travel mugs are sippy cups for adults, prove me wrong

The worst catastrophes of history are caused by men who are malevolent, ignorant, and have exceptional wills.

The Elon Musks of the world and their lackeys, obv. Last year's stellar novel "I Cheerfully Refuse" covered this pretty well, in fact

Don't let up on Signalgate. The Mueller report cited rampant use of Signal as a means of obstruction of justice. The entire discussion is fait accompli. Also guarantee it is how everyone inside this thug WH communicates. Which means the law is being knowingly & deliberately violated every day.

National Lawyers Guild of Chicago expresses its solidarity w/ members Professor Sheila Bedi at Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law & Palestine Legal Justice Fellow Rifqa Falaneh in face of McCarthyesque intimidation by US House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce. Read:

This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.

Opposition to the SAVE act is focused on the threat to married women's right to vote. But I can't help thinking it was meant to target trans people and just got overenthusiastic.

Damn, State Senator Simmons can make a speech! 🔥 So proud of my elected officials 💪🏻

"Just because an elected has been your friend for a minute - don't sleep on them doing stupid shit!" - State Rep Kelly Cassidy speaking up 🔥

"Executive orders are vibes, not laws" - excited to be at a #TransDayOfVisibility panel with local legislators and lawyers working to protect trans people. 🩵🤍🩷

This weekend, the so-called "Tesla Shield" came out to defend Elon Musk and counter the #TeslaTakedown protests. Among those taking part: • MAGA • Proud Boys • Armed Militias • And a guy dressed as Hitler www.wired.com/story/proud-...

I wonder what percentage of their motivation in seizing that power in the first place was predicated under the idea that doing so would mean that people have to like them.

it’s all so stupid but jesus christ the matrix lol

I showed my wife, a historian, the Kristi Noem video. She said “holy shit!” It’s a lot. A brief thread on bodies. It begins in the alt text below… 1/

Trump is already breaking his promise to lower the cost of living.

we need to put our shoulder to the Overton window and shove it until “government can be good sometimes” is back in the center

"This leaves two questions: 1) As the Trump presidency tears along, to what degree do the parties keep their fun dad/serious mom personas, and 2) what does it take to make voters decide they want to go hang out with the other parent?"

Well, now we have a benchmark for what "critical" readings of SFF are, because we are witnessing, in real time, the results of UNcritical readings of SFF

Thread buried the lede, which is, you guessed it, "defend trans people"

When I was a kid and wishing I would get letters in the mail, I was told "you gotta write 'em to get 'em" and adult me is here to say that's patently untrue

Would like to hear more from the Senator after last night's rebuttal 👍🏻

This is fantastic. Huge high five to everyone who called your reps.

“tHeY cAnT dO tHat!!!!!” ok well they are babe, idk what to tell you

"The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession: We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not." ~ William R. Bay, President, ABA @americanbar.org

Human relationships need more of the "corporal cuddles" we give to misbehaving cats. Oh, you aren't doing enough self care? Well, I'm going to call you on the phone and MAKE YOU TALK cause I love you

@hpsc24.bsky.social are you real lol

Reminder tips: • use your own words rather than a form letter, because it counts for more • request a specific action (vote no on SB9 and whip other no votes) • build connection and tell your story • if you belong to or represent a key constituency, NAME IT, that's political power

No thank you legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...

Today was definitely a "gold star for putting on pants" kind of a day

The people at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are working to protect *people like us*. But everything Trump & Musk do is to take money from people who most need it to give to those who least need it - to enrich the oligarchs. ~ Jason Rieger, Indivisible Chicago Alliance #SaveCFPB

The stormtroopers being lousy shots all makes sense if you accept Tarkin achieved his bureaucratic power grab by promising the Emperor massive cuts to institutional spending by developing a superweapon

So now, the Republicans have voted to pass a devastating budget resolution. But we thank our US representatives from the Chicago area for voting solidly NO on the MAGAs' malicious budget plan. Thank you to ALL #HouseDemocrats for standing up for the people. Keep fighting & hold the GOP accountable!

This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

We demand protection! Join Indivisible Chicago & National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) as we call for Congress to step up & protect the CFPB by voting NO on any budget proposal that doesn’t require the Executive Branch to maintain the CFPB. Thurs Feb 27, 12pm, 230 S Dearborn. RSVP: bit.ly/4gSUZDW

Tim Burchett votes yes. massive cuts to health care for poor folks — all to set up massive tax cuts for the rich. They never cared about the debt.

Reminder that people may not correct your misgendering specifically because of how much of A Thing you're going to make your mistake into

🚨 🚨 NEW WHITEBOARD How a bill in the House (the “SAVE” Act) Kneecaps Democracy A 🧵 “How bad can it be?” you ask. Truly terrible. Please share this 🧵 so people know. Then take action. ☎️ 1/

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

It is a test. A test that determines whether you work for the federal government, and your agency/department, or whether you work for Elon Musk. It is up to you whether you surrender your rights as civil servants, your pride, and your dignity. Once you do, he’ll be back for more.

Dear manager: This week I 1) put that ship to sea 2) named that ship the Billy of Tea P.S., as far as I've heard, the fight's still on

Somehow the movie The Net actually feels like it's aged *less* than when I watched it in the early 00's 😱

I'm begging people to remember that 'meritocracy' was coined for a work of satirical fiction. It is not a real thing, and, as the satire suggested, defining 'merit' as a standalone measurable individual quality is impossible.

Start your resistance by interrupting the threats right in front of you. Bullies, racists, and problem people are easy to find. If you imagine yourself someone who would punch Nazis, but have never punched anyone in the first place, you have some warming up to do.

when you roll over for the fascists in charge to keep your federal funding

“scrub your website of trans people to save your funding” MIGHT seem like the rational choice when it’s put to you, but if you agree the main lesson they learn is that you can be strong armed

300 people showed up outside of Murkowski & Sullivan's offices. On a Thursday. In February. In Anchorage, Alaska! Alaskans are taking a stand and demand our elected officials to do the same. We don't expect you to save us but we do expect you to STAND WITH US! In-person town hall anyone??

Good. Keep making noise. www.wpr.org/news/glenn-g...

Why is @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social on book tour instead of doing a fight back tour?

If you played TTRPGs between 1970-2004, PhD Candidate Geoffrey Ramirez (Binghamton U) is seeking participants for “Character Creation: The Tabletop Role-Players Oral History Project” as part of his dissertation. Interviews will be archived at the Strong Museum of Play (can be time-locked, etc)