I'm almost disappointed that the last sign didn't say Burma Shave. /s

@inoreader.com Did y’all remove your Import, Export, Backup screen? I see this post but nothing that looks like it in the web app: www.inoreader.com/blog/2014/05...

From The Archives: ‘New York Times’ Issues Apology For Reporting Palestinian Deaths

Shocking Video Captures Calm Police Officers Handling Situation Nonviolently

I think the idea that “The President is simultaneously an institution beyond the reach of criminal law and also a private person who can file $10 billion defamation suits when he dislikes a news article” is not very sensible.

White House Evacuated After Trans Alarm Goes Off

the amount of money ppl are spending to make-believe revive extinct animals compared to the relative paucity of money going towards keeping existing endangered species alive is both wildly irrational & arguably immoral (IMHO)

Everyone! The time has come, again, to GTF off of Twitter. Are you still over there supporting the Nazi who owns it? Think about that.

This is a laundry list of rhetorical strategies to defend the adoption of a given technology for the purposes of advancing an ideology & economic regime: inevitability, unquestioning praise of “innovation,” buy-in from concerned stakeholders, assurances that partnership is not capitulation. 1/n

In 80 seconds, AOC has completely dismantled the #BigUglyBill. Dems should turn this into a prime time campaign ad NOW. “This Bill is a deal with the devil”💥 @aoc.bsky.social

“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.

“History, despite its wrenching pain cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage need not be lived again.” Maya Angelou op: @nytimes.com

NEW ESSAY: rather than reading the legalese SCOTUS used to justify Skrmetti, learn about how conspiracy theorists hijacked mainstream discourse on gender-affirming care: on Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/what-covid... & Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/what-covid-l...

Nobody is rioting. Nobody is breaking any laws. These are cops in my city of Las Vegas just assaulting and arresting anyone on Fremont Street who looks at them. This is fascism.

In America, we have no kings.

My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:

Good morning. If the Republican budget bill passes: - 40% of the country will lose money - 15 million people will lose their health care - the richest families will get a $270,000 tax cut - the debt will go up 2.4 TRILLION dollars Who is asking for that??

It is pathetic how easily network news executives let right wingers manipulate them. Terry Moran rightly calls Stephen Miller a hater driven by bile, and ABC News accepts the idea that this is “unhinged” behavior. Critiquing people abusing their power is the JOB of journalism.

So, since bad history is damaging: when the civil rights movement talked about "nonviolence" they meant a set of tactics. They planned actions for maximum disruption and intentionally defied police and laws. This is very different from how "peaceful protest" is meant by many using it today.

I’m old enough to remember when it was highly desirable to be an engineer at Google, Facebook, or Amazon. Not now. Good news for growing companies without draconian work environments: Talent on the market.

better yet, consider unsubscribing from HBO/Max the week before her show comes out (& if you rejoin, wait until the HP season is over). it's not enough to *not* watch it – HBO needs to know it will hurt their bottom line if they continue producing it

Unbelievably horrified by this attack in Boulder. We don’t know the full story of the attacker, but no matter what it is, let me be clear: Senseless, antisemitic attacks do not help Palestinians, Jews, or Israelis. Committing terror attacks against people standing for hostages is disgusting.

With a new wave of covid coming folks must understand what long covid is. People who are vaccinated still get long covid. Vaccines are SO important but they are not a magic bullet. @longcovidjustice.org has great resources on reducing the spread & what to do if you or someone in household get sick

Just gonna keep ringing this bell: this is what I want to see *every campaign look like.* Mutual aid as campaigning is brilliant. Win or lose, the community wins. It's not just smart politics, it's GOOD politics.

PMs are not “CEOs of the product.” People report to the CEO. No one reports to the PM. It’s responsibility, but influence rather than power. Which is a bit ridiculous actually.

It’s weird to me when a team-oriented SAAS product that charges per member doesn't have a concept of free/cheaper “admin-only” members to manage billing details without contributing. You’d think they’d want to remove any barrier to getting paid.

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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

This makes a lot of sense. When does it become surreal to carry on with daily nonsense in the face of slow-approaching catastrophe? aeon.co/essays/to-su... #climate

🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨 TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts. MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here. Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️ OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid

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The perverting effect of money.

Ben Franklin on inoculation, after his son died from smallpox. “In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.

Looks like @hardcover.app is a good replacement for Goodreads! hardcover.app/@h3h

FBI: Americans aged 60 and older reported losing almost $3 billion to crypto fraud last year. In total, Americans reported being scammed out of around $9.3 billion via crypto, out of a total $16.6 billion in total reported thefts that year. www.ic3.gov/AnnualReport...

I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:

If anyone is wondering what it’s like to be posting on social media while black and female, here’s an example:

I want a way to tell Bluesky “No meme posts.” Or just “No image-only posts.”

Strong moment from AOC’s speech in Utah

AOC: How can anyone possibly make an objective vote on healthcare, energy, or war when their personal wealth is tied up in pharmaceutical, oil and gas, or defense company stock?

Can we just get past the “elevate” phase of everything? I do not, in fact, want to elevate my experience or my business or my spa day. I think we elevated to the wrong floor. Let’s go back and try again.

“If you are a white middle-aged male and you fear exactly what other white middle-aged males fear, you’ve been had. “When your fears are predictable, then so are you, which means that you are ripe for manipulation.” —Timothy Snyder, On Freedom, pp. 105

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

And they’re all still billionaires. Anyway this is the stick. Next comes the carrot: targeted relief in exchange for greater fealty.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Wishing all my trans friends a life filled with the love, respect, acknowledgment, and support you deserve ❤️