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i imagine there’s about to be an influx of MAGA chuds spewing their bullshit but i really can’t stress enough that if we don’t give them oxygen, they’ll get bored and leave. block early and often.

Sports betting.

Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS - Bolts Hawaii justices ruled that their state constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaiians—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.

NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court.

The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.

The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:

I listened to that one this week! It’s beautiful.

Hi, hello, it’s me. Your friend-of-a-friend.

A bear in the wild, smiling and posing coyly

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

Remember this. The Nazis were defeated by geologists and car mechanics and school teachers and milkmen. Ordinary people from all over the world who risked their own lives to put the fascists in the ground where they belong.

Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future

Joke: good
Alt text: superb

No new pictures, where are you at mentally.

Accountability Is the Cure for an Ailing Democracy The United States should follow the examples of other nations that were brave enough to make their despotic leaders face justice.

I wrote this on Biden’s Inauguration Day as part of a try-out for a job that evaporated before anyone could fill it. Fitting.

newrepublic.com/article/1609...

America Tips Into Fascism Today is different than before.

The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...

We have become an authoritarian state, and our top newsrooms are in denial | Press Watch The frog in the proverbial pot is dead.

The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state. presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...

Mississippi... can't afford to send a sneeze out a nose

Imma hold your hand when i say this... Mississippi don't have the money to send anybody anywhere

New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history The historic number of No Kings protesters and their expansive geographic spread are signs of a growing and durable pro-democracy movement.

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has finalized our participation estimates for No Kings Day on 6/14. Here are five key takeaways🧵:

Don't forget that the government was building a multi-domain notifications system that all agencies could use to issue life-saving alerts, but the Trump administration killed it.

beta.notify.gov

Contrary to popular belief you don’t have to be a pedo to be an elected Republican, but it obviously doesn’t hurt

And you’re right to do so.

Gilbert, a golden retriever. The Hortman’s children had to take him to the vet to be euthanized. He lay in state at the Capitol between Melissa and Mark yesterday afternoon.

I started yelling when my husband told me. I’m still furious.

Protest signs held high at a rally today. The central one is hand-letterd, saying "Melissa Hortman Loved Democracy, and So Do I"

This is heartbreaking.
(via someone at the St. Paul rally)

The Imperial Boomerang Lands in Los Angeles As police and the National Guard escalate against anti-ICE protesters, the Department of Homeland Security bridges US violence abroad and US violence at home.

I know of exactly one other take like this, and it's from @attackerman.bsky.social for Zeteo.

I walked past Tim Melia s he was leaving Price Chopper one time.

Open Firefox settings (or type about:preferences in the search bar and hit enter), scroll down to Language and Appearance, and select Light. That should force websites to always load light themes.

Below that, you can set Contrast Control to custom, then set Text to black and Background to white.

A work requirement for Medicaid recipients? It doesn't make sense - MinnPost We should continue to ensure that Medicaid delivers quality health care to low-income households as efficiently as possible, rather than introduce new and expensive red tape to address a problem that ...

I wrote this piece seven years ago when the MN legislature was considering work requirements for Medicaid. It is even more relevant now that Congress is working to enact work requirements.
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

Quote post with a picture of the airplane you'll accept as a bribe

The average American has three friends.

A semi-circular shawl with a variety of lace textures, in a gradient of colors from white to dark blue.

An overhead shot of the same shawl, to better show off the lace textures.

I finished a project, for my aunt. Stephen West's Glittering Snowscape shawl. www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

#knitting