NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public. By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social

This is absolutely devastating - the NIH hospital called ICE about a patient on a patient seeking care. Sadly, this is, yet, one of countless examples of health care settings being extensions of the carceral state. As health care workers, it our duty to do no harm, to protect our patients.

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This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people. And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

🚨🚨🚨 PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana. For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5. 1/2

Yesterday we shared that a pear has about 60x more formaldehyde by weight than any vaccine. Did you know your own body also produces formaldehyde naturally every day? The amount in vaccines is tiny—way less than what's already in many foods, and what your body makes during normal metabolism.

(cw suicide) i probably think about this image set more than anything else i saw on tumblr a decade ago. That's Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy btw.

These are the dems that voted to confirm the guy that just handed the Treasury to Musk: Blunt Rochester Booker Cantwell Coons Fetterman Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Hickenlooper Kaine Kelly King (Independent) Peters Shaheen Slotkin Warner

A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

At home, Trump has enabled Musk to stage a coup against the government with his army of unvetted stooges taking over the Treasury. Abroad, he's shut down aid & canceled malaria/ HIV programs & put 1000s of lives at risk. Meanwhile, top Democratic leaders are tweeting about egg and priza prices. 😠

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It is astonishing that mainstream media is covering this like it is a shruggie vibe 🤷‍♂️

Just scheduled a livestream for Fri (1/31 @ 1pm PT) to discuss strong #AtmosphericRiver storms headed for Northern CA. I'll discuss the (for now, modest) flood risk up north, as well as how far south the rain might progress into still-parched SoCal. #CAwx www.youtube.com/live...

“This is exactly the work we set out to do,” Paul Dans, who oversaw Project 2025 at the conservative Heritage Foundation, told CNN. Every journalist that ran with Trump's denials about Project 2025, that indulged them, that pretended it was a liberal conspiracy.... should hang their heads in shame.

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Trump put a freeze on hiring air traffic controllers and, on Musk’s instruction, fired the FAA chief early without replacing him. This should be the only thing Dems are saying today. They should all be out on media saying this.

A sign of the times: Wildfire Predictive Services (in conjunction with Cal Fire and CalOES) have issued a "fuels and fire behavior advisory" for Southern California. The details are extraordinary, and highlight the relevance of unprecedented antecedent conditions. #CAwx #CAfire

If you know someone flying a drone for non-official fire fighting reasons over the LA fire, punch them directly in the face and break their drone. There's a water bomber out of action because some asshole wanted to fly a drone over the fire. montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-sendi...

I want to spotlight some worthy organizations to help the victims of the LA fires. My cousin lost his business & my friends lost their home. These fires affected so many middle-class families who need your help. 🧵1/5 Please donate food or cash to this food bank. www.lafoodbank.org/fire/?refresh

Happened to come across this, may be useful if you are an artist (or know of one) impacted by the LA fires.

NEW: Wildfire survivors are able to apply for federal assistance TODAY. Visit CA.gov/LAfires to access resources and information detailing how to apply. California is laser-focused on fighting the LA fires and protecting lives and property.

Many Latino immigrants in Los Angeles worked to extinguish some of the fires with hoses. They aren't firefighters, they were just helping people in other neighborhoods.

CNN interviewed more than a dozen experts, and they said that no fire hydrants would have been able to stop the LA wildfires with the high winds. “I don’t know a water system in the world that is that prepared for this type of event,” said one expert.

Hundreds of Mexican firefighters have arrived in Southern California to help combat the wildfires. Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽

i’m just so blown away by what LA can do

“Zuckerberg is now openly engaging with dishonest MAGA personality Benny Johnson on Instagram. Their blossoming relationship comes as extremist Charlie Kirk boasts that he recently met with Zuckerberg and looks forward to developing the relationship.” - from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social

If you've noticed your calmness slipping lately, your depresh growing, your anxiety screeching louder, and you can't explain why, maybe it's the inauguration coming up. Maybe it's that. That is to say, you're not doing something wrong, it's the world. Which is also partially on fire.

LA restaurants offering free meals to fire evacuees: Yeastie Boys (Multiple locations) Bar Etoile (East Hollywood) Fiorelli Pizza (Venice) Bé Ù (Silver Lake) Danny Boy's (Downtown + Westwood) Oy Bar (Studio City) Sunday Gravy (Inglewood) Dudley Market (Venice) LaSorted's (Silver Lake)

The most 21st century Shakespeare play is Othello, a story about a middle manager whose response to a black man getting promoted ahead of him is to burn literally everyone and everything around him to the ground.

Bye, bitch.

$1,131,794,901 That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns. Well, the planet is burning. Don't let them look away.