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I’ve managed to sort and save my open tabs on my phone. Whittled from ~400 to 51. Please clap

For a fictional exploration of MOVE, who were bombed in Philadelphia on this day in 1985, look to the novel THE UNSETTLED by Ayana Mathis. Art will light the way!

On this day in 1985, the city of Philadelphia went to war against its own citizens. I wrote about it for @teenvogue.com back in 2020: www.teenvogue.com/story/histor...

Since redistricting and the VRA are rightfully getting attention, here‘s info about prison gerrymandering. If unfamiliar, prisoners are counted as part of population of area in which they are held captive and not where they’re from, despite felony disenfranchisement. www.prisonersofthecensus.org

Happy Mother’s Day, sci-fi moms

The US government has targeted thousands of parents for deportation since Donald Trump took office in January 2025. A Guardian analysis of government records has found that, during the first seven months of his presidency, the administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 children. 🧵

as per melissa's thread, it is really important to understand that a major goal of this administration is the resegregation of key institutions of american society

WIFE: remember the time you talked shit about that restaurant that has now become one of our favorite, most reliable dinner options? ME: oh you mean the time that we dialectically overcame a past era of contradictions through protracted struggle?

“The billionaire class seeks a world without workers, or at least one in which workers feel as extraneous and precarious as possible. They love AI because they don’t want to deal with human workers’ demands to be treated as … humans!” www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Today's demolition of Voting Rights Act by Roberts Court will likely trigger largest drop in Black representation since end of Reconstruction. They're taking America back to Jim Crow, when white supremacy and one party rule enshrined across South www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I understand why the lawyers settled for it but $1.5 billion from Anthropic was not enough It should have been in the several billions and now every company knows that the cost of perpetual plagiarism (among problems) is a fixed amount of $1.5 billion

The president of the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights group, said SCOTUS decision in Louisiana v Callais delivers “a devastating blow to what remains of the Voting Rights Act”. The ruling is "a license for corrupt politicians who want to rig the system by silencing entire communities."

I kind of wonder if we are creating the conditions where people will learn how to read but not how to write. Where, in other words, we can consume information without the ability to analyze or produce it.

List of 9 websites where you can download unlimited books for free: 1. gutenberg .org 2. standardebooks .org 3. manybooks .net 4. openlibrary .org 5. bookboon .com 6. freecomputerbooks .com 7. internetarchive .org 8. digilibraries .com 9. librivox .org

This piece starts out talking about how Florida's orange industry is on the brink of collapse due to a bacterial disease that researchers cannot figure out how to treat, but then it goes much wider into the orange's role in Florida's culture and the state's truly wild real estate industry.

Pulitzer-worthy reporting here from Minnesota immigrant news @sahanjournal.bsky.social. 70+ children detained during Operation MetroSurge. 30 sent to Dilley. Two dozen held >20 days, a Flores violation. 7 still detained as of March 10. ~20 have been deported. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

At least 29 people have died in ICE custody since October.

I can’t believe I doubted! Ayyy, congrats to our winner! And look forward to seeing the other ALSO on All Stars #DragRace

Oh I’m rooting for Myki, but idk if she clinched it #DragRace

Puppets?! #DragRace

Nini starting out hot- v buzzy energy, wondering about her build #DragRace

Nini did show UP for that performance. Darlene gonna be on an all-stars, we know already. And she should be hella proud for making it here #DragRace

Lmfao of COURSE her Daddy became a minor celebrity 🤭 I remember folks losing their mind over the man when he arrived onscreen lolol #DragRace

Onya just out here looking like a cupcake! Lovely! #DragRace

At lease Jane Don’t won SOMETHING bc looord #DragRace

Did anyone doubt that Nini *wouldn’t* bring the choreo? Really compelling use of the backup dancers #DragRace

This extra large boa! A fun jazzy number! Okay, Myki, vv solid showing #DragRace

Darlene is endearing as fuck. Plus love the Matilda drop in #DragRace

Well, I thought that was just fine. It was cute, not bad #DragRace

A gospel intro? 🫠 into this Big and Rich-esque moment? Where are we going #DragRace

Ooop, RuPaul added a shimmy to her side to side routine! And props! She’s upgrading- I think she’s to Mariah choreo levels #DragRace

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

Like Mother, like Daughter. #DragRace

The judging at the top of the episode was raggedy but this final lipsync was a GIFT #DragRace

Yall better shake for Ms Freedia!! #DragRace

God I love Big Freedia #dragrace

JUICY’S REVEAL!!!!!!!!!! #DragRace

Lmfao the coordinated exaggerated walk was art #DragRace

I know it’s basic but a looooove a fringe #DragRace

“I wasn’t the judge, I was the moderator” 🤭 #DragRace

Ciara?? I guess #DragRace

A clunky reveal always physically pains me for them 🫠 #DragRace

Well, Ciara got what she wanted. Let’s see how this pans out. Clearly Athena never seen the substance #DragRace

I feel like #DragRace is committed to some complicated ass bracket. It makes sense, but damn, I’m not a sport gay

Urgent care is picking up more and more basic health care as clinics and hospitals close and people lose insurance and access to preventive care. This is an interesting look at an urgent care that offers medication abortion to offset what would have become an abortion desert in Michigan.

“The law brings such damages in line with those seeking civil damages from childhood sexual assault” It’s not a perfect solution, or even an actual solution in terms of protecting from harm, but if the intent is to make clear that the damage done is at least comparable, it’s a start.