Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

"Forcibly displaced Lebanese are now gathering along the sea; they have nowhere to go; Israel has announced its intent to make conditions that render civilian life unsustainable. A second genocide. Now in Lebanon."(Philip Proudfoot on X) #Israel #Lebanon

My niece today: "will the game be played at the New Hampshire Plus Sign Stadium?" We insisted that isn't a thing. She insisted it was. After about 7 minutes and an instructional drawing, we learned she meant the New Orleans Saints (because the fleur de lis looks like a plus sign).

English speakers like "that was less political than I thought" lol they had ricky martin singing "dont do us like you did hawaii"

Do you REALLY think someone as media-savvy, narratively skilled, informed, or demonstrably compassionate as Bad Bunny would even OK having Liam Ramos be part of a ✨dance number ✨as the vicious deportation efforts continue and present him with a panacea in the form of a Grammy and a hug. Do you.

FYI: The little boy in Bad Bunny's #SuperBowl halftime show wasn't Liam Ramos as some have said, it was a child actor: Lincoln Fox www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/...

And while everyone is feeling good about Benito giving a Grammy to someone who is not Liam Ramos: Congress can pass a personal bill to grant citizenship to Liam Ramos, his family and Kilmer Abrego Garcia.

Ah yes, Donald Trump, a leading expert on appropriateness in front of children.

Remember that under the first Trump administration, Puerto Rico had to suffer through the longest power blackout in U.S. history bsky.app/profile/cost...

"God Bless America:" then he lists most of the countries in the hemisphere starting with Chile I think? this rules

The PRSL performance of halftime was excellent. If only it didn't require downloading a completely separate app to watch it. True accessibility is picture-in-picture, NBC.

Oliver butt update (buppdate?): was able to be lured into doing training and playing ball, and was quite happy. Then remembered his short butt hairs and went back to moping.

Oliver has been on his deathbed for 3 days because his groomer trimmed his butt hair too short and it itches so obviously he's dying.

JD Vance is the most loathsome character in American politics, and it's mostly because he's immediately recognizable to anyone with an interest in politics as The Worst Guy From Your PoliSci Class

Common sense is abolish ice

"we only need regular police that arose from slave catcher patrols. none of this new fangled paramilitary. and put cameras on them! we want to watch when they kill someone!"

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

Like is it good the trenchcoat nazi is gone? Yes. But let’s remember he was always a ridiculous member of the supporting cast.

Beware the sacrifice of the buffoon on the altar of ethnic cleansing.

If you work for ICE, most people actually do despise you.

I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street

Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry. It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.

I think their line was pretty similar re: Philando Castile

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

The regime will lie. That's what fascist regimes do. It will continue to murder people in different ways. That's also what fascist regimes do. Regular people will continue to refuse and to not cooperate and to fight back in all of the ways we can.

If by "more training" you mean "prosecture and exile the fuckers for the remainder of their days" then yea, we're on the same page

I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow

My community wanted to organize against ICE after an event yesterday. I worked on getting a seasoned rapid response organizer to attend. They decided that "it wasn't the time" for that and instead invited the chief of police. To organize against ICE.

“protesters” are not “clashing” with law enforcement. violent federal agents have waged war on minneapolis and regular people are telling them to get the fuck out. and last time i checked being in a group chat doesn’t mean you’re in a professional organization. it means you have friends.

Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall. He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn

Sure seems strange to call the undermining of public health and vaccination "neither left nor right" since it's a core plank of the current, unquestionably right-wing administration.

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.

Except "abolish ICE" is growing in popularity and there's no reason to try and contain that because there is no reason for ICE to exist

We literally don’t need ICE for anything

It's been about two weeks since I got COVID and I'm definitely not feeling "back to normal." I'm immuncompromised and have been struggling with Crohn's lately so it's been a rough ride. Seeing Jon Stewart make fun of people who mask is not what I needed today.

I have COVID, and instead of being able to take care of myself, I'm spending the day fighting for access to the antiviral medication that doesn't interact with my other meds. It costs over $1000 and my insurance doesn't have it in the formulary. I hate it here.

@teenvogue.com this is gross.

This is devastating. Teen Vogue did great political reporting.

So upset about @teenvogue.com being absorbed into Vogue. Teen Vogue’s political reporting has often been sharper than other mainstream outlets. Now there will be no political staffers left. www.thewrap.com/teen-vogue-e...

It annoys me when people say “they’re on SNAP but their hair and nails are done and they’ve got tattoos”. It’s extremely normal to do your own hair and buy press on nails, and tattoos literally last forever. What do tattoos someone got 10 years ago have to do with them needing to eat now

Happy Halloween from Krypto/currency! (The ONLY K/crypto that matters to me)

“Let them go a month without meals. Maybe they will get a job” First, many SNAP recipients have jobs. They’re just living below the poverty line because of tremendous wealth inequality. Second, many are disabled and children and can’t work. Third, no one should starve to death.

Just saw a slutty Tower of Mordor costume on TikTok so Halloween has officially arrived.

Has your state or school district made new rules to censor Palestine-related education? I know about legislation in AZ, AR, CA, KS, KY, MO, NE, OK & TN. What am I missing? Drop a link or reach out. I'd also love to hear from you if you've organized against these efforts (for reporting @truthout.org)

Today's Accessible Voting Booth is dedicated entirely to talking about how the Supreme Court may gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, dismantling a critical mechanism for protecting fair representation for Black voters. the-accessible-voting-booth.ghost.io/disability-v...

A conservative-backed ballot measure in Maine is targeting absentee ballots, making it harder for everyone to vote — but especially aging and disabled people. "People who cannot drive, who are physically unable to read for whatever reason ...this will be a big burden on all of us," said one voter.

TAKE ACTION: Proponents of the anti-voter SAVE Act are pressuring the Election Assistance Commission to require documents like a passport in order to register to vote. Tell the Commission: Don’t make it harder for Americans to cast a ballot: bit.ly/4ngSyyl

I was at the John Brown Museum today and while I was in there, some lady loudly goes "John Brown would've been a GREAT Republican." LOL. Ma'am. No. (And before anyone says anything, I don't believe John Brown would've been a modern Democrat either).

Blocking anyone who speaks negatively about my dogs. Only I'm allowed to refer to them as "a problem" (which I will do several times a day). Those are my SONS. Anyways, introducing my newest problem to BlueSky: Oscar. He believes he should be allowed to climb on anything and loves to eat mulch.

Update: Oliver saw the cop dog from like 20 feet away and absolutely lost it with barking. I Immediately turned him around and walked the other way to let them go inside. Can you train reactivity towards literally just one dog out of a dog?