Elementary students in the North Little Rock School District no longer have access to some digital books with LGBTQ+ themes and characters after the district got a complaint about the content. Staff have been told to "hide" the books on a digital platform. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

I would say that guys is a show where the 2 hosts have left politics but are incredibly stupid

I talked with @prisonculture.bsky.social and Red Schulte about the importance of zines under fascism, political education that builds power, finding collective courage, and the mistakes we’ll make along the way. Audio + transcript:

Get ready. Central Arkansas Pride is Saturday!

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?” @aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

• Ilan Pappé on the ceasefire and how the deepening crisis of Israeli society could lead to something better • Jennifer Berkshire on the appalling Trump educational agenda www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...

You know, the real price of beef is our relationship with people across the aisle

It's giving MOOC, and will be as successful/effective

BSOD and using up all my RAM when I'm not even running anything. Rude!

1. Vehemently anti-LGBTQ+ Oklahoma education superintendent is finally out as of yesterday. He appointed Libs of TikTok to the library board, and constantly worked against LGBTQ+ students. Now, local businesses are literally throwing parties that he is gone. Subscribe to support our journalism.

I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night. All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.

We don’t want empowerment months and remembrance days. We want our healthcare.

Ok. So there's A LOT of misinformation about the government shutdown, the continuing resolution and gender-affirming care. There was one article in PinkNews that was VERY shoddy about what Trump said. So let's breakdown what's true and what's BS. 1/ www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/t...

Ohio State just advised all staff and students not to attend the SACNAS (Society for the advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) annual meeting of 6000+ scientists -- which is in Columbus, OH this year! -- saying it may be exclusionary, even though it is open to all.

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1. Great news for trans students in Chicago. Chicago Public Schools has announced it will defy Trump's demand to ban trans youth from bathrooms. Trump will now pull millions in federal funds. "Our district will not back away from doing what we know is right." Subscribe to support our journalism.

NEW WRITING: I talk about a new memoir that’s set to debut next week from Gazan physics student Wasim Said, aspiring astrophysicist, who has created a forceful record of the genocide. I also share parts of my conversations with Said. The book is a must read. #BookSky 🧪⚛️🔭

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Gov. Sanders claims she rescued us from rapacious insurance companies. In fact, marketplace customers are still looking at a 22% rate hike that will likely prod thousands to simply go without. Sanders and fellow Rs aren't the heroes here; they're the reason rates are up. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

1. A federal judge has blocked a Trump policy that says the National Endowment for the Arts will disfavor LGBTQ+ performances, ruling it violates their 1A rights. NEA funding is a significant for theatres. Their ban helped stop plays with trans themes. Subscribe to support our journalism.

1. The Trump admin has demanded New York City to ban trans kids from bathrooms. Mayor Adams has come out in support of Trump's proposal. NY Law protects trans youth, and Adams has no power to implement it. Meanwhile, Mamdani has slammed Adam's comments. Subscribe to support our journalism.

"Media outlets, colleges, publishers, and ordinary organizations in Trump’s crosshairs can and should openly defy him." nymag.com/intelligence...

Jay Jacobs actually cost National Democrats the House and he's STILL in power, LOLOLOLOL

These people just hate anyone that goofs on them because they have zero sense of humor and you will never win with them. They hate us and there is nothing you can say to placate them.

Capitulation doesn't work. How often do institutions need to see evidence of this? Especially when fighting back has been shown to be 1) popular and 2) more effective.

Meanwhile trans people are denounced as perpetrators of violence

"What really kept me strong was my anger." In his first extended broadcast interview since being released from prison, Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier talks about spending five decades behind bars for a crime he says he did not commit.

Little Rock therapists Kirsten Sowell and Josh Strickland speak about how anti-LBGTQ policies and rhetoric are affecting their clients.

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The free speech comedians only beliefs are that they should be allowed to say the R word and nobody is allowed to be mad about it

The San José Swap is an exquisitely beautiful, (queer) youth-led practice of mutual aid. My cup was filled by volunteering with them this past Sunday. Can't recommend enough finding the people doing good work in your community and joining them. It's the antidote to doomscrolling and hoplessness

Tommy Norman, a police officer in North Little and an influencer with more than 5.6 million followers across Facebook and Instagram, was arrested Saturday and charged with domestic battery.

Absolutely horrible. And this yellow threat shit has been horribly bipartisan and none of the Democrats are apologizing for their part in it as Republicans take it even further. www.bbc.com/news/article...

1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth. Many complied and shut down their programs. Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care. And now, they just beat Trump in court. Subscribe to support our journalism.

I'm irked by Western corporate media always sayin' the USA is the world's largest economy. Adjusted for purchasing price parity, China has been the largest economy since ~2016. www.imf.org/external/dat...

binding arbitration you accept with a click but can only get out of by snail mail should be illegal. even if you opt-out, it doesn't matter because the default and easy opt-in is what most ppl do and you will not be able to form a class of sufficient size obvs a relatively minor problem, but still

"There’s a real rewriting of history going on. It’s what far-right regimes do after tragedies like this: They try and weaponize them to go after their enemies."

…. How is he allowed to do construction? Also the way he actually doesn’t care about Charlie Kirk’s death

Gov. Sarah Sanders latest appointee to the Arkansas Board of Education appears to have no direct experience working in education. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

A lot of parents have a way of treating their kids like some sort of underclass of person, they search their rooms, they monitor their communications and they are never to be treated “like a friend” which is how my parents were. I hated them then and I’m not super friendly with them now.

In which I write about the sagging Trump economy and his vendetta against the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

fresh audio product: • Émile Torres @xriskology.bsky.social on the tech moguls’ dream of transcending the human • Daniel Wortel-London on the fiscal history of NYC, and how we could do better than subsidizing the rich www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...

The share of children in Arkansas with no health insurance is on the rise, according to a new report. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

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I want to once again reiterate what I said earlier. The reason the vast majority of Democratic and so-called centrist elites have acquiesced over and over again is that they are COMPLICIT. Because they actually know that direct confrontation is how you defeat fascists and choose not to do it.

Please stop telling trans people we're overreacting

If you’re distressed watching the transphobic nightmare unfold, a great way to support trans people is to become a penpal to an imprisoned trans person. @powerblossoms.bsky.social, @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social, @blackandpinkorg.bsky.social, @massamp1312.bsky.social, @tpride.bsky.social

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