Safe to say based on very recent discourse: many haven’t heard this message, or bothered to see how the issue is actually playing out.

ICE whistles work.

Meta is a fucking scam. Unbefuckinglievable.

Hey, if you're in a progressive group, PLEASE encourage them to get onto Bluesky/Blacksky. We CANNOT rely on Instagram. Zuckerberg will kneecap all of us sooner than later. I got some starter packs you can share to get 'em started! First, People Who Get It: go.blacksky.community/5KTiNKd

Good catch! No, they haven't. They mentioned Mike Lee's previous attempt at gutting the parks in June with the BBB, but nothing about this new push.

one thing that is important to know is that BIRTH OF A NATION is so racist that people at the *time*, in 1915, were like, “holy shit this is racist”

THERE ARE NO JOBS IN ACADEMIA! NO JOBS! DOZENS OF HYPER QUALIFIED APPLICANTS PER JOB!

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”… BULLSHIT. @repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition. This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.

These are the people who are willing to go on the record. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

The photographer on that boat was Christopher Anderson, who, 25 years later, snapped the famous photos of the Trump administration for Vanity Fair.

vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans

Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose

To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care: I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.  Your health care is still legal and protected.  I'll always fight for you.

Australia will start a gun buyback program to take surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms off the street, following the terror attack in Bondi Beach which left 15 people dead

In order for America to actually heal its divisions, we need to reckon with its two original sins: the genocide of Native Americans by the initial government structures during and after the Revolution, and the deliberate sabotage of Reconstruction by the racist remnants of the South.

Hi Senator, excuse me for jumping in, but... while I agree with you that this is really damaging, I couldn't help but notice YOU VOTED FOR THE FREAKING BILL THAT GAVE TRUMP THIS POWER (which some of us warned you not to do). www.senate.gov/legislative/...

Children are being exploited. Let’s respond by dramatically hindering our ability to point out or criticize children being exploited, using methods we don’t understand because we’re old and incurious.

I cannot emphasize how serious an assault on democracy this is. Any effort by the Trump administration to engage in false claims of fraud or mass voter suppression relies on this as a building block. As importantly, there is no legitimate reason DOJ would want this information.

Read his book. Get involved in your community; donate, volunteer, carry around money and food/hygiene products to help the unhoused.

A case study in how the "real estate state" overrides democratic will: after Mamdani's decisive victory, Adams and his allies are using bureaucratic maneuvers to block rent freezes and kill affordable housing before Mamdani takes office. A crucial piece by Sam Stein in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:

Truly, genuinely floored by this.

awful. this is a policy choice, to kill people.

I think people are a little deluded about cameras and their "efficacy." Although I was told that "surveillance companies making money" was not as bad as "crime." Good news; we have both. People will yell about kids using AI but then are all, CAMERAS CAMERAS SAVE US

"We will make this very bad to prove that it was always bad."

To be more clear about a key thing here: this is a DeSantis law and a state supreme court that he's pretty much hand-picked allowed it

US Dems including Biden rallying behind the TikTok ban cuz they thought xenophobia and national security hawkishness was "good politics" was arguably the most embarrassing unforced error of any Democratic administration in recent history.

YOU DUMB FUCKS. THIS IS ME. I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center. People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.

You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them. You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them. You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.

15 hours ago: AltCDC posts a thread about RFK Jr's Health Dept. retaliating against the American Academy of Pediatrics, and includes a link. One hour ago: AltNPS posts a thread about RFK Jr's Health Dept. retaliating against the American Academy of Pediatrics, and does not include a link. 🤔🤔🤔

More like wrongs group

JUST IN: This morning, hundreds of baristas have joined our national ULP strike. ☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause. Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee

you don't need to watch the trump speech unless it is literally your job to watch the trump speech. it is not good for you to watch the trump speech.

Shockingly, this bill would have failed were it not for the 3 Democrat defections.

He’s gotta go.

Three Democrats (Cuellar, Gonzalez, and Davis) joined the Republicans to pass Marjorie Taylor Greene's federal ban on gender affirming care through the House of Representatives. It is repugnant that the federal government won't give people health care, but it will TAKE IT AWAY from trans people.

So let me get this straight: More members of Congress voted for MTG's bill to criminalize trans people than for the war powers resolution to stop an illegal imperialist war.

NEW in Bolts: Oregon has a novel program for providing one-on-one career coaching and job support for people after release. Budget cuts are threatening the program. Our latest collaboration with @investigatewest.bsky.social:

If we think too deeply about all of this, few of us would be able to sleep. ever.

I just called my US rep to tell him to vote AGAINST every single anti-trans bill Republicans are pushing in the House right now. Took literally one minute. Will you join me and call your rep, too? #DidThisToday reps.fyi

"I didn’t have the courage to come out until I was 21, and that means 21 years of pain, 21 years of unwavering homesickness that only went away when I was able to get the care that I needed. And my biggest regret in life is that I never had a childhood without that pain.”

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms. 3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers. 4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against. It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power. Story to come.

"For every case like Taylor's that attracts media attention, there are hundreds every day that go unnoticed by anyone other than the patient. Or her survivors." More on what happened to Carole (and how common it is) in this piece:

This isn't hyperbole. In 2023, I watched Cigna revoke approval for my friend Carole's life-saving lung transplant *minutes* before surgery was set to begin—a decision that very nearly killed her. Public outrage in response to a viral post about her situation is the only reason she's alive today.

This is going to cost at least $1 billion and I think everyone knows it.

Last week, @peoplenotpolsmo.bsky.social submitted 300K+ signatures to put a referendum on the ballot that could repeal the Missouri GOP's new congressional gerrymander. That should have paused the map from taking effect, but GOP officials insist otherwise. Organizers just laid out their arguments.

1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.

NEW: @sanders.senate.gov just proposed a Federal moratorium on construction of new data centers. Smart messaging bill, imo.

hey new york, who’s gonna primary gillen?