There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask. Cowards

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

There’s a common feeling across the U.S. right now, a sense of helplessness. Many people want to do more but feel like they can’t. Remember: every action you take pushes the resistance forward.

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

Republicans control the shutdown. Top to bottom. For example, construction of Trump's ballroom will continue as "essential" during the shutdown. But the stuff that helps you will not. abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

Just astounding. The reason they can shove through 100 Trump nominees at once is because the GOP changed the rules to eliminate the 60-vote requirement. Something they won’t do to fund the government. Yet they blame Dems.

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You ever stumble upon hard proof that somebody is cheating on their spouse? Yeah…

Why be an emergency contact when you can be the emergency.

The need to silence your critics only reveals how weak and fragile you are.

I stand with PBS. I stand with NPR. I stand with Stephen Colbert. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. I stand with the First Amendment. PERIOD.* *Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Behold: www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

So many people feel overwhelmed while scrolling and there’s a reason for that. Bots are a large part of the problem. We’ve been breaking down how to spot them. After tracking bot groups that push narratives and attacks, we found some common traits:

This is simply untenable. There is no way forward with media and political classes captured by the right. Every time someone commits a crime you have to pray it's not an undesirable or it's purge time, then when it turns out to be themselves again they just shrug and wait for the next one.

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

It would be irresponsible not to assume that the amount of violence the president, intentionally or not, will be prone to urging his most unstable followers to embark on...in retaliation for the assassination of Charlie Kirk...is something every U.S. citizen should hold in their mind as high risk.

I’m 4k words into my next project, and I think my protagonist is going to become a “shadow mommy”. She’s really going for those vibes and I’m here for it. #writingcommunity

This Saturday, nationwide “Fight the Trump Takeover” protests will take place with 50 rallies across 20 states to oppose Republican-led redistricting efforts in Texas. “Fight the Trump Takeover” is coordinated by Texas for ALL(@texasforall.bsky.social), the day of action pushes back against

I’m blasting through the first draft of my next project 🚀 #writingcommunity

This is not a coding error.

This is how democracies die. Step 1: Dislike the facts. Step 2: Attack the fact-finders. Step 3: Replace them with loyalists. Step 4: Control the "truth."

Sorry to be such an Andor Guy lately but this is how it is.

Neurotic personalities are a staple of science fiction. Researchers who study how people react to robot personalities have recently found that neurotic traits in a robot can make them seem more relatable.

The fact that the President of the United States posts a fake video of a kneeling Barack Obama being handcuffed and we’re supposed to pretend it’s perfectly normal, everyday stuff shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

Damn right, it’s political.

If you missed it, there's a new Murderbot short story at: reactormag.com/rapport-mart...

A really thoughtful essay on Murderbot: ‘Even If They Are My Favourite Human’: Murderbot Just Explained Boundaries countercurrents.org/2025/07/even...

A rogue robot adjusting to its newfound sentience struggles between choosing the safety of hiding and the meaningful danger of helping the activist group that hacked it. - Accessible sci-fi - Found family - Robot/robot romance Martha Wells meets Becky Chambers #BluePit 📖 #Q #A #SF #LGBT

BEACH READ x THE WEDDING PEOPLE x REP ALBUM Half-Filipino Nellie loses her NYC consulting job and struggles to keep it together. When her ex-work rival returns, she must face her past and decide what she truly wants. #BluePit #BluePit📖 #WF w/ #R #AgentsGuide📌 #Q #OV #amquerying #bookclubfiction

When mall securitybot Eight suddenly finds itself fully in control of its actions and emotions, it embarks on a mishap-ridden journey to find a new purpose—one it actually enjoys. SERVICE MODEL x MONK AND ROBOT #BluePit 📖 #Q #A #SF #LGBT

The protag is a robot. Its love interest is a robot. Most of the named characters are robots. And none of them care about taking over humanity. Just leave them to their hobbies and gossip. They’re probably lazier than you. #unhingedpit #A #SF #LGBT #Q

LOVE, LIES, AND LETTING GO 🏢 laid off 🇵🇭 lying to her Filipino dad 💍 best friend’s best woman (help) 🫶 bonding (??) with ex-work rival/groom’s brother 🫣 secrets on secrets 🧨 everything is on fire but like in a cute way #UnhingedPit #agentsguide 📌 #amquerying #wf w/ #r

Fill out your Rogue Bot bingo card and Boss will give you a free vid download of your choice (excluding pleasurevids). #unhingedpit #A #SF #LGBT #Q

pretty weird how there's always billion dollars just lying around whenever ICE needs concentration camps but there's never any money when children need healthcare or a simple school lunch. oh well just one of those things I guess

This year it feels more like the Farce of July.

I can’t imagine celebrating a day when people are actively losing their freedom. I’ll be sitting this one out.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

Since I can remember. I submitted stories to contests in primary school. Wrote novel-length fanfic in high school. Started original novels in college. It’s my life 💙 #writers #writingcommunity

tfw you've just stripped healthcare from 17 million Americans and ensured the closure of rural hospitals

Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)

For those claiming protests don’t mean anything… How do you think movements are built, fueled, sustained, & grown? How do you prove the spirit of resistance is loud, proud, present, & powerful? How do you prove democracy is loved, valued, & worth fighting for? This IS what democracy looks like.

Never forget that the bluster and brutality and made-for-TV violence that we’re witnessing in CA and elsewhere right now on the part of the administration is a sign of weakness and fear. Not strength.

You know what goes hand-in-hand with violent crackdowns? Gaslighting. They will beat you and tell you that you are crazy for saying that you just got beaten. Propaganda is not free speech; it's what authorities use to mask their violence. It is, in fact, part of the violence.

🌻 Greta Thunberg being released... the internetWorld is gunna explode on this one c'mon lets make this interview statement Famous!!

You are not bold and interesting for thinking not all genre romance books should have a happy ending. You are a person with an (extremely trite, at this point) opinion who should read genres of books that are not romance.

A rogue bot struggling with its newfound sentience must decide between the safety of hiding or the meaningful danger of helping the activist group that hacked it. MONK & ROBOT x MURDERBOT #SEAsianPit #W #A #SF