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Of course not lmao Generative AI is entirely built on the of stealing art and prose you did not create and throwing it in a blender to make something that vaguely resembles what you want. That's literally the type of user base you've cultivated. You want thieves to pay to steal? Are you serious?

John Darnielle just gave a shout to Chicago for showing the country how to turn up when the fascists show up. ❤️

To be clear: I already believe that the Roberts court lacks legitimacy, and that enough members of the court have engaged in open corruption that none of its opinions should be given precedential authority.

There is no measured way to say what I am about to say. If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court. I do not say this lightly.

New article alert! Join us in exploring a phrase from Ibn Saʿīd al-Maghribī’s 13th-c. geography. He refers to the Damādim of northeast Africa as “Tatars of the Sūdān.” Hannah Barker interrogates the racializing discourses at play in such comparative claims. [image: British Library Or 1524]

"Something happened in Northeast Africa in the early thirteenth century. It was swift, violent, destructive, and perpetrated by non-Muslims. It might have been accompanied by an outbreak of disease; it might have had apocalyptic overtones; it might have been several events rolled into one."

Title page to Cinquante octonaires sur la va [sic] vanite et inconstance du monde … 1607, calligraphed & illustrated by #EstherInglis (Franco-Scottish, 1570/1-1624). Held in the Royal Collection Trust, rct.uk/collection/1... #womenartists #artherstory

It's pretty wild to me that investigators have uncovered that anti-trans campaigns are largely funded by the fossil fuel industry, and that the presumed motivations are pretty directly to redirect the public conversation away from climate change... and that this isn't bigger news.

The fight for trans rights and the fight for our planet are one in the same

This a beautiful and accurate recount of what these past weeks have been like.

was rooting for canada at this point for the rugby world cup so i'm pretty bummed :( watching them play this tournament has been amazing!

i can't afford therapy so i just shovel Oreos into my mouth as i stare into the middle distance

errant

i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there

ok at this point I'm about 99% sure that trump is the main character of the Epstein files

when the youtube video says "now don't worry if you weren't chronically online enough to understand all of that" but you understood all of it

Well don't I feel stupid

YOU WILL LIVE YOU WILL LIVE YOU WILL LIVE I refuse I refuse I REFUSE

The United Nations was created in 1945 to replace the ineffectual League of Nations after it failed to prevent the Holocaust. Here we are 2 years into a full blown live streamed genocide and they invite Hitler to the mic. Who gives a shit that some people walked out...he should have never been there

I actually want people to express moral shock at horrible shocking things. I don’t think that’s naive, I think that’s a sign their heart still works

4PM Today (Friday, Sept 26): Protest at the Neil Smith Federal Building in downtown Des Moines in support of Dr Ian Roberts. Dr Roberts was detained by ICE in Des Moines and, apparently, driven to an ICE facility in Council Bluffs.

This is handled and I’m grateful to everyone who kicked in. I could not tolerate this local musician being penalized for doing something brave and beautiful—not when they helped make music that kept us strong while ICE fired less lethals and drove cars into us.

fuck ICE actually

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

This article overviews the current landscape of needs related to public data. We recognize that it isn't just about data rescues or data preservation. All the pieces and organizations need to work together to protect the public data system. cep.org/blog/preserv...

Solange on IG: “We would like to play a small part in creating free access to the expansive range of critical thought and expression by these great minds.” library.saintheron.com

Through her creative platform, Saint Heron, Solange has launched The Saint Heron Library, a digital archive dedicated to making rare and out-of-print works by Black authors, poets, and artists accessible to all. 🔗 library.saintheron.com

Assata taught me that “Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is.” May her spirit fly free!🤲🏾

vanity plate of the day: MEAT JR

Jon: you have a policy problem Chair: we have a messaging problem 🥰 Jon: You have. A policy problem. Chair: we really need to work on our messaging 🤪 that's the problem with the DNC 😌

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

lrp fun fact: my display name comes from hades 1!

Happy Hades II day to frog lovers everywhere!! 🧡🐸🧡

i was not born to work i was born to make weird and pointless zines

Reminder that the cotton stretchy decorative spider web stuff is terrible for local wildlife (yes, even in the city).

1. A new The 19th/SurveyMonkey Poll finds that a majority of Americans are against trans youth care bans. This includes a majority of Independent voters, casting doubt on the narrative that Democrats need to pull back on transgender people. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Make sure you contact your senators here - Democrats control whether or not a budget with anti-trans provisions passes. There are many that would devastate the trans community. www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

Alejandra is not overselling this. This executive order, if weaponized by a lawless administration like Trump, could lead to the dismantling of institutional/nonprofit opposition to Trump. It can also be used for surveillance and disruption ops similar to the civil rights era and red scare.

There's now a study tracking the Trump admin's refusal to comply with court orders & its lies in court (among other things): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu... It's limited to situations where *the court itself felt the administration wasn't following its orders*—so definitely under-inclusive.

I’m on the ground at Broadview Detention Center where ass is processing people kidnapped during their ongoing assault on Chicagoland.

the fact that a sitting US president is talking about antifascism being terrorism should tell you a lot about what he thinks his own government represents

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

had a lovely time at the Driftless Spoon Gathering in La Farge, WI

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VENUS a mini comic about girls night uniting us all 1/2