Halloween may end but the bats remain

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end

Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.

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Clausewitz was deeply emotionally affected by witnessing famine in the Rhineland, describing skeletal figures scrounging for underripe potatoes that were no doubt already ruined by the blight. It is a crowning achievement of our society to have solved this problem that plagued countless generations.

Every time I convince myself the evidence against the null hypothesis (no ADHD) isn’t statistically significant I see a post like this also triple negative wooooo-

🚨Latest News: The USFWS announced it will not move forward with a nationwide recovery plan for gray wolves, a major reversal from its earlier commitment. The decision comes despite ongoing threats to wolves in parts of the West where state laws permit aggressive killing. Read more: bit.ly/4oQWCq6

Bats can provide great value to agriculture by controlling crop-damaging insects extension.psu.edu/the-value-of...

me at the end of class: here's a little speculative exercises; imagine you wake up from cryosleep in 2085. what's the kind of tech-society r/ship you'd like to see around you? students: no AI I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion

Strength training is political. We have a right-wing which has taken over physical fitness spaces, and hijacked “warrior culture”. We need a muscular progressivist visions. We need to be strong to build the world we want. Building my guns for the revolution. 💪🏾✊🏾 #Swoletariat #ResistanceTraining”

1. In a major shadow docket ruling from the Supreme Court, the court has ruled against trans people's passports, giving a stay to the Trump administration. The admin has previously indicated it intend to revoke some passports if it got this ruling. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers. www.health.com/adhd-medicat...

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It’s insane that the Mayor of NYC will have potentially more media criticism, more public attention, more government pushback, than the PRESIDENT OF THE ENTIRE NATION, And be expected to both accept and manage that responsibility.

The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line. 1/

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

Guess who's back! 🦇 55 years missing: An international team led by the museum rediscovered the Turkestan long-eared bat in the Karakum Desert. Endemic species like 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 reveal how life adapts – and why protecting unique habitats matters. 🌏 📹 Christian Dietz #biodiversity #bats

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

I think, just for tonight, it's ok to Lib tf out and feel like the simple and solitary act of voting for someone is praxis. Tomorrow, we remember that there are millions of people to made it happen, who will need your support in a thousand over battles that need winning.

NBC just called for Mamdani

I've long said I believed Ben Shapiro to be the canary in the coal mine for when the far right begins to explicitly push Jews out of the Republican party. The canary just metaphorically died.

What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post? This. This is what you get.

Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”

The open secret about Centrism is that they SAY that incrementalism is the best way to achieve social progress but what they MEAN is that too much progress is exactly as bad as no progress.

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

Thinking about why I’m not on hrt And a sticking point rn is the moment I’m alone with a doctor and have to justify yes, I want these changes, when I neither believe in all the changes (the big two on your chest come to mind) nor myself. Because I’m a coward. Any advice for this, Bluesky? Support?

There’s no mistaking that big corporate media are targeting people of colour, women especially, and trans people. It was Teen Vogue yesterday, CBS a few days before and ofc Wapo. These are purges by right-wing media of voices that challenge radical white Christian nationalism.

Remember to go vote! Even if you're depressed! Even if you don't think it matters! GO VOTE. Some of the biggest pushback has been from mayors and governers! GO VOTE!!

Thank you for all the kind words and support. Can I please ask a favour? Can you spread this story as far and wide as you can. Share it with people you know, forward it to your MP's, anyone in the public eye that might be supportive. This is unbelievably horrific, and no one knows about it..

Altered, the trading card game which broke Kickstarter records with its €6.2m debut crowdfund two years ago, is running almost €2m short of the amount needed for its latest expansion - despite having raised more than 10x its crowdfunding goal from backers: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

When I was a kid my Dad said that it was fine to be "gay, or whatever" but you should keep it to yourself because "It might be safe today, but you never know if it will be safe tomorrow, and people have long memories." It fucked me up to hear it at the time. It fucks me up now that he wasn't wrong.

My fellow trans people who write theory and articles, I am going to say this with love, but also bluntly. You need to cite your sources properly and in your theory books include a works cited/bibliography. It doesn't "make it less accessible for the average reader"-

Multiple things can be true at the same time: 1. The ability to block other accounts at will is important. 2. Sharing blocklists can help us efficiently clean out hatemongers 3. People who use social media well (e.g. @mmitchell.bsky.social ) can end up lumped by thoughtless blocklist creators >>

It wasn't deep. It didn't have much to say. But Xiao Xiao inspired millions to try Flash animation for themselves. A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site

Every $1 donation provides 4 or 5 meals from food banks. Even a donation of $5 right now can feed up to two dozen people. No, we shouldn’t have to do this. But we can.

Hormone hijinks Howdy Shroomlings! I learned recently that a certain someone i know likes to CHEW HER ESTROGEN PILLS! Like is that not wild? Oh well, we still love her. And yes Rosalina is now trans because I SAY SO! Fight me about it! #nintendo #transgender #comic

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