The @raikesfoundation.bsky.social continues to dare to ask the question,"Imagine a future where all young people had a safe and stable home."

If you know of a trustworthy, reliable local food bank or similar organization that could take some donations right now during the US government shut down and SNAP benefit crisis, reply to this comment with a link! We’d be happy to share it.

🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will issue guidance blocking states from wiping medical debt off credit reports — siding with debt collectors over patients. The move could keep $220 billion in medical bills on Americans’ records. www.levernews.com/trump-aims-t...

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

I'm loving season one of #Murderbot, and can't wait for ART next season. BFFs forever! ❤️

The media shuffles this aside because either oh it’s Trump being Trump or because they’re running cover for him. And it’s easy to dismiss as more nonsense. But suggesting members of the opposition party are clones/robots/NPCs is dangerous: it unpersons them, makes them likelier targets of violence.

Happy #Caturday! Text from Yuval Noah Harari's book, "Sapiens." Photo by Thomas Stephan

My latest piece @thenation.com is how perilous it is for us Jews to swallow the lie that a criminal regime of antisemites is really “fighting antisemitism”. The reality? Trump has ordered a hit on Judaism. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

A little-noticed executive order may in the long run have the largest impact on US democracy.

This brain-dead take is becoming the conventional wisdom on the struggles of young men but it's false. From homelessness to suicide prevention to opioid regulations to higher minimum wages, Democrats' platform and rhetoric are *far* better for men than anything coming from the right.

this argument about left scolding sounds initially plausible but does not survive contact with hearing how these manosphere people talk to young men

Happy #Caturday! Luis Wain "Cat's Nightmare" 1904

"How is it that the same evangelical Christians who insisted on the highest standards of personal morality, who were deeply committed to the Constitution..who resisted leaders of authoritarian regimes do a complete about-face & support a president...who represented the opposite of all those things?"

even when it's nazis doing nazism, the press has to call them communists

As someone who has been working with and advocating for runaway and homeless youth for almost 30 years, I can tell you that this hurts children.

FUCK YOU, MAKE ME

On Feb. 3 a large anti-deportation protest swept through downtown Asheville. Over 300 people took the center of town while a major police response failed to intimidate them. More on this, and how it signals the depth of local opposition to escalating fascism: ashevilleblade.com?p=5269 #avlnews

California Just Debunked a Big Myth About Renewable Energy Myth: Renewable energy isn’t reliable. Reality: California just debunked that. Here's a thread based off of this @gristnews.bsky.social article: grist.org/energy/calif... #CA #California #Renewables #Energy 🧵

'The taxation of trade routes' and the like doesn't seem so funny now, does it?

Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.

Musk isn’t just the wolf who has been given the sheep. He’s been given the location of the sheep, their farms, their shepherds. He’s been given maps to get to his prey and the keys to the gates that keep them safe. Musk, unelected, now has his hands directly on the levers of power, illegally.

My aplogies, @tomzohar.bsky.social, if I've broken a sacred seal by cross-posting something you haven't shared here yet. But, it is just too good. 🤣

This is the Second Amendment moment that gun nuts have been fantasizing about for decades. But because it's their guy committing the tyranny, ain't nobody talking about the Second Amendment now.

Same. I’m also old enough to remember when Canadian diplomats risked their lives in 1980 to save 6 Americans working at the US Embassy. They brought them home on Canadian passports (the movie Argo was a true story). The US went wild in gratitude, flying Canadian flags everywhere.

Thank you @buckscountybeacon.bsky.social for an in-depth view of the January 28 press conference. A growing body of research suggests that gerrymandered voting districts lead to polarization, legislative dysfunction, gridlock and increasing voter frustration. buckscountybeacon.com/2025/01/stat...

i think this should be factored into how states, counties, localities and hospitals respond to these executive orders. "we will investigate you if you teach DEI." okay, with what agents, specifically? with what state capacity?

This is the crucial point. They do not have enough people to enforce all of their cruelties. The best they can do is piecemeal while assuming people will wait passively for their turn. I am glad to see 22 states (and school districts) pushing back so fast.

Children are not property.

From southern plantations to modern prison systems, labor behind bars has a long history, and incarcerated people have organized to protect themselves for decades. Got questions? We’re digging into the issue—send yours in: boltsmag.org/ask-bolts/

It’s a constitutional crisis yes. But it’s also theft. They’re looting public resources for private gain.

friend sent me this illustration by @garyzilla.bsky.social , and it's perfection. TRANS RIGHTS, of course Godzilla stans

Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.

Reposting because there are more new people:

Here are just a few of the grant review panels that were cancelled *today*, setting back computer science research and education in the US by many months at best, and more likely permanently.

Another Executive Order to terrorize us into line.

Healthcare workers: Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent. I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️

BRENNAN: “You campaigned on lowering prices, which Executive Order does that?” J.D. VANCE: *condescending pretty talk with buzz words but no answers*

Here’s our answer on why books and not the internet… Books are targeted in schools because it’s an opportunity to redefine what a community considers “appropriate” in our public spaces. youtu.be/fTKBj9YemIg?...

ICE says it is conducting "enhanced" immigration operations in Chicago today. "Border czar" Tom Homan, a top DOJ official and................................. Dr. Phil.... are here to participate. (this is 100% serious unfortunately)

Columbia Jrnlsm Review [Jan 24] Pulitzer-winning columnist & economist Paul Krugman says he quit NYT bec. it was killing his weekly newsletter, reducing his op-eds to one-a-week, & heavily editing & rewriting his op-eds. Krugman was well-known for his liberal views. [@rikiwilchins.bsky.social‬]

Sorry, yes, the Oscar noms are out there now — but we *still* need to be talking about Marianne Jean-Baptiste's performance in #HardTruths.