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a man with a choker around his neck stands in front of a sign that says " this is my becoming " Alt: Sea stands against a dark purple background and gazes intently at the camera. They are a white person with short, dark brown hair shaved on the sides and braided in thin whips down their temples. They have a bridge piercing, septum, and lip piercing. They wear a leather choker and a black shirt with an open collar that exposes most of their torso. Red Chinese lanterns hang on the edges of the frame, exposing golden tassels. White captions populate the GIF and read, “This is my becoming” as Sea speaks.

Our Aquarius birthday frenzy continues with our producer, dramaturg, and co-director extraordinaire…

🎂 @seaplaysrpg.bsky.social! 🎂

Sea’s visceral, poetic, and emotive creative vision guides our stories and lifts our spirits. Please join us in wishing Sea a HAPPY B-DAY and a swift recovery today!

Dear Hiring people. You cannot say something is "Voluntary Information" if it is *required* or mandatory to filling out a job application. If I am forced to give information or I am not allowed that is not volunteering, that is coercion dudes.

When my son was a baby we would go on a daily walk in the woods. Every morning, Lando (the neighbourhood cat who adopted us) would wait outside the house to join us. It became our little tradition. 
Those moments felt so special, I decided to turn them into a painting 💚

While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.

I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.

Chughtai, in wide eyed wonder at what she's hearing, responds to idea that the undeserving will exploit rental assistance: if you have income at the level of minimum wage, couldn't pay your rent for whatever reason, and you've been served an eviction notice, you're by definition a person in need.

Owner of the legendary Washington Post has killed it to please a clown who can barely read

KIM: When Binance founder Zhao pleaded guilty to violating money laundering laws & was sent to prison, Binance injected billions into Trump's business & Zhao was pardoned. Is that a conflict?

BESSENT: I'm unfamiliar with any of that

KIM: Is it a conflict?

BESSENT: Again, I'm not going to respond

Republicans love to talk about protecting kids, yet they are constantly putting trans kids in danger. Trans people account for less than 1% of the population, yet there were 745 anti-trans bills introduced last year alone.

It’s cruelty for the sake of cruelty.

How good is aggro in Casual Commander? Tune into this week's episode of EDHijinks and see!

🧱 @joelaremagic.bsky.social on Joel & Ellie
😡 @aliasv.bsky.social on Kratos
🚁 @goberthicks.bsky.social on Pia Nalaar
🧝‍♀️ @sergeyager.bsky.social on Galadriel

Watch the full episode here:
youtu.be/Zvzgec65Pms

Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping Trump From Rigging the Midterms Here’s one idea for a coordinated response to Trump’s coordinated attacks.

Trump and the Republicans are trying to rig the election. That's not being a "doomer," that's acknowledging reality.
Democrats need a coordinated, national response to these coordinated, national attacks. We need an "Elections Czar"
My latest solution in @thenation.com

The largest increase this year in ICE detainees is at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, a "Family Residential Center" operated by for-profit private-prison company CoreCivic, where there is also a measles outbreak.

Here's a table and map for exploring the changes in the latest data release.

Rennard makes the point that: "for 25 years, political parties have had to declare their significant sources of income, but so-called think tanks that promote the causes of some political parties, and undertake research and produce reports helpful to them, do not have to declare any such funding."

ICE is still in Minnesota. ICE is still breaking down glass windows and doors. ICE is still separating families. ICE is still targeting our neighbors who need to go to work because they cannot afford food, rent, and basic living expenses. 1/

GALLEGO: You have no independence to make a decision whether the president deserves $10 billion?

BESSENT: Again, that is a DOJ matter

G: So the DOJ will entirely make that decision? You have no say?

B: Correct

G: So would you just have to write the check if you were told to write it?

B: Correct

The toxic legacy of Georgia’s carpet empire The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as forever chemicals, polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South.

Year after year, "forever chemicals" discarded during carpet manufacturing made it to a river system that provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people in Georgia and Alabama. Today, the consequences are everywhere.

