Bet someone felt very magnanimous identifying race as a social construct. Bet it made their whole day.

I was a Head Start Dissertation Scholar so I personally benefitted from OPRE's commitment to funding early career researchers.

A major restructuring of OPRE threatens the US research agenda supporting healthy children and families and could inject more politics into this research area. Please read more and sign if you've been affected by the great work of ACF or OPRE.... datafoundation.org/news/advocac...

2026 basically

You need to show ID to buy a beer. Why shouldn't you have to carry papers with you at all times to avoid being sent to ICE concentration camps?

More of this, please! www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

The rule of law can’t survive this

ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills. To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.

The perfect ice cream doesn't exi--

My students went absolutely feral over this figure today — highly recommend doi.org/10.1177/0146...

Every uni/college that caved proven as craven cowards “…DOE agreed…it will no longer rely on the "Dear Colleague Letter" or its certification requirement, nor will it attempt to enforce or reinstate them under a different name…DOE also agreed not to use their "End DEl" portal or related FAQ doc.”

Botany valentine. Another oldie.

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

FYI, Cville folks actionnetwork.org/letters/soli...

The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

If you are watching the opening ceremony on NBC, you won't hear the boos of JD Vance because NBC cut it. Corporations working to keep Americans in the dark about how unpopular their elected officials are. The White House reposted the censored clip. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Jimmy Build Wall My Tactical Romance New Border Cute Is What We Detain For Panic! At The Detention Center

In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.

I hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...

The Texas Dem who just flipped a red district is a unique candidate. But the conditions behind his long-shot win are everywhere. Hint: the GOP's education extremism is increasingly alienating suburban voters. My latest educationwars.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...

i know portland doesn’t count as real america on the east coast but i saw very little national news coverage of this over the weekend—and the coverage i did see wasn’t prominent. i think a bunch of little kids and nurses and families getting gassed is newsworthy

Does anyone know if Albemarle County has been doing anything for the students who depend on the schools for breakfast and lunch?

5. The administration continues to treat state sovereignty as fungible. As strange as it feels for organizers, a states rights orientation feels like the more progressive position. They are figuring that whiplash out.

2. You aren’t crazy. Your local and state elections do seem even more supercharged than usual. Speculative finance means donor class has more money to spend while their national voter suppression means there are fewer races to influence. carolinapublicpress.org/73700/get-re...

an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars

Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."

Walz: Minnesotans are witnessing, and we're creating a log of evidence for the future prosecution of ice agents and officials responsible for this.

The StarTribune live blog is paywall free: - The man shot by federal agents this morning has died - Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building. - ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

It's never that they are wrong. It's that protestors are paid, or the judge is married to someone with an opposing viewpoint, or the polls are fixed. For a party that wants everyone to "man up" and "be alphas," they are quite a group of little whiny bitch babies.

I like seeing summaries like this one that integrate findings from practice, theory, empirical work, and neuroscience. Each domain provides a type of evidence and when they cohere, we can have greater confidence in making practice recommendations. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

The Trump administration’s egregious actions in Minnesota are part of a broader pattern of antidemocratic and authoritarian behavior that makes everyone less safe. 🧵⬇️

The unacceptable danger and fear that ICE is purposefully inflicting on Black, Brown, Indigenous, and immigrant communities in Minnesota and many other US cities are part of this pattern—and a hallmark of authoritarian regimes throughout history.

This was kind of a difficult piece to write, given how shaky and frightening everything is here right now, but keeping Assigned readers informed of a dire situation they might not know a lot about was worthwhile. Thanks so much to @rohnkat.bsky.social and @leighfinke.bsky.social!

The TACO cycle: Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank. So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.

They should be terrified of the country falling into tyranny. They should be terrified for the lives and hopes of their constituents. They should be terrified for the fate of the nation.

The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.

This storm looks really serious. Do your grocery run tomorrow and stay off the roads on the weekend if you can. If trees come down people may be without power in frigid temps. Check on your neighbors. The weather people at work are on edge about this one.

Our tracker is looking a teensy bit flaccid - we assume it's due to not giving you enough cheesy, positive, can do attitude? WE FORGE ON: We WILL convince you to support this vital independent news site! <3!

Every kid who has immigrant parents and is terrified for them right now owns my heart. I was you, little one. But in better times. I promise you that many of us will put our lives on the line for you. Don’t give up.

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

Admittedly, at this point I have actually forgotten about the Epstein files.

I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

we actually have a solid understanding of what the athletic advantages are, and just about every sporting organization developed guidelines to manage them. these laws endrun around those guidelines in order to institute a discriminatory categorical ban.

ONLY on Assigned Media: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have accused the regime of genocide. Some of the most vulnerable are trans. Crack reporter @mollyquell.bsky.social comes to us from The Hague to report on trans oppression as part of the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar.