Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

It's kind of more that Blacksky was still using some Bluesky infrastructure and they're rushing to add their own (I think its opensourced and provided by the Bluesky team, just run by Blacksky like the infrastructure they currently have).

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

For anyone looking for a non-US alternative to image hosting, I've found PixelFed to be great so far

Jesse Watters' history of inflammatory and dehumanizing remarks Fox News host Jesse Watters’ inflammatory rhetoric has reached new lows during the second Trump administration. After the right-wing prime-time host said last week that America needed to bomb or “mayb...

After Jesse Watters said last week that America needed to bomb or “maybe gas” the United Nations headquarters, the UN reached out to Fox News and Watters privately apologized. The incident is part of a much larger pattern: www.mediamatters.org/jesse-watter...

Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...

Head of OLC is a former Alito clerk
www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

“Trump’s incoherent ramblings about Osama Bin Laden raises new concerns about Biden’s cognitive decline.”

Dancing across the sky. #photography

wizard frog is insane

Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

He is so clueless. He sold out Afghanistan to the Taliban and was too chicken to join the military during Vietnam.

He's never been politically correct, but now we have his permission to say what we want, and he cannot arrest anyone for their free speech.

Yeah, this. Everyone that is complaining about the Dems not doing enough kind of seem to be ignoring how if they did, based on the polls, it would look bad. Even having them aiming to show more of what's happening has a pretty high risk of backfiring I think. Still, I think they really should be

Goddard, in a heavy long coat, standing next to his wire frame liquid fuel rocket prototype. It is winter out, with bare branches and cloudy skies.

Robert Goddard, rocketry and space flight pioneer, was born #OTD in 1882.
🧪🔭🚀

After a 1926 liquid-fuel launch:
"It looked almost magical as it rose, without any appreciably greater noise or flame, as if it said, 'I've been here long enough; I think I'll be going somewhere else if you don't mind.’”

Who Still Has Temporary Protected Status in the U.S.?

Conflicting court rulings have plunged hundreds of thousands of people with temporary protection from deportation into uncertainty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

An edit would be lovely: and that's huge

I thought these were meta tags with property="og:image" and content set to the image. Is it just that the server response fills in the profile image, and thats hugs. The server just needs to point to a smaller one?

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - AAA Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - AAA

SMBC is great, here's the link to that comic:

smbc-comics.com/index.php?db...

And @zachweinersmith.bsky.social is on here and is worth following too

BREAKING: The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 100-page opinion -- says it is unequivocally, lopsidedly easy to determine that the Trump administration's view of birthright citizenship is wrong.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Unanimous First Circuit takes pains to emphasize that this was an incredibly easy case to decide, despite writing a very long opinion knocking down every ridiculous argument the Trump admin made.

I can't disagree with you there. I'm just used to a more libertarian framing for federated services

Doesn't that also come with rules, limits and enforcement?

I think these things are necessary, I just think its often downed out in discussions by some ideal of an idealised future

Expert evaluations of democratic performance over time Ordered by change since November '24 Box and asterisk denote significant change since November '24 (p<.01) These were all a drop in democratic performance, some large Agencies do not punish * No interference with press* Legislature can limit executive * Gov stats are not influenced * Judicial independence * Constitution limits executive * No private gains from office * Sanctions for misconduct Common understanding of facts Patriotism not questioned Military not exploited Equal political/legal rights * Equal voting rights * All parties allowed * Fraud-free elections * No foreign influence Contribs not determine policy Law enforcement neutral Free speech Protest tolerated * Judiciary can limit executive* Law applies equally * Compromise sought * Districts not biased Votes have equal impact Investigations not compromised* No political violence * Opinions heard on policy* Concedes defeat Participation high Candidates disclose info Campaign funds transparent Law enforcement not exploited Military neutral Organizations independent

Expert perceptions of threats and benefits to democracy Pruned list for when 75% saw an issue as a serious threat Rep. Hortman and spouse killed 95% BLS commissioner fired TX redraws map UCLA faces demands from Trump SCOTUS allows firing independent agency members without cause Trump attempts to fire Cook National Guard deployed to L.A. Columbia settles FCC approves merger after Paramount settlement National Guard deployed in D.C. SCOTUS allows DHS to deport noncitizens without notice Bolton house raided Red states send National Guard to D.C. Paramount settles with Trump Charlie Kirk killed Trump to create Natl. Guard quick reaction force NY AG investigated for mortgage fraud Political approval required for research grants SCOTUS allows mass layoffs ICE expands enforcement and detention Baraka and Mclver charged outside immigration facility Trump claims authority to use military force vs smugglers

Expert perceptions of threats and benefits to democracy An ordered descending list of issues clipped so all issues have more than 75% of experts perceiving the issue as a serious threat Third term sought by Trump Habeas corpus suspended Insurrection Act invoked Orders to not enforce court order Case stalled against ally of president Military deployed against "voter fraud" in 2026 Case opened against opponent of president U.S. citizen imprisoned abroad Birthright citizenship denied U.S. citizen denaturalized National Guard deployments to new cities SCOTUS limits Voting Rights Act Obama official indicted for Trump/Russia investigation Economic indicator altered or delayed Census ordered before 2030 Byrd Rule bypassed in reconciliation bill Harvard settles with Trump admin.

Expert ratings of greatest threats to democracy in Trump's second term Listed items are seen as a serious by a threat by 75% of experts ## Trump Il threats DOJ investigators fired Refusal to return Abrego Garcia Jan 6 offenders pardoned DOJ investigate ActBlue 12+ inspectors general fired National Guard deployed to L.A. Musk advisor to Trump Pressure on Columbia and Harvard Revoke Harvard tax exemption DOGE access federal systems # Potential future threats Third term sought by Trump Habeas corpus suspended Citizens to El Salvador Insurrection Act invoked Orders to not enforce court order Military deployed against voter fraud" in midterms Unprecedented denaturalizations Case opened against opponent of president Case stalled against ally of president SCOTUS limits Voting Rights Act

This is the first democratic index I'm aware of that includes Donald Trump's second term. The democratic backsliding is obvious. I didn't include it, but the chart comparing responses by Democrats, Republicans and experts is fascinating

brightlinewatch.org/violence-red...

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.

Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.

Legacy media failed the country.

I would like to know how we can identify the specific persons at CNN who researched, wrote, edited, and approved this and hang it around their necks for the rest of their professional lives.

I hope this catches on and becomes his legacy

Wild stuff — nuking a portion of your website because MAGA got mad at you for it.

jewishinsider.com/2025/09/adl-...

The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.

He said this out loud.

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

I still can't get over the surreal experience of watching Trump effectively telling all our generals he is going to order them to kill American citizens in my city in a speech that he also stopped midway through to spend 5 minutes explaining how he is so smart for walks down stairs slowly.