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An image of a page from the Chicago Sun Times titled, "Summer reading list for 2025" with an image of a woman sitting on a porch, perhaps, beside a body of water, reading. It's beige as fuck. Above the title is a row of icons that invoke summer, I guess. The article itself is too long to reproduce, BUT, only five of the fifteen books listed here as titles you should read are actually real. Brit Bennett doesn't have a book titled Hurricane Season. The fuck? Isabel Allende has no book named Tidewater Dreams. The Last Algorithm by Andy Weir, The Collector's Piece by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Nightshade Market by Min Jin Lee, The Longest Day by Rumaan Alam, Boiling Point by Rebecca Makkai, Migrations by Maggie O'Farrell, The Rainmakers by Percival Everett, and Salt and Honey by Delia Owens are all books that DO NOT EXIST!!!

Of the books named on this reading list, Brit Bennet, Isabel Allende, Andy Weir, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Min Jin Lee, Rumaan Alam, Rebecca Makkai, Maggie O'Farrell, Percival Everett, and Delia Owens' titles are all books that DO NOT EXIST!!!

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Have you listened to glass animals?

Video obtained by CNN shows the rear landing gear of the jet buckling and the right wing shearing away in a fireball after the plane landed hard on the runway.

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

Works as advertised

This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.

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SCHEDULED PROTESTS Nationwide Protests February MON, FEBRUARY 17 (Presidents' Day Holiday) "Not My President" Protest 50 States and All Territories At State & Territorial Capitols & City Halls NOON -local time FRI, FEBRUARY 28 "Hit Them In Their Profits" Economic Blackout Protest NO SPENDING FOR 24 HRS Buy gas, etc by 2/27 (Not a march) 2/28 12am-11:59pm -local time March MARCH 7-14 US & World "Oligarch #1 Protest: Amazon" NO BUYING FROM AMAZON for one (1) week (Not a march) FRI, MARCH 14 "NATIONAL STRIKE" NO WORK FOR 24 HOURS All Workers, All Businesses and All Higher Education Organizations (Not a march) 3/14 12am-11:59pm -local time

Upcoming US protests. #3E #USprotests

The Republican-Democrat count is 217-215 when Elise Stefanik leaves. It's very slim. If we get a tie 217-217, we stop Trump because, unlike the Senate, there is no tie-breaker.
Below is the Bluesky link to the 3 candidates
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I think we might know where all the missing Dem ballots went

This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers

2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon

But in 2000 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof

Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....

Should we be worried about our kids having access to the HPV vaccine? What can we do if they’re not old enough to get it?

Folks, this is a great group of folks who fight for social justice, public health, and a more fair & equal world. Highly recommend these folks.
go.bsky.app/4dXVNkw

“The Revolution will be televised. You picked the right time, but the wrong guy.” - Kendrick Lamar

Fucking venture bros ruining everything 😩 and for what? Ambiguous Cashmere Glow and Pearberry scents? Booo

This is how the world views the US.

Australia calling out fascism, then adding that "Trump is a disaster for humanity and he belongs behind bars, not the oval office."

Can I ask how you work/write during these disturbing times? My ability to write is at an all-time low as nothing seems important in context/comparison of what’s happening

How in the world did The Body Shop go bankrupt while Bath & Body Works is thriving with inferior products?

The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.

Four government IT employees tell Ian Bogost and Charlie Warzel that Elon Musk's incursion into the U.S. government may be worse than anyone realizes: “This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history."

Project 2025's plan to dismantle public education—and screw over disabled kids Nearly nine million students rely on DOE-backed disability accommodations.

Hope your eggs are worth it!

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9 million kids rely on 504 plans to have an equitable experience at school. Vouchers do not offer any recourse or protections for people with disabilities. Doing the barest research of most issues shows what a bad deal we made for this administration.

Thanks to everyone who voted for Trump who is proposing to abolish the DOE and put kids at risk in schools. Maddie’s 504 plan gives her accommodations to protect her from food allergens and gives her access to an FM system/front-of-class placement for her chemo-induced hearing loss.

BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems!

Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!

"Stop the Coup!"

Scene at Treasury.

We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

Just went live to talk about what is happening, what we can do, and what to expect this week: www.instagram.com/reel/DForuR_...

Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon! · MoveOn **Rally at the Treasury building to stop Elon Musk’s billionaire takeover.** Nobody elected Elon! We need everyone to fight this hostile takeover at every level—that includes Democrats in Congress, wh...

We're going to be outside Treasury tomorrow at 5 PM to ask Elon Musk what he's doing with our money. SHARE AND JOIN US:
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5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

Call the US government today, flood the lines and apply maximum pressure.
Demand they do their jobs, arrest Musk, and impeach Trump.

5 minutes, 5 calls, repeat. #3E

Now we’re cooking!

Thank you for doing something, @schatz.bsky.social.

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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said in an email to staff that the F.B.I. was in “a battle of our own.”

Someone, who used to know better, told me today that it’s patriotic to support the president even if you don’t always agree. This is the excuse being used by many to explain their acquiescence. Actually, this is what a patriot is: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...