That whole “Minnesota fraud” scandal is a completely made up racist lie and the media is eating it up and presenting it as if it’s a genuine scandal. I’m going to lose my mind

It’s not too late to get your flu shot or your Covid booster. Just did both today.

This is a postdoc in Germany called a "rescue fellowship" for scholars "whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA" You used to see this kind of thing for scholars working in Myanmar, Turkmenistan, etc. This is how unfree US research is now. academicpositions.com/ad/early-car...

We have a responsibility to defend democracy with clarity and resolve: to protect the right to vote, to uphold the rule of law, to reject political violence in all its forms, and to demand accountability for those who would place themselves above the Constitution.

Five years ago today, the United States Capitol was attacked in a violent insurrection incited by the President of the United States for one purpose: to overturn a free and fair election and cling to power in clear violation of the Constitution.

“An abolitionist education means asking generative questions in the service of freedom-making and liberation for all.“ An interview with @prisonculture.bsky.social in @rethinkingschools.bsky.social

kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life

Billionaires, Charlie Kirk, "Murdoch’s role in destabilizing democracy in North America, Europe Australia www.nytimes.com/interactive/... "They got working whites to hate the very people that want them to have more pay, clean air, water, healthcare and power to fight back against big banks & corps"

This is a must-watch video by @npr.org's @tomdreisbach.bsky.social who sat with @semperwry.bsky.social & @michaelfanone.bsky.social as they narrated their body-cam footage from 1/6 A necessary reminder of the disgusting stain on American history perpetrated by Trump & MAGA youtu.be/CvL4sXhGrYs?...

Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured. Trump then pardoned the attackers. He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.

January 6 was a blatant effort to overturn an election by invading the U.S. Capitol, interrupting Congress, and potentially killing members of Congress and the vice president. Donald Trump was indicted for his actions that day and he pardoned people convicted for theirs.

Lucky Paris Opera: Semyon Bychkov will be their next music director. So much for my admittedly faint hopes that SFS might be considering him.

This spring, we've teamed up with Open University to examine feminism, gender and justice within law, theatre and the humanities at our inaugural Fanniversary conference. We want to hear your proposals for papers, lectures, performances, workshops and more. www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/fanniversary...

This is designed to have a chilling effect on all retired service members. The message is that if you speak out, you risk your retirement pay.

A non-comprehensive list of things my parents thought were wonderful resources when I was a child, and which they credit for my education and passion about science, that they subsequently voted to dismantle and destroy: * National Parks * PBS * Public libraries * Public schools * NASA

we've got some ICE shit going down in our little town today and it took like three minutes for a convoy of wine moms to start chasing them around town. normies hate this shit and are putting in the work

Harvard has removed a resident dean -- a Black lecturer in psychology -- for writing posts critical of Trump and law enforcement www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Visiting bookstores, none of which has the particular edition I am looking for.

Devastating. Dissolved for being “woke propaganda.” A lie. CBS, on the other hand…DJT propaganda.

See that wrinkle in his sleeve? That's from the strap that attaches the fake hand to his arm.

RFK keeps hollowing out the vaccination system that keeps children - and the rest of us - safe. So dangerous.

A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:

The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion. This is the aftermath in one area

to anyone wondering whether the decision to come out in favor of this or condemn it will look worse, historically speaking, may I refer you to *gestures to the entire history of american foreign policy and also the track record of the goons in office*

I'm older than this but yeah. The U.S. government has never hesitated to lie about this stuff.

@schumer.senate.gov You need to denounce the bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of Maduro as violations of the U.S. Constitution and international law. Stop being namby-pamby about this. Do you remember what happened in Iraq? Chile? Other countries where the US has pulled this crap.

Nicolas Maduro has been extradited to New York to face the full force of a presidential pardon. by Karoline Leavitt

And there ya have it… Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”

China will also do it with Taiwan, and our threadbare alliance with Ukraine will be obliterated. Gaza? So much for Gaza. If we do nothing in the face of this, then it will be blanket permission for every aggressive country on earth to act with pre-WWII levels of imperialism.

Quibble - Greenlanders are overwhelmingly Inuit with a smattering of primarily Nordic ancestry. The general idea stands. At some point, if unchecked, the US mainland will be attacked, and civilian casualties will be potentially your neighbor or your family.

people talk about stealing resources but this is about the wounded masculinity of Americans and the desire to feel powerful by hurting, conquering, killing, taking, this is about Americans understanding ourselves as masters of the world and lashing out in rage at a world that won't just submit

Yes, Trump saying this in the immediate aftermath of forced regime change and specifically after kidnapping another head of state is a blatant threat! Who and where he’s talking about first in this matters. He’s listing targets, as he’s always loved to.

The US Attorney General confirms Maduro is being charged with "conspiracy to possess machine guns" - something Republicans usually call a constitutional right.

I was 14 when the US invaded Iraq. I can’t overstate how dumb 14 year olds are in general, but it still was clear that the stated reasons were fake and the whole thing would be a disaster. I was confused why so many people were ignoring the obvious. Anyway, shoutout to the 14 year olds of today.

Merrick Garland reads the news over a cup of herbal tea at 10am. "Golly!," he exclaims, before turning to his wife. "Ah well, nothing anyone could have done to prevent this." Wordlessly, she shatters the glass holding her 5-1 vodka-to-OJ screwdriver, leaves. Maybe he'll clean up that mess at least

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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

French Foreign Ministry: “The removal of Maduro from power and the violation of sovereignty constitute a serious act of aggression against the dignity of the Venezuelan people and their right to determine their own future.

Thing is, nobody is supporting this. I expect most Americans aren't aware it's going on, but if asked, would say it's a bad thing, wait, they can't do that can they, etc.

Not that it wasn’t clear before, but launching a major war out of the blue with zero real effort to build public support and absolutely no approval from Congress demonstrates how much Trump perceives himself as a pure dictator

Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them

Months of extrajudicial murder unpunished and now the drunk in charge of the Pentagon and the corpse in the White House are getting their feast of blood

I just saw a video talking about the Tesla door safety problem and the number of comments that are like, "well you should read the manual" are...shocking. No, cars should be intuitively safe. Passengers are not reading the manual. Are you doing a safety briefing every time you give someone a ride?

As the great Suketu Mehta wrote in the accompanying essay, "By 1643, only nineteen years after the first Walloon settlers founded New Amsterdam, 18 languages were already being spoken in the city—among a population of a mere 500." To hell with fictions of a homogenous past, linguistic & otherwise.

The "Lost Science" series from the NYT is an infuriating and heartbreaking must-read. What a security disaster -- more Americans are in harms way because of the loss of programs like this one:

"Democrats on the committee said they obtained documents that suggest the national cultural centre is being operated as a 'slush fund and private club for Trump’s friends and political allies', resulting in millions of dollars in losses and a significant deviation from its statutory mission."

The IHRA is an antisemitism-generator that redefines antisemitism to criminalize criticism of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. This is why genocide activists are typing in all-caps today ⬇️