THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.

Every time I sit down to learn about a long-standing conflict, basically the answer is: the British that started it. Every damn time...

A heads down approach will not save science. We need to speak up, live our values, and demand integrity. www.statnews.com/2026/03/12/n...

Critiques for the ridiculous excuses to close depts: 1) A liberal arts degree is actually more flexible on the job market than a specialized STEM degree. 2) Small classes provide better education because of the improved faculty-to-student ratio. 3) Learning about the humanity of others matters.

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license. This is pure cruelty. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

“🇺🇸 agriculture is on the verge of widespread collapse… they’re asking for a rollback of virtually every policy Trump has introduced.” As Republicans try to distance Trump policies from🧑‍🌾 farmer struggles, the truth is clear: www.facebook.com/share/v/17Up...

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

Labour has brought back section 28 against trans and non-binary individuals. I lived through section 28 last time. I suffered the harms of it. This will do the same thing. Not even allowing young people to socially transition is plain wrong. It prevents them finding their own identity.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

tfw when you want to have fun and chant too but you can’t because you’re at work

So nice of The Times to make sure we finally get the other side of the story.

"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."

I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.

Current temp in Minneapolis: -12°F (-24°C), -28°F wind chill (-33°C) Thousands of people are congregating downtown for today's General Strike march against ICE. Thousands more are on their way. Of course we are going to win.

Btw, its currently -23C in Minneapolis. Kneeling outside, saying the Lord's Prayer in -23C (-10F) temperatures.

Incredible (and slightly depressing) to hear that this argument has been going on for nearly 7 decades...

Our high school students across the metro area show what they're made of and stage a walkout to protest ICE.

Greenland's Cooperation Party: Tillie Martinussen says the people of Greenland flat out say NO to MAGA's bribery & propaganda. Turns out, it doesn't work on people whose government invested in educating their own citizens. 🙌🏻💪🏼 (Which is exactly why Republicans don't do it) / Pt1

Everything about this is glorious

In just seconds, an encounter with ICE agents turned deadly. The Star Tribune examined the video evidence frame by frame.

my second grader is *obsessed* with everything dave pikey does. our house is overflowing with captain underpants and dog man and all the spin-offs www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/b...

Anti-depressants save lives. We live in a world where most people are completely unaware that depression can be a terminal illness - and not just because of suicide. This is a very good thing. The rarity of depression at that level of severity is entirely due to modern medicine.

Guys, it's not just about oil. Don't be so cynical. After all, Venezuela also has gold and rare earth elements.

Devastatingly on point editorial from Le Monde.

I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

After this weekend’s antisemitic terror attack in Australia, it is more important than ever that people assemble for Hanukkah. May the Festival of Lights shine brightly in Jewish homes and communities throughout the world.

True joy recognizes and acknowledges pain, tears, sadness, and every other emotion that exists within the spectrum of human experience. It is about discovering and finding balance, equilibrium, and a sense of steadiness even in the midst of difficult, trying, and turbulent times.

When the mercury plummets to -40° (where Celsius and Fahrenheit finally agree), most sensible creatures burrow inward. But not in the Yukon. Here, in this land where exhaled breath crystallizes mid-air and exposed skin stings within seconds, I found myself moved to dance Bhangra.

Two wildly familiar issues highlighted in this article: 1) "polling showed that most French people backed the left’s ideas – investment in hospitals, fairer taxation of the very rich and multinationals – even if they didn’t vote left."

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

Watch this space: I anticipate this being the next version of the the disastrously toxic myth of the 25 year old brain "mature" brain.

ICE vs the clergy

Usually the justification for denying visas based on health is the cost to the taxpayer: but US healthcare is privatized so this logic doesn't apply. Also, reciprocal retaliatory visa restrictions by other countries are quite common... given US obesity rates this could backfire quite badly...

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

The declarations keep coming back to the ways in which the awful conditions themselves were used to coerce deportations. Here, one lawyer describes how his client, who had a work permit, US citizen children, and a strong case for relief, was coerced into giving up his case.

Former Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot announces that she is opening a documentation center to collect evidence of the criminal misconduct of DHS leadership and of ICE agent deployed to Chicago and its environs. The effort will also focus on unmasking and identifying all ICE agents deployed.

The correct term for Trump's particular aesthetic style is “Regional Car Dealership Rococo” according to architecture critic Kate Wagner, author of McMansion Hell.

This is disastrous. Roughly 42,000,000 people will not have enough to eat in November. That's 12% of the US population (1 in 8 people), who will lose their ability to feed themselves sufficiently.

#BoycottHomeDepot indeed.

Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation Depraved. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

This is so lovely! Having a positive experience during a peaceful protest boosts revenue and the profile of independent businesses and the local farmers market in downtown Portland.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

"intelligence that indicates there’s illegal alienage in a particular place or location" turns out to be..."Hey, Chip, you or other folks. How do they appear in relation to what you or other people look like?"