Radhika | RESONANCE

I know everything is blowing up here at home, but Jamaica is staring down the barrel of one of the worst hurricanes ever to hit and I'm horrified because I know we can't count on this US administration to provide relief like every prior admin has done

Schiff voted to confirm one of Trump’s judges roughly an hour before his account posted this.

Don’t look away:

Outside Oakland, CA, a peacefully protesting pastor was shot in the face with a tear gas projectile.

In Chicago, IL, a peacefully protesting pastor was also shot in the head with a projectile.

Resist. Before it's too late.

'He willingly got out of his truck and presented his papers': ICE agents seeking different man detain Hillsboro grandfather, family says Originally from Mexico, Victor Cruz has lived in Hillsboro for nearly three decades. Last week, masked agents disregarded his legal status and detained him anyway.

ICE kidnapped a man in Hillsboro, OR over a week ago and he’s still detained. They know they got the wrong “Victor Cruz” and that his papers were all in order. Yet they are still holding him in jail. Just a blatant abuse of power. www.kgw.com/article/news...

When US Senators do their jobs, they're actually really good. (This is the kind of Senate hearing Hollywood promised to those of us admiring the US from afar.)

Pardon, I was running to get my kids from school and outpaced my reasoning. This is Rear Adm. Paul Lanzilotta, commander of the Ford strike group. He will soon be tasked with executing illegal orders. We will see whether Professional Military Education instilled in him the integrity to refuse.

I personally do not think private citizens ought to pay the armed forces

this mans entire legacy is Pervert Tech, everything he does advances the pervert cause

If you want to stop or reduce the boats, your policy solution to it has to run through “why are the boats there?“ for obvious reasons. If you want to reverse Cameron’s cuts, your policy solution has to run through “who actually got tax cuts under Cameron?” etc etc

Ballroom-envy after visiting Windsor Castle. Just a guess.

Trump poised to send scores of federal agents to San Francisco Newsom calls move ‘right out of the dictator’s handbook’ as agents prepare for key immigration enforcement operation

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

This might be unintentionally revealing that someone hasn't been to a museum recently... People are reading up on paintings all the time, often because there are signs next to the frames inviting them to do so.

To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?

Sad I didn't run into Zohran on this trip. Only to fangirl about his mom.

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

like, for example, just say political transphobia isn't a deal breaker for you instead of whining about purity tests

I agree we need a big coalition. So if transphobes want to fight fascism, I'd say they need to recognize that antifascism is going to need a big tent, so they're going to have to stop issuing political purity test and let trans people live their lives. We can't afford to shrink the tent for them.

Met a real American hero today. Can't talk about it, but was in awe, and they reminded me of the best of this country. Honorable, committed to justice, and giving their lives to service.

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FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

A screenshot of page 41 of the handbook in preparation of the Life in the UK test

A screenshot of page 18 of the handbook in preparation of the Life in the UK test

A lotta stuff seems to have happened „just like that” in the #LifeintheUK test handbook. Classes „appeared” and suddenly owned lots of land, Britain „grew” & „became” the „largest empire ever seen” and working conditions „gradually improved” - a history full of miracles, no violence, no struggles

200-person homeless camp on community soccer field to be cleared Many work full time but still can't afford housing.

A 200-person homeless encampment in Gainesville, GA, is being cleared this week. Many of those living in tents have jobs but can't afford rent.

One woman estimated she's been forced to move 20 times. "There's a lot of people who get checks that don't have enough money to get places," she said.

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

BREAKING NYT: A shell fired during a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday prematurely detonated, dropping fragments of the shell on a California Highway Patrol vehicle and motorcycle that were part of Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail, according to a patrol report.

Marc Benioff exposed himself as craven and hollow. He has company. Salesforce CEO's inane call for siccing the National Guard on San Francisco is met with performative inanity

Got my monthly subscription charge notification today for Mission Local, and couldn't be happier.

German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers

German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate

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Two words: San Andreas.

The Frick was disappointing. Paintings were just ok, and the place is unfriendly. All these elderly people walking around with their coats on, because they're scared of getting cold, but some rooms are hot and they're not allowed to hold their coats (you have to wear or check them).

Some guy tried to chat me up and asked where I'm from. Took the chance to use Kamala's mom's advice and told him: "none of your business".

I'll never forget that newscycle when the old OpenAI board made it clear Altman was a predatory little opportunistic shit with bottomless financial conflicts of interests, and the tech press rallied around him to frame all of the people with complaints as weird fringe zealots