how (if at all) can we support the minnesota general strike on friday from afar?

A number of people from out-of-state have been opening tabs at small businesses—coffee shops where people on patrol can grab a drink and warm up, bars where people can be in community, etc. It’s been a deeply appreciated form of solidarity and helps the businesses closing tomorrow.

Think I found a way to save myself a few hundered dollars and get to ditch my stock music company that recently switched to being "Ai focused" for generating music, voiceover, video, and images 🤢🤢

This is super inspiring!

it’s so cool that the only use case for ai is to distort everyones perception of reality. this needs to be heavily regulated immediately, especially when a government can do this

I think the thing to note about being really, really cold is that it drains your energy COMPLETELY. so any of this stuff you can set up now, do it now. don't go to bed thinking you'll take the extra blanket out if you get cold. take it out now and put it where you can use it without getting up (etc)

NEW: There's a bill in Massachusetts that'd do something really important — give a pathway out of prison to people, often women, who are in prison due to a crime they committed against their abuser. Several states adopted a version of this very recently: OK, NY, GA. Can Massachuetts be next?

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

Specifically, David Shor is explicitly saying that AOC's message that "Republicans are cutting healthcare to fund ICE, and therefore Democrats should cut ICE funding" is the most popular message among voters

it would be great if Democratic leadership weren't cowards and also I thought they knew how to read a poll

MINNEAPOLIS ALERT: ICE IS SENDING FLIERS OFFERING FOOD SUPPORT IT IS NOT THE MINNEAPOLIS VOLUNTEERS IT IS A TRAP

If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed. Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.

Watching SPOTLIGHT for maybe the eighth time and thinking it seems almost quaint we were so horrified by a pedophile ring confined to one institution

“I did not perceive thing as a child, therefore thing did not exist” mentality is powerful indeed.

He also never voiced his views in public, ever. Totally neutral.

Yeah the thing about Mr. Rogers is his show was never political.

The reason rank and file Dems are pissed at their party is because their party doesn't lead in key moments. The good news is it's primary season, and now's when we get to demand better leadership. I recommend everybody adopt 1 or 2 DINOs and dedicate yourself to replacing them with Dems who fight.

Most of the moral messaging in children's television programming when I was a kid was utterly uncontroversial at the time, and would be attacked as woke indoctrination today.

DHS spending bill passed 220-207 7 Democrats voted in favor: Henry Cuellar Don Davis Laura Gilles Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Jared Golden Vicente Gonzalez Tom Suozzi Massie voted No Andy Harris didn't vote Might not have passed if every Democrat voted No, but leadership wasn't whipping them to do so

"And that's how, after several hours, five people and a citywide network of volunteers got a 12-year-old girl her first menstrual pad." America.

that right there? that's a man with a union

When it’s their time every fucker on this list should be primaried.

- TEN DAYS of medication if you can get it - Batteries and power banks. Keep everything charged until you can't. - Hand warmers - Sleeping bags/blankets. The best way to survive cold is to STAY IN BED. Whole family. Wear layers. Hang curtains around your bed. Wear your coat and sleep in your coat.

- GET SOME TARPS IF YOU CAN. They can cover windows should they break, keep drafts and wind out, and are good for insulating - Figure out TODAY where your water main shut off is - Get any first aid stuff, pads/tampons, etc. ready

7 democrats made this bill pass. If they all voted “no” it would’ve failed 213-214.

218 people voted to fund the child kidnapping ring and masked death squads.

Love seeing the -23 minutes left to vote there. I love rules. So good we have them and follow them. /s

And Rep Hunt finally arrived, cast his no vote. The war power resolution fails 215-215.

Trans disabled people don't get treated great in the gaming community or at least not in my experience. It's hard to get people to engage with my content.

BREAKING: An investor group led by former Penguins biz president Kevin Acklin has formed and is looking to convert the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette into a nonprofit, he tells me. Development comes after PG announced earlier this month is would fold in May www.axios.com/local/pittsb...

I’m a NO on the DHS funding bill that allows ICE to keep terrorizing our communities. ICE’s conduct this past year is beyond comprehension. Now, Trump is asking Congress for more funding. No way.

Out. Of. Control.

Hello! I once almost died of carbon monoxide poisoning. If you feel queasy and suddenly exhausted don’t lay down for “just a minute” - run outside, breathe fresh air. The space between “I feel a little weird, I guess I slept bad/ate something weird” and death is like ten minutes.

Vance podium flanked by steroidal SUV’s declaring “Protect the Homeland” and the *old* Minnesota flag.

Highlighting: That's not the MN State flag anymore. A major reason for the change was specifically blatant racist, anti-Indigenous imagery. It is a specific choice to use this flag. Minority extremists use the old flag as a dog whistle. The Vice President is prominently dog whistling.

Speaking as someone who's worked with Capcom, stays in touch with its people, and has, shall we say, professional room to maneuver, I'll just say that contrary to what the technical director in the IGN article asserts, I know for a *fact* many Capcom employees are VEHEMENTLY against this direction.

I'm sure this person has had this explained by now, but 1. interned men of fighting age were conscripted 2. many did refuse conscription 3. and many chose to fight, even for an imperfect country! because they were up against fucking Nazis! and maybe this is a lesson we could take today!

A lot of non-white Americans love this country in a way that white Americans truly do not and cannot understand. This is, incidentally, the thing I love most about this country.

Being raised in Seattle in the 1970s and 1980s when internment was still a fresh wound meant knowing a lot of people who were interned. My stepmother's father was pulled from UW school of Medicine and sent to Camp Harmony and then Minidoka. 1/4

Quality performance art. Easy to parse, thematically relevant, kinda gross. Love it.

i like how this person thinks this is an own instead of the fact that Japanese-Americans believed in America more than the fucking idiots that interned them

The EEOC has just voted 2-1 to remove the entirety of its employer guidance on sexual harassment because portions of it protected trans people. This administration is pro sexual harassment while simultaneously claiming they protect women.

Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:

Deporting children with cancer. Using a 5-year-old as bait. Shooting moms. ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.

I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.

like this a lot, just adding alt for accessibility, text search and such

Forgotten creative advice: The public doesn't want 'content made just for them'. The public wants you to surprise them.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

Repeat after me - the institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy, among which is the rule of law