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What if the Department of Homeland Security knows exactly what they're doing with the outrage bait and they're counting on you to spread their memes

There is no rift between Vance and Trump on Israel/Iran, per reporting from my Zeteo colleagues: zeteo.com/p/trump-rage...

A 22-year-old just got a $30 million investment valuing his new futures exchange at $300 million. He graduated Stanford, wrote for Thiel's Stanford Review, interned at Andreessen Horowitz. His mom? Pro-crypto Sen. Gillibrand, D-NY. Bipartisan capture in full bloom. fortune.com/2026/06/18/t...

What this illustrates VERY clearly is how deeply US leadership has always been in line with Israel’s goals and actions. All that’s happening now is that Israel is taking action that conflicts with the priorities of the current administration. They’re showing you how easy it could have been.

This is who Israel murdered There are literally hundreds if not thousands of sea turtles that were given a chance to survive thanks to Mona Khalil. She’s been doing this work for over two decades. And Israel murdered her

Mona Khalil, Lebanon’s most well-known sea turtle conservationist, died of her wounds today after being injured by an Israeli strike I feel sick

But I was told it was inevitable.

something tells me that nothing short of bringing back apartheid would satisfy the administration

What goes unsaid in these heinous stories about denying essential aid is that a 28-year-old DOGE lackey with zero experience named Jeremy Lewin was named Acting Director of the State Department’s Office of Foreign Assistance in April 2025 and still hasn’t had a confirmation hearing.

Always remember: Someone has seen you live your life as an out trans person and realized, for the very first time, that a future is actually possible.

people in america and in western media keep thinking this ends when trump decides it ends or assuming the iranians don’t have agency or don’t have an interest in drawing this out and maximizing the pain for everyone. i do not know where this assumption is coming from. maybe edward said would.

✨JUNETEENTH MUTUAL AID THREAD ✨ Here’s a thread with Black folks you can support in celebration of #Juneteenth. Do some good - even if you’re sending $3 to a Black person to treat themselves to a dessert or a coffee! Circulate & give to at least one person in the thread if you have the means 💜

In a global milestone, Peru’s Satipo and Nauta-Loreto regions have recognized native stingless bees as rights-bearing entities. Backed by a 2025 national law, the framework allows legal action to shield critical pollinators from deforestation and pesticides. Liz Kimbrough reports for #Mongabay.

Oh my god thank god.

With the lion's share of detainees being held on a pre-trial basis for alleged immigration civil infractions, this whole thing involves SLAVERY for the benefit of PRIVATE PRISON CORPORATIONS.

Right, it’s terrifying to consider the possibility of kids not reporting groomers and abusers if they’re afraid THEY will get in trouble for defying age verification laws.

vouched fundraiser for the Minneapolis defendants chuffed.org/project/1865...

They signed it WHERE

This is the fundraising page for the 15 people indicted on "Antifa" charges for allegedly participating in rapid response networks and protests against the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities. chuffed.org/project/1865... All funds raised will go directly to supporting the defendants through trial.

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Truly monstrous.

At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/

I just learned that the term "carbon footprint" was developed by BP to offload responsibility for climate change onto individuals. Something like that's happening in higher ed with AI. Institutions capitulate or dodge; students are submitting; & they believe it's their individual failing. 7/

I’m cracking up at the idea of applying a binary gender breakdown to BlueSky.

this is a catastrophe and he will do harm, and only harm, to those living with disabilities

After charging 15 people with "Antifa" crimes for participating in rapid response networks, federal agents are pepper-spraying people outside the Federal Courthouse in the Twin Cities right now. They want to establish an autocracy. Everyone's freedom is at stake.

i am somewhat concerned with the fact that immediately previous to suffering atrocities at the hands of the United States, the people into whose hands we would be delivering reparations killed thirty thousand people

US Marshals brutally attack protesters outside St. Paul federal courthouse.

You know, it’s almost as though the bans are more about a massive data grab/surveillance apparatus for all adults online than any real concern over harms caused by the platforms! Huh!

NEW: The DOJ is taking aim at common-sense federal law that prevents voters from being kicked off the registration roles within 90 days of an election. It signals the Trump administration's desire to cancel registrations across the nation in the days leading up to the midterms.

We love the game but the detail that the visa would have required a *fifteen thousand dollar bond* for no reason other than America's fascist border policy really should be emphasized

I know data breaches are annoyingly regular these days - and that I'm a nerdy cybersecurity writer - but the way governments are happy to outsource handling some of the most sensitive information we have to third-party companies who are regularly negligent or outright shady is insane to me.

NPR is comparing a trans woman fleeing Texas for her personal safety with a conservative fleeing Seattle because he was annoyed with his neighbors. This is honestly insane both sides framing to a degree that is just blatant lying by omission.

Why I Don’t Use “Patient Zero”

I’m a trans woman in my forties. Growing up without social media—and during Section 28—I knew nothing about transness and I knew no-one like me. I almost didn’t make it; I dread to think how many didn’t. You can’t tell me that returning to this state is not an intended effect of this proposed ban.

Imagine being a kid and learning both your parents were arrested by ICE. You’ll have to pay rent and survive on your own. I shadowed four siblings—US citizens near Mar-a-Lago—as they try to do that. I'll be thinking about their story for a long time 1/x www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

RIP The Internet 1996-2012 We never knew what we had

A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears. www.texastribune.org/2026/06/15/t...

You don't have to answer the door for the Feds. Do not voluntarily talk to the Feds. If they have a warrant signed by an actual judge, then they can do precisely what the warrant says. But DO NOT TALK TO THE FEDS. Do not answer the door. If you're arrested, your only words are "I want a lawyer."

If you think about it like a building, it is the tallest algae in the world.

Federal prosecutors on behalf of the Trump admin are charging 8 pro-Palestinian activists associated with the University of Michigan with federal felony conspiracy. This is another fascist escalation in how the federal government handles campus protests. 🧵

Not to mention that we’ve destroyed all the irl third spaces where my generation used to hone our social emotional development. Those that are left are surveilled and/or oppressive for marginalized teens. We owe kids more than this, what a nightmare

President Trump's investment accounts traded between $212 million and $695 million in stocks and other securities over the first three months of this year. That's unprecedented. The president should *not* be day trading.

This is great. New research indicates that middle age is now a time of increased depression and anxiety and general mental dismay. But! ONLY FOR AMERICANS. In other countries, things actually get better. The reason? I invite you to open your eyes and look around. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

'We are clamping down on the harm caused by social media. 'Read all about it on the Nazi pogrom deepfake abuse website'

The idea of “chatting” with pieces of writing is deeply offensive to me in a way I find hard to describe. It’s not even an accuracy thing; that matters but it’s not like humans were ever eidetic readers. It’s the conceit that writing isn’t worth reading that gets me. It’s incredibly dehumanizing.

The journalism around this is appalling, too. No one is “bringing history to life.” These people are dead. They deserve rest. You honor their memory by reading their work, not by letting a tech company interpret it for you with unknown biases and omissions. The whole thing is just anti-humanity.

Democratic party: we must spend billions to find out what the people want. The people: (loudly and clearly, through the very process the Democratic Party set up) We want this. Democratic party: we must spend billions to fight this.