More states should follow suit.

In America, we can't eradicate racism with law or policy. But we can make racism shameful again. Doing so is ultimately a political and cultural act, and it must be a conscious one. And it is an important part to restore some semblance of our liberal democracy. /fin

as we continue to celebrate 40 years of Zelda i’d like to say that i sincerely love the existence of the official timeline. Nintendo got backed into a corner by forum nerds and said “oh you want a real timeline? here’s some shit that’s way more stupid than you expected”

Vaguely recall the GOP screaming about academic freedom and that universities were "banning" the teaching of certain topics. Surely, they're speaking out about this. Right?

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Fascism is here and yet we insist on continuing to make things. Keep creating. It's so important. Do not let the fascists colonize your imagination or curtail your creativity.

Part of why I am insistent that public libraries must be expanded is because they can offer us a foundation for unleashing creativity and for nurturing imagination. This is an affirmative project at a time when we desperately need to be FOR things and not just against them.

"As long as we have a relatively functioning democracy, this type of repression will have the opposite of its intended effect: it will draw more attention to the movement and to the activists’ struggle."

This may seem like a small point, but this was the aspect of the Pretti and Good killings that struck me as so dishonorable. Abdication of duty to render aid must be decried socially and legally.

"Nazis were just regular people" is not a statement meant to evoke empathy or to excuse their crimes. It is a statement of warning. The capacity to be part of and perpetrate atrocities is not limited to "monsters," it is wholly human. It is what we must always be aware of.

“Are we okay having our local justice agencies, being complicit with the federal immigration crackdown?” #mapoli www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

A man who was born in the Japanese internment camps stood at the No Kings protest this Saturday in St Louis County and made his voice heard -

This is true around the conservative pundit ecosystem and within the movement at large. Turns out that having an ideology revolving around selfishness and cruelty means you're not a great team player

I honestly think one reason Millennials are so angry about all this is that many of us grew up during the brief period in American history where the official line was that we had won history *because* of our values, and most of us actually internalized that.

They've definitely killed more and not telling us. Everybody involved—the murderers responsible and the accomplices after the fact—must be prosecuted.

There's no such thing as a natural slave or a natural prisoner. No system or man can extinguish the inherent human desire and need for freedom, autonomy, dignity.

Anti-trans ideology has: - decemitated the Women’s Institute - made it less safe for women to access female single-sex spaces - made it much harder to be a gender non-conforming woman - Reduced women to their anatomy - increased female objectification - reinforced sexist stereotypes

One might say that was the goal To use “legal” women’s rights to destroy women’s rights by using trans people as a vector of attack, with the knowledge that many cis women would fail to grasp the full nature of the attack until it was already burning down women’s institutions

in 2023 when I was organizing parents against our archbishop’s transphobic new school guidelines, one dad asked how loud I thought it was prudent for us to be, given how punitive the Archbishop is. I was like “loud enough that all the trans/nb kids at your parish see it” and he was like “…. oh”

A blunt reminder to document the truth while you can. Memories fade. Records don’t.

i am begging someone to ask trump if he was inspired by beautician and the beast (1997)

When Tom Homan, Trump and other Republicans defend the masking of ICE agents, I can't help but think of Orson Welles announcing on his radio show his intention of identifying the South Carolina police officer who violently attacked and blinded the uniformed Black veteran Isaac Woodard in 1946.

We’re still seeing ICE a lot in the suburbs, following legal observers to their homes, and holding tons of our neighbors at Whipple and then dumping them out in the middle of the night. We still need to stay vigilant until every last one of them leaves our state and our neighbors are back home.

You can't address affordability without being willing to take on corporate power head on. newrepublic.com/article/2064...

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I would have hoped by now that some dude would have written an op Ed about how straight women’s reaction to Bad Bunny - a man at peace with himself, emoting publicly + queer culture - underscores that the Manosphere bros are performing heterosexuality for other men and have no idea what women like.

The thing is: There’s never the “data person” who writes _one_ article about how trans girls in sports are unpopular or whatever. No, it’s always ten, in a row, back to back, like it’s the only political phenomenon for which data exists. Very strange, raises some questions, just saying

So you’re saying that a corrupt former president who abused the powers of his office can face charges, be convicted, and be held accountable? Tell me more.

it's been our Achilles heel since Nixon. it's time, America is more than ready to see a former president in handcuffs by now

When abusers feel empowered, they escalate their abuse. What should not have been tolerated is now worsened w/intent of retaliation. It’s why kids from abusive families fear speaking out. B/c if they’re not heard & kept safe, the abuser will punish them for speaking out. Their situations worsen.

25 years ago, a bunch of libertarians moved to NH to take over state government. Jason Osborne, one of those "Free Staters," has since risen to be majority leader in the state house. How is he fighting for "liberty?" By helping Stephen Miller build a 324,000-foot prison for migrants and refugees.

The ‘Most Massive Attack On Free Speech’ Is Happening Right Now, And The Twitter Files Crew Is Mighty Quiet For the last five years, we had to endure an endless, breathless parade of hyperbole regarding the so-called "censorship industrial complex." We were told, repeatedly and at high volume,…

Libraries are among the few public institutions that represent the kind of world we want to live in. They must be fought for.

americans will be like “everything is a sequel or remake” and then defund school arts programs

Bears repeating: The reaction to the threat of ICE attempting to patrol polling stations shouldn’t be “woe to the republic all is lost” it should be “well they can fucking try” and then you get involved with your town/county elections.

Your tax money at work. Remember everyone who said Chuck was right to fold in November. They supported this too. That funding is what supercharged ICE and made their already unnecessary agency one of the most well funded militaries on earth. This is being done in your name with your money.

The intention for any who miss it, is to exclude certain people from being out in public when they cannot use facilities safely. This has been done to oppress many groups, all for that reason. This is no different. Same evil.

Don't wait for March 28th for your next protest. There's all sorts of things happening in between.

If I have $1000 and spend $100, I've spent 10% of my money If I have $1,000,000,000 and spend $100, I've spent 0.00000001% of my money Guess which one is regressive (Hint: regressive means it affects lower-income people more)

I think people usually call this going back to normal, you know, when they kill and kidnap nonwhite people and no one writes pop songs about it.

She’s going to send Musk spiraling for 72 hours at minimum.

⚠️ Eighteen people in Texas remain in jail after being accused of “providing material support for terrorism” for participating in an anti-ICE protest. The case is intended to set a precedent criminalizing protest. Jury selection begins for a trial involving nine of the defendants on February 17th.

ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.

I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.

My appreciation for art like The Room has only increased since the AI slopification of media. The Room has beauty and cultural significance because it was so earnestly made, and it’s that quality that made it appealing. When media is made to be disposable, The Room reminds us of the perseverance 1/2

Sometimes I get a little upset when I live in a collapsing dystopia for many years

I don’t think we can make this observation enough. And I feel similarly about abolishing ICE. Everyone saying that’s a road too far seems to forget (ignore) that Trump essentially did that to USAID and is in the process of doing that to the Dept of Education. We can do things. If we choose to.

worth noting that police arrested a woman *and her husband* this week for reckless homicide related to a miscarriage. Yes, men: fetal personhood affects you too