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A protest sign stands ready to go for tomorrow. It read, "THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER" in bold black capital letters. The sign is bordered in red and has red popcorn fringe on the bottom with blue and red streamers in the corners.

I went for humor:

While Mike Johnson fear mongers, I'll be out on the streets with brave Americans marching, dancing, singing, laughing, and having fun at tomorrow's No Kings peaceful protests.

Will you be there? #NoKings

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

Just remember when they make false claims that #NoKings hates America - it's because they think THEY represent America.

Demographically, that's 100% false.

In 2016, John Cena teamed up with Love Has No Labels for their We Are America​ campaign. 👇🏼

I'm sure the stats are even more diverse today. ✊🏼🇺🇸

(ABC News) - The U.S. Labor Department is warning of a potential food crisis linked to President Trump’s immigration raids ..

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A compass for the lonely There is no road

Loneliness isn’t a personal failure.

One in five people in the United States feels lonely “a lot of the day” every day. 30% feel lonely at least once a week for the past year.

Loneliness is structural. Thoughts and an offering that’s helped me keep walking.

open.substack.com/pub/lighthiv...

I can’t remember the last time ALL my signal chats were freaking out at the same time.

Thanks Obama

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Earth scientists Maggie Osburn and Mia Tuccillo bag up plant samples in a rocky Greenland landscape, with an iceberg-spotted fjord and glacier-covered mountains in the background.

New paper! PhD student Mia Tuccillo has uncovered another big impact of past warming in Greenland: lakes lost oxygen for thousands of years and cyanobacteria took over 🦠 🧪 🦠. It's kinda yikes...
With collaborator @geobiomaggie.bsky.social (1/3)

Trump Tells Generals the Military Will Be Used to Fight ‘Enemy Within’ Cuts to military leaders and a shift in strategy to the Western Hemisphere form the backdrop of the short-notice meeting.

www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

The MAGA base is full of emotionally stunted macho men who have built an identity out of toughness & physical strength.

In other words: they don't solve problems with therapy. They solve problems physically.

The more Trump harms America, the more violence he will create FROM HIS OWN BASE. 🧵👇🏼

Jimmy Kimmel hosting the 96th annual academy awards

"Isn't it past your jail time?"
-- Jimmy Kimmel, March 10, 2024

Pedro Pascal is a load bearing part of multiple franchises, so Bob Iger better get his act together before his choices manage to torpedo Marvel and Star Wars plans

Shield wall is up. Feds seen donning gas masks.

Most (though not all) types of extreme weather--especially severe heatwaves, torrential downpours, and the most extreme droughts and wildfires--are already increasing in frequency and intensity in a warming world. This presents a fundamental challenge for modern societies that depend on complex infr In a warming climate, increasing weather extremes threaten global infrastructure

As climate changes, the range of plausible weather events shifts. But our built environment is predicated on the particular envelope of weather that we experienced historically. The problem? That envelope is shifting faster than our society is in response.

@mayor.lacity.gov
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social

This is sick and gross negligence to the community of LAPD.

The United States is now North Korea, only with nukes that work and grocery stores full of food, but only if you have the money to buy it.

Joy must be protected and practice as a form of resistance.

Indeed. Earlier this summer, the White House did this to me, as a scientific expert source in media, and issued a formal statement regarding my personal campaign contribution history in an attempt to discredit my commentary on wildfire, climate, and federal policy. Yet more alarm bells ringing...

Union Warns Professors About Posting In the ‘Current Climate’ Academic workers are re-thinking how they live and work online after some have been fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk following his death.

A union that represents university professors published a guide tailored to help its members navigate social media during the “current climate.”

The advice? Lock down your social media accounts, expect anything you post will be screenshotted.

🔗 www.404media.co/union-warns-...

Mind your OPSEC.

You’re absolutely right.

You can’t “find your tribe” without discussing the tribe culture, politics, economics.

We can’t just be having these conversations in online echo chambers. Friction is necessary.

"Mass capitalistic control of books and periodicals, news gathering and distribution, radio, cinema, and television has made the throttling of democracy possible and the distortion of education and failure of justice widespread."
- W.E.B. Du Bois

ICE raids take toll on Latino mental health: ‘It’s been nonstop’ Therapists describe greater stress, anxiety, anger and fear among Latino patients in Los Angeles since immigration raids intensified in June. By� George B. Sánchez-Tello �for Capital & ...

ICE raids take toll on Latino mental health: ‘It’s been nonstop’ https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/9/16/2343697/-ICE-raids-take-toll-on-Latino-mental-health-It-s-been-nonstop?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=

No Concessions, No Capitulation, No Cuts On September 16 at 2pm, we are joining the AAUP and CUCFA for a rally at the William J. Rutter Center at UCSF, 1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, to demand No Concessions, No Capitulation, and No Cuts to our University of California. Please join us!

Tomorrow the UC regents are meeting at UCSF to discuss Trump's extortion attempt. This is a defining moment for the UC system, for public education, and for the university as an institution. We demand no concession, no capitulation, no cuts.

Hankyoreh now has an official English translation of this editorial: english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...

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Yes, Charles Yang, you were certainly born by the River.
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A flyer for the event at the link: showing the title rendered with the Hollywood sign in the background PRESENTED BY METRO TRANSIT AND HOLLYWOOD STORIES THAT MOVE US Join us for a conversation that will shine a light on the intersection of entertainment, sustainability and the stories that move us all. Ed Begley Jr. ACTOR/ ACTIVIST FEATURED SPEAKER Adam Conover Stephanie Wiggins Bill Wolkoff COMEDIAN METRO. CEO SCREENWRITER/ PRODUCER Monday, September 22 - 1:30-2:30 MODERATED BY Alissa Walker TRANSPORTATION JOURNALIST

Extremely excited about this! Join Ed Begley Jr., @adamconover.net, @metrolosangeles.bsky.social's Stephanie Wiggins, @billwearsties.bsky.social and me for a very special SoCal Transit Month event.

Details and RSVP for the livestream here: www.socaltransitmonth.org/virtual_pane...

At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...