Christa Teston

9 month old kitten, Willow, watches the Rachel Maddow show.

@maddow.msnbc.com fyi

🔥 Top Campaigns, Last 24 Hours:

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2️⃣ “Uphold due process & 1A rights. Demand release of Mahmoud Khalil.” (+2,447)
3️⃣ “Stop the fascist slide! Free Mahmoud Khalil NOW!” (+1,628)

It may go without saying, but it's worth saying anyway, the fascists are also eugenicists

Not gonna lie I did kinda expect our Democratic politicians to have something like a plan to counter the 920-page detailed fascist blueprint that was published in April 2023

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order A Seattle judge issued a 14-day restraining order in response to a lawsuit from states calling President Donald Trump’s effort unconstitutional.

Instead of posting 'trump just ended birthright citizenship', post 'a judge just temporarily blocked Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship' www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Freeze of Federal Grant Funds A judge in Washington, D.C., has sided with activists who claimed the White House’s freezing of billions of dollars in already approved funding violated the law.

For example, instead of posting 'zomg Trump just ended all federal grants,' post 'a judge just blocked Trump's attempt to freeze federal grants'

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...

Please: every time you see a completely out of pocket announcement from the trump administration about some illegal action they have taken, I am begging you to go to a search engine and look up whether it's already been blocked by a judge before spreading panic

Super excited to be a small part of this and that the new book project is officially underway!

Omg Scott this is amazing!!!!

This Jimmy Carter funeral feels like a funeral for America.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Honestly this is perfectly said and I’d never thought of it that way. Wow.

“The fact that death alone offers financial relief, time relief, and potentially relief from emotional distress is heinous. Death appears to be cost efficient in a world where healthy nondisabled people are considered valuable while older, sick, and disabled people are financial liabilities.”

Mic drop.

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At some point, Dems will have to name and dismantle their enemies—the industries driving our climate, housing, and cost of living crises—if they ever want to win a governing by majority again.

New work out today from @cplusc.bsky.social points in this exact direction.

Nikki Giovanni
(1943-2024)

Aww the tail

Oooo neat!

‘Woke’ didn’t lose the US election: the patrician class who hijacked identity politics did | Nesrine Malik Why is this simple explanation being so widely embraced? Because it does not require a commitment to real, structural change, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

'The readiness to repudiate identity politics & group them under “bad woke” is less about policy and more about the fact that social justice never really found a home amongst liberals, who were happy to capture its energy but not its demands.'

The week's column

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Whew that rear tire looks low! But could just be the angle of the photo.

They totally did!

Holy shit we miss you, Bill.

UK justice secretary attacks assisted dying bill as ‘state death service’ Shabana Mahmood has written to her constituents saying she is ‘profoundly concerned’ about Friday’s Commons vote

“The right to die, for some, will–inexorably & inevitably–become the duty to die for others. & that is why I will be voting against this bill.” Powerful letter from justice sec Shabana Mahmood to her constituents opposing the right to die bill proposed in the UK.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
STS researcher: The cup is an affordance

I’m sorry to hear this. Take care of yourself 💙