What a terrible day to know how to read

People NEED to understand the evil of Prosperity Gospel and how it underpins the right-wing "Christianity" They believe that God will reward you in this life (not just Heaven) with riches and good health for being Holy. And the inverse is also true - if you're sick or poor, that's God's punishment.

A classic example of the inversions of settler colonialism: the settler becomes the native and the Indigenous person becomes an outsider on their own land.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

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🚨BREAKING: 2015 email shows journalist Michael Wolff advising Jeffrey Epstein on how to handle Donald Trump. “You can hang him in a way that generates a benefit for you… or save him, generating a debt.” Epstein’s reply: “What do you think it should be?”

"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..." www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...

"The province of Limburg has asked the American ambassador to the Netherlands to [re-install] the information panels about Black soldiers in the visitors center of the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten."

Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies. Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.

We need to make sure these traitors never get elected again: Catherine Cortez Masto - NV Dick Durbin - IL John Fetterman - PA Maggie Hassan - NH Tim Kaine - VA Angus King - ME Jacky Rosen - NV Jeanne Shaheen - NH

it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy

look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry

It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

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This also applies to health insurance. It’s important we discuss the details of what’s happening, but you have to bear in mind that the man literally does not know what health insurance is.

If someone is warning you about fascism and they’re on Substack they’re asking you to do something they’re not willing to do.

every time someone reminds me that lina khan is only 36 i am a) mad that i have not yet been the chair of the federal trade commission and b) so happy that she's going to be around to antagonize the worst people on earth for several decades

finance guys on twitter are like "can't believe zohran hired lina khan. she wants to make it illegal to bundle memecoin futures into junk stocks and sell them to public worker pension plans. the public won't stand for it."

This is how it looked on the ballot. Clear and easy to understand.

One other thing that's unusual about this election is that Mamdani really, really hated his political opponent and wanted him to lose. That's also incredibly rare on the left of American politics, if you think about it.

the sort of headline we're seeing all over: www.syracuse.com/politics/cny...

OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models. OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so. A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.

After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate. Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections. buff.ly/nTvLlFI

Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan

Brief thread on what I’ve seen so far for the plane crash in Louisville. Quick recap: Very likely a terrible accident. Nothing to do with FAA/ATC issues. Fully loaded MD-11 heading to Hawaii, so probably near full fuel load. Looks like catastrophic engine failure and then clipped UPS building. /1

Major UPS plane crash and explosion at Louisville Muhammad Ali airport. All those within a 5 mile radius are asked to shelter in place. Please heed all precautions for your safety. My heart goes out to everyone impacted. Injuries are reported. Please stay safe. Situation is developing.

Incredible to see Greg Abbott get on board with the Carl Beijer agenda

Since Greg Abbott made Houston remove the rainbow crosswalk. Rainbows are being painted on homes and businesses all over the city.

I did not know until adulthood that the vice presidency was typically considered a useless cuck position because growing up during the Bush/Cheney administration had me convinced VPs were essentially the prime minister

Guess the possibility of a socialist Muslim mayor of New York City made his ninth robotic heart finally give out before they could load in a tenth one

An obituary for Dick Cheney in one frame via @mattbors.bsky.social, and other Election Day comics! www.inthesetimes.com/article/mamd...

Nice to be reminded that all the Never Trumpers praising Dick Cheney today had no problem with evil they liked.

Published this last month. Trump's moved from illegal strikes on targets of unknown identity to preparing for a war against Venezuela for wholly unclear reasons seemingly on a whim. This isn't how you win a drug war but it will kill lots of people. internationalpolicy.org/publications...

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

It should go without saying that these mass internment camps will be much, much more expensive to operate than just giving the homeless free or subsidized housing would be.

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo “I’m an American citizen so leave me alone” “Alright, we just got to verify that” www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

That's.... minimum $77 in coffee... 220 oz... approx 125mgper latte... 1375 MG caffeine in an observable timeframe... that's an um....substance equivalent as far as his heart is concerned. Whew.

‼️ there is of course distance between a cop saying federal officers were in the wrong and actually arresting federal officers for doing wrong but 👀 definitely interesting to see a public break from kneejerk 'my brothers in law enforcement can do no wrong' solidarity bsky.app/profile/kyle...

In the quest for "biological truth," the Trump admin discounts the very real biological truth that some men do get breast cancer Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage always read @ericumansky.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/vete...

The genocide in Sudan is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world right now and the US is currently hosting the leaders carrying it out btw

If I, a Jew, can refuse to go to Occupied Palestine to pray *for free* because I won't go whilst the Occupation continues or benefit from the oppression of Palestinians, you, a rich person, can refuse to go to Dubai or buy gold whilst Sudan and Congo are being genocided.

#Sudan: We are deeply concerned about the situation in El Fasher. As fighting intensifies, thousands are trapped with no safe way out. The Rapid Support Forces have announced that they have taken control of the city.

This is the first time that I have even seen a death toll for Sudan.

No I'm not going to wave and smile at ppl I know voted for Trmp just bc they "learned". They didn't learn, they're mildly ashamed and trying to hide it. I can't hide from the fact that without health insurance I'm dead, so miss me with that shit.

My concentration is generally taken by soaping every step incline in Austin but uhhhhh.... is this mf a plant???? Like, genuinely. Is he a plant?

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.