critically this was the case in 1870 when the 15th amendment was ratified! there is literally no such thing as partisan gerrymandering and manipulation of voting rules in the south outside of the context of “white reactionaries want to neuter black political power”

The best present-day class analysis of these regions is “American Gentry” by historian Patrick Wyman patrickwyman.substack.com/p/american-g...

A very good explanation and great thread! Also “leisured provincial gentry” is right on the money (sic) as both the men live rurally but are retired money managers. Petit Trianon cosplay Working class.

One Tory act of vandalism following their 2010 victory was cutting funding to Gordon Brown’s Sure Start programme, eventually closing 1400 centres, which had made significant differences to life chances. One of Starmer’s failings is not shouting about bringing them back. I only found out today. ⬇️

This is the entire point I am attempting to make when I fight with various “leftists” or dissapointed dems on this site—I mean I know it’s pointless to argue but people have to fight and keep fighting. Regardless of setbacks, losses, perfidious allies, or anything else. POC don’t have a choice. None

ICE agents were directly told to violate the constitution, and the agency tried to hide that fact. Here’s a source: apnews.com/article/ice-...

The assumption of white non-racism is 100% indefensible and 100% expected. White innocence is a lie this country loves.

“In 2018, Barkan, 36, ran for a New York state senate seat and lost in the Democratic primary. Since then, he has been a remarkably prolific writer.” Or at least someone has been remarkably prolific.

Cuban Tody endemic to Cuba 📷: Karlos Ross #birds

The Brown v. Board ruling happened 72 years ago today. The reversal of the Supreme Court’s previous “separate but equal” decision highlights how it’s possible to overcome bad SCOTUS decisions. But it took years of activism from brave people to get there. Keep fighting.

Oh my.

Chestnut-Headed Bee-Eaters found across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia 📷: Bibhas Deb #birds

100 percent NOT ACHILLES ok?

That George W Bush stays quiet as PEPFAR is gutted means he loses the one claim to decency he had.

Woah.

David Attenborough Fans The Greater Blue-Eared starling: a living jewel of the African savanna. www.facebook.com/reel/2075156...

Neither Cassidy nor any other Republican has integrity in the first place. He wanted power as a senator to do shitty things and harm women and POC and dems. He threw away any scientific cred and medical learning to keep his seat because he didn’t value those things in the first place.

Rt Hon @liambyrnemp.bsky.social offers a solid assessment of why there’s a surge in UK populism. “The populists offer strongman politics: one leader, one people, one enemy, one betrayal, one simple answer. We need something better. A strong society.” liambyrne.substack.com/p/normal-is-...

This Needs to Happen…. Idea: a law that says if you’re going to build a data center, you have to also build enough solar panels to power it. We can call it the Bring Your Own Damn Grid Act.

Oh no, really?

just open contempt for the united states as a pluralist and secular democracy. and a reminder that the function of the fiction that the united states was founded as a fundamentalist christian nation is to establish a hierarchy of human worth with white christians at the top

this is such a great encapsulation of what the various factions of the reactionary right want. i might add that they envision themselves as slave masters and the rest of us, in one way or another, as their slaves. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...

No one in this regime will face federal criminal accountability unless we reform the Supreme Court first. That's what folks should be running on. That should be the lesson of the Jack Smith prosecutions: it doesn't matter who the AG is.

Commentary: Trump had historical markers ripped down in Ohio and across the country ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/13/t...

This is the step many miss in this debate. It doesn't have to be no-free-speech vs anything-goes. There are many activities that we regulate more strictly when commercial. Rules are mostly different between doing-X and doing-X-for-money. Remove financial incentives and grifters will soon peel away.

Ok its three months old but

This is just perfection!

“One day, all we guard will be surrendered. “ Li-young Lee, on learning to accept and embrace the fragility and temporality of life, in his poem: To Hold #poetry #WritingCommunity

This Mycenaean clay figurine shows a woman with raised hands, wearing a polos (type of hat) & decorated garments. Many similar figurines have been found across Greece. Their widespread use suggests a link to worship, female deities & ritual 🕰️C14th BC 🏛️ National Archaeological Museum, Athens 📷 mine

Seated figure terracotta, pigment c. 900-1300 CE Middle Niger culture Mali #art #sculpture #africanart #tribalart #ancientart #africa #mali #middlenigerculture #c13thcentury #seatedfigure #jennejeno #culture #belief #religion #prayer #africansculpture #ancientafricanart #middlenigersculpture

AOC: “It is time for the North to pull up to the South and let them know exactly what they have uncorked with this injustice. They think they can draw us out of power. They do not know the sleeping giant they just awakened. What they thought was the final blow is actually just the opening silo”

Oh Forbes, never stop.

i have been writing about the virginia supreme court decision with a certain amount of analytical detachment but if i’m being honest i’m also fucking furious i took the time to go vote and then my ballot got tossed out by these dipshits

They really didn’t jump to conclusions: they just looked and conclusions were there.

"Account based in Thailand" As is the source of Farage's £5m "reward for Brexit". How patriotic. #ReformUK #Harborne #Farage #Reform

One of my favorites, the spectacular Snowcap #hummingbird at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #hummingbirds #nature

The magnificent Roy!

'She turned her focus sharply to identifying and exposing the presence of bias in psychology. Her core thesis was that it was flawed because most research was based on men’s experiences and treated male behaviour as the “normal” standard, leading to distorted and damaging views of women' ...

#RubySaturday Cindy McGarry quilted the "Solar Flare" design by Villa Rosa Designs. Cindy had a stash of patriotic fabric that needed quilting. "Solar Flare" to the rescue! I like that the center of the star burst is off to the left side, instead of centered. Interesting.

Yuliya Krishchik, textile #artist who stitches the #cosmos, embroidering #stars, #nebulae & #celestial maps into layered fabrics & tapestries. She turns cloth into miniature #universes, where hand-stitched #constellations & shimmering threads map memory, time & wonder @yuliya_krishchik #embroidery

This is a painting titled “Moonrise” created in 1884 by Polish realist artist Stanisław Masłowski (1853–1926), who was known for his realistic style, and this piece is considered a nocturne landscape.

yes. the clearest path to deal with the SCVA ruling is just to say that it wasn’t a constitutionally valid exercise of judicial review. because it wasn’t!

Green galaxy inside this hyalite opal gem. Original post

Younger daughter & I found these fossilised crinoid rock stars (segments of the ‘stem’ of Jurassic feather stars/sea lilies, related to starfish & sea urchins) in the gravel on the edge of a lake nr Peterborough UK. She used them to make an ammonite:

Good morning! A puffin from Newfound coming in for a landing captured by Ray Mackey Photography. An amazing photo to say the least...

This cameo intaglio portrays Julia, the daughter of Titus. The engraved aquamarine is signed by Evodos. The radiating frame is populated by 9 sapphires and 6 pearls. It was added in the early C9th. It’s a truly striking item. 🕰️C1-2nd AD 🏛️📷 Bibliothèque Nationale 🇫🇷

To imagine many Dem voters thought Polis would be a great VP nominee. Makes me wonder who (or what) got to him 🤔 And tbh, he should resign. Shame on him‼️

Jared Polis is so completely full of shit. His commutation of Tina Peters' sentence has nothing to do with freedom of speech. What a joke. What an insult to the law-abiding citizens of Colorado. What an assault on free and fair elections. An embarrassing profile in cowardice.