Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.

We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.

Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

Fossils in the sidewalks in Amsterdam. #fossils #geology #geoetc #amsterdam

We've seen videos like this before, but usually when you see a tearful wife pleading with the kidnappers who have taken her husband, she's not talking to the U.S. president

Just finished the first 3 episodes and I am loving this show. So much reminds me of home, from the snogos to the gossiping to the words and stories that are conserved from NW Alaska to Nunavut. Yeah, like the article says, you'll recognize the stories, but you'll see some new ones too. #NorthOfNorth

my offer to america: we bring woke back

Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.

GIF BY A 'LIBERAL' THEY MEAN SOMEONE WHO LOOKS AHEAD AND NOT BEHIND, SOMEONE WHO WELCOMES NEW IDEAS WITHOUT RIGID REACTIONS, SOMEONE WHO CARES ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE... THEN I'M PROUD TO SAY I'M A LIBERAL. - JOHN F. KENNEDY SEPTEMBER 14, 1960

Just did the math and yes the tariff rate is *exactly* (abs(trade_deficit))/us_imports for each country. Where this number is <10%, it's 10%. Literally every single country matches precisely.

This administration is plainly incompetent:

Crashing the stock market
Alienating our allies
Leaking sensitive national security intel
Mistakenly deporting people
Firing thousands, then having to hire countless back

What a sloppy, embarrassing pattern.

deals are being made every day

They literally just played his own recorded testimony, in which he says, “People have bowel movements every day where they don’t completely clean themselves and we don’t fuss over [them] too much. People are allowed to be dirty. You know, I would allow him to be a little dirty for a couple of days.”

Schooled by Trump, Americans are learning to dislike their allies Our polling shows that Americans’ and Europeans’ attitudes towards each other are changing quickly

Very sad to see this www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Planned Parenthood applies its abortion playbook to push for transgender rights in California The reproductive care group is facing funding threats from the Trump administration, but sees an opening to expand protections in the deep-blue state.

Politico [Apr 2] -- Planned Parenthood CA is applying the same legislative playbook developed to protect abortion rights to affirming care at a juncture when Trump admin is seeking to cut funding. “Plain and simple, we’re protecting our patients and providers." @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

A manufacturing investment supercycle is starting It's likely to be a crucial force shaping the economy in the coming years.

The Biden economy was the best since the 1960's by the Numbers... and we were entering a manufacturing supercycle because of his policies: www.axios.com/2023/06/16/m...

No one is illegal on stolen land! Defending Indigenous rights is our collective responsibility. Listen to their voices, support their struggle, and stand for justice.

If that second name sounds familiar, it's because he wrote this in March 24, 2020

Vivian Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Going Viral, and Protecting Trans Youth Elon Musk’s estranged daughter is coming into her own.

TeenVogue [con't] -- Vivian Wilson: "I mean, I'll see things about him in the news and think, That's f**king cringe...The Nazi salute sh*t was insane. Honey, we're going to call a fig a fig...That sh*t was definitely a Nazi salute. "
[@rikiwilchins.bsky.social‬]

Brown Medicine doctor deported despite federal court order. What we know. A court order that would have delayed the deportation of Dr. Rasha Alawieh was issued while her plane was on the tarmac, but it took off anyway.

The president and physician-in-chief of Brown Medicine is Louis Rice MD.

If one of my partners/employees was detained by the feds in this manner I would be losing my shit. So far: 🦗🦗🦗

www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2...

Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.

ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed.

No one knows why he was detained.

One cool thing about the United States is that there are more people whose job is to deny healthcare coverage without having any medical background than there are people to provide healthcare coverage and they’ve somehow convinced people that the doctors are where the monetary waste is happening

long stems of white with white flowers, turning black around the tips

a cluster of long white stems with small flowers turning black

a large cluster of pure white flowers bowing down on long stems

brand new flowers pushing up from the soil, all pure white

Ghost pipe flowers I have met

Monotropa uniflora is a parasitic plant and utterly enchanting.

Children Were Forced to Torture Sam Nordquist, Prosecutors Say Seven people are now charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Mr. Nordquist, a transgender man whose killing has drawn national attention.

NYT [Mar 5] -- DA's office says charging Sam Norquist's 7 killers with hate crime "would be in injustice to Sam...making this charge about Sam’s gender and about Sam’s race, and it’s so much bigger,” Also says 2 children, ages 7 & 12, were forced to participate.
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three posts: - suz from aotearoa: A kiwi is a flightless bird. The fruit is kiwifruit - JessTerraformEarth: Tbf the fruit is also flightless - Kieran: Not if you have a good arm.

nzsky underrated

#HappyValentinesDay
Sweet old times

#lapidot
#StevenUniverse

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A Manhattan Institute fellow just came out as trans. Not even being immersed in their anti trans propaganda can stop someone from coming out. Anyways, good for her for finding her truth. Now, if only she'd stop working for the people trying to eradicate us.

www.jessicariedl.blog/p/yes-my-nam...

I thought this was a cast iron pan with a US shaped rust spot

A bear had to hide under a house during a wildfire in Los Angeles (he was released safely 2 days later after being lured out from the house and into a cage with a rotisserie chicken and other snacks)

NYC Congestion Zone Revenue Calculator Project how much money NYC's congestion pricing has raised for the MTA in real-time since January 5, 2025.

NYC's congestion pricing is projected to have raised $40,350,859.77 for the MTA since January 5

www.congestionrevenue.nyc

US drug agency approves potent painkiller — the first non-opioid in decades The FDA’s nod for suzetrigine bolsters confidence in the pharmaceutical industry’s strategy to target sodium channels.

Fantastic breakthrough for surgical patients and acute pain sufferers! Approval for the first non-opioid painkiller was just received from the FDA. It works by targeting #nachannels in sensory neurons to block pain signals from propagating. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...