twelve years later i finally have a companion for this image that’s been living a lonely life in my syntax slides

The National Council for Adoption describes itself as a “leading authority about adoption,” but that’s only because its mission is to *promote* adoption. It’s best understood as the adoption industry’s main lobbying group. Its president recently resigned to take a job in Trump’s DHS. +

Amy Klobuchar running for Governor of Minnesota

I need you all to step up and put this show on The Internet (free) because it will be 2 am where I am so I won’t get to see it until I wake up in the morning (not like there’s live US “football” in South Africa anyway) and it’ll be the first thing I reach for

Pretty sure this is very old news to most of us, but nice to see major outlets finally catching up. No but seriously please consider getting off of substack as soon as you can. There's lot's of other non-nazi alternatives. Thanks. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

I’m a massive Conejo Malo fan, and I love Lynda’s post, but some of the replies. Y’all: 1) Yes BB sings about all kinds of things, but mostly he sings about sex. The big difference is that he sings about women’s pleasure as much as men’s. But for those humming

Palestinian Uncles doing freestyle poetry battles coming with some of the hardest lines I’ve heard in a long time.

Bwa ha ha motherfuckers

Everyone should watch this video. Everyone. It’s about collective responsibility for what ICE will do wherever it builds a gulag, and it is *powerful.* It’s less than three minutes of your life. Pass it on.

stuff like this is why i have trouble with the incrementalism and slow-walking from dems. this is happening *right now*

If there is media coverage suggesting we have used a dataset we know to be pirated, such as LibGen, this may undermine our negotiating position with regulators on these issues,” they wrote in an internal communication.” Yeah, fuck them to hell and keep them there

The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit. Gentle Spades "I'm a veteran"

Hate having to do this: "I’m sorry I must decline your invitation,. Routledge signed an agreement with MS to feed its author’s work into generative AI training. Contracts have no opt-out option. They are shamelessly predating on the publishing requirements of academic careers...

You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump. This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.

Yo somebody let me in RFK is out here with a falcon and a bike

bill clinton requesting a public congressional hearing is fine or whatever but literally no one is stopping him from speaking publicly now. we know you’re guilty dude take all the other creeps down with you

Just because good news is worth celebrating: There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection. HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

It might even happen later today

Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.

First Nations have to do this, because the US-allied Canadian government has refused to warn anyone for a year #cdnpoli

BREAKING: Bard College President Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and hosting a visit with “girls” on campus… As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.

"Investors must act fast; this is the most exciting get-rich-quick opportunity since Bitcoin started accepting Bitcoin in transactions for Bitcoin."

Name them shame them

NEW: Native dancers held a jingle dress healing ceremony at the memorials of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis — prayer, culture, and solidarity. This is a movement! Share so everyone is aware!

the number of academics who were in touch with Epstein really puts the (elite) backlash to Title IX's enforcement against sexual violence into perspective.

On her 113th birthday, let’s also celebrate Rosa Parks as a mentor to young activists! Like @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social told @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social here, Parks “found tremendous hope and sustenance in the spirit and militancy of young people.”

will the intern tasked with posting for chuck please take five minutes to actually show him the replies? you'd be doing everyone a real solid here

World's least surprising stat, now with alt text:

Juan Declet-Barreto, de UCS, analiza cómo la administración Trump ha revitalizado la vieja Doctrina Monroe —renombrada como “Doctrina Donroe”— para justificar el intervencionismo estadounidense en América Latina, con el fin de apoderarse de los combustibles fósiles y recursos minerales de Venezuela.

Adding cordial fluff to emails can be so exhausting. I wish it were possible to get straight to the point without offending people. Like, don't be nasty, but spare me the throat clearing.

Sorry, but date night is to get the fuck away from the difficult issues. We have rules about this on date night. FFS Difficult issues get their own time. They don’t get to overpower the pleasures of eating & audiencing. USians need to learn how to stop optimizing their time and begin living

ngl, I enjoyed the

There is no “cease fire” if the killing and starving continue. The killing and starving continue.

"House GOP majority shrinks to just one vote as Johnson swears in new House Democrat" The House Republican majority just got reduced to a perilously slim one-vote margin thanks to a Democrat's victory in Texas over the weekend. l.smartnews.com/p-75Gdm1lm/q...

Fr I have childhood trauma around this. Moved to Medellin age 7 and all the kids made fun of me for my “trash” Spanish. So when I say this line feels deeply cathartic… ¡El mundo entero conoce mi dialecto!

Zohran Mamdani's STATEWIDE favorability rating is 48/32, with a positive rating among independents (43/31). Within New York City (via a crosstab), Mamdani's favorability rating in this poll is 68% to 20%.

They’re investigating Twitts for, among other things, crimes against humanity

A reminder that Bad Bunny performs in front of the biggest audience on earth in seven days

One major actor in US capitalimperialism is betting its longer term profitability on including the rest of the Americas. They’re not political saviors. They’re businesspeople making predictions. But you better believe that el Conejo Malo will make the most of it

There's really no winning. If you have an opinion without giving the credentials, you are told you don't know what you're talking about. And if you give the credentials, you're told you're a "gatekeeper" and "professionalizing" and trying to shut newcomer leadership out.

The generalized idiocy of this aside, how are people gonna be healthy without access to healthcare? Asking for a country.

This was my reply to every student who wrote to express interest in working with me as of January 2025, when I realized that each member of our family would be targeted by a different fascist policy and that we had to get out before anyone got seriously injured - or killed.

OTOH there's this. HELL YES. Peut-être que les institutions françaises vont maintenant arrêter d'utiliser X? Juste une idée...

I'm sorry @theguardian.com but "failed to quell outrage" is the best you can do for a headline?? How about "fueled justified outrage"? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Making it make sense: Epstein wasn't a global mastermind. He did not orchestrate a vast conspiracy that led us to today. He was a very rich man with connections to other very rich men. The shared culture of these men is that they have a right to dominate and abuse others without consequence.

Alarmed yet?

The “verify your humanity” exercise on the MIT alum site has leveled up. “Choose the objects that fulfill the same purpose as the example object,” in this case a glass. Still aimed at neurotypicals, tho. God forbid you should select any of the soup bowls and argue that you can drink from them too

Fascinating bit that I didn't know But as a recent San Francisci resident, I do know the answer to the question in the headline. That's a YES

The latest issue of History Workshop Journal is out now, and it marks two exciting milestones: 50 years and 100 issues of innovative radical history. You can read the journal on the HWJ website through the link below! academic.oup.com/hwj...