Me: Be prepared. We lose an hour tonight. SNEH: we spring ahead? Me: yeah, it’s daylight savings SNEH: that’s great! We get more daylight! That’s exciting Me:

ICE Kidnapped Father/Caregiver Son Died The father Maher Tarabishi was kidnapped while following the law during a routine immigration check in Dallas. He was the sole trained caregiver for his son. www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/u...

The location of the plaque that was just hung, is in a place that it will not be visible to the public. While I am thankful for this first step, our lawsuit continues until they plaque is hung in accordance with the law.

the IRA is an unfortunate example of the failure of the non-bigoted theory of popularism it was a good law that poured piles of money into infrastructure (in rural areas!) and they got zero credit for it from the people who complain about those sorts of things, because the complaining is the point

You know what really sets the humanities back from taking a rigorous approach to AI? The state siccing AI on the humanities

Last year, this guy (left) from DOGE used ChatGPT to find NEH grants that were too “DEI” for Trump, and canceled them, including mine, as shown by the letter I received last April (right). Huge new NYT article on the back story link below

It was wrong and harmful - and quite possibly unlawful - to cut already approved NEH grants because Donald Trump hates "DEI." But the way DOGE went about doing it was even dumber than you probably imagined. They fed abstracts into ChatGPT and demanded an answer in fewer than 120 characters.

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

I would just humbly like to say this is why we started Nursing Clio and why I think it's still around.

Where are the interviews with military historians about whether Trump’s military actually has capacity to do even half the things he’s promising?

Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.

Obama on Jesse Jackson: "The message he sent to a 22 year old child of a single mother with a funny name, an outsider, was that maybe there wasn't any place, any room, where we didn't belong"

The whole point of the VRA was to fight back against the "systematic and ingenious discrimination" plaguing elections in the South. As LBJ argued before passage, "No law that we now have on the books... can ensure the right to vote when local officials are determined to deny it."

Tomorrow marks the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. It also marks the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court first upholding the Voting Rights Act. We have gotten so, so far away from a Court that cares about democracy. New from me at @brennancenter.org:

“Our research shows that, over the half-century period in which this section of the Voting Rights Act was in effect, thousands of racially discriminatory voting policies were stopped before they could go into effect. But no longer.”

Meta glasses are human workers in Kenya. Waymo is human workers in the Philippines and Door Dashers. Amazon Fresh scanner is human workers in India. They're stealing all our intellectual property and clean drinking water and still failing.

This is not good.

It is 2026 and we are not fucking doing this anymore. EIGHT WOMEN came forward and told stories of Franken GROPING AND FORCIBLY KISSING THEM. The man was a sexual abuser. He did not and does not belong in congress. Fucking period. End of conversation.

My colleagues at ACRLog wrote short tributes to the life and work of Fobazi Ettarh @fobettarh.bsky.social. I wrote about her work on disability, which I think deserves more recognition. acrlog.org/2026/03/04/t... Thanks @ezerrenner.bsky.social for coordinating. #CripLib #VocationalAwe

We talked about Dr. Mary Walker on last week's #HATM viewing of The Gray House! 🗃️

I had a student who very obviously used AI to write a paper and when I pointed this out she replied "I didn't use AI, I used Grammarly"

Tul refillable medium point gel for most writing. Pilot precise extra fine for marginalia.

A war that isn't a war, documented with videos that may or may not be real, funded by elected leaders who are neither for nor against it, is the most dystopian thing that's happened in my lifetime

Only thing AI is good for is gaslighting you in various ways

The army trained one grandpa as a mechanic in WWII & he opened his own shop. The other was a salesman for power plants being built on the Gulf coast- he’d test their soil & tell them what construction equipment they needed.

Judge Murphy: “Is it your position that is totally ​unreviewable? If [RFK Jr.] said instead of getting a shot to prevent measles I think you should get a shot that gives you measles, is that unreviewable?” Department of Justice: Yes www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

And just now, 52 US Senators shirked their constitutional responsibilities.

Listen to an episode where we talk disabled history, cast Sarah Biffen’s biopic, and declare that Charles Dicken can fuck off.

Documenting U.S. planning for the Iran strike will be harder than documenting the lead-up to the Iraq War thanks to this admin's animosity to record-keeping. Still, docs released through FOIA re Iraq provide offer a road map of what to ask for. The best examples are from @nsarchive.bsky.social.

thank you to Sharon for brining to my attention that since at least 2012, Marco Rubio has confused Chiang Kai-shek for something he imagined: www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/m...

Jasmine Crockett concedes to James Talarico this morning: “With the primary behind us, Democrats must rally around our nominee. I'm committed to doing my part and will continue working to elect Democrats up and down the ballot." #TxSen

We Stan Frances Perkins! 🗃️

Random Texas history. The runoff required when no primary candidate gets at least 50% was out in place to stop impeached former governor James Ferguson (who resigned & argued the Senate’s ban on holding office didn’t apply to him) when he ran against multiple progressive candidates in 1918. 🗃️

It's Women's History Month and we've got something fun planned for Sunday. Like what we're doing? Follow along here or on Substack. Both are free. And share to keep the stories coming. #HATM jasonherbert.substack.com/p/reckoning-...

Your regular reminder that normal, mainstream, pro-democracy political parties do not make restricting suffrage the central pillar of their policy platform

Wow. If any races in Dallas County are super tight, this will be a huge legal fight as thousands of votes hang in purgatory.

Thanks for your coverage of this--I cited it in my own. Also wanted to point out the bill's use of booklists from a conservative Christian educational source among the lists of books that would be exceptions to the rule. mombian.com/2026/02/27/n...

Following the lies and hatred targeting trans folks during the State of the Union Address, numerous republican House representatives introduced a bill that would create A NATIONWIDE BOOK BAN. Here's what it is and what to do: bookriot.com/hr7661-book-...

Civic duty ✅ Greetings from Texas!

Morally indefensible and unacceptable.

I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed. Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

Under Secretary Noem, ICE has violated our constitutional rights and defied court orders. Two of my constituents are dead. Secretary Noem just admitted there are still 650 ICE agents in Minnesota, still outnumbering sworn Minneapolis police officers. ICE must get out now.

Because she was working with a federal task force, she was considered a federal officer, and thus protected by SCOTUS rulings making it all but impossible to sue federal cops, even for egregious abuse. Now consider what this means for Trump's immigration thugs. Democrats had two years to fix this.

Why thank you! #HATM

I freaking love this movie. it Gives me all the feels. #hatm

Elena Kagan from the top rope: "The Due Process Clause, needless to say, does not expressly grant parental rights of any kind..." Then she throws the words of Thomas and Kavanaugh from Dobbs, and Gorsuch from another case, back in their faces www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

A woman’s ex boyfriend, who is a cop, threatens to shoot her Women are at the highest risk for being killed when they try to leave a relationship. She calls 911 for help & the Police Chief WARNS the boyfriend instead. Boyfriend opened fire on her car We aren’t angry enough.

LOOK WHAT WE DID #HATM

Yes this is the second time he has done this! As Rebecca says, if your girlfriend isn't an expert hiker do not force her to do expert shit with you. It's Austria, there are like 10,000 other hikes to go on

A recent statement from the American Society for Plastic Surgeons advised against surgery, HRT, blockers for trans youth. Now members and experts that were sidelined at the org are demanding answers after evidence shows it may have been politically influenced by the Trump admin. Read our latest.