He's on a mission from God.

It’s funny that Harvard has been a consistent target for reactionary campaigns, and not one has been dedicated to ousting Larry Summers, an openly political figure who was friends with Jeffrey Epstein; meanwhile, it’s a fine-toothed comb for *checks notes* Black women.

Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves

We are really going back to the 12th century, huh Brb gotta throw this hair clipping of my enemy over my shoulder at midnight during the full moon

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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently. In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?” And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.

This never should have been a question, but today the Supreme Court sent a powerful reminder that the right to love who you love isn't up for debate. It is the law of the land.

"Did Women Ruin Men Blaming Women For Ruining Things?"

I’m not bailing out the only people in the world who can actually afford to lose $13 billion. Go fuck yourselves.

Same! I want to write the words I want. Not the words the program thinks I should be writing. Only time I've used ChatGPT was in the run-up to the lawsuit, poking it to see if it had stolen my books. (It had.)

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

It’s awesome to see this — but seriously, it’s so damn frustrating that we have to fight this fight in every city when the science couldn’t be clearer. Get the cars out, make more money for local shops, and build cities that are exciting, healthy, and happy for everyone.

The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Shutting it down for the night with this post from a comrade in Chicago: 🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

"The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." 🥹

"Standing for something really feels like it could work anywhere to redraw the boundaries, to move the positive and negative space into some new configuration less aligned to terrible lies, more aligned to great truths."

This is your friendly reminder that Obamacare isn’t just the exchanges! It’s a set of laws that force insurance companies to actually. You know, insure people!! You can read my full graphic explainer here: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/it-could-b...

This Day in Labor History: November 9, 1935. The Committee for Industrial Organization (later the Congress of Industrial Organizations) was created. Let's talk about the CIO and how it transformed the American labor movement!

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

Guy with a sandwich: “Fuck you armed agent of the state.” Ivy League: “I will eat my poop and thank you for it because I’m scared of a Fox News personality cosplaying as a lawyer”

ICE has been seizing people in Allston. Boston area folks, spread the word about the LUCE hotline to report ICE sightings. And here's stickers you can print and put up anywhere:

Join us in raising money for the Greater Boston Food Bank throughout November. We're accepting monetary donations at the registers in store through November 23. Learn more about volunteering, donating food or money, and receiving assistance at their website: www.gbfb.org

Cambridge/Somerville/Boston folks 👇

"We would rather be ruined than changed; We would rather die in our dread Than climb the cross of the moment And let our illusions die." —W. H. Auden, The Age of Anxiety

My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.

"The average voter believes a SNAP recipient gets $20/day, more than 3 times the actual amount of $6."

I just counted and my whistle count is up to 1700. I think I'm sending 3k up this time! ❤️💕❤️

That KYR card is one of many available on @icirr.bsky.social site -- another org doing GREAT work, I've just taken 2 trainings from them this week, donate to them if you can. In any case, KYR cards in many languages here www.ilrc.org/redcards

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.

I'm very grateful to @jasonkoebler.bsky.social for letting me speak on the relationship between AI and book bans. This is a great and thorough article, and I'm glad I got a chance to say a thing I say a lot but that-- without the context Jason provides-- makes me sound a little conspiracy minded.

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

The unionization of digital media was and is so important, and we gotta start reminding the bosses that it’s the floor

turning a big dial taht says "Sexism" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right

[Goose meme] Ruin the workplace for who RUIN THE WORKPLACE FOR WHO, MOTHERFUCKER????

THIS IS SO GOOD

Now do it again.

Cambridge/Somerville/Boston folks 👇

The only thing that has improved Democrats’ approval rating among their voters has been fighting back against Trump. We cannot afford another “Schumer Surrender.” Urge your Democratic senators to continue holding the line to keep healthcare costs down and protect coverage for millions of Americans.

“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion” futurism.com/artificial-i...

The MIRA Coalition (Massachusetts) has printable Know Your Rights posters in many languages. Stick them up in your area. When people are getting snatched off the streets by masked men, EVERYONE needs to know this info, regardless of citizenship status. miracoalition.org/know-your-ri...

More info on LUCE's ICE hotline here (☎️ 617-370-5023), including downloadable posters & wallet cards in many languages. Please share widely! www.lucemass.org

Massachusetts folks: I made these stickers sharing LUCE's ICE hotline ☎️ 617-370-5023--they verify sightings and share confirmed info. Stickers fit 1"x2.6" label (Avery 5160). Image below or follow link for a full sheet. Print, stick every&anywhere. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7v098...

Democrats chalked up massive wins on Tuesday night in governor's races, with the CA ballot initiative, in the NYC mayor's race -- but some of their most astounding victories played out down lower on ballots www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

I'd missed this: Democratic-endorsed candidates *swept* the 6 school board races in Mecklenburg County, one of North Carolina's largest counties (home to Charlotte). This means there won't be a Republican on the board anymore; the sole GOP incumbent was ousted.

I mean

These quotes are hilarious. Years from now legal scholars will reference them. They'll be in history books.