Michael Yarbrough (he/him)

He had a joke in his stump speeches about how, if he were to walk on water, the headlines the next day would read “Jesse Jackson Can’t Swim”

The termination of removal proceedings against Mohsen comes right after a judge did the same for Rümeysa Öztürk — the Tufts student the Trump-Vance-Rubio admin kidnapped for an op-ed asking her school to heed a student vote to acknowledge the genocide & divest from companies tied to Israel.

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Andy Warhol, Rorschach, 1984
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135479

Screenshot of website for publication 54-11

LGBTQ+ adults in the US have distinct partnership and living arrangements often missed in surveys: less often married, more likely to cohabit or have non-coresidential partners, and more likely to live alone, with roommates, or in smaller households.
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This is an incredible work of trans-imperial history, which puts ideas of honour and revenge at the centre of a highly original analysis of colonial violence. I can't recommend @mark-condos.bsky.social' work too highly...

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Governor Pritzker and Rev. Jesse Jackson at Mayor Harold Washington's Centennial Birthday Celebration in 2022.

Rev. Jesse Jackson was a giant of the civil rights movement.

He broke down barriers, inspired generations, and kept hope alive. Our state, nation, and world are better due to his years of service.

I’m ordering flags to half-mast to honor him.

May his memory be a blessing.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

This super sweet female young cat was found in Bushwick. She's currently staying on a terrace because the cats living in that house are not very friendly, and she is looking for either a foster or a forever home. If anyone can help, please send me a DM

They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.

Yes. The irony here is Miller-Vance-MAGA's theory of the case was that ordinary people share their view that immigrants threaten "community." But their solidarity toward immigrants turns out to be so strong that not even Miller's deliberate use of state violence and terror is capable of rupturing it

YouTube video by KateBushMusic Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - Official Music Video - Version 2

The only Wuthering Heights adaptation I recognize as a sovereign state

Many people in South Africa, where Elon is from, died to create a genuinely multiracial polity. They were killed by people who thought like Elon.

The people who thought like Elon also lost. Seems their “common culture” of white supremacy wasn’t enough.

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YouTube video by Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Inc. Vince Guaraldi - earliest television recording of "Linus and Lucy"

Actual footage of Vince Guaraldi performing "Linus and Lucy". I'm gobsmacked that this exists, but utterly thrilled too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMf...

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Last week, Homan announced a drawdown of about a quarter of immigration agents in the state. But that still left about 2,000 agents in Minnesota, and local elected officials have said they’re not seeing much change in their communities so far.

My sense of Minnesota today is that there’s less tear gas and the same amount of unlawful detention, destruction of families, loss of livelihood, people in hiding.

There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.

By the power vested in me How experts shape same-sex marriage debates

Merci @mstambolis.bsky.social 🙏

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Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.

I will be honest: we are not talking nearly enough about the downstream effects of these ICE and CBP deployments.

For example: landlords and debt collectors file more aggressive collection and eviction suits with dubious (or no) factual bases, knowing that the defendants won't go to the courthouse.

Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.bsky.social 2.7K followers 10 following 92 posts Public records enthusiasts. Tracking the flow of post-OBBBA homeland security procurements and government contracts. Proudly based in Baltimore, MD. ⚫️🟡🦀🔴⚪️

Project Salt Box is tracking "homeland security procurement" contracts etc.

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By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda Reporting from Uganda, The Intercept saw how Trump’s effort to slash foreign aid is encouraging the transmission of HIV.

In a country where queer people can be prosecuted for “aggravated homosexuality” under Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, many queer and transgender Ugandans are afraid to seek treatment at public hospitals. As clinics close, they have nowhere to go.

Not many heterosexual men achieve the status of queer icon

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None. Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law? Zachary: Correct. Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

Keke Palmer