““I have the utmost respect and admiration for our president,” [Nikki] Minaj said. “I don’t know if he even knows this but he has given so many people hope that there is a chance to beat the bad guys and to win and to do it with your head held high.”” 😳

Long-Haul Trucking Was a Refuge for Sikh Immigrants. Until Now. ““People are scared,” Ms. Kaur said, “and this is yet another immigrant community being targeted.”” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

“In a letter to the justice department…one Epstein victim who had reported the sex offender to the FBI…said their name had been wrongly exposed in the DoJ doc dump, but she had been not been allowed to view her FBI file….”The contradiction is extraordinary”” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Much of SF lost power last night. Waymos blocked intersections across the city, even though they are Wayless than 1% of cars on the roads. They accumulated at their failure points--intersections with no green lights, in busy areas, and shut down traffic there.

““I would not knowingly extend communion to an illegal immigrant who is visiting our church,” he said. “That person would be in sin by being in this country illegally, and Christians should obey the law of the land.”” Jesus is not in his heart! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...

Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers. "These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."

Can we swap RFK for this Danish health official?

This can, will, and has turned into a hilarious meme.

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

Airbnb has clearly given “hosts” the option to provide AI generated responses to brush off their “guests.” This is especially useful for all the property management companies representing large landlords. 🙄

“Heritage American” is a bespoke way of saying “I am a white nationalist.”

“According to a recent survey from the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, almost a third of Republicans under the age of 50 openly express racist or antisemitic views, a finding based on a poll of about 2,800 mostly Republican voters.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

“I get the sense from my students that A.I. feels like the sour icing on an already bitter cake. Adults need to step up and set parameters so that it’s not on these kids to self-regulate.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...

Mitt Romney, “we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans’ contributing more.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...

Common Notions gift guide - for all the loved ones who know that labor creates all wealth @veronicagago.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social @enda-b.bsky.social @gleemie.bsky.social

The new Polish president, endorsed by Trump, has ended the tradition of lighting a Menorah at Poland's presidential palace, a gesture of coming to terms with Jewish history. He said he ended the lighting because "I take my attachment to Christian values ​​seriously." forward.com/opinion/7919...

“The Israeli soldiers had rigged [a] can of food with an explosive.” American surgeon Irfan Galaria tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the Israeli military’s brutalization of children, and what he witnessed while working at Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital. Watch: zeteo.com/p/i-did-not-...

These women could instead blame unbridled capitalism as they attempt to distance themselves from a lifetime of overwork and redefine what is possible. Join a union, ladies. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/s...

“Now companies like Amazon and DoorDash are looking at robot delivery services (drones weighing ten pounds carrying chicken wings and pizza in the air over crowded neighborhoods? Robots riding along crowded sidewalks with Amazon products? What could possibly go wrong?)” 48hills.org/2025/12/deli...

Beautiful eulogy for Asad Haider from Jeffrey Weber.

Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy. What's required is investment in working people — and better wages. When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs. Remember this.

Join leadership and experts from @aaup.org AI team and Mijente for an online press conference on the urgent concerns about Palantir Technologies' involvement with the Department of Education. fedscoop.com/palantir-edu... TOMORROW Wednesday, December 17, 4PM ET Register here: bit.ly/4p3iCh7

Two Republican members of Congress are calling for the mass expulsion of Muslims from the U.S. following a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia over the weekend, amplifying an increasingly brazen Islamophobic sentiment within the party.

In DC, Trump officials celebrated the decimation of USAID with a sheet cake. In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak. Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way. www.propublica.org/article/usai...

“”We almost had a midair collision up here," the JetBlue pilot said on a recording. "They passed directly in our flight path. ... They don't have their transponder turned on, it's outrageous.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

America has seen 13 deaths from whooping cough this year, along with the largest measles outbreak since it was declared eliminated in 2000 — all thanks to RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines. From Ryan Cooper: trib.al/dUTGJPO

What nonsense. Reinstate Dr. McCoul.

Bless those who died, the families they left behind, the congregation living in fear, & also this brave man: “Mr. el Ahmed, a Syrian-born fruit seller, risked his life and likely prevented the massacre from being even worse.” The daily horrors are unbearable. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...

Solid reporting by @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social of the @latimes.com on pressure inside the DOJ to pursue a case against UCLA despite very weak facts. (Indeed, the real facts are in my view considerably weaker than this story states.) Nine DOJ attorneys resigned rather than pursue this bogus case.

Is anyone excited about data centers in their communities??

““The political appointees ..determined the outcome almost before the investigation had even started,” said Swedish, referring to Trump administration officials who declared publicly that punishing colleges for antisemitism would be a priority. She resigned in May.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...

This is fascistic.

it's worth noting 1) that there's a longstanding tradition of trying to play solidarity against basic self-respect and 2) that the Combahee River Collective's coining of the term "identity politics" was directly in response to this

Two people whose ideas of the world are utterly uninteresting and often inaccurate - in dialogue!

4/ AI surveillance practices can erode fair pay and harm workers’ health and safety – and is increasingly adopted in healthcare and retail. Research by @veenadubal.bsky.social, Wilneida Negron @awhf.bsky.social 🔷 equitablegrowth.org/how-artifici... 🔷 equitablegrowth.org/research-pap...

Melissa McCarthy playing Sean Spicer was 8 years ago 🥴🫩.

wage discrimination for workers and price discrimination for consumers are two sides of the same algorithmic/data value coin: companies get value out of surveillance by squeezing money out of every kind of relationship they have

So proud to see my friend and colleague @katiejwells.bsky.social ‘s critical research on the front page of today’s NYTimes!!!! Katie, you are a trailblazing scholar! ❤️

Wow sounds an awful lot like the British opposition to Indian self-rule.

Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.

"Last month marked the third time since 2008 that layoffs in November exceeded 70,000, with the other two times being in 2008 and 2022." @paigemcglauflin.bsky.social reports. www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...

A friend brought to my attention a trend of new studies that show “platform work” decrease property crimes. Newsflash! Employment decreases property crime - this is not exceptional to poorly paid jobs. You know what else decreases property crime? Higher wages!

“In addition to compiling a list of undesirables, Bondi directs the FBI to enhance the capabilities (and publicity) of its tipline in order to more aggressively solicit tips from the American public on, well, other Americans” www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...

I told my husband I finished a task for our eldest, and he said, “Okay, that’s closed.” Like we are two customer service agents serving our children.

Much of the Trump administration appears to make critical nation-altering decisions by asking themselves, “How can I act to make my social media followers like my post?”

BREAKING: Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump v. Barbara, a case teeing up the constitutionality of his order rescinding birthright citizenship. Oral argument is likely in March or April with a decision in June.