Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons. "ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

SOMEONE IS ACTUALLY ANSWERING AT SCHIFF'S FIELD OFFICE 310-914-7300 CALL AND TELL HIM NOT TO CAVE ON TRANS HEALTHCARE

I finally got my passport (after some delay), with my correct gender marker! I have been really worried given the state of everything. This is fantastic news that will have cascading positive effects on my and my family's lives.

Took me a bit to process how big a deal this report actually is--its thus far the only review to look at the entire body of currently available research. It took two years to conduct, stands at 1,000 pages, and completely contradicts the Cass Review and the common arguments for bans on this care.

None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.

PHILLY DA LARRY KRASNER: “We have the lowest homicides in 50+ years… our state prison population has gone from 13,000 down to 9,000… this notion that if you lock up more people you’ll be safe has always been crap.” (cc: Sexton, Lamberth, @CoreCivic)

Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported

It’s unironically Very Good that every pro-democracy political actor from Angela Davis to David Brooks agrees we need an unprecedented popular front that mobilizes civil resistance to stop the march of tyranny and restore popular rule to our government. Now, we just have to organize it.

Totally! I have it by my bed side table so I eat a spoonful as soon as I wake up

pretty crazy watching the american president on live tv in the oval office planning the construction of concentration camps in a foreign country to house americans

i love giving back to the art community, yall are so fuckin talented ❤️

Give a moment of your time to help trans people, we need your help. These executive orders cause real harm: enabling bigotry, limiting the ability for some of us to travel, highlighting & targeting us. Please, this is your chance to be able to say that you stood up, so let your voice be heard.

Helpful lil privacy checklist guide for activists: activistchecklist.org

#Beaufort, #SC: 15y/o Kamaya Jenkins was last seen on February 6 at her residence around 10pm. Have you seen Kamaya? Please SHARE to #HelpUsFindKamayaJenkins #KamayaJenkins

their view is that high status jobs ought to belong to white men, who exist at the top of a natural hierarchy

One moment at a time, loves

I'm so happy to see so many of my friends joining Bluesky finally! This place really does have the juice

“I think the president has to know that there are people in his administration who think this is disastrous.”

*ahem* Some personal news!:

The Latino Racial Justice Circle in Baltimore is raising money to help support the families of workers who died in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse: gofund.me/05cfe3e9

I cannot stress enough how important Internet access is, for many people it is a literal lifeline. The medical, social, and economic impact to the people who depend on the Affordable Connectivity Program will be devastating if they lose their ability to connect. This is a preventable disaster!

Predictive text models do not ever "answer your question" They predict what an answer to your question would probably look like. Which is very, very, very different

World Central Kitchen brought essential food aid on the first boat to land in Gaza in nearly 20 years this week. Unlike certain other efforts, the food they're delivering is arriving safely & is culturally & religiously appropriate. If you've got funds to donate, they will use them well.

Why is the US government so concerned about tiktok when Discord is a home grown, much more insidious problem. www.wired.com/story/764-co...

Dune: Part Two was beyond belief. I left the IMAX dumbstruck & am still processing last night's fan screening. From the first image to the last, Dune engulfed me with unsettling horror & religious awe. Villeneuve & Co. devoutly followed the spirit of the novel, taking a few artistic licenses

Odysseus moon selfie alert!!!! Credit: Intuitive Machines 🛰️🔭🧪

Hello, new followers 👋 Welcome to Bluesky! It’s different here. How? Well, ALF had a big moment about 9 months ago. And we were ready. archive.org/details/alf_...

We cannot even begin to discuss introducing AI into the workforce until we get rid of the concept that one must work to earn a living, that one must work to justify living. Replacing workers doesn't get them more free time, it gives them poverty and death.

America should go president-less for the next four years and just work on ourselves. Hit the gym. Read more. Explore some hobbies. Only once America loves itself will it be ready for a president.

"don't let us die." i do not exaggerate. HRT is lifesaving medicine like antidepressants. for many of us, having the correct hormone is life, and not having it is death. gender-affirming care keeps us alive. our names, our gender markers, our medicines, our surgeries. agency is life.

Rewatching A Muppet Christmas Carol, Michael Caine's performance leaves me awestruck every time

New bird app! “Some strong social dynamics started appearing,” Kleinberger says. ...the birds initiate calls freely & seem to understand that a real fellow parrot was on the other end... ...their birds learn skills from their video friends, including foraging, new vocalizations and even flying."

let us have a moment of appreciation for the green guys from the old Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy covers, who I have loved for all my life

I've had a number of what look like bot accounts following me on here lately. But this 🧵 look like bot accounts worth following!

a note to Washington Post readers: On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes.

since there are more people on here now: I am the book content editor for Tor.com and I'm looking for 2024 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and genre-bending speculative books! If you're a writer or a publicist with an SFF book out next year, please share the link/info here! (or email me)

Citing the union’s history of opposing apartheid and fighting for justice, UAW president Shawn Fain—who represents 400,000 workers across the country and just won a historic strike—has just called for a ceasefire in Israel and Palestine. THIS is what real union leadership looks like.

I can't believe it, apparently he was going skydiving with a Christian baby when it happened, but things went horribly, horribly wrong

I said "hell yeah" out loud when I heard the news. Needless to say we cracked open something sparkling