Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders. What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

yes AND ditto the US ...

yup. almost like 'compromising' with bullies doesn't accomplish shit ...

I was initially hesitant to post about this, but... My son has never been a big reader. Which, librarian as a dad, heavy reader as a mom, go figure, but we didn't try to force it on him and create trauma. I just figured it was ADHD-related. A couple of weeks ago, the switch flipped.

How about we pay them the professional wages they're worth, instead of kneecapping the loans programs? www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...

Really excellent video - youtu.be/R57pujATIs8?...

@profanity.accountant I'm curious, just how much do I go off on things?

ICE will need to be abolished and those that worked there incarcerated. They are either participating or covering up crimes. No bail this time boys

Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake

How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.

Incredibly great news:

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics. It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT. It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse. Transgender care saves lives.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the C.D.C. to abandon its longstanding position that vaccines do not cause autism. This crackpot is a danger to public health. As a father of an autistic son, I find RFK, Jr.'s actions to be sickening and deranged.

1. Following EITM reporting, Michigan State Medical Society has said that anti-trans, SPLC-designated hate group Genspect has lost their CME credentials, as well as the parent organization that was supporting it. Incredible reporting by staff writer S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Vaccines are safe. Vaccines save lives. Autism is caused by genetics + environmental triggers. Extensive studies with millions of kids showed no connection between vaccines and autism. Doctors vaccinate our kids because we love them and want them to live to be healthy adults.

On this Trans Day of Remembrance as on many past ones, I remember the other trans girl who came back for me when someone was trying to kill my 11 year old trans behind. I never learned her name, she died before she could tell me. She was only slightly older than me, maybe 13? I owe her my life.

To sane doctors and scientists, the CDC is now close to irrelevant or dead. I don't see how they can ever reclaim their reputation fully. RFK Jr is holding a bloody knife over its corpse.

1. Nearly every transgender person walks this earth knowing people like us who are no longer with us. In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward. These are the people I'm remembering today.

We did the day it was first released. We have another piece incoming soon on the authors though. www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check...

Just to review, in the last week the President of the United States: - Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party - Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children - Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats Those are just factual statements.

This administration isn't beating those nazi allegations.

Since people asked, my top places for trans people right now are France, Australia (parts), Canada (parts), Spain (though politics there are tenuous), Iceland, Uruguay.

The UK is considering a policy that would effectively segregate trans people from society. It would bar trans people from "single sex spaces" even when they use the facility of their sex assigned at birth. This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.

ALSO - SHOUTOUT FOR PARENTS OF TRANS KIDS IN THE UK! The community is coming together to alleviate the pressure and stress being inflicted upon your children by divisive policy and bullying. 1/4

The HHS report on gender affirming care released it's updated report showing they stacked its authors with anti-trans hate-group affiliated members, several of whom aren't even doctors with any sort of clinical experience. They selected their own ideologically friendly peer reviewers. It's a joke.

Meanwhile in Catholic schools, the environment is getting even worse for trans and queer people. It never was good to start with but this is horrific. www.them.us/story/ursuli...

Khanna: "There should be no buildings named after people in this Epstein class. There should be no scholarships named after them. They shouldn't be enjoying perks of being affiliated w/ corporations or universities. Many of the survivors will tell you some of these people still are celebrated"

"Resilience" Acrylics on canvas

My son said the saddest thing a Cajun mama can hear... "Mom, I don't really like the dark dark dark gumbo roux, can you make it lighter?" 😭 Still, cooking up a mean pot right now, albeit a peanut butter brown instead of dark chocolate.

I keep thinking about the Raymond Williams line: "To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing". Hope is not easy. Despair seems obvious. But every howl of despair manifests as further malignance. Compliance with fascism is despair metastasising.

This is an administration by and for sex traffickers. www.propublica.org/article/andr...

Do these people have any other talking points than "Muslim=bad"? They're doing the "transing the gay away" conspiracy theory with an Islamophobic twist.

And I didn‘t have any characters left but as a Harvard College alum who has Larry Summers‘s signature on her diploma AND as a tenured professor who is active in her faculty union: tenure does not protect faculty from consequences, including firing, due to the kind of behavior he evidently exhibited

So I say this as a proud academic labor union member who believes deeply in the importance of tenure to the academic mission: FIRE LARRY SUMMERS

THIS IS BIG For non-academics who might not understand why: 1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house 2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.

Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.

The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.

It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop

1. In a major update, the Trump administration has reversed course publicly, and now says "all passports" will remain valid until they expire for transgender people. This comes after many outlets reported a message that indicated passports could be revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism.

let go of shame, let go of unnecessary fear, let go of worrying about outcomes of events you can't control focus on being creative, doing acts of kindness for yourself and people you care about, and meeting the sea of hate with a wall of love your life will be better

"The "We Ain't Buying It" boycott calls on consumers to shop at "small, local, or with businesses affirming our humanity" as they avoid Home Depot stores."

Firings at Condé Nast hit trans journalists hard. When union representatives attempted to question the decision, they were fired in what the union says is illegal retaliation. That and more trans news leading off the week this Monday AM. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

“Why do women, especially women of color leave physics?” Oh I dunno maybe because you do have to be fucking crazy on a level to put up with this shit for your entire career and not walk away bsky.app/profile/chan...

Alice Wong fought tirelessly against institutionalizing disabled people. She understood that we deserve autonomy over our care. That healthcare is a basic human right and people should receive the support they need to remain in their homes & communities. Fight for universal healthcare now!

Refusing to fund SNAP is ableism. Cutting Medicaid is ableism. Terminating ACA subsidies is ableism. Slashing affordable housing is ableism. This regime has a very clear eugenics agenda. They’re targeting services they know disabled people rely on to survive. We are not expendable.

If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker. This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…

if you're being pedantic about the definition of pedophilia I'm assuming you are a pedophile

Cloudy with a chance of tear gas.