Gillian

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.

Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.

She was later released with NO CHARGE.

A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.

You decide…

listen we may have lost our family business, made our kids miserable, had to live in a barn with goats and lost $50,000 to a local Russian slumlord, but at least we dont have to see gay people in public

Look at my cool friend’s cool book!

Survived Halloween at the fabric store, I am so tired y’all. So. Tired. And somehow I still have to work today.

Houston, Texas: if you can go to this, please do. All over the country, reactionary bigots are trying to tear up the major handful of public works honoring LGBTQA, and so far, they are succeeding

I cannot stop the mass firings overnight. But I can wear a mask to protect myself and those around me

anyway, reminder that Brando Sando is a mormon in good standing aka he tithes 10% of his income to a church that just announced they filed a brief saying that protecting trans rights infringes on their religious freedom ✌️

They found 38 unmarked graves of Indigenous children at Immaculate Conception Mission in South Dakota and it didn't make the news outside of Indian Country.

It’s all so chaotic right now, my boss literally got into a shouting match with a UPS driver a couple of weeks ago because he’d been told not to leave a shipment without a check but she’d already paid the duties over the phone. It’s so unfair to the workers who have to deal with this shit!

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers were badly wounded in Gaza. Here's what saved them More than 500 Israeli soldiers have survived serious injuries fighting in Gaza, according to the military, thanks largely to lessons learned and advances in medicine.

It is so enraging to me that Israel is staging state of the art medical support for themselves IN GAZA while Palestinian children are having their limbs amputated with no anesthesia in the shattered remains of Gaza's health care system.

Garlanded pig, drawing

Garlanded pig, drawing, back view, with card notation from Beaumont Hall, Lancaster

Did not realize how much I needed Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones's utterly adorable drawings of pigs (thread). First up, front & back views of a prized pig adorned with a flowered garland, from Lancaster @darthbluesky.bsky.social @themerl.bsky.social eb-j.org/browse-artwo...

I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation

Anyway here’s Joey

I’m so tired y’all

Email to 6th-grade teachers in Leander ISD that reads: Dear 6th Grade ELA Team, I want to share an Important update regarding some of the texts in our book club and whole-class reading collections. In response to new legislation outlined in Senate Bill 12 (89th Legislature), we have conducted a review of titles currently used in secondary ELA instruction. Because SB 12 prohibits specific types of content, several of our resources now require additional review. Effective immediately, please pause the use of the identified texts (linked below) in instruction and assignments until further notice. This step is necessary to ensure our curriculum remains in full compliance with the law. I want to emphasize that these books are not being permanently removed. They are simply on hold while we seek additional guidance from TASB and TEA regarding the implications of SB 12 for instructional resources. Once we receive that guidance, we will provide clear updates about next steps. Additionally, if these books are included in your own personal classroom library, we request that you remove them since personal classroom libraries are considered instructional resources. I know this timing is far from ideal and may present challenges, especially given the thoughtful preparation you have invested in building engaging reading experiences for students. Please know that our commitment to offering students a wide range of meaningful opportunities for choice reading and discussion remains unchanged. Thank you for your flexibility, professionalism, and continued dedication to our students as we navigate this process together. 6th grade ELAR Resources With appreciation,

List of 40 books removed from classes. Includes To Kill a Mockingbird, The House on Mango Street, The Fire Next Time, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and, weirdly, Les Miserables.

I need help getting this CRAZY censorship story out!

Last week, admins in Leander ISD emailed teachers telling them to “pause” use of 40 books relating to “DEI” that had previously been curriculum or choice reading activities.

Included on the list? To Kill a Mockingbird. #bookbans #booksky

UN Inquiry Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide and Calls for Arms Embargo The findings could be used by the International Court of Justice, which has a pending genocide case against Israel.

A United Nations commission of inquiry has determined that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, concluding in a 72-page report that Israel has committed four of the five genocidal acts defined under the 1948 Genocide Convention, just one of which would legally constitute a genocide.

How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...

We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...

The Israeli military’s genocidal occupation of Gaza City is underway, killing hundreds of Palestinians daily and displacing tens of thousands. Two days ago, the Israeli government announced it’s calling up 60,000 reserve soldiers to expand the mass killing.

The Times is very misinformed. There is no evidence that the virus has evolved to be less dangerous. Herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2 has not been achieved. The immunity that exists is due to both natural infection and vaccination, but is short-lived and will decline with reduced vaccine availability.

If Fat Bodies Are ‘Problems,’ Then We Need New Equations ‘The Biggest Loser’ was the worst vision of a fat future. Fat liberationists are done losing that fight.

This piece from @freeblackgirl.bsky.social for @theflytrapmedia.com was such a pleasure to edit and it's SO GOOD. She explores 'The Biggest Loser' and its effects on how we think about fat people and culture...and where we go from here as fat liberationists fight for better.

Forget symbolic statehood — the world must recognize Israeli apartheid The push to recognize a Palestinian state creates the illusion of action, but delays the real remedies: sanctioning and isolating Israel's apartheid regime.

The more I read about apartheid in Palestine the angrier I get; people having to go hours out of their way, through checkpoints and needing special permits, is just another tool of power and control to disconnect people from their land.

Pay Me What You Owe Me Independent media always gets homages on social media after it shutters – what if that support amounted to monetary donations that helped keep it alive and thriving?

Happy Labor Day today seems like a good day to tell you to support independent, worker-owned media—especially worker-owned media that works with @nwu.org to protect freelancers—like @theflytrapmedia.com and I'll let @freeblackgirl.bsky.social tell you more.

DS9 scene. Rom is a Ferengi hero who has a large bald head and giant ears and lobes that sort of connect to make a unibrow and a ribbed pine cone looking nose. He's wearing a jacket that looks like those lick and stick backsplash tiles you can get at Lowe's. He's pictured here standing in a corridor, talking to someone and holding/reading a PADD. Closed caption reads, "Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains."

Alt in pic 1 Happy Labor Day