I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there

Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵

crazy IG em_clarkson

"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

I think this bag is fake. Hermes's flagship products are handsewn using a saddle stitch. A worker marks the leather using an awl and then threads two needles through from both sides. This results in a tight stitch with no holes between the stitches. The holes here suggest the bag was machine sewn.

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It’s basically Deep Space Nine.

Some see the mass appeal of today's rightwing politics in status anxiety, as formerly dominant groups resent their relative decline. It's illuminating to extend Du Bois's "psychological wage" to capture how right populists generate both demand for this wage & give themselves a monopoly to supply it.

I've seen some WEIRD translations... the auto-translations are ass as usual but this time I've seen a lot of big accounts circulating a slightly off translation Free for all cuz this is like a side bonus baby loll Mainly doing this because I want MY following to know the correct translation 😘💜🫰🏻

🧵Spotted On Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand: A tiny human (2?) is sitting on Dad's shoulders while eating an ice cream. But what is this?! A BIG drip onto Dad's bald head? Oh no! Oh well, he'll just lick it off. (Dad's expression running a whole gamut of emotions.) (1)

Who did this?

Spaghetti playlist, with other Hobi and Le Sserafim songs and a dash of BTS 🍝😋 spotify.link/OC1bcfRwJXb

Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related. He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:

Chicago No Kings

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States. Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Young’s opinion, which rules that the Trump admin illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation, is absolutely scathing. “In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”

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If you are preparing for Imelda and own a portable generator, make sure your have working carbon monoxide alarms on every level of your home. One portable generator can produce as much carbon monoxide as hundreds of cars. CO is a deadly gas you can't see or smell and can kill within minutes.

War ravaged Portland

Trump is launching an authoritarian takeover of Portland hoping to provoke conflict in my hometown. I urge Oregonians to reject Trump’s attempt to incite violence in what we know is a vibrant and peaceful city. I will do everything in my power to protect the people in our state.

The Ginkgo cardigan 🧡 meyocostudio.com/products/gin...

This only happens to you once

All my best to this FEMA employee, and may they succeed in their mission:

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status. He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

Wtf????

Kamala Harris: "It feels chaotic, but what I would offer you is what we are witnessing is the swift implementation of a plan that was decades in the making. Project 2025 didn't just drop out of thin air. That's a product of decades of work. Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation ... "

I took Tylenol as needed throughout my pregnancy. I am a doctor. I order Tylenol for pregnant women regularly. Tylenol is safe in pregnancy. RFK Jr is ignoring a huge recent well-done study because he doesn't like the answer it gives. There is no causality between Tylenol and autism.

it has only very recently started sinking in with my friends who probably share the rough politics of OP’s friend here that trump really *is* evil at an entirely different order of magnitude than any republican who came before him in living memory, but at least it *is* starting to sink in

Absolutely critical for putting the events of the last 48 hours into context

Do YOU remember “the 21st night of September?” Earth Wind & Fire’s co-writer Allee Willis said she told the band: “We can’t leave ‘baa-dee-ya’ in the chorus. That has to mean something.’” Maurice White replied: “No, that feels great. That’s what people are going to remember. We’re leaving it.”

More than that. "The FBI ***recorded*** Tom Homan taking the money "after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration."

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation. i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

"Outrageous incident" turns out, in fact, to be manufactured outrage by, checks notes, a right-wing individual. Twisted on so many levels, including the fact that people could have been hurt. The store had to close because of threats based on disinformation. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/v...

This is a really fun read even for non-lawyers. It’s four pages.

"From a strategic perspective, the Movement recognized that as the weaker party in physical terms, they could not win through physical violence. Instead they pursued a different strategy. Jim Crow had to be confronted—directly, aggressively, with great force—but not with physical force."

Brilliant breakdown on the Jimmy Kimmel story 🔥🔥🔥 Thank you @underthedesknews.bsky.social

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

All in all, this case is a RESOUNDING defeat to the Trump admin's effort to rapidly deport hundreds of children without going through the required legal process first. Judge Kelly rules that their figleaf of a legal argument is obviously wrong and bars them from further action.

Pertient repost. Might've been from you.

they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law. they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence. the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear. do not offer it to them.

I don't know what the world looks like in one year. What I do know is that when you treat masses of people to a certain kind of world where they get a little taste of freedom from oppression, it's really hard to put that back in the box. Temporarily? Sure. Forever? No way.

ICE badly injure 80-year-old U.S. citizen who owns the car wash—leave him with broken ribs & dislocated elbow. "They told me: ‘You don’t F with ICE! We are here!’ and then threw me on the floor." "I told them I'm an old man and need my heart medication, but they said ‘No!’" Van Nuys, California

Saw this #SesameStreet reel on Instagram and felt so seen, it hurt. "And it only Tuesday." I wasn't expecting Sesame Street to still be making hella-relatable-to-me content when I was in my 50s, but dang. www.instagram.com/p/DOHCqVyjgvQ/

Yeah, we're cooked. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8S8pVQq/

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