50 years ago today, we experienced the tragic wreck and loss of the freighter Edmond Fitzgerald and its 29 crewmen on Lake Superior. Gordon Lightfoot memorized this historic loss beautifully in his ballad. Please take a moment this evening to reflect on these lost souls. 💁🏻‍♀️ youtu.be/lE2LOhs5jaE

Justices Gorsuch and Thomas, who never agree on anything concerning federal Indian law, agree that the federal government doesn't have plenary power over Native nations. This is a remarkable joint statement that should lead Justice Thomas to revisit a hell of a lot of things he has previously said

Clarifying: The Court denied the plaintiffs' request for review of the lower court rulings upholding same-sex marriage. (They turn down the vast majority of cases filed.) They didn't issue a new decision, and didn't explain anything (also entirely normal).

I need those ACA subsidies. My neighbors need food. I’m not going to fault the only party that wants us to have both for only being able to secure the food. Be mad at Republicans. Be mad at your maga family. Use the rest of your energy to give Democrats a majority.

But! Yes, fight the fight, stand up to fascists, truth to power, resistance and all that. But I have to write because, keeps me human, keeps me sane, keeps me regulated, keeps me curious, it keeps the depression away. Above all, it gives me pleasure. And that alone is a reason to do it.

I know what it's like to feel alone, to have to beg and cower to get SNAP, to live in fear of violating the byzantine SSI regs. I want you to know there are a lot of people fighting for you right now. I'm just 1 of many, many people in this town who recognize this as the life + death crisis it is

Since I’ve been in Mexico, listen to your friend, @stevevladeck.bsky.social who is trying to help you. :)

BREAKING: First Circuit denies DOJ's request for an administrative stay of the SNAP benefits TRO out of Rhode Island. DOJ's stay request remains pending, and the panel is working on a ruling on that.

Update: Full November SNAP benefits are finally going out. This is terrific news, but also proves that the Trump administration lied to people. They could have done this all along, even though they claimed they couldn’t. Outrageous!

"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."

Thanks to @fitzprov.bsky.social for having me on @globeri.bsky.social’s #RIReport podcast to discuss my recent speech on the Senate floor warning about Pres. Trump’s dangerous politicization of the U.S. military.

BREAKING: A federal judge finds the Trump administration "did not comply" with his order.

Nancy Pelosi didn't come up w/ that slogan. A Black LGBTQ+ woman did. I wish that people who use that phrase would say something like, "As the late, great Flo Kennedy said, 'don't agonized, organize!' and that's what we are going to do!"

Quick story about Nancy Pelosi and the first time I met her: It was 2006, and I was 19. I was a young private in the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, the unit that carries out military funerals in Arlington National Cemetery. (thread)

Do not talk to Amy Harmon or the new york times

We need to remember that local/state elections are, in fact, local. Each segment of our citizenry has specific concerns & needs. We vote for the candidate that promises to address those specific needs within the overall political landscape… but remain committed to those who voted them into office.

We're on the Unfuck Stage of Trump's Abuse of Power www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/05/w...

A lot of people probably won't get how finely crafted this joke is and how many layers it has, applause to Jane

And you choose between the viable candidates we have, not the Build-A-Bear unicorn you want. We’re living the consequences of that magical thinking.

I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury

#SettlerCollecter is a tag used to tell non Natives to check their own people so Natives don't have to repeat the same shit over and over again. Act accordingly.

As Massachusetts’s shoe industry boomed, workers demanded better treatment from their employers. In 1913, Julia Lyons helped lead Haverhill’s labor movement and became one of the first women in the country to serve as a union agent, fighting for fair wages and dignity on the factory floor. Read on:

The @us.theguardian.com has a number of open positions, including two reporter roles focusing on organizing and movement building. Jobs are 12 month contract, full-time, union, flexible location workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e... workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...

Undocumented presence in the United States is NOT a crime. It’s a civil offense. Correct this whenever you hear it.

the thing is, folks i know who only read legacy news coverage of him think he’s the devil, but the moment they watch any interview longer than 30 highly-edited seconds of him just talking openly about his stances, they get confused because he’s just a normal kind guy from the block

Mainers have until tomorrow to reject a voter suppression effort pushed by Leonard Leo’s money and the unrelentingly deceitful Yes on 1 campaign. Vote No on 1 and help get out the vote. #mepolitics open.substack.com/pub/amyfried...

Whether you vote in person on Election Day or by absentee ballot you can trust that your vote will be counted fairly. Maine is proud to lead the nation in voter participation. Let’s not make that harder for Maine people. Vote NO on Question 1 to save absentee voting.

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

I often say that Westerns do not and cannot really understand the Soviet Union or Russia. Prime example right here. This was literally the norm and it trickled all the way down to every member of the proletariat. I literally owe my life to блат.

All Souls' Day, and in the blue dusk light, carrying a lantern, Old Fox walked down to the churchyard. A barn owl called down from the tower, and was answered somewhere in the trees.

Next season could we please have the man-on-second-in-extras rule for the playoffs?

(1/5) Today begins Native American Heritage Month. This is a month to celebrate contemporary Native people and their ancestors in the United States, and the rich cultures, languages, and traditions that have existed and continue to exist on this land.

(3/5) There are many ways to connect with Native nations and communities today, including attending a powwow, reading Native authors, donating to Native museums and cultural centers, and supporting Native political movements like LandBack and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

Even with the dual court orders to restore funding, sources tell me it's likely to take a week or two to actually get money onto EBT cards. In the interim, it's up to us and state/local resources to make sure our neighbors don't go hungry.

On this day in 1879, the Carlisle Indian School opened. This federally funded boarding school was designed to forcefully assimilate Native children.

GOOD FOR THEM. MORE OF THIS.

Federal judge in R.I. blocks Trump administration from halting SNAP payments www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/n...

I am dying laughing as one kid, who took a little longer to pick bc he didn’t want candy (braces), saw the Declaration of Independence and then had to run to catch up w/ his friends, unsuccessfully yelling over their howls and hoots “Guys - guys, guys - GUYS! I GOT A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE!!!”

This cheerful little fella wishing you a funtastic All Hallows Eve. (From an account of Cooke's voyage, 1712. @jcblibrary.bsky.social ofc)

Norman Morrison’s story gets re-told periodically and this is a tender account. His was a complicated witness. I can’t help but think of all of the good he might have accomplished had he lived but it was only years later that we all learned it pricked Defence Secretary Robert McNamara’s conscience.

Chef Rachel, head chef of patient housing at ANMC, is preparing beloved local dishes for families sheltering at the Egan Center in Anchorage after devastating floods in Western Alaska. Though far from home and having lost so much, these meals offer a taste of comfort. #ChefsForAlaska

The money is there. There are contingency funds. Trump is simply not releasing it because he wants people to starve and blame Democrats even though Republicans hold both chambers of Congress and the White House. And the media will happily go along.

How to Help Those Impacted by Hurricane Melissa time.com/7329186/hurr...

BTW I just wanna be clear: it's not that Zohran "misspoke" or was "slightly inaccurate." He used the word "aunt" in a sense that has been common in the English language since 1750, and it's ridiculous to say "oh well you didn't SAY you meant sense 1.a. and not sense 1.b.

The states say suspending SNAP "is both contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act," and "irreparably harming their states." "A harm that increases every day SNAP benefits are delayed."

“telling stories about monsters isn’t simply a way of describing beings that are nothing like humans. It’s also how societies define and police who they think counts as fully human.” My words in @aeon.co 💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #psychology 🧵/n

This must be what it’s like to meet Odin when you enter Valhalla. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Action suggestion: Call your members of Congress (regardless of party) and urge them to join this effort to get the SNAP emergency fund used as Congress mandated, to ensure benefits don't stop. If your members are already on board, call to thank them.

Food banks won’t turn down your food donations but if all possible, donate money. They have bargaining power and can make bigger purchases.