In 1802, the Mississippi Territory criminalized homosexual activity & imposed the death penalty as punishment. At the same time, white male plantation owners in the South were notoriously known for sexually abusing enslaved Black men to assert dominance & inflict humiliation. • #queerhistory #bhm

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Does anyone have any good readings on the concept of monoculture? Because I have to say I'm very skeptical that there has ever been such a thing

I’ve been talking about Alysa Liu’s story about her quitting skating only to come back and become even better because she did it for herself and this came to me in a dream…

@premeemohamed.com have you ever heard a flock of feral parrots that entire roar in the background is also feral parrots

To all my Blizzard friends... Remember, snow moving is DANGEROUS especially if you are over 35. -cover all exposed skin -stay dry -take frequent breaks out of the cold & heavy lifting -RICE your shoulders, legs & back -rest

unironically using the phrase "kitchen table issues" should disqualify you from holding office or being within 500 yards of government buildings

okay, Caroline in the City as Lost Girl characters (or vice versa), lfg the main triad: obviously Caroline is Bo, but Del is Lauren (both boring with good hair) and Richard is the dark & brooding Dyson

Today I was like “I should play a video game, I deserve a break.” So I hauled out the old Xbox and googled “new single player games with easy mode for lazy middle aged men” and immediately learned that everything is burning down and I should put it back

Democrats had a quarter century, with multiple legislative windows to oppose this. They didn't. They relentlessly funnelled more and more money and power to the police state they overwhelmingly voted to expand. They don't oppose fascism on principle, only its aesthetics and vibe.

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I think this is SAR capturing flood inundation along the Garonne River in southern France. Left is VH polarization, ascending, Jan 15-Feb 01, right is the same but Feb 01-Feb 23. Earlier image, only the channel and a few ponds are dark, later image much of the floodplain is. Sentinel 1 GRD.

Saw someone say elsewhere that their kid with sensory sensitivities would like almost all of the recipes in COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, but they were pretty “basic” and they would try to make them more interesting… please, your food averse child probably doesn’t want exotic grilled cheese. Stop. 😭

Ok. Tomorrow's my birthday, that means I get to paint all day if I want to right?? (lol) But I do plan to paint. Gonna have to let go of some ideas I had, but I 100% want to make this one happen for #FandomMarket fandomcraftmarket.carrd.co

As someone who grew up on (white) teen movies, I was struck by how much that Patel scene looked like something straight out of a spec script in the 1980s. The racialized minority over performing nationalism as white frat boys clearly broadcast to everyone but him that he is not really one of them.

Okay, this family is down to needing $670 total. 10 people, $67 each. Or 7 people to match our $100, and they have a few of the fees covered, too. Surgery's in 3 days; let's do this tonight, PLEASE: spot.fund/k7g9nj4sc.

NEW: Local officials blocked from visiting migrants at Portsmouth airport who were stranded on ICE deportation plane for 14 hours. Full writethru with new images: gillianbrockell.ghost.io/breaking-sha...

I will not be lectured by Kimberly Guilfoyle's ex fiancé on normality 😤

I am nothing if not a man of my word 🫡 The raspberry pi is about $50, touchscreen about $70. Any usb speaker, mic, and webcam will do. If you want such a thing, this is technically more capable than the leaked concept.

How about intense gory descriptions? "feels like somebody has taken a thin ice cold piece of steel and is wedging it between my teeth and prizing them apart, except it's my toe".

Quick search on this dude yielded wholly unsurprising results. He's a professor of government and a Hoover Institute fellow who is best known for his work on "polarization," which he no doubt treats the same way as he does AI lit reviews: as a phenomenon that has little to do with actual humans.

This couldn't be more timely! We live in a golden age of mis/disinformation—urban politics very much included. Sustainability & liveability advocates are forced to refight the same battles against motorist lobbies & stubborn urban myths. What's urgently needed is a global clearing house of facts!

How did I forget to share the SPARKLETASTIC PINK RACCOON? It really is the sparkliest raccoon in all the land. Available now! www.whimsystation.com/product/racc...

ICE was the quarry target this morning and then driving dangerously through northeast & downtown. ICE is still very much here and we need to make sure we still have people out keeping watch for our neighbors.

The @bostonglobe.com presses are quiet tonight, as its executives have made the unprecedented decision to not print and deliver a paper Tuesday due to Monday's monster of a blizzard. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/23/b...

I'm asking in all seriousness, who has a direct line to Bruce Springsteen to ask if he can donate $100,000?

Minneapolis isn't an especially sweary place but there are so many houses that have homemade "FUCK ICE" signs and I've had multiple conversations with parents about how we're okay with our kids using that word in this context because sometimes it IS okay to swear and this is one of those times.

producing snappy government videos that might actually inform citizens on what to do in response to a dangerous situation is Good, Actually

Just completely disgusting. Frankly should be illegal.

This movie will be a miserable, racist failure if it doesn't address the miserable, racist horror of Mickey Rooney's yellowface portrayal of the Mr. Yunioshi character.

a mundane curse #comic

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I took a stroll through my neighborhood in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and struck up conversations with a few neighbors. Among them was 18-year-old Yaniky Fernandes and his brother, who were diligently digging out. I had the opportunity to speak with Yaniky about the historic blizzard.

This photo is definitely the right way up #sqrlpix

Not everybody can be Squirrel of the Day. Let's have a look at a few recent #sqrlpix that didn't quite make the cut, but are still beautiful, like this blurry leap

Once at a conference went to dinner with a big group..big wig in the field offered to adjust the bow on my shirt... just beneath my breasts I said no thank you Guess who from my lab didn't get invited to author a chapter for the journal they edited?

WCVB's Mary Saladna is stuck in a traffic jam in Bridgewater caused by a CyberTruck that spun out into a snowbank.

This will *not* be announced on X

Yes! Guilt is self centered, and seeks to avoid shame/embarrassment. reactive, dismissive, defensive, avoidant. To do the work of repair, we must be open to expressing regret and remorse. In order to reach resolution and shared understanding, there’s gotta be reconciliation, and often, atonement.

Too many people center guilt when thinking about the act of apologizing, rather than the collective recognition and relief of burden and harm.

I am so sad that our elder, 73 year old Delroy Lindo, who was born in the UK but had to leave because he couldn’t get work as an actor, whose parents were Windrushees, who performed incredibly but wasn’t nominated for a BAFTA, is apparently not owed the dignity and care of solidarity and sympathy

Wow! Huge protest against a new ICE concentration camp warehouse in Romulus Michigan. I've never seen anybody in Romulus protest against anything before. Protesters and cops all over the place right now.

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Even if you didn’t intend to hurt people, even if you didn’t have control over it, why not feel sorry that people were hurt? I think I am fundamentally confused by this allergy to empathizing enough to want to apologize and say I’m sorry you were hurt

when I started making music I dreamed of nobody even knowing what I looked like unless they'd seen me play live. I didn't put a single picture of myself on a record for 25 years. I hold the tyranny of the visual to be a general plague and the imperative to be seen in motion lest one vanish a loss

Bad times in Winthrop 😱 https://youtu.be/EpfqAi7Ysu4?si=fwyzbqVR5kt9AxA7

Unironically, ai has a lot to do with this.

A shed collapsed onto a person in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood during Monday's snowstorm, authorities said. on.nbcboston.com/irVEjkI

It's not an exaggeration to say that this is how Republicans used to talk & the types of dog whistles they used to employ before they found out it's perfectly acceptable to talk The Current Way So the shift hereis the logical progression when the only expectation of a party is to be The Lesser Evil

this is actually my fiction debut tho!