Patricia Aufderheide

Something Weird Is Happening to Earth’s Magnetic Field ESA's Swarm constellation shows the magnetic field's weak spot has expanded dramatically.

Would you like something to worry about that’s not directly related to our current political pickle? Here you go: gizmodo.com/something-we...

yard sign with rainbow color font reading: IN THIS HOUSE, WE BELIEVE - IF CONVENTIONAL OVEN REHEATING INSTRUCTIONS SAY COOK FOR 17-19 MINUTES IT WILL BE DONE IN 18 MINUTES CONVECTION OVEN INSTRUCTIONS ARE A WILD CARD, HOWEVER

new lawn sign

What Is Going On in the Grocery Industry? Will Amazon disrupt groceries? How did Walmart take over food sales? Is Zohran Mamdani’s public grocery plan too small? Why is the market increasingly polarized between Erewhons and dollar stores? An ...

What you might need today is an update on what the heck today’s grocery industry looks like. Here you go! jacobin.com/2025/10/groc...

The Answer to Trump’s Anti-Worker Shutdown Is Solidarity and Labor Militancy The GOP’s assault on federal employees amid the government shutdown is far more extreme than Reagan’s PATCO union busting. The labor movement needs a more effective response this time.

In These Times’ labor coverage is really good. Didn’t realize Admin is refusing payroll deductions for union dues and cancelled union contracts for a range of agencies: inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

USA is a macro level Stanford Prison Experiment

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

Twee fruit

My Very Dear Ones,

I write to you from near the front lines of war ravaged Portland.

This will not end well

From Sara Archambault’s newsletter—takeaways from Camden Film Fest’s recent town hall:
Hope is a duty.
Despair is a crime against imagination.
Action is the antidote to despair.
We are all smart together.

AAAAAAAAAAHHH

uh oh

man stands at Progressive Field holding a sign that says Winfrastructure.

if we weren’t a 24/7 operation we’d say “see you tomorrow” but

Looking for an undergrad-friendly comic book on personal digital privacy? Here you go: peasec.de/wp-content/u...

Aging Senator Explains That Young People Should Get Involved In Politics Because She's Fucking Out Of Here

Sure, Let’s Try Bribes! If taxpayers want to influence policy, maybe this is our only option.

It’s always a good sign when the people around your president can reasonably be described as “cronies.”

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

I know this is hopeless but I can’t help myself

The truth is there are three kinds of people: the disabled, the pre-disabled, and the doomed to die suddenly. Most of us will be disabled at some point.

He tried to read an elementary economics text; it bored him past endurance, it was like listening to somebody interminably recounting a long and stupid dream.

‘Andor’ Writer Dan Gilroy On Disney Suspending Jimmy Kimmel & Hollywood Facing “Venomous Evil”: “This Isn’t A Skirmish. It’s A Siege” – Guest Column 'Andor' Writer Dan Gilroy On Trump's Jimmy Kimmel Pressure Campaign: "Artists Are Censored First Because They Fear Us Most" -- Guest Column

Well, this might actually make me watch Andor. deadline.com/2025/09/ando...

Beauty

Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office

Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office

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Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

I love Tumblr, always have. The culture and humor is like nowhere else on the internet

www.tumblr.com/canvoid/7847...

The animal symbol of Brazil with the phrase "here we have law"

Trump Claims He Can’t Be Expected To Remember Every Birthday Card He Sends To Child Molesters

Trump Claims He Can’t Be Expected To Remember Every Birthday Card He Sends To Child Molesters https://theonion.com/trump-claims-he-cant-be-expected-to-remember-every-birthday-card-he-sends-to-child-molesters/

What Trump’s perverted birthday card says about Democrats.