surely we can come up with something better for 7 billion people than being lorded over by a bunch of plundering elderly murder and torture enthusiasts who whisper to each other about printing spare organs so they can immiserate others in perpetuity

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

This isn’t even an AI post as much as it is another anecdote in how social relations in America have been put through a blender of extreme market extraction at the same time that govt/charitable support for 3rd spaces, extracurriculars, social clubs, etc have fallen to their lowest point in decades.

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A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”

The Statue of Liberty, 3 July 2025.

NEW: A federal judge appeared deeply skeptical of the DOJ’s legal defense of Trump federalizing the California National Guard in response to largely peaceful protests in Los Angeles. The judge said he aims to issue an order on the matter today. From: @jaknutson.bsky.social

I dont know who needs to hear this, but.... 🗣👂 fly whatever flag you want. Thank you for being in the streets

All gas, no breaks. Only you can make this poll a reality: zohranfornyc.com/events

Also, apropos of nothing in particular, if anyone tries to tell you that the protests in LA are a distraction from the budget bill, kindly remind them that the bill will MASSIVELY expand ICE’s budget, so the two things are very much related.

New data finds Americans are more likely to support labor unions over Big Business than at any time in the past 60 years. We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.  If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.

Ouch

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

nothing good has ever come from presenting disabled and sick people as a literal threat to the nation

If you avoid a chronic condition because we install HEPA filters in workplaces and you mask in crowds, you’re healthier. And so is everyone who can access the providers you don’t need because there were appointments available. Those ripples of community care matter. And they need policy support

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So often when I go into a grocery store i think about just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.

I think some ppl believe that if they get it right or perfect, they will be able to achieve a lasting solution. But history & sociology have helped me understand that freedom & justice are a constant struggle, so it’s imperative to do what you can when you can w whomever you can each day. 3/3

“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

It feels so strange to be going on about regular business during all of this, my current work feels useless in the face of everything barreling at us. Nonetheless I passed my dissertation proposal defense yesterday ‘with distinction’ so toot toot, that’s the sound of my own horn. 🎉

Growin asparagus!!

doing the right thing: it’s also good politics

Your assignment this week is to read a book that some “Mom for Liberty” would bring to a school board meeting and cry about.

Friendly reminder that anyone within the jurisdiction of the United States is entitled to due process. It is NOT dependent on one's citizenship, immigration, or criminal status.

Managing my way through: turned in my (hopefully final) proposal to my diss chair, made it off the 5-yr waiting list for a garden plot at a county park, buying rocks off strangers bc that Titan in the basement isn’t cutting by itself

Everyone keeps saying "No one is coming to save us!" but I think it's a distinct possibility that whoever did this is coming to save us.

"We are currently clean on OPSEC" - my kids buying character packs on Toca Boca using my debit card.

CC and the crew are doing it AGAIN! Inclusive community event focused on miniatures/dollhouses with hands-on workshops, free raffle, info tables, loose parts depot, dollhouse play area, and more. Follow @dollhousediorama on instagram for info/updates?

Hi, I love you all, please add alt text. Exercise your humanity, it is a muscle like everything else. If you flip the switch in your settings, it will even remind you before you post.

Research from 2022 that every Democrat apologist should chew on: “We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Sorry been reading what’d I miss

They're only banned if you let them be banned. The proper response from any agency is "Fuck you. See you in court." All of this website scrubbing and exhibit purging is cowardly and disgraceful. As Timothy Snyder has observed, it's simply teaching power what it can do.

East coast girlie with a healthy fear of and respect for the sea finds herself entirely charmed by the La Jolla tide pools

Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.

Ok but they're all load-bearing agencies, load-bearing programs, load-bearing workers though

Just made a genuine post about my dissertation (re: job satisfaction/retention in ECCE) but did so while sharing a video on motivating employees from Lumon Industries. Over/under on how many people reply that finger traps are an excellent resource for childcare teachers?

It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.

In world-still-turns-people-need-to-eat-even-as-the-government-self-destructs news, this guy had a consultation today to become the best boy he can be and the rest of us were able to secure Novavax shots less than a mile from home after 14 phone calls.

As a first gen who took 25 years to finish undergrad, academia-as-diss-track totally took me by surprise, ngl

Great essay outlining the stakes of anticipatory obedience. A gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...

In the works

Shedletsky built ROBLOX, not the modern world. Man’s talking about digital growth machine over here as though it exists in a vacuum, like we don’t also have needs for our spatially-dependent meatsacks.

Opinion | First Democrats said 81 year-old Joe Biden was too old to be their nominee. Now they say an unvetted 25 year-old incel installed by Elon Musk is too young to control the federal payments system. So much for the party of inclusivity.

gonna start using “MISSION COMPLETED” every time I overnight something through fedex