Just amazing art. Resistance as Talmud.

"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." We all know these lines. But let us make sure our countrymen know them too. As true today as it was then. #HATM

We cannot move forward or escape this nightmare until mainstream figures finally admit that there are many, many people on the right - including some of its most powerful voices - who are openly seeking violence and tyranny and exploit every situation to move it closer.

Do not remember the man by his words or actions. Remember him by the words and actions you invent for him, in order to justify saying the things you think you’re expected to say about him. That’s how modern “journalism” works. Truth must be subordinated to political necessity.

Hiring if you are Aryan enough

Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.

‘1984’ is upon us

This is a genuinely good piece on Trump's "he stole her comment."

NEW: Bessent ADMITS that the accounts created by the billionaire bailout bill are a “backdoor to privatizing social security.”

Tariffs. Stock market down. Medicaid slashed Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans. National guard and marines deployed in LA. No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine Bombing Iran This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.

May the powers that be protect our troops on bases in the Middle East. 😔

"Estimates suggest that every dollar of NIH spending leads to $2.56 of economic activity,.... Therefore, a $20 billion reduction in biomedical research will reduce economic output throughout the US by $51 billion. Biomedical research is spread widely geographically, and so too would the pain."

The end of US leadership in science, technology, and innovation. All in one little table. A tremendous gift to China, courtesy of the GOP. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

Happy Saturday everyone! Here’s a charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD. 🐙❤️ Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #Archaeology

At Law Dork, I wrote about that Oval Office visit — and what it means:

In which @ellecordova.bsky.social yet again shows she is nothing less than a genius.

Wow!

Small smattering of neo-Nazis, Proud Boys, and MAGA came out to show support for Nazi saluting billionaire Elon Musk today - including David Pettinger in #Idaho, who rocked a Hitler mustache and Musk "salute" shirt. These neo-Nazis are emboldened by Musk's embrace of Hitler. #TeslaTakedown

Downward Doge

On the left: Hegseth's message. On the right: the applicable CENTCOM classification guide provisions. This is all very plainly classified at the SECRET level. They all lied. They should all lose their jobs.

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered what could be the oldest known rock carvings made by humans likely over 200,000 years old – a find that could transform our understanding of human presence in Europe.

1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.

Over a thousand people rallied at UC Berkeley last Friday to protest ongoing or threatened cuts to federal research funds. The event was one of nearly three dozen “Stand up for Science” rallies organized by research scientists around the country. news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/10/r...

For all your memetic needs. Via Reuters.

Stand up for Science! #StandUpForScience

"The American antisemitism now merges with the Russian antisemitism and reinforces it. The idea that Zelens'kyi is not a real president, and that his government is therefore not a real government, has been a very specific Russian antisemitic trope from the beginning."

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

This is the way

Full list of attendees at London Summit: NATO SecGen Denmark PM Sweden PM Germany Chancellor Norway PM Czech PM Turkey FM Spain PM Denmark PM EU Com & Coun President Canada PM Italy PM Poland PM Romania Interim President Finland President France President UK PM Ukraine President Zelenskyy #NotUS

Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:

I miss her so much. Her words inspire during this difficult time. youtu.be/bnmKwxjMKgs?...

During President Andrew Jackson's second term, this political cartoon, entitled "King Andrew the First," depicted Jackson as a king trampling on a shredded U.S. Constitution.

This is probably the most accurate take.

OMG

Which DOGE kid are you? Take the quiz.

"My Messy Bedroom" Vincent Van Animal 1999 Muppet Art calendar after "Bedroom in Arles" Vincent van Gogh

#StandingStoneSunday The mighty Late Neolithic Cove - or sacred enclosed space - within the massive stone circle complex at Avebury Having survived the growth of a village, these enormous stones still dwarf all around them Managed by: @nattrustarch.bsky.social 📷 My own, Sept 2023

These pictures are when Black Lives Matter came to the Capitol and protested. They were actually interested in having a conversation. Contrary to popular belief they didn't beat us with flag poles. Yes that's me in the pictures.

Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:

Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.

Trump just launched a trade war against Canada over fentanyl. The US seized - wait for it - 43 pounds at the US-Canada border last year. 43 pounds.

The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.

This is a hair-on-fire situation (gift link) Musk allies (not official government employees, apparently) seek access to "the sensitive systems control the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to households, businesses and more nationwide." wapo.st/4jH7XYa

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

@stevevladeck.bsky.social as ever, immensely clarifying open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...

ICYMI, @lollardfish.bsky.social and me have a news newsletter up. we talk about how to find hope in the past. history is about possible worlds, even when the fail. history is about hope. please read, share, and subscribe. always, always free. buttondown.com/ModernMediev...

This blog post lists LOTS of online resources, including tutorials, example alphabets and so on. The National Archives tutorial would be my top recommendation. manyheadedmonster.com/2018/03/01/f...