Jeffries said of the Kirk vote, “this probably was an attempt by some on the right to try to divide the Congressional Black Caucus or divide House Democrats.” No kidding! But really that’s inaccurate. It wasn’t an “attempt”—it succeeded! Jeffries can’t own his obvious failure—he’s not a good leader.

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off

American Psychiatrist Association Statement on White House Announcement on Autism

Unfortunately it’s quite true. Administrators certainly don’t seem to care, and indeed are more likely to hype up “AI pedagogy” (all of which is bullshit) than listen to teachers/deal with the reality. I exert a ton of energy to limit (not eliminate) student “AI” usage. It’s very, very, very bad.

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

I can’t recommend Kelly’s newsletter enough—it’s easily one of my most important reads week after week. Folks who can afford to do so will not regret become a paid subscriber.

breaking from me: the trump administration just suffered its first major loss in court over its onslaught on offshore wind the revolution wind project can now resume construction after a federal judge found its developer orsted was likely to win against the trump order to stop work @heatmap.news

This is horrible news: When I look for informative reporting on politics and elections in Washington state, most of what I find and learn from is from Crosscut/Cascade PBS. This will leave a huge void.

If Jimmy Kimmel is a real one, he’ll call for solidarity with all of the academics and students under fire for their speech about Palestine and Kirk

I'm sorry to learn that Bluestockings is abruptly closing after nearly 30 years. I was a volunteer at Bluestockings when it was a women's bookstore at 172 Allen St under the ownership of founder Kat Welsh, who sold the bookstore in 2003. Here is today's post from Bluestockings on IG. #activism #NYC

I would love for a reporter with an established history/relationship with Sophie to ask her which of Charlie Kirk’s messages she agreed & disagreed with. I.E. “reject feminism,” “prowling Blacks,” Black women lacking “brain processing power.” Not in an antagonistic way, asking her with curiosity.

EXCLU: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will announce today he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of the network suspending comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show last week. www.amny.com/news/mamdani...

Here's what chronic under-funding/neglect has done: my dept is down 8 TT faculty as peeps quit & lines are not replaced. Fin aid, academic advising, fiscal and business + other units all under-staffed, making it harder for students, remaining taff to operate. Infrastructure crumbling. ⬇️ morale.

“The American empire that has sheltered capital for so long is starting to crack. This is a moment of opportunity as well as of peril. A little bit of optimism of the intellect is called for, if only to jump-start the optimism of the will.” —David Harvey

Media execs have fallen prey to a propaganda and harassment campaign that has completely divorced them from what people actually want right now. Both their insular information environments (group chats, podcasts) and ambient noise (Twitter reactionaries) have put them in a very stupid bubble.

New from me: There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo. Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post. Read and judge for yourself. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Great modern example of a Catch-22. Obviously no person who signs the pledge can be considered a journalist, thus by definition no journalists will sign this pledge (which is only for journalists).

the wall street journal still has not retracted its reporting on “transgender bullet markings” btw

Seriously, just look at Missouri, where an abortion rights ballot measure outperformed Democrats in 2024, because abortion rights are popular, and now their Republican legislature wants to override voters to put a repeal on the ballot next election, an attack on democracy.

Here's what we know as of Saturday morning. If White House figures are to be believed, the U.S. has killed 17 people on ships in the Caribbean this month.

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.

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Every one of them (especially Jeffries) should get a serious primary challenger who regularly points out, "my opponent voted for a measure that stated 'Charlie Kirk personified the values of the First Amendment...and did so with honor, courage, and respect for his fellow Americans.'"

Comptroller Brad Lander has been released after he and 10 other electeds were detained while observing immigration proceedings at 26 Fed. Am told all are expected to be released promptly. More Tk.

Overcrowded cells. Unsanitary conditions. Limited access to food and water. These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested. They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.

This is horrific, but just wanted to highlight this quote from a trans kid: “I don’t have to live my life as someone I am not. I am choosing to be brave and assert myself in my true identity, even though it is not socially acceptable. My name is MINE, and mine only. I own this part of myself.”

Zip-tying officials doing oversight, like a completely normal country.

Politicians putting themselves on the line--we all should have their backs going forward for doing so--as other New Yorkers block ICE vans where they normally exit the Federal Plaza courthouse building. Truly great to see this.

Press warned to back up as DHS police take lawmakers were taken away in zip ties, among them Comptroller Brad Lander and 10 other state reps including Bobby Carol, Marcela Mitayanes, Julia Salazar, Emily Gallagher, Jabari Brisport, Jessica Gonzalez Rojas,... story TK

Outside of 26 Federal Plaza, PSC members and allies from across New York— including elected leaders— are blocking ICE vans to prevent the transfer of kidnapped immigrants to detention centers and elevate our urgent demands. #NYvsICE #ICEoutofNY

Outside of 26 Federal Plaza, New Yorkers are blocking ICE vans from leaving 26 Federal Plaza. These vans transfer kidnapped immigrants from courts to detention centers. #ICEoutofNY

HAPPENING NOW: We’re at 26 Fed Plaza, where ICE has been kidnapping immigrant NYers, to demand access to the 10th fl - where people are being inhumanely detained - and to block ICE vans from leaving. We refuse to stand by while ICE abducts our neighbors. Neither should our leaders. #ICEoutofNY

All of the unions in Hollywood should immediately boycott Disney/ABC. They only care about money, so go after that.

So, that is what I am bringing to this moment, and what I am trying to offer other people by writing about it. It is necessary to accept that you might lose everything and find ways to keep on going. It is necessary to get a little hardened, and possible to keep some of your softness.

If there is one "official line" from current or former luminaries of the Democratic Party, it is that people other than them should be standing up and doing things. The actual leaders of the Democratic Party, on the other hand, will continue posting through it and working with the GOP in Congress.

Good and important step, and all of these states should look for ways to partner/ally/collaborate with one another on a host of issues, creating new official (or quasi official) arrangements in the process. Universities should be doing the same thing.

Awful and dangerous to hear the Mayor echo the transphobic bigotry coming from the Trump administration. It's completely at odds with the values of our city and another reason why his single, disgraced term in office cannot end soon enough.

They can vote no or they can vote present--or they can vote for another resolution that condemns Kirk's assassination and violence in general--but no elected Democrat who votes for a resolution "honoring" Charlie Kirk should ever win a Democratic Primary again. That shouldn't even be debatable.

BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.

"Only about one-third of American Jews support Israel’s military operation in Gaza, according to a new survey by the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Rochester." www.ynetnews.com/article/bk9a...

Charlie Kirk was the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.

I could be completely wrong, but I think this kind of shit--blatant state censorship and propaganda of the kind that most anyone can spot--will piss off a lot of people who are not currently that pissed off.

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

a *lot* of anti trans shit coming from the house toward the FY26 bill & i can’t tell you how much it matters for a lot of people to tell dem senators—amidst the week’s jenga tower of moral panics—not to compromise & that trans people are worth fighting for. info & script in the QT ⬇️⬇️ please call!

You want to be alive, but they want you dead. We’re a new, well, funded democratic group that thinks you can meet them halfway.

This map/question almost seems rigged in favor of one of the regions--like building a Dream Team for food.

Yeah, the only reason we're hearing about this person is because they (might) be trans. The press is just bringing this up to try to tie trans people to something we had nothing to do with.

The shape of politics in the US right now is increasingly that the media, political and economic elites are allied with the Trump regime against the actual people of the country who hate it