A reminder to the Tubi-addicted that Kanopy is free w a library card, ad-free, and is Not Fucking Around when it comes to genre

under pritzker's watch. if he doesn't just WANT this (if) the only conclusion is politicians are more afraid of "their own" cops than of the executive branch or of their constituents. this is obviously unsustainable

We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment. This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

For everyone who has been asking us for black shirts, a spooky season gift for you. Sanctuary District now comes in black and other dark colors! Get it here: bonfire.com/sanctuary-district-dark

A call to bookshops when setting up banned books displays. Feature alive authors who could be struggling due to this. Yes, Stephen King gets banned but he's doing ok financially. So many others are not.

Donald Trump's ideal Democrat is @mayorbowser.dc.gov - in this case using her to justify slashing local emergency response grants.

James and state AGs are among the last mechanisms of accountability. That’s why they’re under attack. As AG, I wouldn’t back down. We can’t. Also, SCOTUS gave Trump absolute immunity—but not his cronies. If Stephen Miller breaks the law, Colorado will hold him accountable.

Judge issues temporary restraining order against DHS in Chicago, affirming attacks on press during ICE protests "clearly violate" constitution. ln further win for transparency, agents also required to wear badges or other visible ID with unique number.

Great news for #Ward4 and DC! 💧🛠️ Today, #Petworth was the site of the 10,000th lead pipe replacement in DC. It’s a testament to the hard work of @dcwater.bsky.social and thousands of neighbors who have stepped up to make their homes and our city safer.

🎉 Our hotline is back to normal! If you had any issues getting through to us in the past two days please call back.

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

Since 2021, DCPS has become D.C.'s leading sponsor of H1-B visas for its employees. But some 200 teachers who took jobs under the expectation that the school system would sponsor a green card are now facing uncertain futures, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports. 51st.news/dc-green-car...

It’s been very exciting to see a new Metro ad that is emphatically not in the genres “inscrutable but increasingly scary defense contracting” and “become a cop and get tons of money right away”

Dwayne has his job back because we organized for it. We fight or we die. Join AAUP today www.aaup.org/join

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Three cheers for the Constitution's right to a jury: a federal jury in Los Angeles "took just over an hour to acquit [Brayan] Ramos-Brito of a misdemeanor assault count" in an ICE-scuffle case hinging heavily on the testimony of border sector chief Gregory Bovino, now doing raids in Chicago.

DCPS reneged on its promise to help hundreds of international teachers secure a green card. Many may now be forced to leave the country. Read the full story from @maustermuhle.bsky.social 51st.news/dc-green-car...

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Meta sent emails to 6 people informing them that ICE had served the company with a subpoena demanding extensive personal information about the users. The accounts, most notably StopIce.net, are part of a broader crowd-sourcing movement that works to publicly identify masked ICE agents.

On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US. And nobody covered it. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

The @washingtonpost.com's Emma Uber & @teoarmus.bsky.social caught @mayorbowser.dc.gov in a bald-faced lie. On Tuesday, she said "ICE is not patrolling with MPD." Confronted that day with video of ICE patrolling with MPD and abducting people handed to them by MPD, she was forced to change her tune.

The @nytimes.com broke down how DC became a testing ground for ICE and their conclusions are exactly what organizers have been screaming about at the top of our lungs: “One key to the strategy: ICE’s close partnership with both [MPD] and the U.S. Park Police.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...

The Ann Arbor District Library is stepping up to preserve local news. It announced plans to acquire the Ann Arbor Observer, a publication serving residents since 1976, to ensure continued public access to vital community information. Learn more: aadl.org/node/647334

Lots of places in DC have shutdown drink specials, but only one place has drink specials AND the chance to belt out your feelings with live piano Broadway karaoke. Come sing with me tonight at Sid Gold's Request Room in Union Market from 6-9 then stick around for even more karaoke!

Write a letter to your lawmakers using our action center tool urging them to vocally oppose journalist Mario Guevara's deportation. Guevara could be kicked out of the country as early as this week. He is legally authorized to work here and is not charged with any crime.

great thread: check it out to have a full view of Piper’s work digging up how Dem cities remain entangled in ICE coordination

If you live in California, stop what you’re doing and take 2 minutes to call Newsom’s office in support of SB79. Building more housing near transit is good.

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

The beef checkoff has paid millions for research to justify its cost to ranchers. But that research is flawed and doesn't account for small producers. That means that independent ranchers are paying a tax and the money is being spent on shoddy research to falsely claim that the system helps them.

I'm so excited for today's DC Family Bike Fest!!! Come join the fun and visit me at the Art & Activism table, where we'll have some fun and easy activities, including social media activations, to help you advocate for bike and pedestrian infrastructure. Plus candy bracelets, of course!

He's a courtier writing inside anti-reality for other anti-reality participants

It is not a coincidence that most of the videos you see of ICE agents using excessive force seem to feature unarmed women half their size. 🙃

But Brett Kavanaugh assured us this couldn’t possibly happen, which is why racial profiling is very cool and very legal.

This is not a romance. Nobody is "in love" with apps. There are no A.I. boyfriends. You cannot "date" a chatbot. Accepting this framing and treating it as real is tech-industry propaganda. slate.com/technology/2...

The shambolic attempt to stop Zohran Mamdani should give you a lot of hope. Some of the most powerful people on the planet would stop at nothing to prevent him from becoming mayor and they just keep slamming their dicks in the doorframe.

Should be a bigger deal how many of these people are in a cult.

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.

Disney has backed down, but there's no evidence that Sinclair or Nexstar have learned their lesson. If you haven't already done so, check the links in the thread below for stations in your area. Find the advertisers and let them know you're boycotting them until they remove ads from these stations.

new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity. "To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."

Protests, mass meetups, conferences—a youth-led movement is reclaiming the Luddite mantle, rejecting a future dominated by Silicon Valley companies, toxic apps, and generative AI. This fall, a "Luddite renaissance" is in full swing. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-luddit...

BREAKING: A @nytimes.com investigation has revealed that many J-1 visa holders - expecting a cultural exchange experience - "have suffered abuse and mistreatment by American businesses in a poorly regulated program that is ripe for exploitation." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/n...

🚨Alerta de Migra 🚨Hemos recibido varias alertas que ICE está por la intersección de 14th St NW y Missouri, con varios arrestos desde la mañana. Evite la zona si es posible!

NEWS: The D.C. Council just passed an emergency bill allowing anyone to get a COVID-19 vaccine without a doctor's prescription, which have been requested recently due to changes in federal vaccine recommendations. (And some D.C. residents have had to go to Maryland or Virginia.)

Honestly what distinguishes this guy from a tacticool school shooter? Nothing.

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Rather than seeing this as a political project, I would suggest it's better to see this as a reflection of an economy increasingly centered around the extremely niche emotional needs of people with billions of dollars to spare...

I’m continuing to report on the state of the H-2A program in the months ahead. Are you a H-2A worker? Do you employ H-2A workers? Are you a regulator? Or have another role related to the H-2A program? I’d like to hear from you. Please get in touch: propublica.org/people/max-b...