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Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute Right-wing extremists are abuzz over Elon Musk giving an awkward straight-armed salute during an inauguration rally for Donald Trump.

We need discernment.

Over 77 million people voted their feelings all trumped up on retrospective fallacies. Come on, this is not the way to get your groceries or greatness.

I love this so much!

At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.

This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

I listened to #obamafoundation #2024democracyforum. I needed the attitude adjustment. #pluralism #loveismyredline #hopeishonest #belovedcommunity #thepowerofwe #bringchangehome #practiceaddition #nikakovac #manumeel #ainkajackson #bertoaguayo #ryanreynolds #rachelkleinfeld #eboopatel #valeriejarret

This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...

Portrait of Vice President Harris by artist Kadir Nelson.

Kadir Nelson was commissioned by The New Yorker to paint this portrait of Madam VP prior to the election. I hope they release the cover anyway.

May the force be with all of us opposing this hateful rotten shitshow

Gaetz is a literal pedophile and the GOP loves it.

They are the Epstein party

If you’re new to Bluesky, this is a really helpful thread that explains how to use this platform:

Column | The story of diversity in America is more complicated than it might seem New analysis from demographer Richard Alba indicates that 1 in 8 U.S. children are mixed-race.

Not only is America already more diverse than many people understand, the number of people who don't identify as one particular racial group keeps rising. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Housing. “Least Trumpward shift”

I’d like to see more creativity around here. Like this in ATL. www.microlifeinstitute.org/cottages

Calling Bullshit: Videos The lectures from our Spring 2017 course are available on video.

Went looking for a course / extensive blog post akin to "Scientific Research & Literacy for Laypeople" – trying to improve my ability to find, understand, and evaluate scientific publications

Best thing I found was Calling Bullshit (www.callingbullshit.org) – free video course & syllabus from UW

Hello, dear sir. Many thanks for years of courageously leveraging influence with your presence. Happy to see you here!

Confelicity. I’m here for it!

Folk Constitutionalism, or Why it Matters How Ordinary People Think about the Constitution A truly inclusive democratic politics must be understandable, or cognitively tractable, for ordinary people busy with the rest of their lives. This extends not only to everyday politics and policy,...

@jamellebouie.net's recent columns advance the view that the US Constitution extends far beyond the brief formal text & those informal & unwritten pieces are central to the character of the constitutional order.

I just published an article detailing a similar view, but develop it a bit differently:

Putin has just named Donald Trump Ambassador to the United States.