Over 100 human rights, sports and scientific groups, including the United Nations, have criticised the International Olympic Committee’s new gender eligibility guidelines as “a blunt and discriminatory response that is not supported by science and violates international human rights law"

A recent issue of Natural History magazine has a feature on tropical katydids Incredible creatures! Hard to decide which were the most amazing, but these lichen katydids are *next level*

Simple math illustration on how vaccination reduces measles transmission The MMR vaccine is 97% effective. Three kids are likely to get infected w/ limited spread of disease. Exposed non-vaccinated children will spread it faster w/ increased risk of complications. 🧪Via @alokpatelmd.bsky.social

Take a break from human folly; watch rocks being born in a fiery red fountain from the very bowels of the earth.

Saying what needs to be said. This is how we dismantle our biases, disentangle ourselves from WSC, and start making the truest art we can to envision a new way.

Don’t stop talking about the Epstein files. Don’t stop talking about the Epstein files. Don’t stop talking about the Epstein files. Don’t stop talking about the Epstein files. Don’t stop talking about the Epstein files. Don’t stop talking about the Epstein files. Don’t stop.

As millions of Americans were losing their SNAP benefits the Pentagon spent: 🔹️$6.9 million worth of lobster tails🦞 🔹️$15.1 million for ribeye steak 🥩 🔹️$2 million for Alaskan king crab 🦀 🔹️ and even $98,329 on a Steinway & Sons grand piano ✏️ by @newrepublic.com

goddamn is this a breath of fresh air after Allred 2024

and the longer he goes thinking no one is going to stop him, the more people will be dead before someone finally does. try the fucking war powers act again NOW, guys! do it again every week! grind everything else to a halt! like as always a handful of GOP senators could instantly stop this

Sarah Kendzior knows what she’s talking about. We do well to listen.

One would think that this would merit an emergency convening of all Blue state governors, Attorneys generals and Congressional representatives. It's a declaration of war on one state which means they'll do it to others too.

Looking out for each other. That's where it's at.

"Compassion for disability does not require erasing Black pain. Those things are not competing. You don’t have to pick one and pretend the other disappeared." ~Chamieka House-Osuya, in the comments of their post: www.facebook.com/INDYVIDUAL/p... (i removed the thumbnail because of who it centred.)

Who's gonna tell them?

And prosecute those who set up the camps, the who authorized the camps, those who run the camps and probably some others I'm forgetting

Post a banger that isn't in english. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlgE...

White women determined to do anti-racist work: this is an important listen. Rebecca Slue has been doing the work of helping us learn for *years*. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj-Z...

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Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer took 0.000000024 seconds to come up with that, and i stand by it How about you?

Kim Krans has a spoken essay up as a first post on substack, and it is deeply moving - about grief, love, and loss, about ageing, magic, and archetypes, about candles, stereotypes, and meeting the Crone. substack.com/@kimkrans/no...

There's a point, well below a billion dollars, where the amount of money you have lets you rid yourself of anyone who can be a check on your worst impulses, and replace them with people who tell you those worst impulses are somehow valorous. Rare is the billionaire with someone to tell them "no."

Working with collective grief (and tarot) in community to meet our current moment. Starts Friday. "learn how to transmute your grief for the world into bold action and fierce hope — without drowning in overwhelm, helplessness, or fear." [email protected] 3amtarot.ghost.io/so-you-want-...

Say this every day, to everyone. "You have a right to vote. Trump can’t take it away. Your vote counts. This is your country." ~ @rbreich.bsky.social from this post robertreich.substack.com/p/could-trum...

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

CANADIANS. SIGN THIS GOV PETITION. PostMedia owns 80% of Canadian newspapers, from smalltown to the National Post. They're USA-OWNED BY A HEDGE FUND WHO ARE A MASSIVE TRUMP DONOR, Chatham Assets out of New Jersey. It's a threat to our sovereignty! [Don't forget the email confirmation!]

Bookshops across the Twin Cities continue to show up for their community ❤️ Visit libro.fm/indies to find bookshops across the area to support. If you’d like to contribute directly, many of them are supporting Centro Tyrone Guzman, MN Immigrant Rights Action Committee, & Ayada Leads.

Remember that elections are held at the state/county level. The county clerk (an elected position) oversees and transmits the tallies. Voter suppression's true levers are things like removing access and intimidation. You can fight back by volunteering as poll workers, supporting voter rights orgs

Ahead of time, you first have to turn on full encryption on your devices, it’s not that cumbersome—a good guide here:

“Our sovereignty is inherent. Our treaties are binding. Our citizenship is not negotiable.”

The reason I think it is important to say this is that it helps us focus on the likely risks. It is, to me, very unlikely that a state will simply choose not to hold elections. It is also, to me, very likely that voter intimidation and suppression will increase beyond the current terrible method.

Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.

Northtown Books in Arcata is an absolutely incredible bookstore. Several years ago I met the folks who are running it now and their passion for running a welcoming local space was so infectious. This fire is utterly awful. If you can afford to kick in a few bucks to their fundraiser, please help.

In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read. They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.

Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.

#KidLitChat School Librarian friends!

Let’s stop commenting on a writer’s work by telling them what they forgot. Either they thought of it, and chose not to include it for reasons of their own, or they didn’t think of it and you can add something to the conversation. Starting your comment with, “You forgot to mention…”? Bad form.

The way we are not, in fact, at any way suffering a shortage of good ideas... Whew. Plus we have loads of good ideas (solar power, single payer health care, electric bikes, hell, TRAINS, that could be further spread. A shortage of ideas? WHUT?

the line is actually "no JESUS for us meeses," an oblique reference to the fact that, as muppets are unable to take communion, they are forbidden from entering the kingdom of god

Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...

False premise in the question: it is beyond unlikely Mark Cuban believes the government would be unable to pay for appropriate, affordable, well-compensated care for *everyone* “even after taxing all the billionaires 90%”. He knows damn well the government could cover much MOAR w/that money.

Absolutely, corporate consolidation of media is a nightmare for folks who want access to accurate and relevant news media. The rest? We *could* return to reading books, writing letters, playing games, and hosting fireside chats with our communities.

I've warned that a Warner Bros. merger could mean higher prices. But don't take it from me. The CEO of Disney just said Netflix buying up Warner Bros. could increase Netflix's "pricing leverage" over consumers. Translation: Higher prices for you to watch your favorite shows.

“Billionaires did not accumulate extreme wealth through a generosity of spirit toward working people. They became billionaires by extracting value, suppressing wages, avoiding taxation, influencing regulation, and ensuring the system works for them—and not for you.” Mind your media sources.

#NAFO Well, since we’re already such close people: as a Ukrainian, I’m very unhappy with the results of the U.S. election. The U.S. needs a re-election for it to be a democratic country again.

"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard

"A Five-Step Guide to Combating Misinformation on Social Media #1: The Road to Misinformation is Paved with Supplements #2 Read Before You Share #3 Be Extra Mindful with Health Halos #4 Check the Scientific Consensus #5 Did the Post Make You Feel Like You Scored a Touchdown?" #Misinformation ⬇️

“Trump did not magically appear out of thin air—he’s the result of policies that prioritize war and imperialism over justice and diplomacy. The public understands this. People recognize the connection between foreign policy impunity and domestic injustice.” Decades of policy without integrity.