Does anyone on here work with race and medicine in the southern US in the early 20th century? Niche, I know, but I came across something very weird in my late father's stuff that might be of interest. Feel free to share.

oops here is the gift link

Democrat Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to give Democrats a key victory heading into the 2026 midterm elections and make history as the first-ever woman to lead the commonwealth. https://to.pbs.org/4hOFU8C

Now do it under oath.

Recently I’ve been combing through newspapers from a hundred years ago, and in the spirit of the season (and in the spirit of procrastination) I’ve assembled a little gallery of Halloween advertisements from 1925 on my site: dansinker.com/posts/202…

come for the terrifying stories of a haunting in hillsborough nc by @tommaxwell.bsky.social, stay for the amazing illustrations by phil blank bittersoutherner.com/we-salted-na...

🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

This is fucking amazing

It walks among us once more! #nanny

ORGANIZE YOUR NEIGHBORS.

New in PN: Lindsey Halligan's humiliation continues apace "After discovering — too late! — that you have to tell reporters beforehand if you want conversations to be off the record, Halligan now finds herself attempting to prosecute 2 high profile cases on the 'rocket docket.' It’s not going well."

Humanist Bertrand Russell's perfect, utterly uncompromising 1962 letter declining Oswald Mosley's invitation to lunch. An perennial joy to see this circulating online from time to time.

My god.

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Oh hello.

22 arrests. All Maga. Including this armed terrorist with a gun who assaulted a woman. I think we know who the violent ones are. #NoKings

Looks like people showed up in DC

JOHNSON CITY, TN #NoKingsInAmerica 🇺🇸

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

CNN coverage of massive No Kings protests in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Twin Cities and Chicago.

Remember how MAGA believed their little boat parades were convincing proof of just how overwhelmingly popular Trump was?

Charlotte. #NoKings 👑

Boston. Wow.

Holy fuck! No Kings protesters are marching through Center City in Philadelphia. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

These young’uns weren’t raised right.

IT’S ALIVE

They’re looking for a fight.

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

Amen. The welfare states have overstepped.

That’s just the beginning.

Breaking WaPo: Military leaders have raised serious concerns with the Trump admin's new defense strategy — exposing a divide between the Pentagon's political and uniformed leadership. 
The critiques from multiple top officers, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices. www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

“So sorry I died. I’m in heaven now. I miss you so much.” youtu.be/A3ORlxF8U04?...

This guy just walked around the Charlie Kirk vigil in Boston, yelling Kirk quotes through a bullhorn

Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

💯

lolwut

P.S. This is a fantastic breakdown of Meme "Black Pill Accelerationism." This completely explains why Groypers hated Kirk and what kind of fatalistic edgelord world Tyler might have been wrapped up in. Especially the relevance of the memes. Incredibly succinct wrap-up of the perpetually online.

“How you die does not redeem how you lived.”

The biggest threat to the Right is from the Right. They’ve become an ouroboros, blaming the Left while devouring themselves. Trump’s rapid decline — and the resulting power vacuum — will only act as an accelerant.

God help us.

Transgender people are owed a retraction and apology from @wsj.com. The lie has already become canon to millions and it seems the least they could do.

9. Kirk wanted the full Epstein files released. 10. So do I: 11. Let’s honor him by making sure that happens in 2025. Thank you for screenshotting me for your records. 👍🧵

For everyone who now needs a quick education on the extreme far right wing Groyper movement that has been out to get Charlie Kirk for not being far right enough for years, here you go. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groypers

"The White Owl" by William James Webbe

US president says Kirk died after being shot while presenting at Utah Valley University.

NEW: The National Guard analyzed its mission and found it is perceived as "leveraging fear, driving a wedge between civilians and the military, and promoting a sense of shame among troops and the military." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...