Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"

On May 16, a deadly tornado damaged 16,000 structures and killed five residents in St. Louis, Missouri.

Trump has yet to send federal aid to rebuild there.

A message from the Collector: We understand that the recent severe weather may have caused unexpected challenges, and we want you to know that we are here to help. If you are currently at risk of tax foreclosure, have a suit being filed on your home, or are on a homestead redemption contract, please contact our office as soon as possible. We are committed to working with you to explore available options and support during this difficult time. If you need to disconnect or terminate your water service, please reach out directly to the Water Division. If you are on auto pay for your water bill and need to cancel or adjust it, please contact our office, and we'll assist you with that process. Your well-being is our priority, and we are here to support you in any way we can.

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gregoryfxdaly 9m • Author @speedhumpme yes, if a homeowner is unable to call our office and would like to have someone else call on their behalf, that person would just need to provide the property address and we could help them get all the information that the owner would need.

If anyone affected by the St. Louis tornado needs help with a possible pending tax foreclosure, the Collector’s office is available to help. They are also aware of the many phone challenges and are okay with having a volunteer delegate call on their behalf.

Thank you! Will work on seeing if I can get this going in my town.

Is this like a beer and science style lecture with a final focus on please vote for people who will keep supporting science? Or is this supposed to be a talk specifically about being pro science?

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She said the bipolar disorder was rough at times, but it mellowed as she got older. It gets better.

she was married for 60 years to a dude who weathered the tough times with her, raised 4 kids, was a devoted grandmother, was a nurse for 50 years, and one of the most amazing people I’ve ever got to spend time with. She had a great life.

I say this bc my grandma was bipolar, faced stigma from her family, was treated with talk therapy in the 50s and 60s. But got the right meds eventually, life wasn’t always perfect, but

I also want to say to anyone who is struggling with it - the right meds are great! It’s just brain chemistry shenanigans. If you need help getting the correct chemistry, store bought is fine!

'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women's role in Viking society New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided about what that means.

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NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep

NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths. Exclusive via Ismael M. Belkoura for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...

We have beautiful mind palaces, even if most of us still owe a mortgage

Do all AIs use the therapy speak?

“Race does not provide an accurate representation of human biological variation,” the statement reads. “Humans are not divided biologically into distinct continental types or racial genetic clusters. Instead, the Western concept of race must be understood as a classification system that emerged from, and in support of, European colonialism, oppression, and discrimination.” “It thus does not have its roots in biological reality, but in policies of discrimination,” the statement says. “Because of that, over the last five centuries, race has become a social reality that structures societies and how we experience the world. In this regard, race is real, as is racism, and both have real biological consequences.”

Trump's 3/27 executive order targets the Smithsonian for advancing "the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct."

Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.

So believe me when I say, race is a social construct and changes with the society. And you know this too, bc no one considers the Irish a different race anymore.

It’s not a coincidence that the great men doing the first anthro research, were rich, white men using science to reinforce the social hierarchy through biology. Did they think of it like this? No! They took this worldview for granted bc it was part of their culture. But culture changes.

As an anthropologist, the foundations of my field are in scientific racism. We were the first skull measurers, trying to show how white people’s brains were bigger and therefore more intelligent.

The idea that race wasn’t centered in museums/zoos previously is laughable, living African people were put on display in zoos to show how primitive they were and white skulls were displayed as the pinnacle of evolution. But of course, this new EO is about trying to return to those before times.

Kalgan, take me away!

It’s SkyNet. They think they are creating SkyNet, but it somehow won’t hurt them. And the whole Rokko’s Basilisk theory is just The Terminator. They watch sci-fi and identify with the bad guys.

If you don’t know about the topic, how do you know you are asking the right questions?

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DOGE job cuts shake Trump-voting West Virginia town Jennifer Piggott proudly hung a red-and-blue Trump campaign flag outside her one-story home during the November election race. Now, after she was abruptly fired from her civil service job, her days of supporting the president are over.

www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...

WVDP Condemns Elon Musk’s DOGE Initiative Threatening Jobs at U.S. Treasury Office in Parkersburg

Read more: www.wvdemocrats.com/news/doge-parkersburg-11feb2025

Home! So proud of you all!

Sorry to have missed this one, the original flyer said 6-7pm. I dialed in right before 6 and realized I’d missed the robocall at 5pm. Thank you for holding the meeting and look forward to the next one!

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Just feel like this gif is appropriate

Congresswoman, 19 year olds with no background checks have access to Medicare/Medicaid payments code. How much longer will FMLA be a thing if Dems don’t starting getting loud and fighting back?

He said that, but the website is still available and you can pull up the forms. directfile.irs.gov

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