The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge "Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."

As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.

"Death of the artist" means when Amy Tan says "I did not intentionally put numerological symbolism in Joy Luck Club" you can go "ok but unconscious-you is very clever and it's in there anyhow." It does not mean "it doesn't matter if JKR is a terrible person."

Gmail users!! They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off. Pass it on!! www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Bullshit alert: some NZ politicians (dishonestly) claiming that the puberty blocker ban is about "saving" kids from "unnecessary" medical interventions and "letting them make up their own minds" No, that's *what puberty blockers* do. It gives those kids time to work out their own identity.

All the worst people on Earth are having meltdowns right now and we should celebrate it. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Swastikas, nooses and the Confederate flag are reportedly no longer considered to be hate symbols by the U.S. Coast Guard

not like there were any lingering questions about the dept of homeland security and where it stands on the to-nazi-or-not-to-nazi question, but still...holy shit

If you’re ever embarrassed about where you are in life, just know you can’t be more embarrassing than the ONE(1) U.S. House representative who voted to protect a p*dophile

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary school teacher combined. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

There are many different ways to practice astrology and none of them are wrong except for when you use chatgpt to practice astrology.

This lady is not your friend.

Tbh astrology ain't even something to believe in lol it's a system of timekeeping and observations that just works.

In addition to being straight-up Nazi rhetoric, the "undocumented immigrants caused the housing crisis" lie seems designed to drive me, personally, insane.

Oh, fuck you all the way to the fucking sun Bob

You all honest to God think that the eight Democrats that voted to end the shut down just happen to be people that weren’t up for reelection anytime soon or at all? If you think that I can’t talk to you.

After 232 years, the U.S. Mint has produced its last-ever penny

Copper is the metal of Venus, in case the connection is not clear

The penny being discontinued is so Venus in Scorpio. A planet in its detriment does not stand up to the social values- it’s subject to judgements, right or wrong, about its worth. In this case, it’s literal - our once all-copper coin has been rendered worthless - it will no longer exist.

NEW: During the government shutdown, many theories emerged as to what Republicans were up to. Today’s stunning email release may have answered that question: it was all about the Epstein files. Whatever is in them has kept the government closed and Trump awake at night, Marc Elias writes.

Myriad of feelings about this one. It rings hollow considering the place we’re in now, as well as the numerous times that she’s been confronted with this. At the same time, it makes me want to praise the protestors because clearly their persistence is bearing fruit… it ain’t a monumental shift but.

Avg age of the 6 democrats who caved is 67, and that's including John Fetterman at 56. Do with that what you will

They literally laughed about not picking up phones to stop a genocide and y’all thought they would stop your own?

The fact I see people promoting using ChatGPT for Astrological readings genuinely baffles & disgust me. One person said you have to correct half the information but it “works” If you’re doing half the work clearly it doesn’t…

The US used to murder Black folks for knowing how to read. White folks made post cards from picnics around hung bodies. Forced sterilization of women was a sanctioned program in the US. The US is multiple atrocities stitched together. What’s happening today is mild in comparison to history

Black, Brown and Native folks aren’t flipping out like white people because we know what’s happening now isn’t an aberration in US history. This is the norm. This is how it’s always been. There has never been a moment we haven’t been in survival mode.

I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.

If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS. Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org

If you earned a dollar per second, it would take you: 11.574 days = $million 31.71 years = $billion 31709.792 years = $trillion We are fundamentally bad at understanding numbers at scale cuz this is absurd.

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago is entering a preliminary injunction governing the use of force against protesters and journalists.

I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it. So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.

Illinois passed the Illinois Bivens Act, which allows folks to sue ICE officers who violate their rights. “damages can increase based on various factors … including the use of facial coverings, crowd control measures like tear gas, vehicles with a non-Illinois license plate or no license plate…”

Living for Mamdani being in an 11th house profection year. Living for the hope of it all, and it actually comes true!! Collective action and communal organizing means dreams are achieved. The house of good spirit is popping off.

"Lack of interest and boredom are negative factors; enthusiasm, positive expectation, hope, and belief in the possibility of ESP make for good results and seem to be the real conditions which determine whether there are going to be any results at all." -Carl Jung

Mamdani winning is the most hope I’ve felt about politics in I don’t know how long. Crying tears of joy this morning at the news. IT CAN BE DIFFERENT. THE FUTURE CAN BE SO DIFFERENT.

Today instills hope in me that under this administration good things will happen. Not because of them, but in spite of them.

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Mamdani: “We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us. Now, it is something that we do.”

Nearly every county in Virginia has shifted blue in a massive statement against Donald Trump.

All jokes aside, people from across the country are invested in Zohran Mamdani winning because the people need hope. Folks are feeling run down. Things are bleak. We need proof that our neighbors still know how to make the right choice and that change is possible.

BIG BREAKING: Democrat Zohran Mamdani is elected Mayor of New York City, in the largest turnout vote since 1969. He becomes the first Muslim and immigrant mayor of New York City, and the first Muslim to be elected of a major U.S. city.

FUCK YEAH! And also... nice.

Damn, I didn't realize how badly I needed some good political news. Congrats to NY And VA!!

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

Teen Vogue was one of the only outlets that took young people seriously as political actors and covered how they're organizing, voting, and being impacted by state + national legislation. It was a launching pad for so many great young journalists