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Rabbit scissors, 1980s www.instagram.com/p/C5LrKH1NJDq/

This story is absolutely critical for understanding the world we live in and bowled me over when I first read it.

Scenes from the ritual Good Friday procession to Santuario de Chimayo in Chimayo, New Mexico. People walk from as far away as Albuquerque—about 90 miles. We drove then walked the last couple of miles. Beautiful day.

A new death penalty law passed by the Israeli Knesset is "basically specifically written to apply only to Palestinians," says Sarit Michaeli from the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/2/israel_death_penalty

Spain. France. Italy. Austria. @reuters.com

Snoot boopability: 10/10

It's so clear to me that Trump placed women high up in the most corrupt portions of his Cabinet - Noem with DHS, Tulsi as DNI, Bondi with DOJ, Leavitt as WH press sec - to take the fall for more powerful men. That they don't see they're pawns is fascinating.

From our magazine: When Republican operatives arrive to propose book bans or attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the local schools, Miguel Arredondo’s firm but kind presence helps remind his fellow trustees what’s at stake for some of the most marginalized students.

The Colorado Times Recorder reports on ICE’s sprawling network of unofficial detention sites:

Heron encircled by a snake. While eating a worm. By Maria Sibylla Merian, born OTD in 1647.

J.D. Vance's "Ain't I A Woman?" is going to be a real coup de grace.

Two brilliant civil rights lawyers - one Asian American; one Black American. Both women. @aclu.org’s Cecellia Wang & @legaldefensefund.bsky.social’s @janainelson.bsky.social. They argued two of the most consequential cases in SCOTUS this year. This embrace is one of my favorite moments of the day.

Texas is cutting undocumented immigrants off from school, work and driving. The sweeping rule changes, all enacted outside the typical legislative process, have upended life for noncitizens, including those who are here legally.

Someone sent me this.

Iranian EFPs are said to have killed hundreds of troops in the Iraq War -- a coalition war in which our NATO allies *also* participated and sacrificed, however reluctantly. Putting those deaths on the backs of NATO militaries *now* is General Jack D. Ripper levels of resentment, insanity, & bullshit

Liberal Currents has quietly become one of the few outlets taking male supremacy seriously, either as a foundation of Trumpist fascism or as a system of oppression in its own right.

Chlorine dioxide, a chemical used for disinfecting and bleaching. Pressurized pure oxygen. Raw camel milk. Under RFK Jr., the FDA took down a webpage warning about these and other dangerous remedies claiming to treat autism.

A WIRED investigation has identified multiple members of the paramilitary units behind some of the most egregious immigration enforcement actions of the last year. from @awinston.bsky.social and @regret.bsky.social

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Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.

I often share ProPublica work by picking one quote that stood out to me. But I can't narrow it down with this jaw-dropping piece by @kbmorales.bsky.social and @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social so, uh, 🧵I guess: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

The Mayor’s Scholarship Program will allow full-time city employees to apply for financial assistance to pursue associate and bachelor’s degrees, in addition to advanced degrees: gothamist.visitlink.me/E8Vbfy

The fact that Trump is going to oral arguments to pressure the justices to acquiesce to his attempted nullification of a constitutional amendment and create a stateless class for the first time since the civil war, illustrates what is really at the core of the Trump project and it isn’t tariffs.

God’s April Fool’s joke: A corrupt, racist, warmongering president idolized by evangelical Christians attends oral arguments to watch “originalists” appease him by gaslighting about the plain language of the Constitution in order to turn millions of children into refugees without a country.

When Bondi took over, the DOJ declined to prosecute a staggering 23,000 criminal cases, including those stemming from yearslong investigations into charges of terrorism, white collar crime and drugs. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

There’s also a non-zero chance that Trump shows up with Roberts’ brother or nephew or some shit, the way Michael showed up to Frankie Five Angels Senate testimony with his brother.

I think this is SUCH an important discussion, and she was so great. Reupping so people know this is out there. I raved to my husband about it all evening— she was fantastic.

Big loss for Trump, as federal judge halts work on White House ballroom Judge: “The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!”

A Congress full of (mostly) men surrendering their dignity to Trump is so easy to mock that we can lose sight of the fact that movement conservatives have planned this kind of unitary presidential authority for decades—specifically to push a far-Right policy agenda that most people actually hate👇

Abomination Airport seems kinda uninviting

Few national Democrats have pushed back as forcefully against Trump’s authoritarian crackdown. There’s a reason for that.

This is called “strategic defeat.” You have ended up in a worse position than before you began, with your adversary, while battered, emerging in a stronger position than before.

Yes, & also it doesn't matter, because urban & coastal Americans are also Real Americans, just like public sector workers are also Real Workers, & everyone born here is a Real Citizen, & we should reject these ugly Herrenvolk divisions of the far right authoritarians about who is a "Real" Person.

Here is Episode Two of @texasobserver.org and The Unforgotten’s podcast with @michellepitcher.bsky.social on the #CharlesFlores investigative hypnosis death penalty case “Riding Shotgun: In Your Mind’s Eye” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

Squirrel of the Day for March 30, 2026, after reading the headlines #sqrlpix

Hey, if you work in food (media, restaurants, cooking, bev, broadcast, science, academia, biz, nearly anything), & you're an immigrant to the US, & you're under 38 years old—you REALLY ought to apply for the Vilcek Foundation’s Creative Promise in Culinary Arts prize! vilcek.org/prizes/vilce...

Stephen Miller allegedly urged Department of Homeland Security agents to “force confrontations” with protesters in Minneapolis in order to win a “PR battle." trib.al/NcbpdiX

Charlie Brown was smarter about the football

Péter Magyar has barnstormed the country since he burst on the scene suddenly two years ago, demonstrating that with enough conviction, determination, and will, persuasion is possible even in a soft autocratic regime.

"Trump gives Russia yet another pass, says it’s ‘fine’ for Putin to break Cuba oil blockade" www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Pencil bedroom of your wildest dreams. www.instagram.com/p/ClquEnmtJ_... Scanned from a Sears catalogue 1992.

Trump is likely going to pull Casey Means’ nomination because the enormous backlash has made her toxic to electeds. Until it’s official, there is still time to join us at @defendpublichealth.bsky.social and write to your Senator to oppose her.

A law professor told me on background that depending on jurisdiction, witholding medicine may not count as as disability discrimination. I'm still having trouble wrapping my brain around that when I see stories like this.

BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. I'll explain it all in 45 minutes on @meidastouch.com here: www.youtube.com/live/H-D8SzR...

Audre Lorde's "master's tools" speech was not about tech platforms. So why does tech discourse keep citing it as if it were? I write about that here: tarakiyee.com/on-the-enshi... #enshittification #AudreLorde #techpolicy

So Elissa Slotkin kicked off No Kings weekend by going on bill maher and shitting all over Democrats who live “on the coasts.” Cool. So she won’t be doing any fundraising out here, right?

“'Republicans in Texas have been skillful at crafting a version of Texas history that is favorable to their current goals,'” writes Griscom, a first-time author who hosts a podcast for the socialist magazine Jacobin and a streaming show called Left Reckoning." via @TexasObserver

"Centrist groups like Third Way are trying to cancel the popular progressive streamer as part of their campaign to ‘reduce far-left influence and infrastructure.’ Why are top Democrats joining in?" Read here, by @andrewperez.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/third-way-...

"Over 29 years, researchers found that shrubs increased by 150 percent in warmed plots compared with those without warming. The surface of the soil was dried by up to 20 percent, and shallow-rooted plants became stressed."