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the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back

Americans want universal healthcare, not national guard troops in our neighborhoods.

You cannot be “America First” while treating Americans like our communities as though we need military intervention.

We must not give into the urge to hate each other, our neighbors, family and friends.

On a black background with red ACLU-D.C. logo, white and red text reads, "Making D.C. the test case for federalizing local policing—by deploying the National Guard and seizing control of our police force—is political theater and a blatantly phony justification for abuse of emergency powers." -Monica Hopkins, Executive Director, ACLU-D.C.

Today, the president foreshadowed that if these heavy-handed tactics take root in D.C., they will be rolled out to other majority-Black and Brown cities, like Chicago, Oakland and Baltimore, across the country.

That should alarm everyone, not just Washingtonians.

LA was the first test. DC is the second. End goal will be full fledged martial law. To everyone downplaying this, especially those on the so-called “left”, history will not smile fondly upon you.

Texas just opened Pandora’s box, and voters everywhere could pay the price - The Boston Globe Tit-for-tat redistricting escalation is exactly what our democratic system cannot afford.

Texas legislators are openly using a special session to redraw voting maps in their favor at the expense of voters of color, instead of getting disaster relief to flood victims.

This race to the bottom erodes our democracy, regardless of which party benefits.

Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so,

No one, no matter their age, should have to hand over their passport or driver’s license just to access legal information and speak freely. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Mo Salah said: "Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?" In response to a tweet from UEFA that said: "Farewell to Suleiman al-Obeid, the 'Palestinian Pelé'. A talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times."

This is an incredible tweet for someone of his influence to make, and even more so as a direct question to UEFA

A photo of Pixelcat (an orange tabby boy with white belly and socks, and one eye) stretched out on a čilim style rug in front of a rack of shoes (all flats) and a pair of automatic dry food feeders, looking exhausted yet happy. This is my mood. As Bijan said once, the pair of cats are my familiars. We are emotionally linked.

I need a pretty sexually adventurous and experienced Gen Zer for the @slate.com How To Do It column that needs to be turned in on Friday

I don’t know any

Pls halp

(This can take the form of volunteering, reaching out to your network back channel, or reposting)

Can be anonymous if needed

The Purgatory Report on CPRG: Boxed In The town remains under Delores's sway. Jean and Intern hunker down. Not even an eldritch crisis can stall Gerald's jealousy. Terra makes a leap of faith. The studio is overrun by cultists. Tune in!&nb...

The town remains under Delores's sway. Jean and Intern hunker down. Not even an eldritch crisis can stall Gerald's jealousy. Terra makes a leap of faith. The studio is overrun by cultists. Tune in! #Earpers #RadioTheater

ghostriverradio.com/boxed-in

I'm very proud of the work I did on my podcast, The Voice of Free Planet X, especially when I revamped the format in 2015 and got to work with some truly impressive voice actors and improvisors: planetx.libsyn.com

Left side: Photo grid of five headshots of members of Briet's team. Photos are, clockwise from top left: Flaming Hydra collective's Maria Bustillos, Aboard co-founder Paul Ford, developer Matthew McVickar, developer Jacob Ford, and Sludge founder David Moore. Right side: Simple flowchart diagram for BRIET. Text reads: Creators & publishers on all familiar platforms can use BRIET. BRIET bundles and sells on its library-friendly marketplace. Using BRIET, creators & publishers sell their work to libraries, who preserve and loan it out to patrons.

Created by a team affiliated with the Brick House Cooperative, BRIET invites publishers to sell, not license, e-books to libraries.

More ⤵️
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Lawmakers are “taking a hard look” at VPNs after the total flop of the UK “age verification” rollout + we all know where that’s gonna lead—censorship fanatics are gonna try to bring the ban hammer down on VPNs.

Defend VPNs from government bans!

VPNs are the tool millions use to dodge surveillance + circumvent censorship.

Can you help us remind them what a terrible idea it is to destroy essential Internet safety infrastructure?

Sign the thing at www.DefendVPNs.com

These House Dems are having an AIPAC-funded smiling vacation in a country currently bombing and starving millions of people with weapons they voted to send to that country.

Truly sickening. Stomach-churning. Ghouls.

New Scam:

Someone will message you on here and tell you they accidentally reported your account claiming there's one similar in name and avatar as yours. They will then ask you for your Discord ID so they can send you the image of the ticket since you can't send images on Bluesky.

Block them.

"What is the point of having 'fuck you money' if you don't say 'fuck you'?

I went on @briantylercohen.bsky.social's show to denounce the craven, cowardly Big Tech billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook for rolling over to Trump and the GOP.

Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K5h...

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) says the FBI will help Texas law enforcement hunt down Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block Trump’s redistricting power grab. So instead of investigating actual threats, the FBI is being pulled into a partisan stunt to punish elected officials for taking a stand.

All we wanted was lower costs and more money in our pockets.

So Trump is ripping healthcare from millions, taking food from hungry kids, stealing public goods, and giving the rich tax breaks.

He's hoping you're too focused on Sydney Sweeney and trans athletes to figure it out.

A Canadian province is taking legal action for job applicants who are 'ghosted' by companies after multiple rounds of interviews.

Companies in Ontario will soon be forced to inform candidates about their hiring status within 45 days of their final interview.

t took six months for a Trump official to be politely forced by a journalist to admit live on air what everyone - including every economist - knows to be true (but which Trump keeps lying about): tariffs are paid in the US by US importers.

What an indictment of our media.

I’m not upset if someone on SNAP wants to buy chips.

There are very wealthy people in this country who profit off Americans who have cancer.

That does upset me.

We kinda told yall so btw

No, love, that's not how this works.

You can't say, 'I support trans people' and then take a big ol' bag of monies from the person who's sole mission is to bully, malign, discredit, harrass and damage them.

If you truly support trans people, you walk the fuck away.

The Price of Approval: How Paramount Sold Out the First Amendment for a Merger — Protect the Protest SLAPPs, regulatory coercion, and media consolidation are colliding to undermine the future of press freedom. The cost of silence has never been higher.

$16 million to undermine the First Amendment. Paramount's settlement with Trump is a dangerous example of corporate power bowing to authoritarian pressure.

Read more from Seth Stern, director of advocacy at PtP Coalition member @freedom.press, on the settlement's dire and far-reaching implications.

Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill banning AI therapists into law, the first in the nation.

Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services.

www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...

“They’re going to kill us here”

Jordan Chariton shares exclusive audio obtained of a prisoner at Alligator Alcatraz begging for help and revealing the monstrosities happening inside the ICE detention center.

Hi yes hello, going to reiterate that this should not be legal

So it's Minority Report but Tom Cruise can't count the number of r's in "strawberry". Awesome.

Imagine a German saying they're proud of the Nazi part of their history.