Vera Tobin

Drive racists out of public life forever, and other lessons from Black history Author Brian Jones on how we win—and protect—social progress for all of us.

“We are chastised in moments of democratic advance for wanting too much, for trying to do too many things too fast. It’s usually more the case that we didn’t go far enough to secure these democratic changes.“ @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social

The Reluctant Bride, by Auguste Toulmouche, 1866

You're absolutely right – this actually *isn't* a place of honor.
* I thought esteemed deeds were commemorated here, but that was wrong.
* The message wasn't about treasure, it was about danger. That's on me.
* I won't sugarcoat it – the danger is still present, and now it's in your body.

WTF? I'm a 50 year old man and as far back as I can remember, including when I was in high school it was *obviously* wrong and fucked up for older men to be targeting high school girls.

People claiming it's somehow normal are trying to cover for predators. This isn't some new way of thinking.

I always thought it sounded pompous when journalists referred to themselves as "the fourth estate," but turns out a robust, free press (probably specifically newspapers) is a load-bearing component of republican governance.

who's! that! wokemon!

The Trump admin’s whole case regarding Haitians in Ohio is racism, xenophobia, and lies. There’s literally nothing else to it.

Legal status, proper papers. No criminal record. Employers, neighbors, local leaders say they’re a benefit to the community.

It’s showy, bigoted cruelty, nothing more.

Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.

by Arcane Bullshit

Just gonna sit here with the knowledge that everything we suffer right now is legitimately downstream of a lack of adequate forum moderation

I remember that first course catalog. It was the most exciting thing since I was little, and used to peruse the Sears catalog looking at all the toys. The excitement of being able to study any of hundreds of offerings and for the first time in your life, you get to choose your studies? Heaven.

It's clear the increased ICE/CBP funding under Trump is being used primarily as a tool of repression, not as a means of law enforcement, and that's all the more reason why Democrats should use this opportunity—while the public hates ICE and the GOP is on the defensive—to eviscerate both agencies.

so close! peanut butter is not disgusting, but (of course) peanut butter + jelly is 💕

"This method is unusual, to say the least, and the idea of trying to follow it oneself presents very much the question of drawing the rest of the owl." boy howdy. and the worst (best) part is that mcphee is so good that Draft No. 4 still tempts me into believing i know how to draw owls

YouTube video by unvmebad86 George Washington

I don't know why they need to make short AI films about the American Revolution when the perfect one was created 18 years ago www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRo...

b&w photo of a hissing possum in a hollow fallen tree captioned his home is a hole in a log. he will sleep here

rewards reading, at every level

You ever read a book about watchmaking? It changes you.

the idea is more along the lines of tactical carpooling, i believe

For comparison, this new draft no longer demands that DHS cooperate with state probes, does not order CBP back to the border, and does not bar ICE from churches & schools.

approaching the problem of "roving death squads" from an incrementalist point of view is just a slow form of suicide

The cave is on. This is toothless bullshit. @chuckschumer.com wants Trump to promise that he'll pay Tuesday for a hamburger today, and he thinks we're gonna fall for it again.

“kidnapping people from their homes is fine so long as white people don’t see it” is the centrist position and Tim Walz is weirdly the man who said the quiet part out loud

i'd say first position, but going into a plié

This right here is why we can never let up until detentions and removals are stopped. When someone is got, they are spirited away as quickly as possible with no notice or documentation. We have little to no visibility into what is occurring in the camps. We know we cannot believe DHS.

In a normal country, immigration enforcement is a job for bureaucrats, not cosplay SWAT teams and armed forces.

A screenshot of WhatsApp: Ash: Sebastián, I have one very pressing question. Sebastián Di Martino: Let me know Ash: Are jaguar soft? Sebastián Di Martino: They are very soft (two hearts on the answer)

Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.