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Needed something like this, thank God. Good motivation to keep doing good work and not just shut down.

you can't triangulate with fascism, you can't make the best of it, you can't compromise -- your choices are fight or collaborate

RFK is a eugenicist. This isn’t debatable any longer; he’s been parroting eugenicist talking points for a long time and it’s only increased recently.

For years the most consistent talking point against naloxone distribution has been that drug users *should* die.

Connect those dots.

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EOs are not laws and people following them as if they were can face civil and criminal charges when they conflict with laws.

boy they really love the federal government this year

NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.

So you’re saying we could solve all the financial problems of 379 million of us and impact just 19 households. What an interesting fact. Fun little bit of trivia.

Again I am going to remind everyone that executive orders from this man carry not much more weight than his posts on Truth Social in terms of their power or effect.

That said, we have always know he wanted to weaponize local police forces and “unleash” them on citizens.

I see the already historically unpopular president is exploring how to get the military invovled in “assisting” local law enforcement just a few weeks before the real shortages caused by his inept economic policy start hitting. Probably nothing to worry about.

ICE is entrapping people who are here legally---telling them to report to the Immigration Office to advance their status--and then abducts them for deportation without due process. This can't be legal.

Once again, it is time to remind people who are using Duolingo to learn new languages to switch to alternatives that have qualified human teachers.

Others have pointed this out already but the Booker's "stunt" is him literally Doing the Job - impassioned speechmaking is supposedly the main reason for Senators to exist and the only reason any of them from before the United States was established are remembered by name

I'm close with adhd emotional dysregulation 🙏

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

This is crazy.... So fucking tragic.

Absolutely heartwrenching to hear...

Seems like Hegseth's Stand Down Our Defenses Against Russia order should be getting a bit more attention.

The crescent moon takes a break from its celestial journeys to rest in the arms of an accommodating tree. Whilst taking a rest it visits with a favourite earthling: a cat. The cat sits at the base of the tree in a pool of moonlight and stares up at his friend.

“Stopping By for a Rest and a Visit”
available as a giclée fine art print in my Etsy shop

Find it here:
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Federal Workers Sue to Disconnect DOGE Server Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musk’s associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order.

And read the full story from @dell.bsky.social and @wired.com

Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article) A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.

Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:

The remote work debate was funny because it forced the question "Is a job something valuable you do or is it a place you go to be watched like daycare" and the answer for a lot of them was yeah it's the daycare thing now come on inside recess is over

COVID, which is airborne & prevented by masking, has been a leading cause of death for children since 2020 and remains a leading cause of death. Some doctors, who do not treat children or COVID patients, think their billionaire benefactors and political ambitions matter more than those lives & facts

I desperately want more of this

Well, food is about to get a lot more expensive, and I manage stress by info-dumping, so I'm gonna share some of the survival strategies I learned spending my first 30 years food-insecure:

First: Cooking in large quantities and freezing some for later is more cost-effective than cooking every day

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Poster design I did a while back to express some feelings about GenAI.

My feelings have remained the same.

they want to erase us completely. do not let them, we will outlive these fascists. create art, take pictures of yourself or your trans friends, make something lasting. we will outlast them forever