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"Adan" works under a UFW contract harvesting radishes. He appreciates the extras his contract provide to make the job more comfortable such as the yellow overalls and blue sleeve protectors that keep him dry from the moist dirt and leaves. #WeFeedYou

Well he did already pee on all the seats, so it doesn’t feel as misguided…

I eventually saw it, and now it kind of strobes back-and-forth. If you’re not sure what you’re seeing, read the replies to the original

i will never prefer video format over written text. in case anyone cares, lol. i seriously cannot stand watching videos of people opining. i'd rather read a dan brown book, and that's saying a lot. i don't know that i'm alone at this. but then again, i don't care for influencing or being influenced.

ICE and border patrol agents roaming around the streets of Chicago in unmarked cars, faces covered, armed with military-style semi-automatic weapons. Locals are finding unique ways to fight back. This week on Reveal, lessons from Trump's war on the Windy City:

The Supreme Court blocked a lower court decision striking down Texas’s controversial mid-decade redraw of its congressional map for being racially discriminatory. @mcpli.bsky.social highlights takeaways from the Court’s ruling and explains what comes next.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu condemned federal immigration authorities for turning people away as they were prepared to take citizenship oaths earlier this month.

The locally infamous "Delco Pooper" gets counseling and community service as part of program for first-time offenders. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

Trump is often discussed as one of the worst presidents in modern American history, but it’s important to remember that such a categorization is far too narrow. Donald J. Trump is one of the worst people in modern American history.

A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker. This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.

Hey folks, a reminder that a PROTEST against Elon Musk's boondoggle tunnel from downtown to the airport is TOMORROW at Metro Council. (To the uninitiated: This was crammed down #Nashville throat without the buy in of any electeds.) More info at BigDumbHole.com incl yard signs & such. #MuskHole

I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television

Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."

ICE and CBP, among others, have violently retaliated against ICE Watch in part because the agencies correctly understand what many do not: Organized neighbors are mounting an effective defense, and an organized movement is a formidable adversary. My new feature: newrepublic.com/article/2042...

It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.

Ford says it is "following the customer" in discontinuing its large electric pickup, which was well-received but never profitable. Ford will keep the Lightning name alive as a plug-in hybrid. n.pr/4aPfHF9

At SNL I worked with artists who made the funniest, stupidest graphics in no time flat. Some of my biggest jokes would have been impossible without these geniuses building an insane image or finding the perfect real-life photo of a politician. Sucks that their work is being pushed aside for slop.

New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland

Joni Ernst, chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, sent letters to 22 federal agencies saying the no-bid contracts granted through the @SBAgov’s 8 (a) program are a “fraud magnet.” @civilbeat.bsky.social and @propublica.org have been investigating the program.

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:

The devastation I feel about this attack on science in particular is hard to cope with. It’s like watching my dad die all over again. I would do anything to spare someone a death via pancreatic cancer.

Raids hit hills and valleys as Israeli military keeps up pressure, it says, to force Hezbollah to disarm.

Stopping federal agents on Canal Street was just the start: Activists in New York say more than 500 people patrol at least 20 neighborhoods daily for ICE raids.

The way Penske Media publications are locking Sinners out of their Best of 2025 lists is white supremacist bullshit Oh you didn’t know Variety and Rolling Stone answer to the same master? Now you do

Losing losers who lose.

On this date: December 11, 1987. Hüsker Dü played their final show. The performance happened at the Blue Note in Columbia, Missouri. Flyer from Hüsker Dü Database. #huskerdu

Books about “Asian wife sharing.” Detailed descriptions of orgies. Scenes involving “ladyboys.” That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth. What came next was even wilder.

NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors. The full requirements will end tourism in the United States. Below is the full, mind-blowing list. 🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨 1/

GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered? GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now THOMPSON: What does that mean?

I'm hiring a Director of Product Engineering for our product team at @propublica.org. If you're an engineering leader in the US who wants to truly make a difference, we're a nonprofit newsroom investigating abuses of trust in the public interest. Please consider joining us. #amhiring

Not many left on the shelves this year

Seriously what the fuck is happening here?

Jessica: There are some key indicators that Trump and this administration knows this is going badly… We aren't getting the jobs numbers anymore, the GDP numbers or inflation numbers and we know, Donald Trump, if the number is remotely good or he can lie about it—he tells you what it is.

“I saw this video of a girl eating sand in Gaza, and I was like, ‘I would do anything if I could just wash a little bit of this off of me.’” Austin Koenigstein to @imleor.bsky.social on pulling their music from Spotify chicagoreader.com/music/music-...

The Chris Claremont-scripted LONG HUNT, where Luke goes to a planet visited in the past by a Jedi trio - his father, Obi-Wan and Darth Vader. :)

I want this to be true

"At which point we're going to blow them out of the fucking skies."

Previously: Even as the lege debated school vouchers, corporate vendors were already competing behind the scenes for the lucrative contract. A closer look at how Odyssey became the big winner... and whose influence helped make the decision.

This can be used to symbolize so many things, but right in front of us is how it symbolizes the lie that Musk is perpetrating with all his "AI" claims. And it's also f'ing hilarious.

Just like in the book "Rain Maker", the insurance companies deny claims, hoping people will give up - that's their profit model. That's NOT healthcare...that's big business and should NOT be part of our healthcare system. #Medicare4AllNow

Hegseth said US troops had ‘duty’ to refuse Trump’s illegal orders: Live

If some guy stole my shit and made millions off it while wiping out my job prospects, and you, as my friend, bought that guy's cheap mass market replica of my shit, you and i would for obvious reasons have a problem. It being a massive company, not a guy, actually makes it even more of a problem.

Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):

pals you gotta quit spotify

Polio and measles killed about 700k people annually before vaccines. Vaccines kill <5 But yeah, polarization.

The reaction to that Starfleet Academy poster is adding more to my theory that Star Trek fans only really like one Star Trek show and they wish every other Star Trek show was like that one show.