I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

the only real way to think about these raids is terrorist attacks

German court finds Open AI infringed copyright by using song lyrics for LLM training. (This news via @publisherslunch.bsky.social , which notes that this is the first court case to end in an infringement ruling against Open AI) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

This sounds like something people should be talking about …

Techbros: “We reinvented money and now it’s computer money and it’s totally better than old money except also it’s value is still technically calculated by the standard of old money oh ALSO it needs more power than many countries, does your inferior dollar bill need to be plugged in? I THINK NOT.”

Wow Katie Miller, it sure would be terrible to be forced from your home and fear for your children’s safety

Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track

One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends. #NoKings #Manhattan

I should be transparent. The NYT has approached @mississippifreepress.org reporters and editors about potential reporting partnerships. We have declined to have those conversations. We know it’s a reader play and don’t want clubby NYT control/influence on our reporting choices for obvious reasons.

My grandmother told stories of running into the woods to escape Russian soldiers during the pogroms …

OMG! I just got off the plane in Asheville and RFK Jr. Was boarding and someone passed by him and said “quack”

Also in here: DHS responded to the faith-led protest yesterday, calling participants “violent rioters” and “imbecilic morons” who need to “get a job.” Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’ —Alice Wong

Is Donald Trump putting his thumb on the scale for Paramount-Skydance CEO David Ellison in this bidding war? Perhaps because of Paramount's $16 MILLION donation to Trump's Presidential Library? This reeks of corruption.

Somehow, I am reminded of that little story Roald Dahl told in his book, The Witches, about the couple whose daughter was cursed to spend her life trapped in an oil painting in their sitting room.

Disney has hiked prices and laid off hundreds of workers this year. Yet Disney paid its CEO $41B in 2024. It just reported a 36% increase in net profits for parks and streaming. And it plans to double stock buybacks next year. Remember this as Disney turns to AI.

AND an amendment was added Amendment “strengthening the VOICE OF AUTHORS to make their work available to the public … the bill now gives book authors and creators the right to challenge their book’s removal from a school library in court.” #mapoli

Who’s up for another impeachment? I’ve got room in my schedule.

Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"

Hey folks in LA / can u stop by this for me?

Starbucks baristas are on strike and the No Kings Alliance stands with them. Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers fight for fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting. Power belongs to the people who make this country run: nocontractnocoffee.org/#pledge #NoContractNoCoffee #NoKings

Standout: November 13th at 4:30 PM. Meet outside Hogan 406 at 4:15 PM. Call and email: - [email protected] - [email protected] - 508 793 2525 - [email protected] - [email protected] - 508 793 3880 - [email protected] - [email protected]

Menopause kills women according to grifters Marty Makary and RFK Jr. Then why is female life expectancy higher than male life expectancy? 👀

New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings “Big tech has made their choice” www.404media.co/google-has-c...

My book was one the books these kids saved. They are absolute heroes. But I'm so enraged that ignorant adults put them in this position.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Vast sin-concealing chaos

Basically my brother in law knew this before he voted for T in 2016 and he didn’t give a shit

Could a quote possibly be more on the nose for Bari, the Ellisons, the Trump movement, or this whole era in American life than "what's the point of standards"? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city. I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.

On Wednesday, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union leaders. While our union fights these illegal dismissals, the “Fired Four” have been left with no severance or COBRA coverage. Please donate to help cover their living expenses at the link below.

tl;dr: the tentative Senate budget deal sucks. The deal still needs a final vote to pass the Senate, and it must pass the House. There's still room here for course correction with heavy constituent pressure, but it's moving fast. Call your Senators & House Rep NOW 👉 5calls.org/issue/federa...

The Dems had ALL the leverage. WE the gave it to them WE marched WE called WE dug in hard on mutual aid and WE gave them a fucking historic win in an off-year election. And THEY THREW IT ALL AWAY for a promise. And all they had to do was NOT fuck it up - and that apparently was too much to ask.

Enough is enough. Contact your Democratic senators TODAY and tell them to call for Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We desperately need new leadership in the Democratic Party.

Senate Dems give in, letting the GOP take health care so they don't miss their Thanksgiving flights, and prove that the current party is out of touch. Time for new blood. In this video, we show it's not just Mamdani. So many young guns are running and need your support. youtu.be/7HGEpuXI_Ms?...

would be a shame if people called venues the way they did for Jeffries’ book tour

INBOX: @massgovernor.bsky.social rejects Trump Agriculture Dept demand that distributed November SNAP benefits be clawed back from recipients. #mapoli

Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going! Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists. We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.

HUGE: Nearly 3000 people have signed up with @runforsomething.net to run for office since Tuesday night. runforwhat.net

Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨

This has not gotten much attention, but it should. Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE. Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.

The airport in Boston is hosting a food bank for TSA workers because the GOP would rather send the cost of healthcare through the roof than make sure Americans can eat three meals a day wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/loga...

"A.i." is racist because its inputs are racist and this use of it will also be racist. Inexcusable. Ban this wicked product from your life as much as you possibly can.

“We're ready and willing to go on the biggest strike we’ve ever been on,” said Silvia Baldwin, a Philadelphia barista who is one of the delegates representing @sbworkersunited.org in negotiations. “If the company wants to avoid that, they can settle with us today." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Amazon is quietly raising prices much more than its competition. While many companies are raising prices and blaming tariffs, Amazon prices have skyrocketed by an average of 12.8% this year. Their biggest competitors, Walmart and Target, have raised prices about 5%. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/a...

Awe for the person who has all these cultural movie references stored in her head

"Ana minkum wa ilaykum" "I am of you and for you" He didn't just say that in an Arabic-language video, he went up there and said it to the whole damn city.

Stand with the workers at Starbucks. Don’t cross any picket lines

Go scan through the @runforsomething.net feed and look at all the progressive first time candidates who won - amazing list

Mamdani says in his victory speech, “we will hire thousands of teachers.” This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.