because values aren't just nice words - or as centrists would have it, a sort of childish stubbornness - they're key tools in thinking through & making decisions how else do you prioritise very different goods (or harms)? & how do you communicate that choice? www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...

The predators win either way. It’s just that if you stay, they get to turn you into food first.

Take a break and enjoy this wonderfully calming video. ☺️

Everyone I know who has survived being an activist long term has found a way to bring art and joy to the work they do. Not just for them, but for the people they work with Art making, singing, whatever, is a huge part of building collective resilience

Related: are there folks who are making a shift to bypass Canvas for uploading assignments this term? I haven’t yet, but considering. Shared folders instead?

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Literally just searched for a quote to find its context (knew the author) and was told it was written by a completely different person by Google's AI. This is why I have almost completely stopped using Google.

The time for Americans to stop this is yesterday. They are doing it. It is happening. The unthinkable is the only logical end point to this. You have no more time to wait and see. Sincerely, Europe.

normal person: chatbot output is shit AI bro: look just try it yourself!! normal person: (tries it) still sucks AI bro: you're trying it *wrong*

Cathy Wilcox: bsky.app/profile/cath...

And Ann Telnaes is always on point bsky.app/profile/annt...

12. Clay Jones bsky.app/profile/clay...

7. Jeff Koterba

5. Budicao

2. Michael de Adder

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

I will immediately do a max contribution to @aoc.bsky.social if she primaries Schumer This *vocalized* moral clarity is so desperately needed everywhere:

Trump says Venezuela's oil wealth will "go to the United States. Some will go to Venezuela, and some will go to the oil companies."

Men are too emotional and should not be allowed to have firearms

i have seen videos of many an awful thing For Work and yes I get the instinct to be like "I can handle this" or "this is important" or whatever but also: repeated exposure to death and tragedy is NOT GOOD FOR YOU (citations: legion)

If they were smart, given the historical rapport with the Castros, there would be talk of getting Canada to spearhead improving infrastructure/adding renewables in Cuba. They are not smart. Mariel II is coming.

Instantly memorable, without even having to spring for a wedding dress. I see no downsides

"no, we're just looking for a different kind of wedding. not sure why people keep asking"

In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼 www.theverge.com/news/859309/...

After yesterday's very hard challenge, I will give you a super easy one. Can you spot the duplication? #ImageForensics #ThisImageIsFine #ScientificPublishing

/5 Not everyone can do this to help. But there are lots of things to do. If you want, please respond to this with ideas of how to help: how to defy Trumpism, and support America, by defying evil, by helping the least of us, by looking out for your neighbor (in the Good Samaritan sense). Ideas?

/2 In light of that, I am in awe and deep respect of the people who are still showing up to monitor the ICE Gestapo, protect and defend their neighbors, do whatever they can to hold ICE to account and call out their lawlessness. What incredible bravery.

More people are going to be murdered by ICE. It’s clear. The tactics ensure it, ICE is getting more furious and being disagreed with or resisted in any way, the verminous administration supports them and has shown they will tell any lie to support ICE murdering people. /1

2013: After NSA revelations, I ran a Twitter account posting quotes from the Church Commitee Report that were still relevant. 2022: I meet @brianhochman.bsky.social after he published his history of wire tapping The Listeners. 2026: Our abridged version hits stands for it’s 50th anniversary.

There’s an isekai if nothing else. Lost In The Former Duchy Of Brabant With My Horse And My Drunken Prussian Flatmate Who Keeps Thinking He Is Pregnant With An Elephant, I Shall Continue To Oppose The Continental System (With My Defensive Lines)

ICE invades your city and kills your people and terrorizes your children and forces everyone to stay home. From L.A. to Charlotte to Portland to Minneapolis. From sea to fucking sea, Fascism is anti-life.

I am reminded that every time someone recommended I use Transkribus to train a model to read the handwritten manuscript novels I was working on, I had to explain that the process required first that I hand-transcribe perfectly clean sample of the hand that was generally 75-100% of the document.

That’s insane. The better way to approach this is a lifetime ban on Jared polis serving in elective office.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social [Plato cont] One wonders how Texas A&M will teach Shakespeare considering at least 5 of his plays (12th Night, As You Like It, etc.) used gender switching as key plot devices and all female roles were originally written for and played by male actors.

No justification for surgical face masks given lack of protection: “There is even less justification for allowing healthcare workers to wear no face covering at all,” they said.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel... *stares angrily in COVID recovery at every medical professional I interact with*

Most people don't know that even if you win your asylum case, ICE can still keep you in detention. For example, a Madison couple that fled Venezuela recently won asylum, but the husband is still detained while ICE appeals. isthmus.com/news/news/ma...

He circled her vehicle like a shark, got told off by her wife, came up to her again, executed her, and called her a “fucking bitch” as she died. This was a homophobic and misogynistic murder in service of the State’s project of ethnic cleansing.

The shortage of primary care doctors is a national problem. To cope, a large health system in Massachusetts is using an improv comedy group to screen patients and refer them to other care

In case you missed it last night: No, it is definitively not defamation to call Jonathan Ross a murderer, and people who say it is are liars or ignorant or both.

Want to help our cause? If you see any 1. Anti-trans news story lying about "trusting the science" that "biological sex" is binary 2. Scientific resources explaining the complexity of sex and gender 3. Good faith questions that could use a trans geneticist's brain Send it via DM or tagging us! 🏳️‍⚧️🧬

Not overriding a veto on a bill that passed with unanimous consent, even if it got dozens of republican votes, still isn't good. I get it's better than 100% lockstep, but still.

Having said that, Matt Van Epps, Marsha Blackburn, Andy Ogles, Bill Hagerty, Scott Desjarlais, John Rose, and Diana Harshbarger have shown themselves to be so completely incapable of independent thought that they are only sycophants and toadies for Trump.

2/2 - Dozens of House GOP members voted to override two Trump vetoes (although the final votes still fell short of 2/3). This is not a congressional GOP that is lockstep behind Trump.

So, just yesterday: - 5 GOP senators joined Democrats to advance a resolution terminating hostilities in Venezuela; - The Senate gave unanimous consent to a resolution installing the J6 plaque in the Senate - 17 House GOP joined Dems to vote to extend ACA subsidies; (cont.)

The Floofhound feels you all need some wholesome, timeline cleansing content, particularly if any of you would like to give her a belly rub

I made a cross-stitch/needlepoint pattern inspired by @djinnandtonic.bsky.social’s CA Gadsden flag (which you can buy here: www.etsy.com/listing/4317...) You can download the pattern here, with the caveat that I haven’t test stitched it. drive.google.com/file/d/1ycSK...

ICE isn't even a quarter of a century old. Roe was older than that and it got torpedoed *and* that was a former SCOTUS decision. ICE is not. don't be so damp.

See also: bsky.app/profile/atru...

similarly, if four years ago you'd said, "chris van hollen will be the senator who rejects fascism most defiantly," most people would have responded "who?"