North Carolina state and local leaders gathered Monday at Oak Grove Elementary School in Raleigh to call on the General Assembly to fund the state’s Farm to School program, warning that federal cuts could threaten student nutrition and local farmers. ncnewsline.com/2025/10/13/f... #nc #ncpol

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close denvergov.org/Government/A...

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina announced plans on Monday to redraw the state’s already gerrymandered congressional maps to further favor their party. The most likely target is the First Congressional District, which has the state’s only competitive House seat.

This is literally an oil pipeline and not only do we massively subsidize it with our tax dollars but it is our leading cause of disabling injury and premature death. We are not an especially clever people.

Tragic.

Will fossil fuels be extractable and refine-able and transportable to keep the hungry data centers humming? Nothing grows forever within a finite system. The outputs of AI may be non-material, but the inputs surely are.

This is important.

John Oliver is a treasure, and I'm glad that this staggering work of genius also took the time to discuss Wari Beiss' Fake University, along with all the other things.

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Reminder: Trump vaccinates himself 👇🏽

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.” By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

👇🎯 Congrats again to Chief Keyser Söze, whose greatest trick was convincing the world that actual John Roberts doesn't exist

Bravo President Kornbluth and Trustees of MIT!

Citizens demanding transparency and lawfulness from their public servants. 📢This is the way. #ChicagoStrong

Beautiful. See subsequent post, too.

Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.

Currently, millions of children are unable to access COVID-19 vaccines through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, a program that provides free vaccines to families that are unable to afford them. Read the full story in AAP News. publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

#ProudBlue Fair elections, made in California, decided by voters. Vote YES on Prop 50 on November 4th to stop Republicans from rigging the 2026 midterms. #YesOnProp50

The legendary Jane Fonda “has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, the McCarthy-era initiative started by her father, Henry Fonda ...” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Following in the footsteps of Francis, (Pope) Leo called on "everyone in society ... [to] put pressure on governments to develop and implement more rigorous regulations, procedures and controls" to fight climate change and protect the environment.” www.politico.eu/article/pope...

Yes! Rep. Dean is telling it straight. Dems need to should this from the rooftops and ask every Republican what they’re going to do about it.

Lisa Murkowski Susan Collins Thom Tillis David Valadao Bryan Steil Etc. Every day, the entire National Conversation is laser-focused on What Democrats Must Do, & these supposedly "moderate" Republicans get total free passes. They're the ones who can end it all. Find them. Ask the hard questions.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

You go, @michaelabarnett.bsky.social

Fascinating thread! Could we also say that true education (as opposed to indoctrination) is anti-fascist?

A little thread: Science is defiantly anti-fascist because it pursues truth, is necessarily collaborative, and relies on open communication. And because its falsifiability is incompatible with the cultism, faith-based belief systems, disinformation, and propaganda of Christian nationalism.

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

Isn’t opposition to fascism (“Antifa”) a synonym for patriotism?

“In Michigan, the oldest daughter of four reportedly scrapped plans to attend college in the fall so she could raise her three younger siblings after their widowed father was detained.”

We have allowed the lazy, grifting Silicon Valley charlatans into the front door, & in doing so, we have learned just how many of our own colleagues & administrators simply are not interested in the actual business of education. It's incredibly demoralizing. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

I thought we might put up a fight in defense of actual education. I guess I should have known better.

Congratulations and thank you to @selc.bsky.social and Sound Rivers for using the law to protect water in Falls Lake, NC. www.wral.com/news/local/d...

“We shouldn’t have to fight this hard for clean drinking water,” Meeker said. “Somebody needs to take responsibility.”

THIS is how Democrats stand strong and leverage the budget crisis to accomplish something meaningful for the American people.

Perfect.

Lots of Third Actors—and lots of the youngest generation joining in for Sun Day

😕 💵

From today’s Boston Globe magazine. SunDay!

So if anti-fascists are Trump’s political enemies, what does that make Trump?

So far, I'm the only person to cover today's shadow hearing about mass deportations. It was good and much needed. Here's a clip of @ramirez.house.gov. The article is out for paid subscribers and will be available at 8 AM EST for everyone else. open.substack.com/pub/extremea...

Excellent article by @carlibrosseau.bsky.social about an excellent initiative for teachers to run for seats in NC General Assembly www.theassemblync.com/education/k-...

Right-wing influencers use terms like “trans terrorism”, “trantifa” and “LGBTQ terrorists” especially after violent news. My LGBTQ family is cast as a threat. Repeat a lie long enough and it numbs the general public, it primes people for violence. First they came for us, next they come for you. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

NC Governor looking at options to protect vaccine access. NC “is among several states where access has already narrowed. Major chains such as CVS and Walgreens are restricting in North Carolina who can schedule appointments for a shot.” www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

In this situation, it’s more that you can’t reason someone out of a position they were paid to reason others into.

Has the State Department ever warned a group of people not to mock something? I don’t mean telling State Department employees to be diplomatic, I mean threatening nonemployees with state punishment if they make jokes, bad taste or otherwise. That’s Putin, Xi, Erdogan stuff.

Superb reflection by @emilyinyourphone.bsky.social on current state of political violence in US emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/how-the-ri...

I wrote this story because the case of the Guatemalan children hasn’t received nearly as much media attention as it deserves. I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct. I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Adrian Klenz, who works with deafblind adults in Wisconsin, said he was told the grant was apparently flagged bc of the words "transition" (as in, transitioning from childhood to adulthood) and "privilege" (one parent said it was a privilege to work with the program's staff). ...