Original post on urbanists.social
Politically, it would take a progressive trifecta with a FDR/LBJ Congressional supermajority to pass nationally. We haven't seen that in 60 years.
Until that happens, states already have the ability to create universal health care systems under existing ACA law.
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Important
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Some of the most prominent "Young Republicans" are fascists and overt racists, with violent plans for people they despise.
And they're really unhappy that their group chat just leaked.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146
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Apple, Facebook, and Google are enemies of the open web, and they've shown it by removing apps or pages where people report sightings of Trump's ICE thugs.
The "Justice" Department can't (yet) force censorship of regular websites that don't break laws.
This is why we have to save the open web.
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
Itβs not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
Source code and a downloadable app to try it yourself [β¦]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
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Original post on mastodon.social
Please read Josh Marshall's take on the Trump regime's escalating attacks on freedom of speech -- Kimmel's removal only the latest but probably most extreme example.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few-thoughts-on-kimmelgeddon/sharetoken/9b9c2c6c-bc94-4280-a74f-6fc8e2158cf8
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You avoid including too many dependencies in your modern Web frameworks because they introduce a dangerous attack surface
I avoid including any dependencies at all because I never bothered to learn modern Web frameworks
We are not the same
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Six color pride flag
The fascists want to label the pride flag as βdomestic terrorismβ, so here is the pride flag.
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September 15, 2025
Six years ago, on September 15, 2019, after about a six-week hiatus during the summer, I wrote a Facebook post that started:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-15-2025
Heather Cox Richardson has been has been writing Letters from an American for 6 years. She does a wonderful job drawing connections between our past and present.
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Charlie Kirkβs Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasnβt a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesnβt make anyone a bad person. Itβs a choice to write an obituary that begins βJoseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.β
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In Trump America, Kennedy assassinates YOU.
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Orlando Citizens Defy DeSantis, Re-Color Pulse Memorial Sidewalk In Rainbow Colors
Trump and DeSantis admins ordered rainbow crosswalks removed, and the Pulse Memorial crosswalk was among the first painted over. Now, citizens are fighting back.
1. Orlando citizens defied DeSantis and re-colored the rainbow crosswalk commemorating Pulse Nightclub victims.
The DeSantis admin had the memorial crosswalk painted over black during the cover of night.
Community members had it restored the very next day.
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