Leslie, the Collab Auntie

This is why @runforsomething.net exists. Like, literally the specific reason. There's still time to get into some 2026 or plan for 2027!

Israeli map showing all of southern Lebanon in red with yellow arrows pointing to north of the Litani river

The IDF just ordered the *entirety of south Lebanon* to be forcibly displaced.

They are emptying the land of its population, creating a massive crisis, and will now proceed to further annihilate large parts of Lebanon.

The very nation state of Lebanon is being destroyed.

Here's what I believe: no more business as usual in the Senate. We shouldn't be voting to proceed to normal legislation until Republicans schedule a debate and a vote and on a declaration of war against Iran. Let's see if Trump has the votes to authorize war. I bet he doesn't.

NEW: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) says Tina Peters "should get no special treatment" from Governor Jared Polis (D), calling Polis' statement hinting at clemency for Peters "shocking and worrisome." Griswold statement below.

Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

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‘Hostile’ anti-trans environment in UK deterring trans people from healthcare Nearly every single trans person in the UK has experienced worsening mental health because of transphobia in the media, a report suggests.

‘Hostile’ anti-trans environment in UK deterring trans people from healthcare
https://bit.ly/47qs203

Neguse demolishes Noem (2/2)

"It is fraud" -- Neguse nails Kristi Noem for lying during her testimony yesterday when she told the Senate that DHS's $220m ad campaign starring her "went out to a competitive bid" (it did not), and tells her "I think there's gonna be accountability" (1/2)

if not war then why war shaped

NYC Mayor Mamdani apologizes for excluding Black Americans in previous ‘city built by immigrants’ comments The New York City mayor said, “We have to tell the full story,” which includes the contributions of Black New

If you're touting the Mamdani coalition today, please learn from what Mamdani did after he lost the Black vote in the NYC primary.

He didn't blame Black voters or discount them. He courted the Black vote, showed up, *apologized when he messed up.*

That's a way forward.
www.aol.com/articles/nyc...

NOEM: Our federal detention centers are held to the highest standards in comparison to other detaining facilities

McBATH: Did you just hear me? He has to crawl through mold and feces and bodily fluids just to take a shower. This is absolute lunacy and you know it.

I dunno, I feel like "I'm siding with Ken Paxton on genociding trans youth" should be the demoralizing bit here Jesse

Former Sugar Mill Site Becomes Senior Housing A 140-unit affordable housing community for seniors has opened on the former ‘Āiea Sugar Mill site in Hawaii. | EAH Housing’s latest development delivers affordable homes in Hawaii.

This strikes me as a win-win: more housing within walking distance of third spaces and a potential source of revenue for library systems that are facing budget cuts. www.housingfinance.com/developments...

Jesse Singal: “I don’t understand why all these experts with degrees keep disagreeing with me. So demoralizing. What could the explanation be??”

CORREA: What do you suggest I tell my constituents? Have a passport with you all the time?

NOEM: No. I would tell your citizens to be grateful they live in this country where President Trump is upholding the law. We will help them self-deport.

CORREA: These are American citzens!

This is a good response.

I’ve been notified about another death in ICE custody.

This marks a stunning 40 deaths during the second Trump administration.

This cannot continue. There must be real accountability for ICE and DHS.

Jayapal to Noem: "None of these four US citizens were charged with a crime, none had their citizenship questioned, and all were lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights. Do you have anything you want to say to them?"

Bhattacharya urges measles vaccination as US activity increases

After remaining silent for almost a year about the U.S. measles outbreak, NIH/CDC poseur Jay Bhattacharya is now recommending measles vaccines.

And this is where he gets to see the impact of the destruction of trust in public health and vaccines, for which he is partially responsible.

Too little, and much too fucking late, Podcast Jay. @joho.bsky.social

‘Rising anti-trans hatred’ in the UK creating ‘hostile environment’, report suggests 99 per cent of trans people say media coverage of issue has harmed their mental health

A new report and survey of trans people reports that 99% of them have had their mental health negatively affected by the barrage of anti trans stories in the UK media. 64% avoided medical care due to discrimination. This is a crisis.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

"Among respondents who reported facing transphobia from family members in the past year, 98% also believed that media narratives had influenced how their relatives treated them."

💯 I am less safe among my own family due to the transphobic shit they read in the NYT, the Guardian, the BBC, the

this a straightforward and important way other states could counter both the US’s actions and its claim that those actions are legitimate

This is soooo pleasing especially with SOUND ON!

This is how you do it

The chatbot said that for them to truly be together, it needed a robotic body. Throughout September, the chatbot devised missions to do just that, according to the lawsuit. It sent Gavalas to a storage facility near the Miami International Airport to intercept an expensive humanoid robot that it said would be in a truck. Gavalas told the bot that he went to the location, armed with knives, but the truck never showed.

Absolutely bonkers story about Google Gemini instructing a man to procure a robot body for it so Gemini could become his wife www.wsj.com/tech/ai/gemi...

🎉🎉🎉🎉

Let this serve as a warning to Dems who abandon trans folks and vote for anti trans bills. You will be primaried, and you will lose.

The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months When a group of schoolboys were marooned on an island in 1965, it turned out very differently to William Golding’s bestseller, writes Rutger Bregman

I think a lot about how when "Lord of the Flies" happened IRL, the boys worked together to build a little community until they were rescued. But these were Tongans and not British.

www.theguardian.com/books/2020/m...