You just had to be there.

Josephine Silone Yates was a professor of chemistry & among the 1st women in the US to head a university science department. She was also a journalist & editor & served as the president of the National Association of Colored Women in 1901.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

BREAKING: A unanimous three-judge panel of the Second Circuit upholds the $83.3 million jury verdict for E. Jean Carroll in her defamation case against Donald Trump. ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...

Omg I thought people were joking. This isn’t satire?

I'm restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again. ~Anais Nin [Eadweard Muybridge (1887)]

One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”

Listen I’m sure he just fell asleep in a sunbeam somewhere dreaming of inhuman deportation techniques, or accidentally glued himself to one of his golden toilets with his own orange clown makeup, but we can all have a little happy hope in our hearts it ends up being something else, can’t we?

Live your life so that people don’t consider rumors of your death a form of edging.

The @foodchainworkers.bsky.social just sent out a newsletter and it is clear that the ICE raids are also an attack on organized labor.

Let my dawg cook!!!! ✊🏾

We don't tax the rich so we don't have funding for critical public infrastructure so we have to rely on the rich to for critical services which makes the rich richer while public services degrade which increases our reliance on the rich so we don't tax the rich and don't have funding for critical pu

White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.

He had the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, Ukraine, the EU and NATO in the White House and he made them wait while he went to get instructions from Putin ... For forty minutes?!

The REAL STORY is STILL THIS: AND WE MUST KEEP IT THAT WAY.

"But SpaceX has most likely paid little to no federal income taxes since its founding in 2002 and has privately told investors that it may never have to pay any, according to internal company documents reviewed by The New York Times."

My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.

Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

Fun fact! "the U.S. military has been identified as the largest single institutional emitter of greenhouse gases worldwide" www.newsweek.com/climate-chan...

Johnny Noviello moved from Canada to Daytona Beach when he was 10 years old. He grew up in Florida and became a lawful permanent resident. On Monday, June 23, he died at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami, after six weeks in immigration detention. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Surprise, surprise: Meta's Manhattan-sized data center is going to be powered by three new gas power plants. Residents of the nearby town have no idea how much their bill will increase: "It’s like building the power impact of a large city overnight” www.404media.co/a-black-hole...

This whole, "sexual assault and harassment is bad when Trump does it, but ok when our side does it," is sending a really clear message that the old guard of Democratic leadership only cares about women when it's politically advantageous. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Today is a particularly good day to support trans mutual aid as a concrete way to fight back against the fuckers trying to take their healthcare and other rights away. 🧵 of a few groups, campaigns, and individuals you can donate to:

Agreed. #GunControl

I’d like to say “we’re better than this.” But the truth is that this dark and hateful strain of nativism and bigotry has always pulsed through the body politic of America. Now, however, it’s’ being activated and applauded from a lawless White House.

What a coincidence, this neo-Nazi had the same phrase written on his gun that the Secretary of Defense has tattooed on his arm.

Are you an Urdu speaker who can translate on an interview I plan to conduct remotely in the coming weeks? Please email rates and references to [email protected]. WARNING: this interview will be extremely disturbing.

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

FOX: The Committee for a Responsible Budget came out today and said it will add $15 trillion to the debt THUNE: This will reduce the deficit, not increase it

I'm already designing The Magic Flute.

I would happily subscribe to a season of transgender operas in Colombia.

@annamerlan.bsky.social on the "No Sleep for ICE" activists tracking down which hotels they're being billeted at and causing a scene: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨 Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs: Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate LA Jail Support / Bail Fund: account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor... Unión del Barrio: uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...

🗣️ Pizza Hut is doing their BOOK IT! summer reading program!! You can download the BOOK IT! app. Once your kid reaches a goal set by you, they get a free personal pan pizza from participating locations. They can earn up to one per month. 🍕📚

This is so sad. 🤡

COVID-19 was one of the 10 most common causes of death for all age groups in 2021 www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nv...

Tiny pup, big howl! 🐾🎤 Our little ambassador is finding their voice— and reminding us why wild wolves need ours. #ProtectWolves #HowlForWildlife

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again theonion.com/a-shatt...

“we sat on the curb at the cathedral’s foot and spoke softly about disasters…” Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanaugh from his book “Eternal Enemies”

This comment period ends today, 5/23, at 11:59 pm ET. Please do comment asap if you believe the government should allow us to get COVID vaccinations. I can't believe we even have to petition them about this, but here we are.

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...