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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

An illustrated portrait in a painterly/cartoon style of a black woman with a puff at the back of her hair, a blue scarf headband, big double-hoop earring, and a yellow blouse with white flowers and a Peter Pan collar, against a green background filled with clouds and leaves. Text at the bottom says << Image generated with Exactly.ai in a style of Masha Shu >>.

Horrified by this e-mail I got from a real illustration agency this morning, advertising the chance to *USE AI* to generate images in the style of one of their illustrators. You join their plan for $$$, pick an artist, give the AI a prompt, then reach out if you want specialization.

Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.

So grim to see Keir Starmer going even further to the right.

He seems totally incapable of talking about why immigration is a good thing.

Totally incapable of talking about our skills gap.

Totally incapable of humanity & compassion.

#PMQs

a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job

"these DOGE kids are probably writing shitty code"

Sorry, your code is shitty too. Everyone's code is shitty. It's just that there's usually an entire ecosystem dedicated to making sure your shit code is less shit when it hits prod

i like being an artist because i have a lot of stupid ideas. then i can turn them into reality and inflict them on everyone else

It's appropriate that this sentiment comes after the industry realized that they haven't done anything useful in 20 years so they descended into mass psychosis over tech that does nothing but purports to do everything

serious mischaracterization of cases falling “dramatically” aside, this is exciting and i so deeply hope things continue progressing.

A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

This !!

My chronically ill ass has continued to mask indoors since 2020. I may have GI issues but you know what I haven't had this whole time? Covid. No colds or flu or anything else either. And I've flown to see family a few times. I know they're not foolproof but my friends who don't are sick constantly.

A hand-drawn old school doge meme, it's quite good Text: fake agency, much illegal, very data breach, such treasury, unelected, very cool, wow

Favorite sign so far

elon musk and his gaggle of wannabe dictator, 20 something year old white men, and a token thrown in there are effectively touching trillions of dollars and all of our sensitive data and no one seemingly can stop them. talk about checks and balances. 🙃

it is a hill that I will die on that this argument does’t really hold water because it wasn’t really a trade war, it was a literal war given a needlessly florid explanation

Cue 12 months of Labour wildly and desperately lurching to the right 🙄

AYYYYY

Yes i’m a lover girl and it’s valentines and i’m trying to steal ur man, obviously.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT ELON MUSK HAS GAINED ACCESS TO TREASURY PAYMENT SYSTEMS.

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New month new audio board

hi jo is one of the few reporters out there who is actually covering the anti-trans movement AND is *fact-checked and edited by professionals*

please give them a follow and support their work

“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.”

-Mike Davis

Fantastic 1 minute sales pitch for @greenparty.org.uk from Zack - he's SO good at this. 👏🏻
If you feel like the Labour party doesn't represent you any more, but aren't sure what the Greens stand for other than "the environment" & tackling the climate crisis - here you go. 👇🏻

Move with care. And make things.

This is great, and informative.

I am painfully British in that I don’t want to cause a minor ‘scene’ in order to get a small concession.

I fear in this new era, I must train that impulse out of my soul if I am to survive, and help the people around me.