M. Gonzalez-Marquez

Trump administration moves to roll back some Endangered Species Act protections The proposed changes include the elimination of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s “blanket rule” that automatically protects animals and plants when they are classified as threatened.

They always tell you who they are by what they choose to kill.

The Endangered Species Act isn’t just some environmental checkbox it’s one of the most successful, broadly popular, bipartisan pieces of conservation law in American history.

In US first, New Mexico launches free child care for all New Mexico became on Saturday the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country.

#New #Mexico became the #first #US state to offer #free #child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country.
 
Under the program, families can receive state vouchers to cover public and private child care fees.

The USDA has released a statement telling retailers that they are prohibited from offering discounts/deals to those who are facing hunger without SNAP benefits.

#Pinks

I won't feed the publishing myth.

My case:
1. We can live on my wife's salary alone.
2. My only jobs are writing and loading the dishwasher.
3. If I fail as an author, only my pride gets hurt.

That's privilege.

My wins don't prove midlisters can build careers without safety nets.

I'm skeptical.

Stingless Bees are at risk Our support can help get them legal rights

A little bit of hope:

secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

If he succeeds, it shows the rest of the country it can be done. Suddenly, other politicians will rise up and demand simple things. And then suddenly, we’ll be just like Europe, taxing Oligarchs out of endless wealth, and average Americans left with universal healthcare, child care and maybe UBI.

Universal Basic Income is sounding really great about now. The money should come from the same billionaires that stole my 20 or so scholarly publications (intellectual property) without permission or citation to train their AI and make big bucks.

The Fourth Amendment applies regardless of whether an undocumented immigrant, legal resident or citizen.

I mean.. we probably wouldn't need disability payments or food stamps if we all got universal healthcare and UBI that covered all basic living expenses every month. It would probably save the government so much money in the long run, too.

But then we couldn't be made desperate and easy to exploit.

They project this will cost $75M up front and $30M a year and I'm guessing if you just gave the majority of these folks $57,000 and then a $23,000 basic income and let them live a life, they'd do just fine. And that's assuming they stay in budget. But helping people ain't our thing, punishment is.

AP Report Reveals U.S. Gov Attempt To Capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro By Bribing His Pilot — Konsyse An AP investigation reveals extended United States outreach to the pilot of Nicolas Maduro during a covert plan involving financial incentives.

KONSYSE: A 16-month outreach by a U.S. federal agent to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was uncovered by the Associated Press.

Putting people in cages instead of feeding them is a policy choice

DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

The thing about ceasefires is, you don’t pause them to kill more people, then say you are done and resume the ceasefire.

I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

Trump Confuses Dementia Screening for an IQ Test and Celebrates the Result — Konsyse Donald Trump mistakenly describes a dementia screening as a hard IQ test and boasts about a perfect score.

KONSYSE: Trump calls a routine dementia screening a “very hard IQ test” and boasts about a perfect score. He then claimed U.S. Representatives J. Crockett and A. Ocasio-Cortez would be unable to answer questions beyond the initial set of basic items.

Starbucks' outrageous CEO-to-worker pay gap might make you spit out your morning coffee. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?

📌 dear santa 🎀🎅🏻🔔🤶🏾🎀

for christmas this year 🎄

i want a REAL President

who cares , for A L L

american souls

🎁 please 🐥

Trump is a feeble, mentally ill, old man suffering from dementia. Not sure where you get “strong” out of that.

When bad things get worse Border Patrol, ICE, and the repetition of grim history.

I wrote about how Border Patrol taking the lead in immigration operations mirrors a shift that happens often in concentration-camp regimes, including Nazi Germany, and some ways we can respond.

Book talk at UT Austin on Bye Bye I Love You

@michaelerard.bsky.social

This is what happened to my Grandfather in Frankfurt, Germany on 9th November 1938, commonly known as Kristallnacht.

Earth Is Getting Dimmer—and the Northern Hemisphere Is Losing Brightness Faster Than Scientists Expected New research challenges the idea that the hemispheres' matching brightness is a fundamental property of the planet

Excellent article by @Smithsonianmag showing the domino effects of what the rich are doing to our planet:

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/e...

"In my area of expertise - management and organisational studies – the standard opinion goes as follows: 'Everything depends on how you use Al, it has good and bad sides. We will have to adapt, because those who cannot work with Al will be replaced.' If you say something along these lines, you are supposedly being constructive and nuanced, but all these statements are based on zero evidence." Philosopher Vanrie also questions the discourse of 'inevitability' around Al that has seeped into Ghent University's policy. "The conviction that generative Al is inevitable leads to it creeping in everywhere, and this eventually makes it seem inevitable. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. But there's nothing

"Since when did we [universities] become Big Tech's free PR department?"

There was also a guy on @trashfuture.bsky.social the other week introduced as an expert on TESCREAL in AI, but they somehow got through the episode without mentioning Gebru or Torres once.

A hard truth is that the search for artificial general intelligence as a commercial tool is fundamentally a reproduction of slavery. Not because computers are people or anything so silly, but because of the impetus: To acquire the products of humanity without the need for a human to consent.

If you are only against sexism provided women treat you nicely, I have a spoiler for you.

You are not really against sexism.

(Same of course for racism, ableism, queerphobia, etc.)