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police standing outside of the Shabazz house after it was bombed earlier that morning

Malcolm, police, some investigators, and some of Malcolm's people in front of the damaged Shabazz home after it was bombed in the early morning of Valentine's Day

It was in the early morning of Valentine's Day 1965 that Malcolm X's home was firebombed while he, his wife, and their four daughters were inside.

Everyone survived the attack, but exactly one week later Malcolm would be assassinated

💯😎

Text image that reads "Act like me in the QRTs"

Happy Valentine’s Day. Gimme your best impression of me. 😇

Curious to see what y’all say…

“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” Obergefell v. Hodges Majority Opinion (2015)

On #ValentinesDay, we're celebrating SCOTUS' landmark marriage equality ruling.

Our opponents are still fighting—but we're winning. Our members successfully removed riders that would've enabled discrimination against same-sex couples from EVERY funding bill that's become law.

Millions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process.

More than 21 millions Americans do not have documentation proving their citizenships, and would be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act the GOP just passed through the House. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

This is incredibly cool — A source familiar with Bad Bunny’s performance tonight tells me that the couple in the halftime show got married for real. They invited Bad Bunny to their wedding and in turn he invited them to get married during his performance.

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Patriots QB sacked, we love to see it.

In case anyone wasn’t sure, this Philly girlie is rooting for the NFC bird team.

Richard Dawkins. Steven Pinker. Lawrence Krauss. Jonathan Haidt. Robert Trivers. Prominent atheists and scientists who have pushed anti-trans propaganda for years. They all had ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Some received huge research grants and island trips, and all of them benefited from their ties.

Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees

Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:

In order to be good at driving an IKEA cart, you have to have seen Tokyo Drift at least twice

Just because good news is worth celebrating:

There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.

HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

Never forget that the people who convinced you trans people are a threat to your children all belong to a network of child rapists.

I’m sorry, how many cases of TB?

This is exactly why I haven’t stopped masking when out and about.

Replies from a troll MAGA account, who is spending the morning advocating for CBP’s murder of Alex Pretti

A troll account to report to numerous moderation lists, and then block to make sure they are cut off from Bluesky society. They are spending the morning advocating for CBP’s murder of Alex Pretti.

Make sure to block them first yourself before you mention their name or screenshot them in your posts!

Costco-sized tray of Detroit-style cheesy bread. The tray holds baked dough covered with five cheeses and was cooled for five minutes before being cut into 12 cheesy breadsticks. It was delicious, and I ate all of it unintentionally within an hour. (Oops.)

Costco-sized tray of Detroit-style cheesy bread, covered in five cheeses

I didn’t mean to eat it all tonight, but… well…

The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down

Also, the Supreme Court ruled on this within the last two years, in favor of CBP.

They are allowed to operate within 100 miles of the airport. The airport doesn’t need to be viewable.

Please read the ACLU article I linked to understand better.

International airports count as borders.

Yes, that means most of the populated country comes under the 100-mile “border”.

More about this, published in 2014: www.aclu.org/documents/co...

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Don’t apologize. Decemberists lyrics are always a good response.

Purple orchid that my children got me for Mother’s Day 2025. It’s starting to rebloom, with one open flower on an old growth stem and at least five flower buds on a new growth stem.

The orchid is potted in a container that is described on a sales page as “its 47 smooth, flexible tines provide maximum airflow and light while preventing roots from getting tangled or stuck. Made from durable, UV-resistant plastic, each pot includes a detachable drip tray for superior drainage.” Can be purchased from RePotMe.com. Container is filled with a potting mix composed only of coconut husks, perlite, stalite, and spaghnum moss.

A small partially filled water mister sits next to a bottle for fertilizing orchids by spraying their leaves weekly.

Orchid says hi! 🌱Confirmation what my sister says about them blooming when there’s chilly weather outside.

It likes its open-air-sided potting container, its orchid-specific potting mix, its Brita-filtered water mister, and its leaf-spraying fertilizer.

#orchids #flowers #houseplants #gardening

Growing up: Rancocas Creek (spent many teen summers near or on its banks) into the mighty Delaware (love her)

Current home: Des Plaines River! (famous for serial killer crime & flooding, pronounced like "dess plains", apologies to Francophones who get laughed at like I was when I moved here)

Bluesky Accessibltg Settings menu Alt Text submenus Options are: Require alt text before posting Display larger alt text badges Both have toggles for on or off.

I see people saying

“I would use alt text but I keep forgetting!”

Thankfully, @bsky.app has a setting for that.

- Go to Settings
- Then Accessibility
- Toggle “Require alt text before posting” to the active setting.

Now Bluesky will remind you to add alt text to all of your posts.

YouTube video by WHO13 Renee Hardman wins special election

Dem Renee Hardman wins Iowa State Senate special election & Becomes 1st Black Woman to hold seat in Chamber www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd0Z...

Reducing delivery payout based on how much you usually tip is so fucking evil. Pure algorithmic cruelty

Holy fuck.

Shocked but not surprised. I’ve worked in private sector tech in a company when they just started using dynamic pricing. I haven’t had good experiences with it as a UX specialist designing with it or as a consumer.

Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.

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It's the end of December. You know what that means: top [thing] of the year lists.

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Video of the meal as it bubbled, around 10 minutes before the bacon was added back in and it was taken off the burner