Transgender people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crime. bit.ly/transvictimized

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My collaboration with Ivan Ehlers for the @latimes.com

Happy Labor Day! Today, we're honoring the library workers across the country whose dedication and expertise keep our libraries and our communities strong. Libraries work because library workers do! ALA offices are closed in observance.

A whistleblower has revealed that the Trump administration is uploading the confidential Social Security information of millions to an insecure cloud server, putting our data at a high risk of being leaked or hacked.

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Slavery was bad.

Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked girls. Now she gets work release. This isn’t justice. It’s a reward. She’s not reformed,she’s rehearsing her comeback. The system that let Epstein off the hook is doing it again. The survivors get silence. She gets a job. This isn’t a mistake. It’s how power works.

we need to teach the 1930s properly so that people know the Reichstag Fire was exactly this stupid

New in PN: Crime is down. But Trump's authoritarian power grabs are escalating. "The fact that crime is down conflicts with the ever-present right-wing narrative of a nationwide crime epidemic. So Republicans are resorting to sensationalizing random street fights."

I don’t have anything smart to say about this. It’s foolish, cruel, and deeply autocratic. www.npr.org/2025/08/11/n...

this is what they want ai to do and they'll destroy every single democracy on earth if you try to ban it

The VISIBLE Act would require federal agents to wear visible ID and ban their use of ski masks and other non-medical face coverings. Urge your members of Congress to support this critical bill at aclu.org/pass_visible.

DIY > AI

My reaction to that completely batshit press briefing by Tulsi Gabbard in which she accused Obama of “treasonous conspiracy” is that whatever is in the Epstein files about Trump must be really really bad

If anyone is looking for more private alternatives for a variety of services: github.com/pluja/awesom...

THIS IS A LAFUFU IT HAS MORE THAN 9 TEETH 😂

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

I need to just share free courses I’m taking: Prepare how to stop bleeding in a severely injured person

There were 29 law enforcement officers who were arrested, pled guilty and/or were sentenced to prison for child sex crimes in the month of June.

p diddy not getting charged for his more serious crimes is proof to me that jeffery epstein would have gotten out of prison and let out into society. no one really cares about sex crimes or trafficking

This is the United States Government, y’all. It’s already a Christian theocracy. Not covertly. Not “in the process of.” Now. It is a theocracy. Now let’s talk about some of the stakes:

Trying to find reputable places/sources to fill in for these kind of loses. How are we supposed to prepare & get ready when we’re losing this kind of access slash by slash

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's firm has invested $690 million in AI-powered military startup Helsing. Helsing builds AI-powered military decision-making software, and is moving to produce its own drones, aircraft, and submarines. www.thefader.com/2025/06/20/s...

In Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, a “palantir” is a seeing stone that can be used to distort truth and present selective visions of reality. Palantir Technologies bears a striking similarity. Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worst-of-the-corporate

Apple can’t track these step counters 😤

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I'm a human rights lawyer. I have represented immigrants & asylum seekers my entire career. As you see ICE increase its attacks on immigrants, here are steps you as a US citizen can take to be an ally & protect immigrants from ICE and CBP absue. (No paywall) qasimrashid.substack.com/p/how-to-pro...

Fake emergencies to justify crackdowns-not very original

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"Empire of AI": Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World

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i don't wanna live in a man's world anymore www.youtube.com/watch?v=obxF...

Neguse was grilling Jim Jordan so hard this morning over language in the reconciliation bill to restrict federal judges' ability to enforce court penalties that Jordan had to consult with his lawyers

work requirements, but for Rep. Ralph Norman

As I asked my House Republican colleagues at 3:00 am — why did they schedule a hearing on their reckless budget bill in the dead of the night? Because they can’t defend it.

Just left your office a message to say you’re doing an amazing job and to keep going! You have support in the South!

Here’s what Trump has done, and how discrimination on the job actually works. ⤵️

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

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The average American has three friends

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You might not be aware, but publishers don't allow libraries to buy permanent copies of ebooks/audiobooks. They are rented to them at a much higher rate than an individual can buy them. And they're limited to a low number of rentals before being charged again. #supportLibraries