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a cool and healthy thing I do for hours a day now is look down at my sleeping child, feel bottomless joy, and then look five degrees to the right at the real time updating "US' Descent Deeper into Hell" live stream on my phone

Hey, Supposed Christians,

Any city you live in should be a sanctuary city. The whole effin’ point of Jesus’ teachings was to love the poor, the sick, the hungry, the foreigner.

You can’t celebrate or abide violence against the least of these and still try to claim you’re a Christian.

Choose.

I am on the other side of the world from Los Angeles and I just heard a news grab on our national radio station of Maxine Waters telling a cop "Are you gonna shoot an elected representative? If you shoot me, you better shoot straight" and she remains one of the best to ever do it

Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.

If you have an unread copy of Let This Radicalize You lying around, this would be an excellent time to read Chapter 6: “Violence” in Social Movements. It's also a good time to share that chapter with others.

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Stephen Miller is the one I’ve struggled the most to explain to Alice when she’s like “which one is that”

“architect of all the most evil anti-immigrant schemes”, sure, but like how do you really encapsulate that level of sentient toxic waste for brains and JV Cryptkeeper visage in mere words

The scene in LA today of masked secret police arresting law abiding humans at work and firing “non-lethal” rounds and tear gas into citizens trying to protect them is like something out of a dystopian nightmare.

It’s heartbreaking to see, but it’s heartening to see folks stand up against fascism

What the fuck is the point of paying money to a police department if they won’t protect people from hostile masked kidnappers?

This. Authoritarians win by creating an atmosphere of hopelessness in order to preemptively suppress mass actions that could effectively challenge their power. Every single public act of defiance plays a critical role in stopping them.

Correct

Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.

A man slated for deportation has captured conditions inside the Krome Detention Center in Florida. He says some people have been confined like this for up to 30 days.

At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.

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RIP U.S. Department of Education. Education Secretary Linda McMahon introduced herself to department employees with an email calling on them to join her in a “historic final mission” to downsize the agency and shift control to the states.

Just an FYI: Medicaid fraud is rarely perpetrated by beneficiaries. The fraudsters are almost always the doctors and CEO's that administer Medicaid. For example: when a doctor charges the government $600 for an $8 breast pump and pockets the cash and the third party administrator takes a cut.

Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

One of the many reasons we did a #nationalparks trip last summer was bc we (unlike many of their supporters) read the diabolical plans this administration had for them-listed plainly in #project2025. What a heartbreak to still see it beginning. When they tell you who they are, believe them

Here's how to cover things that are illegal:

(i) this is illegal
(ii) they say it's legal
(iii) It's not

Truth sandwich, extra mustard

Just bringing this back.

Panel 1: Mark Zuckerberg stands on the stage at a Meta all-hands meeting, wearing a little chain and a shirt that says "Cool Dude." "I think our company could use more Masculine Energy," he says into a mic. In the crowd, an employee raises their hand. "Excuse me, Mr. Zuckerberg," the person asks. Panel 2: The person stands up, asking, "By "Masculine Energy," do you mean a mature definition where men in power use their relative strength to protect and uplift those less privileged?" Panel 3: The person continues, "…or a more childish definition where men in power are free to be aggressive and harm others without being held accountable?" Panel 4: Zuck stands silent for a beat. Panel 5: "You're all fired," he says.

"Masculine Energy"

It was never just another app.

It was Community.
It was Knowledge and News.
It was Nostalgia.
It was Entertainment.
It was Different.
It was Connection.

And yet we know that #booklovers will always find each other ❤️‍🩹🫶🏻

#booksky #tiktokban

The Great Creator Reset The TikTok ban isn't just a platform reconfiguration, it will reshape the political leaning of the creator economy and permanently alter whose voices get heard online.

The TikTok ban isn't just a platform reconfiguration, it will reshape the political leaning of the creator economy and permanently alter whose voices get heard online. Please read my story
www.usermag.co/p/the-great-...

I fear there is deep truth here.

for sociopaths and narcissists, politics is when you pretend to care about other people. rejecting politics is when you embrace your hateful, reactionary human nature.

Peter Yarrow of Peter Paul and Mary has died. He was 86. In 2014 we marched in the People's Climate March and had a sing along with him.. Listen 👂 This Land is your land.... photos.app.goo.gl/RqpA2jJqTt2U...

CARTOONS OF THE DAY 🫤

(Cartoonists are rallying around @anntelnaes.bsky.social as she leaves the @washingtonpost.com )

If you try to steal a loaf of bread, and hurt no one in the process, America will throw you in prison.

If you try to steal an election, and hurt lots of people in the process, America with throw you a party, give you its most prestigious job, and millions of dollars to squander on your vulgarity.