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Breaking: Sen. Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor for 22 hours and 37 minutes to denounce Trump and his agenda.

It's the fourth longest floor speech in U.S. Senate history.

The Gyro we need.

Let them eat cake.

Orestes Pursued By The Furies
Artist: Adolphe-William Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905)

Governments don’t want well-informed, well educated people capableof critical thinking. That is against their interests. They want obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paper work. and just dumb enough to passively accept it.” – George Carlin

Absolutely right, Erin. And all the impediments are on purpose. Last thing they want is an enlightened citizen... they're harder to exploit.

"Good citizens don't think.
Thinking leads to reasoning. Reasoning leads to right and wrong. Wrong leads to revolt. Revolt leads to bad citizens."

- Unknown

Can confirm.

Your Tax Day reminder that trickle-down economics is a cruel hoax designed to enrich the wealthy and corporations while draining money for the middle class and the poor.

Don't let billionaires fool you into thinking we shouldn't tax the rich.

Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.

This is a manifesto against disability.

This is the language of eugenics.

The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL.
#HandsOff

Portland OR Hands Off Rally

Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING
#handsoff

If you don’t think there’s an American opposition, examine your news sources.

The popular opposition is alive and well.

This was Portland today.

From the 50501 community on Reddit: Portland showed up! Explore this post and more from the 50501 community

Show me what democracy looks like. This is what democracy looks like. Portland OR shows up.

AOC: I want to live in an America that guarantees healthcare to every person.

I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person

I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.

A blue Tesla Model 3 has been crushed by an Olmec statue. A man with long black braids leans against the hood of the car with his arms crossed, staring down the camera.

Tesla Model 3 crushed by an Olmec statue
By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social

YouTube video by MSNBC Trump power grab tripped up by distinctly American resistance

Little long (12min) but so validating.“It’s easy to get overwhelmed with what they are trying to do. But look also at what they have been stopped from doing, what they have been slowed down from doing, what they are embarrassed over, and what they’ve had to quietly claw back, hoping no one notices.”

Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop them from forming. Keep up the fight.

From the spaceporn community on Reddit: Starship Flight 8 BROKE APART During Launch! Explore this post and more from the spaceporn community

The Eye of Aldhani! #andor

The Supreme Court’s Rebuff of Trump Is More Ominous Than It Looks Two conservative justices joined the three liberals in ordering the administration to pay USAID contractors who are owed around $2 billion. But can that unlikely split hold?

What a weird timeline we’re in.

I do know one thing… 🙏🔥🍾

Just finished Andor and I strongly recommend it. It took me a couple episodes to get hooked, but so worth it.

it’s wild how quickly all of society breaks down when the people in charge ruin everything intentionally

Post from CNBC: Boeing is working with Elon Musk to deliver Air Force One replacements sooner. Response by Broti Gupta: thrilled by this super team of boeing + elon musk + a rush job

In my quest to re-evaluate my relationship with certain corporations which don’t share my values, today I ditched Audible in favor of @librofm.bsky.social. Same book-a-month plan, similar pricing, but now part of what I spend goes to a local bookshop that I know and appreciate. My ❤️ feels lighter

Yet another evening I close my eyes, pinch the bridge of my nose, take two short sharp breaths and remind myself millions of people led satisfying, meaningful lives during the fall of the Roman Empire.

Reminds me of this

•sarcasm on•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•

Almost 24 hours without Instagram on my phone. I keep telling @strinetime.bsky.social it’s like realizing I’ve been smoking a pack a day.

I gotta do *something* for my first Bluesky post, so how about Notre Dame from the very first few hours of 2025, those few moments when the year was so new it still felt hopeful.