Fun fact - Marjorie Taylor Greene will have been a member of congress for five years on January the 3rd. At that point she becomes eligible for the full congressional pension at 62. She’s retiring on January the 5th. Freaking coincidence, huh.

We cancelled our family membership a few weeks ago. I was using it every single day so definitely feeling the loss. Been trying out Tidal as a replacement. So far feeling like it's about 80% as useful. It doesn't have all my songs :( and does have confusing UX for some tasks.

As seen further down the thread, 46.5% of all people booked into detention (from all sources) had no record.

No matter how powerless we may feel about global events, being kind to others is always something we can do to improve the world. 💕 Happy World Kindness Day!

What do you need to do to ‘earn’ a trillion dollars in this economy? | First Dog on the Moon

I just can't get over how beautiful the northern lights are tonight!! They have been going for 4 hours and are still so vibrant! And this is from our front porch, with no effort to control for light pollution, just using the night sight phone setting. Visible without that though too! 😍

I'm beyond furious at them, giving up their leverage for nothing. What little hope I had is lost. If only we had a more responsive system of governing. Hoping we can vote these people out many years from now is not it.

INSTACART FOOD BANK DONATIONS Instacart will let you shop from the "foods desired" list of a local Food Bank. Items will be purchased from a local grocery, and delivered to the Food Bank for free. Reach the Instacart food bank shopping service here: instacart.com/store/hub/co...

New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...

Both The New York Times and Airwars are tracking the U.S. strikes on boats in the Carribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. 64 or 65 killed in 15 separate incidents. NYT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Airwars: airwars.org/conflict/u-s...

We cancelled our Spotify family plan as part of the ICE recruitment ads boycott. I was using it daily. Tidal is decent so far, but missing a bunch of music from my playlists. Should I try Apple Music? Thoughts from those who have already made the switch? #CancelSpotify #DontStreamFacism #stopICEads

Yup. “In the United States alone, a spike in non-renewal rates across the homeowners’ insurance industry – even beyond high-risk markets in Florida and California – indicates that climate threatens to trigger a national insurance crisis.”

#mettamonday is a great reminder to pause and send some goodwill and compassion out into the world. 🪷🦋🫶

"The official theme of the Halloween night bash was “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody,” ..."

A checklist: "The Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon." Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

SCOOP: The Trump administration acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing; can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors; and consider those survivors to be “unprivileged belligerents." theintercept.com/2025/10/31/t...

For a real fright, just watch videos from some recent ICE stops. The fear and screams of the family members are worse than anything you'll find in the most terrifying Halloween movie. I'm still shaken up half an hour later. Truly horrific.

Let’s take a short pause to speak about the war in Sudan. 💔🇸🇩 The reason the world stays silent is simple. ➡️ The UAE is driving this war, funding, arming, and enabling the atrocities. And since everyone wants to do business with the UAE first, they choose silence. 💰🤐 #Sudan #HumanRights

So proud of our son! His #ScreamJam2025 game made top 100 in most categories, out of around 1k entries!

The nuclear test news is really hitting my 80s kid trauma.

So Utah's solution to homelessness is a poor farm, or workhouse? Those have been tried before, and they did not go well. www.tiktok.com/@wtf_fla/vid...

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

I'm thinking hurricane Melissa must be in perimenopause, as they keep talking about her super dry eye. 🤪 In all seriousness, I have been watching @maxvelocity.bsky.social's coverage on this for days now and I am highly concerned for everyone and everything in Melissa's path. May all beings be safe.

“I know it must be uncomfortable for the Republicans to be the target of the largest peaceful protest in American history.” @ezralevin.bsky.social joined Rep. @raskin.house.gov to discuss GOP conspiracy theories about No Kings Day and show their appreciation for everyone who took to the streets.

A picture is worth 1,000 words.

#A_NewHope ✊

Our son made this game in a week for #screamjam!

This is a great, detailed piece of work. There is really no secret here: OpenAI fully intend to use fossil gas to power their data centres. All the crap about fusion, dyson spheres etc is misdirection. This is what they're *actually* doing: www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day honors the First Peoples of the Americas & the impact of colonization: stolen land, genocide, broken treaties, & cultural erasure. It’s a day to recognize sovereignty, celebrate cultures, & tell the truth about our shared history. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

This is one of the largest puppy mills in the US, with many notable violations and documented cases of egregious abuse. Apparently, changing the license holder allows them to carry on as usual. How is this allowed to happen? The system is beyond broken. www.kcrg.com/2025/10/09/i...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled.. #Trump..#MAGA..#whitenationalism..#fascism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Watching this roundtable, and the thing that comes to mind: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command". Did we swap timelines? Is this Opposite Day? The Twilight Zone? This is bad. So very bad.

Anything that even slightly involves caring about other people, no matter the reason it exists in the first place, is anathema and must be destroyed

One of my favorite interviews to date:

Details about the arrest today in #iowacity. Sounds like he was doing everything they told him to do. They knew where he was at all times. They chose to terrorize him and the community. 🤬 Despicable. littlevillagemag.com/ice-seizes-a...

Heads up, Iowa City!!! ICE is downtown kidnapping people at the God damn Bread Garden!!!

Press conference with Jorge Elieser González Ochoa’s family, community members, and elected leaders at the Iowa City Ped Mall Fountain Stage. Friday, 26 September 2025 at 11:30 am

This arrest happened in Iowa City today at Bread Garden Market (a small grocery store) 🤬 Jorge is a human being, FFS. Doing it this way is traumatic for him, bystanders, and our community. That sort of excessive use of force isn't justifiable here. www.instagram.com/p/DPCEAtpjmT...

Poland requested more air defense from NATO to help protect against Russia. France & UK are sending aircraft to help reinforce Poland. Combat helicopters are practicing defensive runs in Warsaw and other cities. Latvia has closed its airspace, and Estonia and Lithuania are receiving reinforcements.

In another unsigned decision from SCOTUS, the court clears the way for “legal” racial profiling tactics in immigration arrests based on: 👤 Appearance 🗣️ Language 💼 Occupation In a fiery dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted the decision as “unconscionably irreconcilable."

Horrifying and not OK. That area has a higher immigrant population than many others in Iowa due to the huge number of hog confinements and other agribusiness efforts concentrated there.

IOWA: Some faculty at DMACC received an email today, saying they needed to verify all their students were legal residents. They were asking for volunteers to help the students k ow how to upload the documents to their system. The email came to their inbox today, and the deadline for getting /

this is disgusting

People in Nepal, including children, have been killed by police and security forces in Gen Z-led protests against government corruption. Despite the purpose of the demonstrations, international media headlines have reduced them to merely protests over the country’s ongoing social media ban.

Ahem