Another American War of Choice The US launched another war of choice in the Middle East and everyday people are paying the cost

This weekend drones and missiles were launched at my city.

This is another American war of choice.

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Glad to hear that you and yours are safe. I appreciate this collection of verified sources and updates. Take care.

The acts of defiance can be big or small. Painting over a bigoted piece of graffiti. Running a youth club for refugees in an area that mostly loathes them. Wearing a rainbow flag in an anti-queer neighbourhood.
These acts all accumulate towards something better, I have seen that in action.

Just when I think, I'm not into fashi...
My word.

And we get to deal with boomers who will still insist - TO THIS DAY - that we simply aren't trying hard enough.

The promise of OpenAI and Grok being used in war is that no human can be held accountable for the war crimes it commits, all the way up to where it sits on the chain of command.

The total abdication of any kind of accountability, any kind of "am I following an unjust order" moral hesitation, etc.

This is a whole sermon. 🔥

people who are extremely online are not automatically experts in whatever is happening in the news.

if you see something circulating - especially without a link or attribution - and your reaction is immediate and intense, take it as a sign that someone is trying to manipulate your attention.

TRANS KANSANS: I'm moving this weekend (just two blocks, but still involves packing & carrying literally tons of books) & my apartment will be available to rent immediately. Small town in Western Mass, trans-friendly & with a strong arts scene. We'd be happy to have you. DM for more. 💜 Please share!

Volunteer — Stand With Minnesota

No matter where you live, if you have any capacity to volunteer, we have a lot of unpaid folks helping administer rent and skymiles donations, and we need more support.

The fact that many have to resort to this to spread news is so scary and insane.
Certain social media platforms are monitoring, even deleting, posts that criticize ICE and other government agencies.

Amazon Change Means Wishlists Might Expose Your Address Amazon is allowing gift senders to choose items from third-party sellers, which could open recipients up to new privacy risks.

If you have public wishlists, you can manage individual list settings here (www.amazon.com/wishlist?ref...) and select "manage list." From there you can change your list privacy settings.

Dispatches from MN: it's getting really hard, guys. The media has left, the donations are drying up, and ICE is still here kidnapping people. It's hard not to be resentful that other people have the option of setting this aside for.other things.

Honored to have won a book award that celebrates storytelling about the first generation college experience, as a first gen graduate myself.

People conflate consequences with punishment. Summers is not being punished. He is experiencing consequences for bad actions.

Oh, thank you, Margy! This looks fantastic! 🙏🏾 😀

Found a piece that will help:
www.moma.org/magazine/art...

a woman 's nails are being painted pink and gold Alt: a woman 's nails are being painted in an elaborate pink and gold pattern

Does anyone have recommended reads on the rise of nail culture in the last decade +? I'm wondering when and how nail salons and press-on nails became so prevalent in the cosmetics industry. I literally know nothing about all of this but have lots of Qs. #Cosmetics

Eloquent dunk

She's not wrong. Glad I took a few minutes of my lunch to enjoy this.

Wild, amazing, unexpected!

I'm looking at that knee and hip flexibility! Marvelous!! 👏🏾👏🏾

The real goal of anti-trans policies is to reinforce and police a patriarchal gender hierarchy: a system that puts everyone in a pink box or a blue one, gives people higher social value if they're pinker or bluer than their box-mates, and protects and values the whole blue box more than the pink.

Stand With Minnesota Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

standwithminnesota.com

Sobering reminder to keep up support of the Minnesota resistance efforts.

Hey.

Tell people when they do good job.

When you like the stuff they make.

When you like the characters they’ve created.

The stories they’ve told.

Nobody hears it as often as you think bc everyone thinks everyone hears it all the time.

Trust. They don’t.

Tell. Them.

A whiteboard leaned against a shelf with many trinkets. On the whiteboard, it says “When you look at a blank page, think of who you love”

In his acceptance speech for award for best screenplay, Ryan Coogler said “when you look at a blank page, think of who you love” and I dunno, that really moved me so I wrote it down and sat it on my desk to look at while I work

🥳 👏🏾 Delighted to hear this, Robin! Congratulations!!

A chicken walking on the beach the caption is: If you are seeing this the curse is lifted have a good day

Congratulations everyone

People, go to Knowledge Commons instead! It's free too, but importantly it's open and non-commercial. As a basic example of what you can do with it, here's my page there hcommons.org/members/airm...