This war is dumb and illegal

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

No congress, no constitution, and a king. What a way to celebrate 250 years.

If Americans can’t figure out why we’re starting a war with Iran, then frankly they don’t deserve to know. by Karoline Leavitt

"Your daughter is dead. Now rise up against your government. You're welcome."

Anthropic: We lost a contract because we refuse to build Skynet. OpenAI: We'll do it

Fewer and fewer people having more and more power and wealth will surely end well.

Paramount should enjoy its growing news monopoly while they have it because when Democrats win back power we are going to break up these anti-democratic information conglomerates. All of them.

Chat, is it bad when one tech dude having a modicum of a conscience is the only thing hindering the plans of the worst people in the world to use hallucinatory robots to automate crimes against humanity?

CHRIST this was a bitch to alt text (my phone camera is allergic to this font) but it was worth it so we could enjoy this scorching hot Catholic tea together they just flat out said the SCOTUS Catholics are going to hell. which we knew, but maybe they’ll hear it from the bishops!

One family is about to control CBS, CNN, HBO, and TikTok. They’ll buy Warner Brothers with $24 billion from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi. To win over Trump, they canceled Colbert, blocked a 60 Minutes CECOT investigation, and blocked Talarico. Much more will follow. Block this rotten deal.

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports

Never forget that the primary tactic of this movement is distraction. They point to medical statements, procedural wins and tangentially related anecdotes because *they have no evidence of their core claim* If lots of kids were transitioning without assessment they would be talking about that.

9. The American Psychological Association's reaffirmation of its support for transgender youth health care is significant. Many readers of Singal were left with the wrong impression, and this latest story is yet more proof that the NYT and Singal continue to try to manufacture doubt on trans care.

democrats should internalize that this is what their colleagues think of them and act accordingly

SOTU taking on some ominous lynch mob vibes as the almost entirely white and overwhelmingly male Republicans in the chamber stand and jeer at their Democratic colleagues while their angry, screaming leader eggs them on.

"Two sets of memorials, separated by a quarter of a century, so alike. The reactions of the public exactly the same. The solemn responsibility shown by local residents almost identical. But of course, there is one difference."

“The flag that flies when an American athlete wins a gold medal isn’t Donald Trump’s flag. It’s ours. The anthem that plays isn’t Donald Trump’s song. It’s ours. If we refuse to celebrate what’s great about our country because of the people trying to ruin it, they’ve already succeeded.” Amen.

NEW: Meta’s director of AI safety, supposedly the person at the company who is working to make sure that powerful AI tools don’t go rogue and act against human interests, had to scramble to stop an AI agent from deleting her inbox against her wishes...

One thing we don’t do well, societally or interpersonally, is digest harms when there really isn’t anyone to blame. Being called a n*gger on international television in front of your peers is a harm. Having a disability that creates that harm through no choice of your own is a harm.

The reason we're here is that tens of millions of people will punch a hole in a wall if they hear someone used food stamps to buy soda but they're fine if the right-wing podcaster turned fbi director uses his taxpayer funded private jet to go party whenever he feels like it bsky.app/profile/thed...

“Publics are made and maintained, not discovered preformed, like rock formations. It is a sign of a fatally limited imagination to assume that we can only ever desire the pittance to which we are currently reconciled.” ily Becca Rothfeld

Or, rather, hundreds of even thousands of people, all flushing toilets, taking showers, etc. So if you plan on bringing 9,500 people to one location, you're going to need infrastructure to reflect that. If you don't have it, disease follows.

In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

MUST READ from @nhannahjones.bsky.social today. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...

Literally millions of people worldwide will needlessly suffer & die because of this.

RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out. But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.

In Philadelphia, ICE will share office space with a DMV. A proposed ICE office in Portland, Maine is within walking distance of 8 places of worship. Today WIRED is publishing the locations of dozens of planned ICE offices across the US, part of a major expansion. from @leahfeiger.bsky.social

The choice to frame this rhetorically as a negotiation *with ICE and DHS* rather than, you know, a decision about their future made by their rightful superiors in the popularly elected legislature is, to me, incredibly grating.

the answer to his hypothetical about a five year old American citizen is his party would like to deny it food and healthcare if its parents are working but poor and that the party would like to tear gas the American child if the parents take the kid to do free speech incorrectly

Partisan gerrymandering should be constitutionally barred. SCOTUS says it isn't. Until a constitutional amendment changes that we can't have unilateral disarmament. Which means once Republicans kicked off mid-decade redistricting this was the only possible response

When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it

NBC editing out the booing of JD Vance is a disgrace. It’s an international event. Americans have the right to know what the world is saying. NBC has bowed down to Trump.

Devastated to see what’s happening at a place that I loved because it was the writing home of so many people I loved. what a gutting week

This is so infuriating. They know exactly what they're doing with this headline. They're whipping up the mob to fuel further anti trans hate despite this not being an example of trans women competing in women's sports.

@drericding.bsky.social #medsky

Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...

The argument that people having rights makes law enforcement more difficult is not remotely convincing.

ice is killing americans and democrats are still voting for trump's nominees

Fully expect a DOJ indictment for disrupting church services to come down imminently

all those people complaining about a protest in church are going to rise up over this too right?

PUERTO RICO IS AMERICA If an anonymous NFL player is too dumb to know that the New York Times should at least be smart enough to not amplify it.

Here's an opportunity to support the other journalist arrested today; Georgia Fort, who will have far fewer resources available to her than Don Lemon.

"Every Minnesotan who is upset about the armed goons murdering their neighbors and terrorizing their communities is a paid agent of George Soros who should be imprisoned, and that's my plan for getting Minnesotans to choose me as their next senator."

* bolding "Clearly written to be shared widely" * Here is a judge who knows he has a platform and is acting like it

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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.

If you refuse to vaccinate and your child becomes seriously ill with a vaccine-preventable disease, I can assure you that all of your anti-vax “friends” that you met on social media will be nowhere to be found.

The charges against Don Lemon are ridiculous. He’s a target because he’s black, because he’s media, and because he’s a Trump critic, and because Trump and his minions cannot accept any dissent. It’s deeply pathetic, unamerican, and lawless.