

I'm glad you posted the link anyway, despite it being "down" because it turns out you're either lying, or they put it back up since you posted about it first. might want to consider a retraction.

I actually pulled off my first successful vienna opening today! felt great. I barely know what I'm doing in chess, but I've always wanted to get that specific opening to work

thought I was the only one! it's a lonely world out there

My guess for the top three is 1: Iceland 1: Ireland 3: New Zealand (bonus: 4: denmark?)