I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

not okay w WH trying to intimidate me or others behind the scenes which this seems to be about. Why else does WH need to know which law professors spoke to the press before a story is published? The WH was asked a question about the law (as were we), not asked about personal or factual issues. 2/2

I find this extremely chilling: I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x

Political violence and threats are not the answer. This is a watershed moment — we can choose to stay silent and live in fear, or we can choose to be loud for peace and compassion. We must work together to stop this crisis, and it should start from the top with the President.

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

I ignored the murder of Melissa Hortman. Here’s why I’ll be talking about the murder of Charlie Kirk all day today. by most liberal pundits

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: he may have a strong comms team, but Gavin Newsom sucks (for multiple reasons) and should not be the Dem nominee.

Taking lessons from that OceanGate Titan sub guy 🤔

Very sad to share that our dear @isobelcarr.com is dealing with more than just a recurrence of her lymphoma. Here is a fundraiser link to help provide the care she needs. And fuck cancer. www.gofundme.com/f/help-krist...

AOC: If anybody says “this isn’t fair, I'm gonna have to divest all my stocks if I run for congress” maybe you should stay home.

Because it's the only thing I can think of to help, here are 5 uncached US Kindle copies of @premeemohamed.com's THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS. #KindleBookGiveaway

Good!

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

CHICAGO…

The Dems are saved! 🙃🤦🏻‍♂️ Somebody help this man. A party’s need for new leadership has never been more obvious.

“Ghassemi and her MIT colleagues found that AI systems were more likely to leave female patients untreated.”

RFK Jr looks like he’s been sampling the diseases at the CDC

Do you know how insane and infuriating it is to live in a country where one party claims, with media and public support, the mantle of being the ‘tough on crime’ party while its leader openly calls for convicted criminals to be released from prison ‘or else’?

NEW: House Republicans have introduced the PROVE Act — a bill that would strip millions of U.S. citizens abroad of their voting rights. If voters can’t prove they have a “current residence” in the U.S., they are forced to fill an effectively meaningless D.C. ballot. From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social

Heads up to those of you affected by the Columbia University data breach: they’ve sent out breach notices (offering 2 years of credit monitoring)…to the address they have on file from when you applied. Even if you got in and attended and they know perfectly well where you now live.

If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.

just can not shake the feeling that democratic leadership really believes they are just a couple votes away from the halcyon times of enjoying senate softball and seersucker suit day

He’s not planning on leaving.

I dunno guys maybe we should listen to how every californian who is very familiar with newsom keeps saying “ABSOLUTELY NOT, DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN”

This should get WIDE circulation: MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.” gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...

I've seen people say things like "our troops weren't designed to be used on US!!!" and look, I totally understand, I agree in some ways, but I really, really hope that if you feel that way you spend time thinking about the fact that there's no such thing as a weapon that can't be pointed at you.

my boss always speaks first at meetings too

Slightly diminish a band: Scuffle Tapes @battletapesband.bsky.social

Oh, I haven't mentioned it before now, but I've made Acting Up a freebie for the time being. Should be on all electronic platforms - the start of my publishing career and the Center Stage series! adelebuck.com/books/acting...

Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are. For me, it’s Nancy Friday’s My Secret Garden.

This day in history, an abuser resigned in disgrace. He will never hold such power again. We won’t let him.

Tag yourself—I’m “Momtana”

Until we pass a nationwide ban on gerrymandering (which we need), Democrats should gerrymander every state to the fullest extent. 52-0 in CA, 17-0 in IL, and so on. No more unilateral disarmament. Time to get serious about fighting back.

“.. Within about three minutes of the crash, the Model S uploaded a “collision snapshot”—video, CAN‑bus streams, EDR data, etc.—to Tesla’s servers .. The vehicle then deleted its local copy, resulting in Tesla being the only entity having access.” @electrek.co $TSLA electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...

A lot of GOP gerrymanders are very efficient already. There's a few seats here or there, but not tons. There are probably 15 easy Dem seats if they stop unilaterally disarming.

Important details from this story: 1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... 2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal." 3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.

Advertise your account with a gif.

Me three months ago:

Hey, MA authors, writers, ABBA members! There's an 8/1 deadline to submit written testimony via email in support of MA state bills: H.3594 & S.2328, acts regarding free expression. There are language changes we're requesting to make these even more anti-book-ban. malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3...

I honestly have no idea why we even took con law at this point.

Romancelandia and friends, I'm asking your help for my dear friend Robin, aka Janet from Dear Author, who has been dealing with serious medical problems and will need ongoing home health care. Please read, consider giving if you have the means, sharing if you would be so kind. gofund.me/1bedf76d

Timeline cleanse—dragonflies make me happy, and I’ve never seen one from below while lit from above like this

After Trump sent 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles, hotline callers were saying, "I do not want to be part of pointing a gun at US citizens and maybe shooting it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is patently false. DHS has authority to question and search people coming into the country at points of entry. But ICE may not detain and question anyone without reasonable suspicion — and certainly not based on their physical appearance alone. This lawlessness must stop.

now that i think of it, with claude, grok and chatgpt, they basically stopped making them woman-coded like siri as soon as they wanted them to act like topic based authorities