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We were honored to have Miss Major as a featured guest and speaker at last year’s Gender Liberation March.

As always, she reminded us that our survival is sacred and it is our duty to act and fight for the liberation of all people.

Rest in Power & Peace Miss Major 🏳️‍⚧️

It's hard for folks to say, but that's why we need to purge king and queen terminology from our lexicon

We have to completely destroy the "divine" right to rule

Def if we want a Democracy in the 21st Century

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for a general strike against the “tyranny” of Trump and the greed of the ultra-rich. An estimated 300,000 filled the streets for the “No Kings” march, powerfully re...

so here's the bit where he says it - notable that he explicitly links it to the General Strike interpretation of Civil Wars history

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"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”

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This is such a good conversation between @jamellebouie.net, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social, and @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social.

FULL EPISODE: ‘The Opinions’ Podcast: There Is No Trump Without the South: youtu.be/dqpJKPCY64Y?...

🎥: @nytimesoped.bsky.social

Mayor Johnson: There are those in this country that have decided, at the behest of this president, to declare war on Chicago and American cities across this country. They have clearly decided that they want a rematch of the Civil War. We will not submit to the authoritarianism that is coming down.

Happening now: Here’s a view of the “No Kings” protest in Washington, DC

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"a framing of the Constitution and the founding as removed from the political and economic considerations that actually shaped that document. Once we understand that, we then have an easier time reckoning with the reality that it's probably time to move past this founding compact."

Time to upload that 4th Founding

Everything needs an update from time to time

“We need to conceive of democracy as something more revolutionary” Osita Nwanevu on the imperative for a new American founding.

New in PN: Osita Nwanevu on the imperative for a new American founding

"To get to deeper systemic changes, we have to adopt a rhetoric and messaging about democracy that's more galvanizing than what was offered in this last election, when it was just about institutional defense."

White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

A sloppy hand painted sign that says "Look up Jury Nullification."

Forgive me, I've been a digital letterer for 16 years.

As Kaiser Workers Strike, ‘Not-for-Profit’ Is Sitting on $67 Billion Kaiser has doubled down on hedge funds, outside staffing firms, and high executive compensation as workers lag behind.

It's the largest strike of the year: a 5-day walkout of 45,000 workers at Kaiser hospitals on the West Coast.
While they seek better pay and staffing, the "nonprofit" has $67.4 billion in reserves and is heavily invested in hedge funds and private equity. @exposedbycmd.bsky.social has the story:

No kings
No slaves
No nazis

All of these took brawls so prepare to burn the orange regime to the ground and rip up the roots

We can Forge a Better Tomorrow

Imma tech laggard but I'll be over there when the function starts poppin

#BlackSky

Didn't KDot teach us the power n fun of hate tho? Lls

Legendary Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu says he’s never used generative AI, and never will.

"I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself."

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Starting Oct. 20, the judiciary "will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations. Until the ongoing lapse in government funding is resolved, federal courts will maintain limited operations necessary to perform the Judiciary’s constitutional functions"
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Exclusive: U.S. military holding rescued strike survivors on Navy ship, sources say The U.S. military is holding two survivors aboard a Navy ship after rescuing them in the aftermath of a U.S. strike on Thursday on a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean that killed two others, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

Exclusive: U.S. military holding rescued strike survivors on Navy ship, sources say reut.rs/4ouqatA

U.S. Housing Market has reached its most unaffordable level in history 🚨🚨

Federal Layoffs Put Head Start, FAFSA, and Civil Rights Investigations at Risk As the government shutdown continues into its third week, more Department of Education workers were terminated.

The U.S. Department of Education has begun laying off more than 450 employees — many of whom oversee special education and civil rights enforcement.

The staff reductions come after cuts in March eliminated more than half of the department’s staff. capitalbnews.org/government-s...

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean Total reported killed: At least 27 people Notification Date Number Reported Killed Approximate Location Notification URL September 2, 2025 11 “in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago) View September 15, 2025 3 “in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” View September 19, 2025 3 “in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” near the Dominican Republic View October 3, 2025 4 “in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela” View October 14, 2025 6 “in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela” View October 16, 2025 unknown, survivors reported “in the Caribbean” View

Updated, and not happy about it.

adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

washingtonians literally can’t get married due to the shutdown which may sound like a cutesy who-cares issue except that it means those washingtonians can’t get on their partners’ health insurance or make progress in immigration cases to which marital status is relevant, etc

The united states are remaking themselves into a union, since the previous Union is being dissolved.

D’Angelo’s Passing Draws Attention To The Dangers Of Pancreatic Cancer For Black Men As we mourn the loss of D'Angelo, it is essential to understand the dangers of pancreatic cancer for Black men.

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