“The Latino presence in America spans centuries, predating Spain’s colonization of what is now part of the United States, and they have been an integral part of shaping our nation since the Revolutionary War.” We have always been here, and we will always be here ✨ #HispanicHeritageMonth

the fact that so many people frame autism as “a problem that needs to be solved” is a constant reminder that being “not normal” isn’t acceptable to a large amount of the world. it’s the same reason there’s a trans panic right now too. they think people are defective

imagine getting the opporitunity to go inside the bari weiss austin university and taking everything they say at total face value www.statesman.com/news/educati...

I hate to say I told you so but… www.ynetnews.com/article/sjje...

The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians is celebrating 20 years of helping artists in the Austin area.

I was glad to have this spelled out for me because I've never been able to understand why high-profile conservatives saying non-white people are bad is free speech but students saying high-profile conservatives are bad is illiberal cancel culture.

We have an expert on academic freedom on the UT Austin faculty. The university and the System should listen to David Rabban, and we should all read his book on academic freedom as a First Amendment right!

I think the regime will try to scare people at the next big rally. I think they may try to shut it down nationwide and the cops are gonna get very violent with normies. And that's just not gonna fly.

"There is no longer 'news' in the US: only speculation, propaganda in oligarch-run newspapers, dark money posts disguised as articles, the occasional well-researched but paywalled piece, and independent reporting blocked by algorithms." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/tunnel-vis...

We can't pay Americans to do farm labor, but we sure as hell can give them SUVs, guns, and signing bonuses to kidnap and falsely imprison farm workers

The destructive nature of the current feudalized version of capitalism needs to be talked about more on social media.

Leading national political reporters vowed that never again would they look the other way when a president was showing every sign of being too debilitated to do the job

the great american dictator, powerless in the face of one half of “the man show”

Autistic and neurodivergent people deserve far better than a government looking to prevent their existence, let alone one that will invent fictitious ways to do so that puts everyone in danger

I take this as a direct threat to the personal safety of every neurodivergent person I know, myself included.

If they walk it back, and your wallets follow, you will have taught them exactly how cheaply you can be bought, and confirm that you'll tolerate sacrificing human rights for everyone except those who are already unspeakably privileged.

Like this is way worse than what Oprah said about beef, right?

I cannot emphasize this enough: The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent. They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so. Doomers are not realists.

"Just keeps spreading, doesn't it?"

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...

New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff 📢 Margaret talks about the current political landscape and how to prepare ourselves. @margaret.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

Took a break from history to talk about the history unfolding around us

Incident reports are redacted over possible "confidential business information."

NEW: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding the agency release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read messages from encrypted chat apps www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

Moscow is literally "encircled" by Ukrainian drones. Russia has closed the airspace over its capital. Airports have implemented the "Kover" (Carpet) plan.

Good morning to the men who are doing the work of dismantling the toxic structures installed in them by violence!

Like if you want leftist votes, you should have leftist policies.

“The obvious next step in that playbook is to expand from targeting immigrants to go after anarchists, leftists, and other opponents of the regime…” What does that mean? How can we prepare to weather the storm? Read this @crimethinc.com how-to guide

If we’re unable to organize politically, freely contest political decisions, peacefully and democratically vie for power, then we no longer live in a democracy. At that point, we’re once again subjects. That’s why we’re fighting so hard for our rights in TX. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Corporations are transnational but we aren't. They aren't people. They're more free than people.

Good morning. Immigration is good. Trade is good. There are nuances but they are narrow enough that free and open movement of people and goods should be the default.

this is like parody at this point

“Fifty thousand in cash. That’s not rumor. That’s not Twitter gossip. That’s the FBI, with cameras rolling, catching Trump’s future border czar pocketing greenbacks like a man who knew his ship had come in.” migrantinsider.com/p/breaking-t...

Can anyone name a Dem politician with a humane and reality based immigration plan, other than Beto?

u know what 2 do.

@doggett.house.gov go out in a blaze of glory challenge. This is embarrassing leadership and someone should loudly say so. Preferably with swear words.

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

shit ain’t over til it’s over

Not exaggerating when I say that this entire story is the ultimate confluence of every single thing wrong with our society An accident happened to a person a tech millionaire was exploiting causing her baby to die so she rained down godlike power to terrorize & destroy her life forever in response

they really got kicked out of england, started a new country, and immediately got to work on the death cult theology

Protesters yell at one agent with an American flag mask and sleeves “Nazi” as they push demonstrators off the sidewalk in front of the driveway. “Proud of it,” the agent replied.

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The study Olúfémi cited here is long and detailed, but I want to highlight two specific paragraphs which get at why, like him, I know we will win.

Found another early example of anarchism being linked to democracy. A 1937 article in Vanguard by the anonymous authors S.M. and R.W. described an anarchist communist society as one in which “democracy is therefore maximised and made an active process” (Vanguard Vol 4, no 1, p13).

disney adults showing up like the end of avengers endgame

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I told the Reverend he made me proud to be a Christian.

Things that always work all of the time, with studies to prove it, boosting the economy and productivity, and increasing quality of life and public health, and that will never, ever be implemented within my lifetime: 1. UBI 2. 4-day working week