MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”

Giving boys baby dolls to play with won't make them grow up to be gay. But it will make them grow up to be dads who can parent without ChatGPT.

This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.

Indiana isn't as big as Texas or Florida, so it rarely gets the same attention nationally. But it's worth keeping an eye on what Indiana is doing, because the GOP has long exploited the state's under-the-radar status as a proving ground for new efforts and policies.

Day 5 out of 6 of the kids (2 and almost 4) not having school … Stay at home parents are saints 😵‍💫

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It is the root of our dysfunction.

First of all, there’s no such thing as too many books or plants, good sir…

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

When you spend the week protecting your community from the Gestapo and then your friendly neighborhood snake gives you a heart attack to round out the week 😭🐍 #CharlotteNC #CLT #RatSnakes

So proud of my fellow Charlotteans! I did have the kids and teens on my radar, but I didn’t expect the huge support from Lululemon wearing moms lol

Come work with me! The Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites applications for a tenure-track position with a focus in digital storytelling and digital media production at the rank of Assistant Professor. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/64909

I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte. ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018. We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:

Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Is anyone gonna talk about how CBP has zero jurisdiction in Charlotte? They only have jurisdiction in the 100 mile belt around our borders. Charlotte is outside of that. Why is no one stopping this???!!!! @joshsteinnc.bsky.social @ncgovernor.bsky.social

Charlotteans, get ready, be prepared, know your rights and inform your neighbors! www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/k...

The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

Why has the government been closed at all if Senate Dems cave now? Didn't they say that they could not go along with throwing millions of people off health care? What's materially changed? A *promise* is not action. ALSO fascists lie and I've been told by some Senate Dems that the GOP is fascist.

Primary all of them!

"German Food Banks Feed 37,000 US Soldiers. US soldiers stationed in Germany and civilian employees of the US armed forces are not receiving any salary or other payments. German authorities are compensating the civil employees, but not soldiers" hanschristensen.substack.com/p/german-foo...

The utter stupidity of pursuing a criminal trial against someone for throwing a sandwich that bounced off a bullet proof vest pissing away hundreds of thousands of dollars for this joke is the perfect encapsulation of this Administration.

"I am openly defying a court order so I can starve children if Democrats don't let me take healthcare away from millions" once again we are in 'too evil for a saturday morning cartoon' territory

Excited to share our new open access paper on older internet users' and non-users' perceptions on internet proxy use, i.e. when someone else uses the internet on your behalf: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Stoked to continue amazing work with outstanding scholars @ the University of Ljubljana.

If you think your kids aren't old enough to hear about what's happening in this country, remember that there are millions of kids their same age who don't have that choice.

When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits

Well, he clearly did not get his wish fulfilled… 😐

If the government shutdown extends beyond Nov. 1, more than 65,000 children could be at risk of losing access to Head Start, the federal early-learning program for low-income families. n.pr/4hy0p96

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

This is utterly horrifying! Unhoused people will be forced to choose between jail for sleeping outside and “accountability centers,” which are involuntary too and you can’t just leave… so really just a glorified jail.

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live. Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps: * Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled * Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Online gambling is feeding money to the biggest shit stains in existence. If you must throw away money on sports betting cycle it around with your local broke ass friends.

Trotz Regen und Sturm: Schöner Auftakt für die „Eisbademeisters“ in Hamburg heute am #Worldswimhatday an der Elbe zur neuen Saison. Wichtige Mission: auf schwierige Situation von Bedürftigen in kalter Jahreszeit aufmerksam machen und Spenden sammeln. eisbademeisters-hamburg.de

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Aus dem Bett geholt, in den Abschiebflieger gesetzt, trotz Ausbildungsvertrag 👉Es ist eben eine Lüge, dass es im Stadtbildstreit nur gegen nicht-integrierte Menschen geht. Es geht um den "Anderen" an sich, damit das Stadtbild wieder WEISS wird taz.de/Abschiebung-...

republicans: who needs affordable health care? also republicans: why isn’t anyone having kids? I’m tired, man

Cancel SPOTIFY. They are running ICE ads. F them. www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

law is a social construct

"Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda" - for the @theguardian.com, @ashifakassam.bsky.social summed up our study. @tevoelker.bsky.social and I answered some questions to put our results into context. Give it a read! Study: bit.ly/4hhRFUN

I hope Republicans are happy with this. Sadly, they probably are. Support our LGBTQ+ youth! Donate time or money to local charities who do incredibly important and literally lifesaving work.

Because giving my 3-year old some sense of normalcy during this time is one of the few things in my control, we’re taking the weekend off at the beach (aside from the protest we will attend on Saturday). Look after yourselves and your loved ones!

To be clear: LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government. The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency. This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

In a two week period: Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste. Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.

And much more interesting would be the frequency and/or amount and even the type of content and whether this happens with an adult present or alone. For example, do they use a tablet once every 3 months for a long road trip or multiple hours a day? And what for?

A little timeline cleanser for you. A rare pic of my 2- and 3-year olds getting along. 🥰

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

This message is for the farming lobby, not the public. Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices. In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Dept. said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers & the food supply. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump’s chaos will punish students. It’s not the billionaires’ kids who will suffer. It's working families' kids who will fall further behind.

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

While we’re at it, get rid of Salesforce and all Meta products if you can.