This.

I know these are all baby steps and there is so much more ahead of us, but hot damn it feels so good to have taken them in such an amazingly resounding way.

"hope over tyranny "hope over big money and small ideas "hope over despair "no longer would politics would be something that is done to us. now it would be something that WE DO"

Absolutely legendary

AOC: I think what this night is starting and shaping up to represent is that Americans everywhere are not going to be scared. We will not be intimidated by an administration that is violating the rights and making life hard and unaffordable for every single American in this country.

RESULT: Maine voters reject Question 1, a ballot measure that would have implemented a barrage of new voting restrictions, especially for mail voting.

Kansas doesn't have the votes to redistrict, Sharice Davids' seat won't be touched. apnews.com/article/redi...

Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.

She wanted to say something worse but I told her Halloween is for little kids.

What could possibly go wrong futurism.com/science-ener...

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

Among other things, today’s protest is a signal to the press corps. Elites are caving to power but normal people are not. The consumers of the news are speaking indirectly to the producers of the news and making their demands of service clear. What will come of that time will tell obviously.

we're approaching macy's parade level teamwork here

doomscroll break

This is Boksil. She is reaching levels of cozy previously unheard of. 12/10 a trailblazer (IG: with_bokdanji)

Don't turn away.

So you’re insuring the MOST vulnerable group will be MORE vulnerable. To protect this??

I think what’s most frustrating right now for Black and Indigneous people is waiting for the bulk of white folks to catch up. At some point the “this isn’t who we are” and “I didn’t have this on my bingo card” has to end and y’all will catch up, right? RIGHT? WE NEED YOU TO CATCH UP.

I refuse this. janegoodall.org

"God is Change, And in the end, God prevails. But meanwhile… Kindness eases Change. Love quiets fear. And a sweet and powerful Positive obsession Blunts pain, Diverts rage, And engages each of us In the greatest, The most intense Of our chosen struggles" — Octavia E. Butler, 'Parable of the Sower'

So the white dude from Fox News said we should kill mentally ill homeless folks, he apologizes and they’re good; @karenattiah.bsky.social posts an accurate quote and says she’s not in the mood to mourn and gets bounced.

i have said this before but when “getting rid of race in admissions” for the administration means “you can’t even try to reach out to underrepresented communities and encourage them to apply and if you do it is illegal discrimination against white people” then the actual goal here is segregation

This horrifying. Every MSM outlet that continues on X should confronted with the conduct of this disgraceful owner who they legitimize with their presence.

This is an amazing piece. Thank you @cwarzel.bsky.social.

if you know anything about any of the things, i'm marisakabas.04 on signal

I’ll have some words to say about the Charlie Kirk assassination tonight on @allinwithchris.bsky.social & here are a few preliminaries: open.substack.com/pub/slowcivi...

Enough.

Quick reminder that the Utah legislature passed laws requiring public Utah universities to allow guns on campus.

My 15 year old son sent me that video saying it is the only thing on all of his feeds. Thanks, social media. Keep up the great work protecting kids.

The Trump regime wants to let AI decide which Medicare patients receive care (while giving AI companies a profit-incentive to deny coverage). This cruel ploy comes as Medicare faces an urgent funding crisis thanks to the GOP’s Big Ugly Bill. Your Members of Congress need to hear from you. 👇

Warnock to RFK jr: "For the first time, we are seeing deaths of children from measles. We haven't seen that in two decades. We're seeing that under your watch. You are a hazard to the health of the American people."

Spencer Kuvin, Epstein's victims' lawyer, says the FBI interviewed 40+ girls, some just 14, and prepared a 54-count indictment. Then came the secret plea deal that let Epstein walk. Those interviews are in the files. Kuvin says Alan Dershowitz scoured the girls' MySpace pages to smear them as liars.

trump can issue as many executive orders as he wants, perhaps coverage should reflect the fact that a lot of these have the legal force of a child's wishlist for santa

Promise tariffs ⟶ faff around ⟶ announce tariffs ⟶ pause tariffs ⟶ promise deals ⟶ court rules tariffs illegal ⟶ appeal ⟶ court order stayed ⟶ make no deals ⟶ 90 days expires ⟶ delay tariffs again ⟶ announce tariffs again ⟶ appeals court rules tariffs illegal again ⟶ you are here

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Meta AI is dangerous for kids and teens. Read our latest risk assessment, which found that Meta's AI chatbot & companions actively help teens plan harmful activities like self-harm, illegal drug use, and cyberbullying. Sign the petition at StopMetaAI.org. www.commonsensemedia.org/ai-ratings/m...

So much vibe it hurts.

AI slop is going to be utterly destructive to the integrity of important historical images. Already so much is fake www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When people talk about the productivity gains of AI, by eyes glaze over and I think about things like this: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...

🎉🎉🎉 Friends, I’m going to take ask a minute of your time to celebrate @milamiceli.bsky.social who I met through @alexhanna.bsky.social in 2022, just a couple of months after we launched @dairinstitute.bsky.social 🧵

Timnit believed in me and my vision even before I was able to put it in words. I’m incredibly grateful to @dairinstitute.bsky.social for giving @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social a home and to Timnit for her leadership, generosity, trust and support❤️

This right here.

Everything is awful. Except dogs.

WHAT

I spoke to a tech activist attorney representing the parents of a teen who died by suicide, allegedly after receiving instructions on hanging himself from ChatGPT, in the first wrongful death suit against OpenAI. She believes we’re seeing a shift in public opinion on AI and can expect more suits.

Maybe we shouldn’t let someone who doesn’t believe in germs and who thinks it’s okay to eat roadkill and swim in contaminated ponds be in charge of our national food safety.