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My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.

Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

Fun fact! "the U.S. military has been identified as the largest single institutional emitter of greenhouse gases worldwide"

www.newsweek.com/climate-chan...

Canadian man awaiting deportation dies at detention facility in downtown Miami The cause of death for the 49-year-old man is still under official investigation.

Johnny Noviello moved from Canada to Daytona Beach when he was 10 years old. He grew up in Florida and became a lawful permanent resident.

On Monday, June 23, he died at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami, after six weeks in immigration detention.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

'A Black Hole of Energy Use': Meta's Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community Details about how Meta's nearly Manhattan-sized data center will impact consumers' power bills are still secret.

Surprise, surprise: Meta's Manhattan-sized data center is going to be powered by three new gas power plants. Residents of the nearby town have no idea how much their bill will increase: "It’s like building the power impact of a large city overnight”

www.404media.co/a-black-hole...

Former critics who once demanded Cuomo resign are now endorsing him A POLITICO review of Cuomo’s touted endorsers found that few of them stood by him in 2021.

This whole, "sexual assault and harassment is bad when Trump does it, but ok when our side does it," is sending a really clear message that the old guard of Democratic leadership only cares about women when it's politically advantageous.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Today is a particularly good day to support trans mutual aid as a concrete way to fight back against the fuckers trying to take their healthcare and other rights away.

🧵 of a few groups, campaigns, and individuals you can donate to:

Agreed. #GunControl

I’d like to say “we’re better than this.” But the truth is that this dark and hateful strain of nativism and bigotry has always pulsed through the body politic of America. Now, however, it’s’ being activated and applauded from a lawless White House.

What a coincidence, this neo-Nazi had the same phrase written on his gun that the Secretary of Defense has tattooed on his arm.

Are you an Urdu speaker who can translate on an interview I plan to conduct remotely in the coming weeks? Please email rates and references to spencerackerman@proton.me. WARNING: this interview will be extremely disturbing.

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.

This is a major win for public health.

FOX: The Committee for a Responsible Budget came out today and said it will add $15 trillion to the debt

THUNE: This will reduce the deficit, not increase it

Weird how all of these people who support Trump just keep saying they’re Nazis openly and we’re still not supposed to call Trump and the Republican party a Nazi party because certain counter extremist groups couldn’t prove it in court.

Anyways, the Republicans are a Nazi movement now.

I'm already designing The Magic Flute.

I would happily subscribe to a season of transgender operas in Colombia.

Unhinged.

Protest sign saying “the only good king is a drag king” in bold black-sharpie capitals with rainbow outlines.

Demonstrators are trying to make sure ICE agents can’t sleep "Time to pull out the trumpet."

@annamerlan.bsky.social on the "No Sleep for ICE" activists tracking down which hotels they're being billeted at and causing a scene: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨

Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:

Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate

LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...

Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...

🗣️ Pizza Hut is doing their BOOK IT! summer reading program!! You can download the BOOK IT! app. Once your kid reaches a goal set by you, they get a free personal pan pizza from participating locations. They can earn up to one per month. 🍕📚

This is so sad. 🤡

COVID-19 was one of the 10 most common causes causes of death for all age groups in 2021

COVID-19 was one of the 10 most common causes of death for all age groups in 2021
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nv...

Tiny pup, big howl! 🐾🎤 Our little ambassador is finding their voice— and reminding us why wild wolves need ours. #ProtectWolves #HowlForWildlife

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
theonion.com/a-shatt...

At the Cathedral’s Foot In June once, in the evening, returning from a long trip, with memories of France’s blooming trees still fresh in our minds, its yellow fields, green plane trees sprinting before the car, we sat on the curb at the cathedral’s foot and spoke softly about disasters, about what lay ahead, the coming fear, and someone said this was the best we could do now— to talk of darkness in that bright shadow.

“we sat on the curb at the cathedral’s foot
and spoke softly about disasters…”

Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanaugh

from his book “Eternal Enemies”

This comment period ends today, 5/23, at 11:59 pm ET. Please do comment asap if you believe the government should allow us to get COVID vaccinations. I can't believe we even have to petition them about this, but here we are.

FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...