The terrifying thing is that in my peer group - people in their late 30s and 40’s, whether they have kids or not- are being crushed by healthcare costs. Sure feels like we’re on the precipice of economic collapse. Wheeeee.

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NEA Grantees with Terminated Grants or Withdrawn Funding: You have 7 calendar days to appeal, so for those receiving their letters late yesterday (May 2), you have until Friday, May 9 to appeal. We have put together a how-to guide drawing from available resources including @jasonrhody.bsky.social

I have good news for people looking for the example that best illustrates the current VC/ai landscape.

Zuckerberg never thought the leopards would eat his face I guess. apnews.com/article/meta...

Maybe everyone can see it now, but the world's richest people have tanked it all to restock assets and get liquid after years of illegally playing with funny money. They used "the wokeness" as a cudgel and it worked. The next Disney princess WILL be white, as we all eat beans under the highway.

3 dead so far at Krome ICE detention center in Florida. Max capacity was 500, they have over 4,000 and not enough water and food. Reports say they get 1 cup of water per day. These are already death camps. eu.usatoday.com/story/news/n... english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-...

I feel like now is a good time to remind everyone that the Confederacy lasted just about four years. Here is a non-exhaustive list of things that have lasted longer:

“I stand here in SPITE of him.” What a perfect moment.

THIS IS WHY YOU YELL AT THEM NOT BECAUSE IT’S FUN BECAUSE IT MATTERS

If you are not watching @booker.senate.gov right now, drop everything and turn him on. History in the making.

I’m only just realizing how toxic the movie Ladybugs really was.

I’d like to see these corporate “leaders” refuse the 15% tax break in favor of funding education. I’d like to see some actual leadership.

Congratulations, @coralineada.bsky.social!!!! Pub day is so exciting and you have offered the world a handbook for building the pro social future we could all hope for (and work toward)

A lot of people are going to die from this

Reminder that being kind is punk.

It would be a shame if you had to report book banning, abstinence education, forcing 10 commandments, anti trans sports policies to this website (which doesn’t verify emails lol)

"Alternative news sources like social media and podcasts were much more prevalent among “swing voters” (52 percent) and new Trump voters (59 percent) compared to the overall electorate (43 percent)." www.chip50.org/reports/2024... navigatorresearch.org/2024-post-el...

Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid. So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.

For those following the story of unidentified men violently dragging a protester from a local Idaho GOP meeting, it turns out they were from a private security firm called LEAR Asset Management. But neither the sheriff (who watched it all go down) or the GOP will take responsibility for hiring them.

Rest in Power Roberta Flack

It's pretty cool that Eater put together resources for restaurants about how to handle ICE raids

If ever there were an argument why artists are so incredibly important right now, and why they are such a profound threat to AI as a cultural shift, it’s this: newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

These stories make it honestly hard to continue. Where is the men’s outrage? Why do I only ever see women sharing these stories?

we all sift the news through our own lens. my PR/org comm/systems design lens tells me we will need a 3 pronged strategy to rebuild the narrative of the US. 1. national - to address a future story 2. regional - to atone for past transgressions 3. online - to demo the praxis of healthy communities

While everyone is focused on what DOGE is doing, Elon Musk is quietly spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on an April Wisconsin Supreme Court race. This race could have electoral consequences in future elections, like 2028 in a crucial swing state. Pay attention.

Very dangerous times

The Ministry for Propaganda is here. They’re making equity illegal in education, teaching about equality or systemic racism. Read it. The www.ed.gov/media/docume...

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

It’s almost like…vaccines help reduce illness…

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ITS ALMOST HERE! You can pre-order a copy of the incredible @coralineada.bsky.social’s book We Just Build Hammers. Perfect for anyone wondering if we could still use tech for good (and how not to be complicit in building for harm) bookshop.org/p/books/we-j...

@eli.bsky.social: “I think we need to think beyond the commercial platforms and start thinking about, how do we build community in other ways online and in ways that foreground civic virtue rather than just commerce?”

It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.

I hate it here.

Yes this

"the company’s elevated stock price becomes increasingly dependent on the belief that Musk the magician can deliver wildly creative new products. That image is fading." @davidzipper.bsky.social why boycotting Telsa could make Elon hurt

every inch of progress in the US is like this. BLM, defund the police, trans rights, etc — all marginal, sometimes nonexistent gains followed by massive rightward pendulum swings born of the (false) assertion that by gently prodding an issue, we’ve gone “too far”

We’ve partnered with Kinema to make it easier for creators to leverage the momentum of crowdfunding to launch distribution www.indiewire.com/news/busines...

This is an absolutely astonishing report. DOGE did a complete takeover of CFPB’s systems at the root. This is identical to worst case scenarios for the most devastating cyberattacks by foreign actors, only this is an *internal* threat

Courts *ordered* the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen -hot meals for elderly and disabled -groceries for those in need -maternal & child health services -a clinic that serves the poor www.propublica.org/article/trum...

From 2021-2023 when Democrats controlled the House, Senate, and White House, so-called “moderates” said Democrats shouldn’t abolish the filibuster to pass legislation because the GOP would use the 50 vote threshold to roll it all back. They should’ve abolished the filibuster.

“No American can be proud of a govt that carries out change in this way. Neither can these actions be rationalized by discussion of past grievances or appeals to efficiency. Everything can be more efficient, but adherence to the rule of law is paramount” www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Oh! Hm. Interesting.

Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.

“A new kind of coup” mashable.com/article/elon...

Remember. It’s never: We fight for (these people) because maybe we’re more at risk if we don’t. No more Niemölling. We fight because they are coming for anyone. Every single person matters. Each and every human being’s life and safety is worth the fight.

BREAKING: Trump Administration loses in court again as a federal judge has temporarily blocked the federal buyout program.

Oh