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“Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.”

N.Y. Attorney General Orders Hospital to Resume Youth Transgender Care

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tl;dr: more people should watch this gentleman's speech and think seriously about what he is saying

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YouTube video by CGP Grey Daylight Saving Time Needs to End

I show (parts of) these two videos in class:
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Let's meet Micromelo undatus, also called "miniature melo", a species of "bubble shell" sea snail.

She's got a little art deco backpack!

These snails live in shallow waters at locations around the world (Hawaii, South Africa, Japan).

What do Congress's top appropriators say?

“This is a drastic departure from historical practice,” @delauro.house.gov told @nature.com.

DeLauro and @murray.senate.gov demanded that OMB release funds, as is required by law.

(The top Republicans, Rep Tom Cole & Sen Susan Collins didn't respond.)

Before I go digging for one, do any educators out there have a blank map of the Middle East?

Prepping for current events Friday & would like to begin by mapping to:

1. Situate us in place

2. Allow time to breathe/color in the maps to create a bit of a pause/processing moment

i’ll just keep posting variations on elementary human decency, not that it matters

Absolutely honored to win this prestigious science outreach award @uwmadison.bsky.social @uwmadscience.bsky.social

Steps to take for Americans in the Middle East.

Americans in the Middle East: My office is here to help. You can reach us at (202) 225-6416 or Hoyle.house.gov.

More than 70,000 North Carolinians have incomplete voter registrations. Check the database below to see if you’re on the list. If you are, you can still vote, but you should bring your driver’s license with you, and you may be required to cast a provisional ballot.

everybody stay clear on the fact

that several fascist autocrats

are using the needless death of innocent human beings

as a power grab / attempt to manipulate public opinion

when their popularity is low.

I saw a comment the said we aren’t “angry enough.” But all we are is angry. Our veins circulate it like acid. It cracks our sternums. It poisons and paralyzes us. We hiss and spit at each other, all impotent, helpless rage.

We don’t need more anger. We need more direction.

YouTube video by Lip Sync Battle Tom Holland’s “Singing in the Rain” & “Umbrella” vs. Zendaya’s “24k Magic” | Lip Sync Battle

Genuinely when I’m super old, I hope these two are still together and I’ll tell my grandnieces and nephews about these beautiful people that we all fell in love with. 😂 youtu.be/1i5DEipIWh4?...

Now more than ever, you don't have to be cutting and pasting batshit posts that you have seen over on That Other Site and also, for fuck's sake, get off That Other Site, again, now more than ever

We should not be hosting the Olympics or the World Cup. This is not a safe country.

They've got a residency for K-12 teachers who write. Cool!

If only all school districts did this. #GoodNewsOnly TikTok video by NowThis Impact

School district in Arkansas makes so much off solar panel revenue it gives all its teachers $15k raise.

Unless I’m mistaken, there are no SFUSD buildings wit solar panels www.tiktok.com/t/ZThnKYJG1/

My kid goes to SOTA and that huge flat brutalist building would be perfect

How the AP decided to describe joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, and Iran’s retaliation, as a war The Associated Press is using the word “war” to refer to the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s retaliation.

This is interesting: apnews.com/article/isra...

I also have gotten "Could not post this. Check your internet connection." It only happens when I'm insulting a right wing nutjob. Strange.

Another American War of Choice The US launched another war of choice in the Middle East and everyday people are paying the cost

This weekend drones and missiles were launched at my city.

This is another American war of choice.

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And the fact that in order to care, some people need to see health through the lens of finances, is extra sad.

New reports are more than 100 Iranian schoolgirls are dead after Israeli & US bombs hit their school as classes began.

These fascists want you to believe they are the good guys for mass murdering Iranian children.

They were children. In school. And now they’re dead because of Trump & Netanyahu.

I went through and added up the total paid rents through our adopt-a-rent program, and it is 329 families for $463,217. All peer-to-peer, no fundraising. Just neighbors helping each other out.

If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72

Catherine Beecher is the perfect choice to juxtapose with Charlie Kirk. In the era when American women began advocating for suffrage, Beecher was a prominent anti-suffragist.

People overseas love their kids just as much as you love yours. Your kids aren’t more special just because they were born on US soil

The promise of OpenAI and Grok being used in war is that no human can be held accountable for the war crimes it commits, all the way up to where it sits on the chain of command.

The total abdication of any kind of accountability, any kind of "am I following an unjust order" moral hesitation, etc.

A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee Dolly Parton’s name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working woman’s anthem “9 to 5,” or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her Dollywood theme park.

“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’”

GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON

When this ICE shit started, a mutual I’d never met asked how to help. I sent him to a friend’s kid’s preschool that was struggling to find patrollers. He’s been there almost daily, even in brutal cold, at a school where he didn’t know anyone, to keep folks safe. We finally met and got beers tonight.