Amyla K (she/they)

I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.

Golden Age Superman stands head to thigh alone in a panel black at the top and red on the bottom where Superman stands pointing at the reader as he says, "Be wary of unscrupulous operators of gambling games--they are always on the look out for unsuspecting victims."

Sex Workers Tried to Warn Us About Age Verification Laws | KQED Requiring internet users to verify their ages before accessing mature content may sound reasonable. Shouldn’t we be doing a better job protecting kids from online vulgarities? But free speech advocate...

"Sex Workers Tried to Warn Us About Age Verification Laws." We did not listen.

Photo of pink cherry blossoms on a tree branch, against a gray sky and backdrop of evergreens and more blooming cherry trees

Photo of flowering yellow forsythia with a background of bare woody branches

neighborhood blooms, first week of March 2026

Supreme Court Continues to Shoot Self in Foot in Second Amendment Cases US v Hemani, case about gun rights of drug users, shows the Supreme Court's Second Amendment standard is comically unworkable.

to figure out whether a prohibition on drug users possessing guns that passed in 1968 is still legal in 2026, one must figure out how drunk the Founding Fathers got in 1776 --the Supreme Court, basically

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/us-v-...

Cryptofascists and Christofascists Trump 2024

Bookmarked this for “oil has pretty much stabilized.” Let’s check back next week on this.

If you don't think the Christofascists are getting involved here to set a precedent that they should be the arbiters and legislators of ALL speech, you're not paying attention

Chris's conviction was overturned & he's been out of Angola since November, but the state is *still* trying to reinstate his guilty verdict & death sentence. The family of the girl he was accused of killing now believes deeply in his innocence & has filed a remarkable amicus brief:

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

Prairieland ICE shooting trial jury gets closer look at 'antifa' materials defendants owned Anti-fascism, anarchy and the abolition of ICE were common themes in literature and paraphernalia investigators found in the defendants' homes and cars.

“FBI investigators walked the jury Tuesday through ‘zines’… Owning these items is not illegal, FBI Special Agent Kasey Bennett testified in Fort Worth federal court Tuesday. But…” (there is no credible but)

An ibm slide from 1979 which says in black text on white background “a computer can never be held accountable therefore a computer must never make a management decision”

Sadly relevant, still:

But we can’t afford health care?

#MedicareForAllNOW 🇺🇸

2026 nuclear family meme— featuring Fritzi as Neurodivergent Aunt, Sluggo as Sluggo, Nancy as Daughter, Nancy Jr as Woke Dog

I've now printed and shipped over 20,000 whistles, sent across the country to groups that need em. That's 20,000 off a single 3d printer that has basically run continuously in my basement since about mid-January. The crew I print with has sent out over 1M now, and we can send to you too. toot.supply

I know that the people who need to read this aren’t here, but here goes:

Rules of engagement aren’t for the enemy. They’re for you. They’re for your soldiers when they’re captured or wounded. They’re for your civilians when they’re in range of the enemy. They’re for your allies, to reassure.

Primary season kicks off on Tuesday in Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas We preview every major race in all three states, from the U.S. Senate down to district attorney

As you hunker down for primary night—the first polls start closing in a couple of hours—be sure to get up to speed on all the critical races with our comprehensive guide. We've previewed 40 different contests!

The midterms start today: What you should be watching Plus, Black Mississippians brace for a Supreme Court ruling

In this week’s newsletter: Many pivotal elections are taking place today. Black voters in Mississippi await a ruling on the VRA. Also, SCOTUS blocks a new congressional map in New York, and several cities ban ICE from city property. Plus a lot more:

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Could someone please reset the "Hours without an embarrassing DOJ filing" clock to 0?

Happening now in Chicago's federal plaza:

A rally is underway in solidarity with trans people in Kansas whose drivers' licenses were suddenly invalidated last week, due to the enactment of a new state law that requires a person's gender on their license to match their assigned sex at birth.

TWEET OF THE DAY 🏆

It’s viciously grim how we had mostly put the fear of a nuclear war behind us. Sure, we had made new horrors but that particular one was dying—no one could be *that* short-sighted! You’d come up to the line but never cross it.

Now we’ve got *that* fucking guy.

I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

The NYT style guide

chatbots are fucking stupid and don't do what they're sold to do but in the process of doing that dumb fucking stupid shit they're buying up theoretical hardware that hasn't even been fucking made and making it impossible for you to buy a laptop without remortaging your house.

The cover of The Complete Persepolis by Marianne Satrapi.

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

It’s literally just the whims of a madman. That’s the policy.

okay so sounds like some of what's happening here is that he's deliberately letting the word "oysterman" do an ENORMOUS volume of misleading rhetorical work here, when in fact he's something more akin to a high-end specialty restaurant supplier??? lmao oh my god what a transparent grift

a screenshot of a distressed Amuro Ray and the post "Anyone else permanently going through a lot lately"

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