It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.

A reminder that EO’s are not laws, and it’s hard to see how this would have any enforcement power whatsoever

This is a hugely important job at @knightcolumbia.org, and an opportunity to help chart the course of an unusually dynamic, effective organization that is already a leading defender of democratic rights, institutions, and values. Please send good people our way! knightcolumbia.org/page/chief-o...

Israel's chief collaborator in occupied Gaza, the former ISIS member Yasser Abu Shabab, is reported to have been killed.

"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."

It’s unclear why the prices differ, but a new notice on Target’s website offers a potential hint: “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”

"Radical Histories of Decolonization," a new special issue of Radical History Review (153) is now available. View the TOC and read "Decolonization Now," the editors' introduction, made freely available: buff.ly/TipOXAq Buy this issue: buff.ly/UMGEDEr

A brief lesson in the history of U.S. soldiers who followed patently unlawful orders. slate.trib.al/1ft26Nq

Jeremy Scahill joined the Drop Site News livestream today to break down his latest report, “Trump, Gaza, and Oslo Déjà Vu,” co-authored w/ Jawa Ahmad. He described how he personally met w/ a wide spectrum of Palestinian factions – from Hamas to secular... @jeremyscahill.com|@ryangrim.bsky.social

90% of Somalis in MN are citizens but the other 10% are vulnerable and are being selectively targeted by the Trump administration

It's not like US television news is particularly pro Palestine, it clearly isn't, but Israel's behavior has been so atrocious and openly genocidal that even slanted news coverage on CNN makes Israeli behavior look awful.

Jewish Insider is freaking out over Tennessee 7th because the Democratic candidate Aftyn Behn is pro-Palestine and factually asserts that Israel has committed genocide. "Once someone wins their party’s nomination, the penalty for holding ideologically extreme views isn’t as costly as it once was."

"Every administration had people directly connected to Epstein in top positions. Barr, Blinken, Acosta, etc. You can play 'six degrees of Jeffrey Epstein' but it's like, the guy down the hall. You don't have to look very far." www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84j...

*that signals Trump's desire to ban state AI laws

I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.

The exact plan isn't detailed in this article, but we know what the plan is: relegate as much of what the Department of Education does to the private sector so the rich can get richer — and because undermining education makes it easier for authoritarian regimes to rule.

It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.

"This narrative that faculty are indoctrinating students is a manufactured crisis...You can trace it back to a network of right-wing think tanks, but it seems the university is treating it as if it is real.” - Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social

Saudi F-35s, congrats Brett McGurk it was all worth it, you did the thing, Lockheed Sealed Delivered

They're always weird, they never think they're weird, it's important to say they're weird. Grownups shouldn't tell other grownups they're demonic and you're a freak if you do.

Donate to Diana to ensure that Zohran's successor is a committed socialist!

Reporting from Belem, Mark Hertsgaard of @coveringclimatenow.org writes about Indigenous protesters who pushed their way into the main entrance of COP30's "Blue Zone," where Indigenous voices have been largely excluded.

every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”

Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”: wapo.st/448fDw6

i wrote about shame, its role in our civic life, and why we need to make america ashamed again.

maybe i’m naive but i think it’s kinda doomerism to always be saying this is gonna take decades to undo or you’ll be old or dead when it ends. first it doesn’t matter, plant trees you won’t live to sit in the shade of. second great change is capable of happening very quickly

Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.

Epstein’s War

please don't do this. MAGA hats are made from an acrylic blend, which will release toxic chemicals when set on fire, potentially harming you and downwind woodland creatures

I would like to say that the online MAGA people are NOT in fact the persuadables. They aren't going to be brought *onboard.* That will happen or not in actual community with people. Sorry.

Alice Wong was a hero and a baddass. 💔 Read her books. 👇🏼 www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

"There were spaces to meet (and argue), spaces to organize and plan – and spaces to socialize too... Having different groups sharing the same space provided opportunities for people to learn how to organize together." "Yet now, the left is looking at a very different and less vibrant landscape."...

If you think this is badass, wait until we win. katforillinois.com/legal

checking on ross "i would do anything for love but i won't" douthat

Meet Yaa’kub Ira Vijandre. He’s the US’ latest political prisoner. His detention is designed to send the message that anything noncitizens post in support of disfavored causes can be labeled a deportable threat to national security.

NYC and Seattle are showing the way! This is great news!

Truly Kafkaesque: a student made the complaint to a US Senator who then contacted the Dean. IU removed the Lecturer from teaching her class, which is "atypical for intellectual diversity reviews." Meanwhile, "Diversity, Human Rights, & Social Justice is still being taught by guest lecturers."

This is sadly true. Before her appointment, IU had especially strong traditions of shared governance. So it’s been an abrupt change

Excellent piece please read this!