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This is terrifying.

Ugh.

CARRRRRRRRL!!!!!

Uh oh. Did the SEI cuts get you?

Google be like, “I see you drove past a Michaels, can you tell us everything about this place?”

Same! Except that the season is always Halloween in my house. :)

To be fair, I get a LOT of phone calls about my mom's house. And she and I only share a last name, and she is still alive and they can call her. I'm not even sure how they're getting my contact info.

Resistance inside Germany | Holocaust Encyclopedia Some individuals and groups in Germany attempted to resist Nazism, despite the risk of being caught and facing punishment. Learn more about their efforts.

"If Fascism were really here, you'd just put your head in the sand and take it."

Yes, that's a very good recipe for making fascism flourish, thanks. I think I'd rather be a dirty cog in the wheel.

And there is precedence proving that resistance happens. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

Trump seeks influence over hiring and admissions at Penn in exchange for federal funding The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” would give Trump wide-ranging influence over hiring, admissions, tuition pricing, and even curriculum. Nine colleges were asked to sign on.

Republicans: We want small government.
Also Republicans: We will not stand up to the guy trying to micromanage major universities.

www.inquirer.com/education/up...

My partner just now: “I tried putting the US Government into DownDetector but it didn’t work.”

OK, my day is done and it's not even 9am. But nothing can top this.

Ugh! Glad you’re ok!

To explain:

At the start of his opinion, Judge Young includes an anonymous note received by his chambers, which reads “Trump has pardons and tanks..what do you have?”

Responding to the note, Young says we have our “magnificent Constitution” and “here’s how that works out in a specific case —“

Great Purge - Wikipedia

And if you know any authoritarian history, you'll recognize what this is.

But in case you can't think of any examples, here's one: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_P...

It's not the whole story. They also are using this plan to weed out any non-loyalists from the Military. "If this is making your stomach turn, resign," said Hegeseth.

I now have a scar on my forehead after I slammed a corner of the trunk door onto it last year. Had to get stitches at the ER!

Hello, I am Professor X. I'm not even sure why I'm up here, but I do know that my students are not involved with this issue. I do not have any further update for you, so I will turn the mic over to... to ....

Why is everyone fleeing?

Hello. I am the Sheriff. I stand with those who grieve, because I am one of you. I want the world to know that Everytown is not like this, we are a safe community, and we will continue to be a safe community. Here is Professor X with an update.

I'm the governor of State, and I stand here with my heart open in grief with all of my constituency for this event. We stand with the victims. I've heard from President, who is also sending condolences. We promise that we will get to the bottom of this. And on that, here is the Sheriff.

Hello, I'm the lead investigator from the FBI. I'd just like to thank every office that has supported us in this investigation. It has been our privilege to work with such wonderful people in this community. Our hearts also go out to all who have suffered. And now, I give you the governor of State.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have an update from the Everytown Police Department about the recent news item. I am the mayor of Everytown, and I'd just like to tell you that this isn't Everytown. We are stronger than this. We will come out stronger. And now the lead FBI Investigator with that update.

Laura Loomer is what you’d get if you let Kevin Sorbo remake Mannequin 2 only it’s about a blow-up doll he ordered from Temu.

Writer D. L. Mayfield’s advice for resisting fascism.

From D. L. Mayfield:

Damn Onion. Damn.

Y'know, I kinda hope there is a Rapture today. It'd make things easier for the meek who are inheriting the Earth.

No one can tell you what your gender identity is. I've been told I am a man because of my interests and career, but... my IDENTITY is not that. Gender identity is inate, internal, and absolutely no one else can say what it is, only you.

"Everyone naturally starts out enby" is just about the worst take, really. Because you're implying that there's a choice in this and we eventually choose it.

I'm very very cis. I've an incredibly strong female identity, and I always have. And I know many trans folk with similarly strong identities.

I mean, I *am* in a few. Know what we do? Well, what I do in them is eat popcorn watching the communists and anarchists get into very heated arguments about political theory. And occasionally we hand out food to the hungry or read a book together.

cancelling Disney+ and Hulu is well and good but it’s not a huge hit on an individual level

but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses

Yeah, with my arrest for protesting war in 2003, and my track record of declaring myself antifa, I am worried this means I can be picked up and jailed.

For the record, I'm just a middle aged tech worker who spends most of her non-working hours trying to tame her house. Really mundane.