I joined the "human banner" at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. This flag was at the center. It was a gorgeous day with enormous waves. #nokings

““Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone,” Dr. Kornbluth wrote.” Funding should be based on merit alone, you say? Well played, M.I.T. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

“California, and the country, cannot await the outcome of the midterms to repel Trump’s siege on democracy. More drastic action is required.” My piece exploring "soft secession": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump’s America is effectively abandoning California www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

this is the kind of thing that when foreign governments do it, tech companies used to refuse and say they were standing up for the values of free speech

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

One more step closer to Putin's Russia :( And because the right response to government censorship is to stand firm: Charlie Kirk was a horrible person. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie...

100% Politicians from the previous generation seem to still be catching up to the fact that we failed to teach the current generation of voters why democracy is necessary. If we don't want to lose it we need to start from the basics.

We don’t celebrate his death, but we won’t hide the truth about his life.

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

we can sneak around town / hunting working folks down / I hear they got a great benefit plan join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...

"The president, tiptoeing precipitously down the sidelines of legality, inadvertently ran the constitutional football out of bounds."

A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.

And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.

A political party that fully embraces anti-intellectualism. Franco's army in the 30's proclaimed: "Death to intelligence! Long live death!", and the great Unamuno retorted that they would win, but they would not convince ("vencerán, pero no convencerán"). The problem with MAGA is that they convince.

Yesssssss… I love this 🙌🏼

No kings in San Francisco! #nokings #sanfrancisco

No kings in San Francisco! That’s one massive protest! #nokings #sanfrancisco

“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Francisco” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

I logged into Twitter after all this time just to confirm this is in fact happening 🍿 It won't lead to anything useful, but these two deserve what they're doing to each other.

I want to believe that if I had to choose between unmasked tyranny, and a democracy ruled by a party with which policies I disagree, I would choose democracy without a doubt. I hope the 80 million MAGAs and the folks that didn't vote will eventually choose likewise.

I’m horrified by the murder of two Israeli embassy staffers at an event in DC last night. The fact that the gunman said he did it to “free Palestine” makes me nauseous. Murdering people for their nationality is never acceptable and this violence hurts Jews, Israelis, *and* Palestinians.

What a delightful tale! "Topographical enquiry, as it discovers truth, gives the same kind of delight as Science feels, when new arrangements of form and matter present themselves before her."

🇺🇦🗣️ Zelensky: This war will end, just as eternal dictatorships fall. Just as any empire built on the principles of war, disrespect for people and their rights, disdain for human life, comes to an end.

Carl Sagan on how humanity can create its purpose and make its existence meaningful.

READ NOW: A VT federal judge orders Mohsen Mahdawi released during habeas proceedings. "Legal residents—not charged with crimes or misconduct—are being arrested and threatened with deportation for stating their views on the political issues of the day." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977. Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.

This is why DEI is kryptonite for these folks.

Take a minute from your day and read this chilling story about how quickly we've gotten to where we are.

Just responded the survey - you should too if this matters to you!

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

“It's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help. If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite." -Pope Francis

"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." - John Burroughs

"Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps.… Imagine if I had said to law firms that were representing parties that were upset with policies my administration had initiated, that you will not be allowed into government buildings."

We have almost 80M voters with no regard nor gratitude towards democracy. To heal as a nation we need de-MAGAfication, and ensuring that _all_ students read court sentences like Judge Wilkinson's here: succinct, direct, and powerful.

Does pursuing criminal contempt instead of civil contempt mean nothing will come out of it? @legaleagle.tv I watched your video explaining civil contempt of the government was more enforceable, but IANAL and would like to hear your analysis.

I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

"The security of the world is at stake." Well worth watching President Zelenskyy's interview on 60 Minutes www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine...

Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior. But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this: The psychology of dominance. 🧵(1/5)

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.

Americans will destroy themselves with an unnecessary trade war and a potential depression because they can't stand seeing people of color and women moving up a bit and getting a small piece of the pie. Same as it ever was.

I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944: “America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.

I don't trust anyone hired by an organization that has no DEI policies, and so shouldn't you.

This is one of the biggest threats to Americans' personal data in decades. If you're a 23andMe customer, I strongly urge you to delete your data to protect it from whoever the new buyer might be. Here’s how:

There needs to be a profound change of values in a good chunk of this country's population. Much less cruelty, and much more gratitude towards democracy and willingness to defend it. Many tens of millions vote against freedom or indifferent to it.