“We know this law is discriminatory because it does not apply to all international transfers equally." - Paul Vaaler of ‪@umnlawschool.bsky.social‬

This reminds me of the "strongly worded letter" we deride congressional Democratic leadership for using.

Ohfer cute! The Gentoo penguins at Edinburgh Zoo are “pebbling” (not a weird sex thing). Penguins bring pebbles to potential mates as gifts. The pebbles were painted by patients at a local children’s hospital, who get to see their works of art being passed around thanks to THIS livestream.

For America's 250th anniversary, we should let all constitutionally eligible US citizens vote!

Trump's vanity war with Iran is a cluster**** of epic proportions. How many things can he ruin at one?

Happy International Day of Awesomeness, Lovelies! Celebrate wisely: Acknowledge Your Awesomeness. Celebrate Others: Tell friends, family, or colleagues how awesome they are. Do Something "Awesome". Spread Joy.

Everything is bigger in Texas, including your TSA lines.

More than half of the 279 people that the Trump administration has accused of attacking federal immigration officers are US citizens ZERO of those charged with assault have been convicted. But DHS uses inflammatory language to continue justifying its violence against us.

Trump is refusing to sign any other legislation (including ending the gov shutdown?) until he gets the SAVE Act. He'd rather destroy the country than allow you to lawfully vote.

War is bad for so much of humanity. Even if you think it's some other country, across the world, it will impact your life.

The Modern Times Cafe is now the "Post Modern Times". Patrons order multiple items on the house, while others opt to pay double or triple their "tab" as a donation. I would love this to be a great model going forward for community care.

Wayzata Public Schools has selected a Virgin as the district's new leader.

Happy Monday, lovelies! How did you all do trying to get up this morning?

My husband @richardgarnett.bsky.social have been among the redwood trees for the last couple days. It's beautiful (and helpful for covering up the effects of daylight changing of clocks)

My husband @richardgarnett.bsky.social describes his work as "computer science and math", which is exactly the jobs most likely to be displaced by AI, according to @anthropic.com and @axios.com I couldn't be happier that he retired a few years ago.

I'm trying to read books more

Happy Sunday, lovelies. Sorry about that lost hour of sleep

Kurds don't want to fight Trump's war for him to get the spoils

Well, this is terrifying. The AI bots aren't just talking over, they are into crypto

Trump loves risk, and then pushing the losses onto us, but keeping the spoils for himself.

Happy Saturday, lovelies! This is the man President Trump picked to replace Kristi Noem at the Department of Homeland Security. This photo is him hiding from Jan 6 rioters

Leave the step ladder there it will be required on a daily basis

Nurses. Truck drivers. Federal workers. Tech employees. Trump didn’t just kill jobs — he gutted the backbone of this country. Healthcare down 28K. Transportation down 11K. These aren’t numbers. They’re families. And he called this a plan. #TrumpsJobsSlump

BREAKING. 92,000 jobs LOST. Unemployment arrow pointing straight UP to 4.4%. Economists expected a gain of 50,000. That’s not a miss — that’s a 142,000-job catastrophe in 28 days. This is what his economy looks like. #TrumpsJobsSlump​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Gas prices climbing in real time while 92,000 Americans just lost their jobs. This is what “great again” looks like? A war-driven price spike at the pump hitting the same workers Trump just put out of work. #TrumpsJobsSlump​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Ongoing care in the Twin Cities of Minnesota

“The most important part of this entire story is that the baby is okay,” Lio Cundiff told The Advocate. https://mrf.lu/mvwB

The Paralympics start today. If you loved the Olympic spirit, keep that energy going!

The Iran war is driving energy prices up and hurting economies worldwide.

The USA used to be the leader in eradicating HIV. I'm happy to see other countries stepping up. Hopefully, we can catch up

“Laughing at yourself signals self-acceptance, and we love people who accept themselves,”

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. Ephesians 2:13-14

Happy Friday, lovelies! Noem isn't gone, she's just shuffled around. Accept this progress and push for more.

Secretary Noem's disastrous leadership will forever be marred by the murders of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and countless others we are still learning about at the hands of ICE agents conducting violent, lawless arrests and in ICE custody. (1/2) apnews.com/article/trum...

‘Now we don’t have to impeach her’ - @robertgarcia.house.gov Bringing efficiency back to government.

Whaaaaaaaa?

"You have to fund us to continue to terrorize Americans because we just started bombing another country."

Republicans are obsessed with trans people

An internal memo from Anthropic CEO. I haven't verified if it's true, but right now, that seems like the easiest, most obvious explanation. Companies know that they need to submit bribes in order to not be persecuted by this government.

I really love this article, helping us to understand what legal tools we have to fight illegal ICE activity.

I want my day to be about 2 things: 1. The #GLAADawards (I'm not attending, but my colleagues are working their butts off for it right now) 2. The Kākāpō . I am now the species' hype man

"Today, the downside risk of supporting a war, even one that goes better than anybody expected, is higher than the risk of opposing it." - @daveweigel.bsky.social

Scott Bessent told House Republicans that Republicans should “take the lead” to “pass our own housing affordability” legislation so they “don’t let the Democrats like Senator Warren get ahold of this issue." The GOP prefers their own power over our housing stability. And they will keep prices high.

I want to be hopeful, but I know how much is against us in Texas. Can we keep that momentum from the primary into the general election? I hope so. The GOP will try to stop every vote it can, we will have to get through a lot of obstacles to ensure people's votes are counted.

Did you know that there is a really large, ugly, and awkward parrot? And it's endangered, but making a comeback. I think I'm in love! Everyone get excited for the return of the kākāpō! I need this bird to be the next hot internet trend.

As predicted, this war in Iran will not stay in Iran. It's going to expand the whole region, and in so many ways, the entire globe.

Happy Thursday, Lovelies! Tonight is the #GLAADawards. We've all seen how influential media is for shaping our understanding of the world. These awards are the "carrot" to recognize outstanding #LGBTQ representation. I will be cheering from home.

Huge fan of both Talarico and Crockett. We need them both in DC. Now let's win that Senate seat.

"The work continues." Thank you.

Not the point of the @axios.com article, but looking at those graphs. Republicans have ran 1000x more LGBTQ ads, presumably anti-trans ads. They are obsessed.