"If we throw minorities under the bus, Republicans will stop calling us too woke" is the same logic that got us Clinton's welfare cuts and Obama's immigration crackdowns. You can't policy your way out of a right-wing propaganda problem.

Are you disgusted and want to help? Read this. Digest how evil it and Cuomo is. Send it to every New Yorker and person with a platform that you know. Add a note on top from you. There are many monsters in the world right now. We can beat this monster now. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/n...

the video is excellent tho

I’ve been thinking this all day

Americans root for people who stand up for themselves, whether they do it in a newsletter, at a press conference, through an influencer, or on social media. But they won’t root for a pushover, just because he happens to be on TikTok. www.offmessage.net/p/democrats-...

YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER APP IS JUST A PRETTY DISPLAY OF NOAA DATA Ppl seem to think that "NOAA weather forecasts" means climate-, boat-, or "in addition to my app"-weather. But the weather forecasts *we all use* are made from the NOAA data *we all paid for* Make that part clear when you ⬇️

"to conceive of robots as ‘human-like machines’ (& thus consider their rights)means to first perceive humans in machinic terms: complicated biological info processing machines. Once we see ourselves as machines, it becomes intuitive to see machines as ‘in some sense like us" arxiv.org/pdf/2404.10072

"It’s worse than you think because by the time the courts catch up, the damage will already have been done. It’s worse than you think because the people running the government seem to have no higher mission than to watch it burn," @brbarrett.bsky.social writes:

As to the substantive goal, if you want Trump to comply with the law, you can't just say "we really mean it" or accept a GOP pinky swear. You have to make him comply at the outset, and then fund the government in short bursts so he knows he can't easily renege. www.offmessage.net/p/its-crunch...

To win public opinion, though, it has to be clear Republicans are begging Dems for votes (because they're too dysfunctional to govern alone), without providing any reason to believe Trump will honor a deal (because they know he won't). At least for now, that means dropping the filibuster threat.

Full explanation in the piece. If Dems stick to that line, they'll know and we'll know that they did all they could. If they don't, it'll be a turning point in history. www.offmessage.net/p/its-crunch...

All of us to @msnbc.com

Hey physicians, now is actually the exact time we need to all be talking about racism and health equity. Everything that is happening is going to worsen disparities. Silence is not an option.

Arrests have a cost yall: - time in jail - bail - dealing with lawyers / courts - no contact orders - employment - travel restrictions Civil disobedience with the intention of provoking arrest has a time and a place. It's best done as part of a widespread, dedicated campaign supported by normies.

Your weather app gets its info because of NOAA. Your mail arrives at your home because of USPS. Your plane navigates the skies because of the FAA. Your food is safer -- and we get alerts when it isn't -- because of USDA. You hear about earthquakes *worldwide* because of USGS.

The Trump-Musk assault on disability rights is monstrous on its own but also the start of a wider assault on other vulnerable populations. Pay attention.

Read the op-ed from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social in @thenation.com. 👇

Organizing spaces and community spaces have said "in person is the only way." Disabled people may not be forcibly institutionalized right now (though RFK has plans for that) but we are isolated because others refuse to keep us safe. 18/20

If you are a cis person *please* take 2 minutes to do this. Trans people with non-updated gender markers, historical gender marker changes, and X markers are terrified to travel right now; rolling back this policy would mean a lot.

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

Dear @wegmansofficial.bsky.social We really appreciate you continuing “Black History Month” in your stores. It just made me shop there more. And you KNOW you can run up some money at the Wegmans! Keep up the good work!

Excited to learn all the new ways lawyers can phrase "the federal government can suck my dick" over the next four years

If Dems decide regrouping after 2024 means striking an optimal balance between Obamaism and Bidenism, they will march into 2028 with a playbook for a discontinued game. All these recriminations over the best face of liberalism is navel gazing until fair play and the rule of law are restored.

"VERY unlikely" is being generous

happy presidents’ day everyone i wrote about DEI and how the anti-woke brigade loves eugenics www.theverge.com/politics/613...

I am worried this is going to become the conventional wisdom over the next four years: If those pesky college students and activists and SJWs hadn't over-reached, Trump II never would have happened. It is nonsense.

They don’t understand the programming language…

X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers

There is simply no legal architecture that would allow Musk, the richest man in the world, to remake the entire federal government without running afoul of criminal conflict of interest laws.

At the request of the Trump Admin, the Ntl Park Service removed references to trans people in this essay w/o consulting the writer, historian @wendylrouse.bsky.social. Read it here as Prof Rouse intended (and as the NPS published/maintained it until now). 🗃️ drive.google.com/file/d/1p-rQ...

“Those in power rely on this disillusionment, using economic coercion, legislative gridlock, and suppression of dissent to maintain control. But these institutions still depend on us—our labor, our spending, and, most critically, our compliance. We hold more influence than we are led to believe.”

the richest man in the world decided that you don't deserve safe drinking water

the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

It should go without saying, but perhaps not: Removing uncomfortable histories because they fail to glorify the dominant group in power is not the sign of a healthy and free society.

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

SCOOP: The top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its efforts to aid states in securing elections. The move represents the first major example of the country’s cyber defense agency accommodating Trump’s false claims of election fraud and online censorship.

Crucial thing you must do right now is strengthen and expand your community. Serve together. Try a new activity. See each other in person. Over on the other site I am continually struck by how the rabid intensity does not actually reflect community or connection. Only way we get through this.

after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans: www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...

As the Trump administration demands that all references to “gender ideology” and diversity, equity, and inclusion be removed across federal agencies, Black and transgender Americans are having their histories erased and their livelihoods put at risk. Check out my column for @19thnews.org here

“Elon Musk is a walking conflict of interest,” Craig Holman, the government affairs lobbyist at the consumer watchdog Public Citizen, said. “Over and over again, he’s just involved in governmental actions that directly and substantially impact his own financial wellbeing.”

So, so proud of this collaboration with @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social and so grateful to so many scientists—especially early career researchers—who spoke with us. “It is just common sense that in order to have the best science, we need the broadest, most inclusive environment for scientists.”

I don’t know how to nicer and in not looking But the attack in diversity was a test run and white people with power ESPECIALLY IN JOURNALISM AND INFORMATION failed miserably And they never as @kendrawrites.com points out Practiced the muscle

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Elon Musk's teenybopper fascists plainly cannot code for shit www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...