Attn: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system!
So… this is the find out portion of the program.
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
#Booksky
Evangelicals overwhelmingly chose Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter — a literal Sunday school teacher.
There is no reason to think they will ever return to sanity…
Are these the American values we really want to “go back to”?
Racism? Homo/trans phobia? Slavery? Greed? Genocide? White supremacy? Misogyny?
Holidays are difficult times for many. Please copy and re-post this post as a reminder that someone is always there to listen.
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Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
"A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, the healthcare we can access, and now, the information we receive. This is what oligarchy looks like."
Robert Reich
I love the drone panic because its a reminder that despite all our technology and societal advancement we're never more than one unanswered question from reverting to peasants worried we'll make the stars mad
#NativeSky
Science, bitch!
ICYMI: Thrilled that AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION is on this list, so make sure it's on your radar! This time, we're examining narratives through a gothic literary lens, in the same way we examined women's history & ghost lore in A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN 🖤
It's sickening
I ❤️ language.
An Advent Calendar except every day you get to punch a different Nazi
"Apartheid was legal.
The Holocaust was legal.
Slavery was legal.
Colonialism was legal.
Legality is a matter of power, not justice."
Jose Antonio Vargas
Hey #steampunk folks: When posting images on Bluesky, please add alt text for the benefit of people who are visually impaired. Go to Settings>Accessibility to make it a requirement so you don't forget.
And you are an amazing person!
I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever.
#books #reading #booksky #poetry
Can we spray this around like it’s mosquito killer, especially when the Nazis are around?