Melissa E. Hurst

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YES

City of Angels or Knowing

If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until *now* to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.

The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.

- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.

- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.

A photograph of Louis Bamberger, seated on the right, wearing a mustache and bowler hat, and his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld, standing on the left, wearing a fur hat and shawl

Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.

They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵

Duolingo CEO says he's getting rid of contract employees and replacing them with AI Duolingo employees can also expect their AI use to be graded in their performance reviews.

I have completely deleted my Duolingo. I was informed by one of my kids that the company has removed most of its employees and 70% of the company is run by AI.

I urge everyone to delete their app.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.

(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

Dropped by my local indie bookstore today & was happy to see so many shoppers there.

How I arrived on Bluesky

London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥

One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse

We are way past impeachment time

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..

Sooner or later, we're ALL going to be Kilmar Abrego Garcia

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.

We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.

I love the books, so I hope the show is just as good.

And....time to post this one again.

This looks even better than I imagined!

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

“You can only be the Revolution” Shevek “You can only be the Revolution” Shevek’s speech to the people of Urras at Capitol Square 1974

"You cannot buy the Revolution. You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution."

I've seen this Le Guin quote a lot but had forgotten the full speech it came from. And of course it's a banger.

theanarchistlibrary.org/library/shev...

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently.

I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.

Jason Stanley's father survived the holocaust by fleeing with his family. Many of his family did not survive.

I'm seeing a lot of dunking on him for being privileged but when your entire existence is due to your family fleeing at the right time, it's no surprise he did so now.

Definitely not three years again