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She and her bf are in school for critical, high income degrees and they are debating leaving the country soon as they graduate. I wholeheartedly endorsed her not walking but running out of here.

A barista putting herself through school told me she is now required to take a min of 15 credit hours (above the min for full time) to get Pell funding but it covers less so she has to work more to make up the difference for those additional hours.

If you cannot respect students/student borrowers and purposefully try to harm millions for political grandstanding you don't deserve their contributions to your society or economy.

Must-read - I've long thought the effects of social media on the mass public are likely overrated but their effects on elites are underrated

Times editorial after Kent State: "It is evident from the eyewitness account of this newspaper's correspondent (who saw and heard no sniper fire) that the National Guardsmen shot at the students without warning in an unconscionable act of military panic." Today, The Times is silent.

Robin Wonsley, a member of Minneapolis City Council, condemns the Trump administration's "blatant lies" about Wednesday's ICE killing of Renee Nicole. She warns others across the country that "if this could happen to a 37-year-old mother, this could happen to you in your city."

Leqaa Kordia has been held in ICE detention for nearly ten months.

Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety. We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read: newrepublic.com/article/2041...

By its own admission, ICE now poses a serious threat to Americans’ free speech and privacy rights. bit.ly/3Kq348R

Academics, you will not exonerate yourself with the documents you turn over. If you receive one of these letters, internalize that immediately. This is the House UnAmerican Activities Committee redux. You have to be proactive in communicating publicly. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/proc...

A staggeringly naive assumption. Then they silently let liars shape the narrative for 2 yrs. When Bhattacharya smeared us, they asked me “not to pick a fight with” him — meaning, don’t publicly defend our work. Pipe down til “the cycle” passes. I can’t stress enough that this strategy doesnt work.

What Rand Paul is doing is what Jim Jordan did to Stanford Internet Observatory. Under the pretext of “oversight“ he can make sweeping requests —w/the intent to harass & chill. The universities can fight. But most are afraid of broader attacks so they quickly comply. www.wired.com/story/senato...

On the patently unlawful boat strikes It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes. WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals: 1) CIA General Counsel 2) NSC Legal Adviser 3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer 🧵

So many nonprofit organizations dismiss social media as frivolous, and ignore digital platforms that are "unprofessional" - but these are the tools shaping society whether we like it or not. Roblox has more influence on society than the NY Times or WSJ.

“Calling for, or even insinuating, members of Congress should be put to death, is a new low, even for Trump and is truly dangerous," said U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Mobile. "But the continued complicity, through the deafening silence of most of our Republican colleagues, is equally dangerous.”

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If you stare at seagulls, they're less likely to steal your food. That's kind of like how calling out corporations that treat workers unfairly can help turn things around for the workers, right? Anyway, here's a seagull and don't buy Starbucks during today's strike

Anyone else having problems with closed captions not showing up on MP4 files attached to a Bluesky post? I double-checked the VTT file format but no luck...

It's almost like Netanyahu benefits more from war than from peace....

Excellent overview of how comedy and free speech collide when a government is transitioning to authoritarianism. pca.st/episode/fcd5...

After Trump administration officials baselessly claimed that liberal nonprofits fund and promote violence in the U.S., over 100 progressive organizations came together to push back. The groups asserted they will continue to carry out their missions.

With the Kirk assassination becoming clearer, we need to talk about the radicalized, Right Wing subculture that carries out terrorism and mass shootings. They’re an essential part of MAGA and so people really don’t want to see what is undeniable. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-threat...

WATCH: “Americans, you’re getting shafted.” @drmichaelsays.bsky.social on the obscene medication costs in 🇺🇸 vs. the rest of the world. Our system is broken. #MedicareForAll

If the UN’s AI Panel and Global Dialogue are transparent, inclusive, and merit-based and not dominated by states, they could avoid the failures that haunt past efforts, writes @Amaj Rahimi Midani.

I wonder what it's like to have a Supreme Court that holds former presidents who attempt a coup accountable for breaking the law 🤔

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6 years in Europe and this could not be more accurate.

Political violence of every sort should be condemned and voices seeking to use the Kirk killing for political gain should NOT BE AMPLIFIED. @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @cnn-news.bsky.social @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy put our country & our safety over clicks.

If we don't think this is coming home we are fucking kidding ourselves.

Trump and his allies are plotting to subvert elections — from “emergency powers” to nationwide gerrymanders. Media silence is deafening. We’re covering it. Here’s what you missed, and exactly what you need to know. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

It is not only Israel’s enemies who are demanding sanctions: it’s their friends. It's the moderates who have turned—and all the signs are that they, too, will be ignored, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.

BREAKING: At least 31 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, sources in the besieged enclave’s hospitals have told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/wi1o8m

The problem isn't the desire to protect children. The problem is that these laws fail to do that AND undermine privacy and civil liberty.

I support trans girls playing in sports. They don't have some inherent advantage. Some people are taller or stronger than others. I didn't argue to ban tall girls from playing on my volleyball team even though I was at a "disadvantage" as a short person. Also sports are games...just games.

CEOs are trying to convince you that quiet quitting is worse than wage theft, while they plan on replacing you with a robot. Unions know better. Happy Labor Day Weekend.

Inflation rose by 22.6% from 2019-2024. In that same period, the 100 lowest-paying corporations paid their CEOs 34.7% more. Worker pay didn't even keep up with the rate of inflation. Those corporate tax breaks will never, ever, ever trickle down. WE ARE BEING SCAMMED.

This summer, we partnered with the youth sex education site @Scarleteen.bsky.social to bring readers first-hand accounts from trans kids, their parents, and others in their support systems about how they’re faring in this political moment. buff.ly/ZhE5mas

Lots of great organizations hiring!

🚨BREAKING: Hours after The Lever's reporting, lawmakers abruptly defanged Big Tech's stealth legislation that could have shielded AI giants from consumer protection lawsuits. Incredible accountability journalism from The Lever's Helen Santoro👇 www.levernews.com/lawmakers-ba...

Not to be a stickler @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social , but it was “our girlfriend” 😕 Now Russia’s “girlfriend” is gutting our intelligence department by 40% Nothing to see here, folks!

As many others have pointed out, pornography is the canary in the coal mine of information control. mashable.com/article/age-...

[healthcare for all] AMERICA: who will pay for it [deploying ICE, police, and the National Guard to comb every inch of U.S. soil in order to protect a convicted felon, rapist, and child molester] AMERICA: will a blank check suffice

In Bowling Green, the Fugees Freedom Fund was created to help cover the expenses of children who have been detained by ICE and are caught in a legal battle to be released. @derekparham.bsky.social www.lpm.org/news/2025-08...

One of many reasons I am actively "uncoupling" from Google (also for the record their security cameras are complete trash)

In this week's Ctrl Alt Right Delete, author @melissaryan.bsky.social explains how South Park's Underpants Gnomes theory applies to organizing — now more than ever.

Of the 43 Atlantic basin cat 5 hurricanes on record since 1851, 20 of them have occurred in the last 27 years. Think the climate crisis isn't real? Think again.

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