Crystal Wood

A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.

things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes

Was it a red stapler? We have solid intelligence that those are associated with arson.

“We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it” isn’t just a fun slogan to yell. It’s a speech-act: it conveys our (queers’) immutable presence in the world. We’re not going anywhere. We were always here. You can’t silence us. We won’t let you.

That’s what protest is.

Wild story: the acting Social Security chief was warned that terminating data collection contracts with Maine would increase fraud. But he responded that it didn't matter because it was more important to punish Maine's governor for disagreeing with Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

oh is it bad when you put people out of work for political reasons

I Am a Jewish Student at Columbia. Mahmoud Khalil Is One of the Most Upstanding People I Have Ever Met We cannot allow fascists to use the pretext of Jewish safety to attack our communities.

“I Am a Jewish Student at Columbia. Mahmoud Khalil Is One of the Most Upstanding People I Have Ever Met”

Absolute #mustread for Zeteo from Jonathan Ben-Menachem, who also argues that “we cannot allow fascists to use the pretext of Jewish safety to attack our communities.”

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He totally just found out he signed something h̶e̶ ̵d̶i̶d̶n̶'t̶ ̵u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶s̶t̶a̶n̶d̶ that wasn't "explained to him", didn't he?

Indivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside

NEWS: After an emergency meeting of Indivisible groups across the country, Indivisible is officially calling on Senate Minority Leader Schumer to step down from his leadership position. indivisible.org/statements/i...

In this week's episode of "This Is Totally Normal", Minnesota Senate Republicans introduce a bill to classify "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a mental illness.

www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.p...

This is the guy disappearing people for antisemitism?

Mathematica 65,991 followers 1d • • • • To our clients, partners, and peers: We want to let you know that we are reducing our workforce to align with the needs of our clients and ensure the continued, exceptional support we've offered for decades to the public, private, and philanthropic sectors. The staff we are letting go are skilled, experienced, and passionate about their work. Any organization would be fortunate to have them. Please don't hesitate to reach out if we can be of assistance.

Dan Gaylin • 2nd President and CEO, NORC 10h • 너 + Follow Like many of our peer organizations, this week NORC had to reduce our staff to ensure we are operating effectively and have the right mix of skills to align with client needs. The people departing NORC are highly talented and capable professionals, and they have made important contributions to our mission of delivering trustworthy and reliable data and analysis to inform society's most important decisions. They will be valuable employees and colleagues wherever their careers take them next. To each of you who are leaving, and on behalf of everyone at NORC, I offer our deepest thanks and appreciation for your dedicated service and the lasting impact you've made on our organization.

marc MDRC 15,135 followers 9h • 0 To our collaborators: Like many of our peer organizations, MDRC has had to reduce our staff in recent days, letting go of many talented and highly skilled professionals. Each of these colleagues would be an asset to another organization, and we encourage you to consider them for any career opportunities you may have. MDRC remains committed to our mission of learning what works to improve policy, practice, and people's well-being.

// Westat Westat 35,042 followers 22h • In light of recent industry changes, Westat is making strategic reductions to our workforce to better align with our clients' needs. The talented professionals who are leaving Westat have made significant contributions to our mission and embody our values of uncompromising excellence, client commitment, and innovation. They are current and future leaders in their fields and will undoubtedly be an asset to any organization they join. We remain committed to our mission to improve lives by delivering exceptional data-driven research and technical assistance, fostering insights and solutions to advance health, education, and social and economic opportunity.

Heartbreaking to see announcements of major layoffs at most research organizations that have played a vital role in supporting federal statistics for education and developing high-quality evidence about what policies/practices actually work.

Below are just a few examples from my LinkedIn feed.

YouTube video by Democracy Action Network Dutch Public TV spoof on Zelensky's meeting with Trump and Vance

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I'm a proud mother. Whether I'm walking my son to school or reading him a bedtime story, I do everything to make sure he grows up loved and cared for.

And for the sponsor of the drag ban to say that my existence is a fetish is false & cruel.

I'm glad we were able to defeat this hateful bill today.

"I don't want to lose to a Republican over trans rights", says very defensive person who hasn't faced a Republican challenger since 2016 (including in her new district 44).

The last time she even faced a Republican challenger (including one post-redistricting election) was 2016, and that wasn't remotely close -- so even her shitty electability argument falls flat. Between that and her highly defensive tone, it's pretty clear that these are in fact her personal views.

Gotta watch out for potential rivals, I guess.

An EEOC admin. judge sent a fiery all-department email this AM alleging:
1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal.
2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.

the dog house on fire with an i voted sticker saying “they can’t do this it’s illegal”

And before things go in the shitter further- this is your reminder RIGHT NOW to get that transfem in your life some goddamn flowers.

They want to make it very clear that the patriarchy is... um... rising again. 🤮

Elon Musk doing a Nazi salute during Trump's inauguration festivities is something that, yes, I had on my 2025 bingo card.

Sigh. We tried to warn them.

This is the GOP’s long con on full display.

Mel Gibson as Special Ambassador to Hollywood is like making Jared Fogle Special Ambassador to Candyland

That's not just obscuring meaning, that's treating "length traveled" and "length used in a measurement of fuel" as the same unit.

Just saw a no-longer relevant evacuation notice on instagram from five hours ago and remembered — that’s right, due to hyper-monetization every major social network no longer shows you life-saving breaking news as it happens.

They turned it over to an algorithm that finally noticed “he likes fire.”