j. paige 🍉

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

The same dudes who fetishize the supposed lost strength and competence of their forefathers want computers to write their emails for them.

"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

‘I shouldn’t be scared,’ says Hillsboro teen whose emotional testimony on ICE enforcement went viral The teen whose city council testimony went viral has started an online fundraiser to raise money for Hillsboro community members whose loved ones have been impacted by ICE enforcement.

“I’m scared for my parents to walk out there, to walk out of their house, because I might not be able to say goodbye to them if they go to work. I might not ever be able to say bye or see them again,” Chavez told the council, his voice breaking. www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/11...

“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

if you are struggling to find free food right now - please DM me! I will help you find your local place to go with zero judgment. I have been involved with Food Not Bombs and similar organizations for almost 20 years. FNB is GLOBAL so even if you're outside the USA you can check them out!

Any use of genAI in a project is a damning sign that the person responsible would rather turn the whole thing into a steaming hot pile of dogshit than take the time and effort to learn and care about what they are doing. It's only a matter of time.

"who radicalized you"

Nothing radicalized me, I was born with basic empathy. The world decided that was radical.

It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column

This small Pennsylvania town just elected the state's first-ever out transgender mayor Eria Deuso has become the first out transgender mayor in Pennsylvania.

6 Nov 2025 -- Lost in the news last night, a small PA town elects state's first transgender mayor. Eria Deuso of Downington (30 miles west of Philly) won 64% to 35% over her Rep. rival. Can the statehouse be far away? @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

lol

YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.

“It is outrageous that YouTube is furthering the Trump administration’s agenda to remove evidence of human rights violations and war crimes from public view.“

— Katherine Gallagher, senior staff attorney

Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM

picture of dick cheney and it has a morrowind text window saying "with this character's death, the thread of prophecy is restored. The weave of fate is stronger than ever, you've no need to persist in the doomed world they have created."

inspired by @dialacina.com

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.

The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

What I really want everyone, not just folks in New York, but EVERYONE to come away with from this, is that ANY of these motherfuckers can be challenged. Their stance in the status quo is THAT flimsy, and their grip is fucking FRAGILE. We CAN change this shit, dude

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

They fired every Black woman at Teen Vogue and every trans staffer.

It is astonishing watching the American media ecosystem just falling like dominoes, bowing its knees to fascism.

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

Happy Hallowmas to all who observe

They admit they’re murdering random unidentified people.

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

That’s a fantastic comparison, because the reason they added lead to gasoline was just to increase convenience a tiny bit, and they’ve poisoned the world in the process.

The good news is: Impossible as it may seem, we banned it worldwide and its bad effects are now mostly gone.

Makes you think.

World Central Kitchen is mobilizing to Jamaica, please consider donating

“To make a thief, make an owner; to create crime, create laws.” -Ursula LeGuin

Today's quick update [Oct 28]:

- RSF attack reported on Jabal Alhashaba, southwest of ElObeid in North Kordofan (red).

- Joint Forces: over 2,000 civilians killed by RSF in Elfashir (blue) over a 48 hour period.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

#OtD 29 Oct 2000 14-year-old Palestinian Faris Odeh stood alone in front of an Israeli tank in Gaza and threw a stone at it, during the second intifada, photographed by AP's Laurent Rebours. 10 days later Odeh was shot in the neck and killed by the IDF stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1263...

Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!   Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...

Google's applied for planning permission to build a data centre down the road from where I was born in Essex — on land with Local Wildlife Status.

It's estimated that it'll put out 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.

Petition link: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...