A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s January 20 anti-trans executive order. From @prismreports.org:

We don’t have to listen about Silicon Valley if we can start scaring folks into doing they GOD DAMN JOB Narcissists want focus We want results We are too busy and too precarious for that They’re doing mushrooms for engagement YOUR TIME CAN BE BEST SPENT MAKING FOLKS ACT RIGHT

"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."

In 2026 if you actually hold the line this time and recognize and remember how we LOST this hard THIS FAST And actually remember never again And hold standards We could make Roosevelt jealous from the beyond on what we get done And it’s not bullshit COMMS but policy And we can HAVE IT

Living is radical, living is resistance, survival is spite

Fear and angst. At the moment hope is hard. Every once in a while interactions here remind me that folks have a hard time knowing the bigger picture- the throughlines of racism and all that it upends against all steps towards progress. It adds to my fear that we’ll return even if wins occur.

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said earlier today that seeing this video was "one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service." "People will someday see this video and they will see that that video shows ... an attack on shipwrecked sailors."

They're just making up new rules

impressive, very nice

I’m not saying “don’t get distracted” because if there is a consensus to call it a war crime then there could be some accountability in the near term. But let’s not forget the whole truth of what this really is.

How many times have news and leaders spoke without the gravity that murder should hold? Like what do you do when a powerful government just bombs you, your friends and family? Full on humans murdered. Lives lost. Like all, they wanted to live. It’s an emergency as all actions like these are.

It’s driving me nuts that the Trump admin shifted the focus to solely the 2nd strike, & the press & many Dems are just going along with that.

It’s interesting to rewatch Venture Bros as an adult. Enjoying the reflection in how they handle stuff over time, stuff that I used to get really annoyed about. It starts with awareness, but grows from there. There’s a great degree of examining cynicism. I was a teen when Venture Bros started. 😌

Court rules that the Constitution exists

My parents pulled me aside for a concerned conversation when I was 16 because of this fucking article archive.ph/2025.05.11-1...

Alright. That means the Supreme Court would let democrats keep their re-drawn maps, too, right? Right?

Democrats can retaliate against these GOP gerrymanders with new maps in Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, & Virginia. They could flip 7 GOP seats to make up for this & new GOP maps in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, & possibly soon Indiana. Imposing costs is the only way to deter the GOP from doing this

This is an insane paragraph. This is at the very least, literally, not "indisputable". The lower-court ruling you're overturning said otherwise, and there's written, public evidence the DOJ said do this for racial reasons! "Indisputable" just means "I don't care to deal with contrary evidence."

Anyone in the ATL looking for a new friend? 🥹

Fair warning: if you’re planning to watch the FIFA World Cup draw tomorrow (and related coverage), be prepared to see and hear Andrew Giuliani, who for some reason is the White House’s lead bro for World Cup.

When Jay asked the toddler if he could put his computer away, they said “It’s good that you asked.”

What's changed is that the Court has become more transparent in its corruption. There's not even an argument here beyond the implicit one which is: how do you expect us to hold the House without those seats?

It's so cool how statements like this mean nothing because no one clarifies when they're talking about generative AI

Forever and always so compelled by Dragan Bibin's Deimos series www.draganbibin.com/the-human-co...

remember Adriana Smith, the woman who was denied care and then had her body used as an incubator due to Georgia’s heartbeat bill? The baby they removed from her is still NICU and her family (who is forced to pay for all of this) hasn’t hit the goal on her gofundme. www.gofundme.com/f/help-adria...

4 days and still askin... fuck, id take even $20. literally anything so my cat isnt actively *STARVING* while he has a *WORM* please i already had to bury a cat this summer (2nd year in a row), i xant do this shit again :((

regarding “if I have to hear one more of my fellow annoying white people wax orientalist about how all Buddhists are lovable and huggable perfect angels”

This is Stephen Miller's petty shit right here.

this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child

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There are so many people like this man and our government doesn’t give a shit about them.

The experience of the gentleman in the video is almost identical to mine. I’m 73 yo and still having to work because of family medical that nearly bankrupted me. I lost everything.

Republicans HATE elderly Americans.

FIRST WEEK OF ADVENT "For I was a stranger and you welcomed me".

While not caring about the tax dollars vanishing into the coffers of billionaire corporations.

"We can't have these social services that benefit people because what if people who don't need them use them?" There are so many people who would rather leave vulnerable people with nothing than chance any risk that their tax dollar might go to someone they don't want it to go to.

Personally, I'm the kind of educator who advocates for UDL. Instead of individual accommodations requests, we strive to make everything as accessible as possible to everyone. Having a ramp and stairs always available instead of unlocking the gate blocking the ramp on request.

honestly if a disability accommodation helps someone who isn’t technically disabled … isn’t that still a good thing?

Tons of research shows people rarely commit fraud for social services anyway. We literally went through a mo ths-long news cycle about DOGE committing more fraud than they actually found. What is wrong with you people. Just let people have accommodations. Why do you fucking care?

Ultimately one could rename "disability services" to "accommodations and accessibility," and everyone gets what they need. Universal design. Now... that would require a complete reframing and expansion of that office and that would cost money for staff and additional counselors, up front...

Soooo

After California sued Tesla for false advertising, the company quietly changed the name to "full self-driving (supervised)." Now Elon's like "hahaha, no supervision needed." How many people will die because a Tesla owner listened to Elon? #TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall techcrunch.com/2025/12/04/m...

Dude reminds me so much of Colin Robinson from What We Do in the Shadows

1,000? Wowee! Golly! Economy is shit, so… what do they think this will do for anyone? 1% of spending? They could choose to actually help people, but nah… into the stocks it goes. Goofy ass state, makes me so fucking sad. Every year it’s worse and worse. www.expressnews.com/politics/tex...

Are you interested in the history of the sanctuary movement and/or of Chicago? Check out my article in Middle West Review about the rise of the movement in and out of the city. You can access and read it for free, below. www.academia.edu/95259933/Pol...

Kind of ridiculous whenever someone tries to tell a POC about racism as if they don’t know about it. Yeah, I know my own interests have me informed on history, but also, all POC in the US are aware of racism. Patronizing a POC on this is part of racism- obvious to some, but not others.

FBI arrests DC pipe bomb suspect. I am already seeing disinformation and misinformation posted on social media about the suspect’s ideology and motivation. DOJ has just stated they do NOT know his motivation yet. Beware: wapo.st/3XA1iFm