It is encumbant upon those of you in states with republican congressmen to write most of all. The situation has become patently, devastatingly dangerous on a global level, far beyond the bizarre far right politics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Today in 1977 began the 504 sit-ins by disabled people. The protest was the longest occupation of a federal building and a reminder that our human rights and access protections were not gifts from the ableds, but fought for by us, and in this instance with a big assist from the Black Panther party.

No real problem with ordinary folks asking about the 25th, but every time a congressman asks for the cabinet to remove a president you should read that as them abdicating their own duty to pursue impeachment through congress

I think the opposition party widely expected to make historic gains in the next election(s) has an obligation to explain how they'll stop this and prevent it from happening again or it's reasonable to conclude they don't plan on doing those things, which raises more uncomfortable questions

Still tearing out the generic wildflower garden my Mom planted 7 years ago over the previous owner's 20' gravel pool pad. I'm saving the good plants, don't worry.

“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”

read a post that said “The loneliest thing about being a woman attracted to intelligence is realizing a lot of men want you to be smart enough to understand them but not so smart that you question them” and well…

It has come to my attention that not all of you are aware that this exists. So, here it is. It exists. Dozens of channels of randomized music videos and bumpers. Choose your era and return to your childhood. Bookmark it for when you need to escape back. wantmymtv.vercel.app/player.html

Happy spring! It may be gross and rainy out and too cold for bees, but the spring ephemerals of Eastern North America all seem to be out east of the Mississippi! Come meet some friends in the woods near you! 7c140796.flowpaper.com/ephemerals/#...

CRIP UP THE KITCHEN: TOOLS, TIPS AND RECIPES FOR THE DISABLED COOK. Prizes Shortlist A comprehensive guide and recipe collection that brings the economy and satisfaction of home cooking to disabled and neurodivergent cooks. julessherred.com/crip-up-the-...

please note that the law says cops can stop & identify people they suspect of a felony Watering Flowers While Black is not a felony! and the law doesn't mention physical ID either! But the Alabama court said cops could arrest the pastor for not handing over ID ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Humanists: Chasing the latest tech fad has not worked out well for other generations NC: But it might work out well for us! Humanists: The most reliable path to ROI is to study things you're good at and learn both broadly and deeply and the data supports us NC: I asked Claude and it said it's alive

Excellent thread. Blue cities and blue states should be defending education and doing so for its own sake, not out of a return on investment or emphasis on job training. But they’re not.

The best place to be when It happens would be a music venue mid-concert. A little drunk. A little sweaty. The news rippling through the crowd as people’s phones light up. An abrupt halt to a banger before the announcement is made from the stage. Everybody kissing like it’s V-J Day in Times Square.

Proud to announce our latest endorsement from @SierraClub.org I’m deeply concerned about the direction we’re headed and the next generation If we're serious about giving them a decent future, we have to protect our air, water, and land, create good-paying union jobs, and hold polluters accountable

Few are brave enough to acknowledge the truth.

I want a return to the kind of television that actively spits in the face of a viewer who finishes an episode and can’t say anything more profound than “Filler. Didn’t advance the main story.” Go read the Wikipedia summary and leave the rest of us to our character-building bottle episodes

I think a 20 minute session of doing an expressionist painting of Bert was the break down I needed to have today.

"In growing numbers, [people are] flying to the Midwest to find a place to live. In the past couple of years, the region has become a popular place to relocate; three of the country’s five fastest-growing metro areas are there."

What do we want? SMALL TRUCKS When do we want them? ASAP

Well hi, I'll share my little project... I designed EstroBox, a friendly and helpful little case for estrogen sachets sometimes used in HRT! (Mine's been sooo handy!) Great for cis women using it to deal with menopause, too! siobhanmakes.etsy.com/listing/4411...

People need to stop treating politics like fandom and stop being so weird to @erinbiba.bsky.social. Using First Amendment rights to demand that elected officials (especially the ones you agree with) keep their promises is Good, Actually.

This is unconstitutional. Voting is a fundamental right for every American. Illinois will keep administering free and fair elections – and what Donald Trump puts on a piece of paper will not change that.

Finding out your husband has a kink is not a call to prayer. 😭

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On Trans Day of Visibility I’d like to remind SCOTUS that there are more than 9 trans people.

The dem justices couldn't even negotiate breaking this on a different day? Just had to friendily allow it to be today? Of all days, allow this cruelty? Just erase the whole fucking scotus, at this point.

Know someone who started thinking about walking aids? Color does help feel even better about using one!

A great day dismantling the generic wildflower mix garden. 2 or 4 new beds and all the valuable plants rescued and moved. Hurray early spring!

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.” www.ft.com/content/744e...

Donald Trump is running out of off-ramps, but the United States is not. We can walk away from Iran and save face by impeaching and removing Donald Trump, imprisoning him on his 34 felony convictions, and prosecuting him and his administration for war crimes

This isn’t complicated. “Every Harry Potter book, movie, video game, stage show ticket, theme park pass, and piece of merchandise that’s sold puts money into Rowling’s pocket, which she can use to keep her crusade against trans people going.”

ai feature implementation strategy is essentially “how annoying can we make the ui” so people accidently hit ai features so these companies can brag about how “highly used” ai features are internally

Excellent framing. This kind of positive language is way more likely to win people over than “cars are bad.”

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Seeing a million people turn out and snake through a large city is very cool, I won’t deny that but my favorite genre of post during these protests is “small town in a red state with the biggest crowd anyone has ever seen”

I'm still not sure if I'm running out to our local No Kings, but noticed they have two virtual events today listed on the main page. The 1st is a virtual rally, the 2nd says "what if disabled people were in charge?" Neato. I know they'd be silly to exclude disabled folk, but many orgs are.

If you think No Kings is too vague or insufficiently radical, I sincerely encourage you to go to your local No Kings rally tomorrow and hand out flyers/zines to recruit folks to your org/cause. It's a perfect recruitment event! Thousands of people eager to DO STUFF! Get out there!

We need a vehicle weight tax. If you can justify buying an $80k, 3,000 kg Wagoneer to haul one bag of groceries, taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing your pavement wear and tear plus the added danger to our streets. If you can afford the payments, you can afford to stop asking society to subsidize it.

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

She's in the Epstein files, but strangely, all the TERFS on Substack I've been running into are quiet about it.

I don't care about any of the intel obtained. I just need the IRGC to disclose the specific topic they used for the phishing email to get Kash Patel's password.

The cost of your flight went up because you searched for it twice. Your rideshare costs more because your phone battery is dying. This is surveillance pricing – corporations using your own data and behaviors against you. In the US Senate, I’ve got plan to ban it.

If a secdef violating the 14th amendment rights of US servicemembers by denying promotions based on race isn’t impeachable then I don’t see what is. The man would rather the military be racist than effective.

Scratch a transphobe, find a misogynist. They don’t care about protecting women, they care about controlling us. Transphobia is a threat to all women’s rights.

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This. Is. Murder. Even. If. No. One. Calls. It. That.

This has been the GOP's "starve-the-beast" scheme for nearly 50 years. Meanwhile, millions suffer and struggle to get ahead as the rich get richer. See the problem here?