Michigan accuses big oil of being ‘cartel’ that fuels climate crisis and high energy costs In first-of-its-kind complaint, state accused four fossil fuel majors and US oil lobbying group of climate disinformation

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

They have known about this crisis since 1970 and have only fueled it with disinformation and lobbying dollars. They must be held accountable.

The Strangers’ Case I don’t normally say this, but if you watch one thing on kottke.org today, this week, this month, make it this speech written by Shakespeare and performed by

The full clip, including McKellen's setup of the scene, is here, along with info about the riots (Evil May Day) and the text of the speech itself. kottke.org/26/02/the-st...

If anyone is wondering, like I was…

myshakespeare.com/hamlet/the-s...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

For those who are just learning about AEW tonight, this is who they've always been

We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Alex Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed.

Read our full story: https://propub.li/4qUNfXH

[CW: Abuse] Went on a musical rabbit hole and realized Kesha's artist bio on Tidal explicitly calls out Dr. Luke for his abuse, and yet even after everything that's happened, the guy still works in the industry, has won awards, and presumably collects streaming revenue at least for songs he wrote.

It's because the death spiral won't kill anyone in the negotiations — it'll just kill us

Sharing again.

Thank you for the continued support 🖤

Wonder Woman says “YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS - "LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL". - ALL REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR OR RELIGION!”

Superman talks to a group of kids and says “... AND REMEMBER, BOYS AND GIRLS, YOUR SCHOOL- LIKE OUR COUNTRY- IS MADE UP OF AMERICANS OF MANY DIFPERENT RACES, RELIGIONS AND NATIONAL ORIGINS. SO... ...if YOU hear anybody talk against a schoolmate or anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin-don't wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN.”

Batman says, “DON'T BELIEVE THOSE CRACKPOT LIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP DIFFERENTLY, OR WHOSE SKIN IS OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, OR WHOSE PARENTS COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY, REMEMBER OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY!”

SUPERMAN says... “LEND A FRIENDLY HAND." PANEL 1, two boys talk while looking at another. Boy: AW, JIM, WE DON'T WANT SANDOR ALONG. THOSE REFUGEE KIDS CAN'T TALK ENGLISH OR PLAY BALL OR ANYTHING! Superman, off-panel: MAYBE THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. Panel 2, Superman lands near the kids. boy: SUPERMAN! Superman: HOW ABOUT MY TAKING YOU FOR A LITTLE TRIP ACROSS THE OCEAN SO YOU CAN LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT REFUGEES LIKE SANDOR. Panel 3, Superman lands, carrying the two boys, in a refugee camp. Superman: PEOPLE WHO HAVE FLED TO ANOTHER COUNTRY BECAUSE OF POLITICAL EVENTS, WAR OR DISASTER ARE PLACED IN REFUGEE CAMPS LIKE THIS ONE... Panel 4, Superman shows them inside one of the camp buildings. Superman: THIS IS WHERE THEY LIVE-- IN SHABBY, CROWDED BARRACKS. SOME OF THE CHILDREN WERE BORN HERE AND HAVE NEVER KNOWN WHAT A REAL HOME WAS LIKE. Boy: G-GOSH. Panel 5, Superman lands with the boys back near their home, by a sign that says “untie nations world refugee year”. Superman: LOTS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN HELPING, DURING THIS WORLD REFUGEE YEAR, TO FIND NEW HOMES IN NEW COUNTRIES FOR THESE PEOPLE. Panel 6, the boys are now greeting Sandor as friends. Superman: YOU CAN HELP, TOO, BY BEING FRIENDLY TOWARD BOYS LIKE SANDOR!

imagine not listening to Superman and Wonder Woman and Batman and still thinking you’re the good guys

Digital doodle of a dog’s profile making a squinty eyed suspicious face

There’s a big difference between people that love AEW and the people that hate it.

This is it right here.

I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.

Every lawyer. Every bar president and state supreme court justice. Every city and state prosecuting attorney. They all need to read this transcript and @chrisgeidner.bsky.social's reporting.