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We will not cower, even in the face of Trump’s militarized escalation. On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda. Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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"The first movie ever made was released in 1887. That movie is called 'Air Bud,' and it is about a dog who is good at passing a three-dimensional sphere through a two-dimensional hoop, which is illegal."

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EXTREMELY BAD NEWS for economic research, per former BLS Commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social on LinkedIn. BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS. #EconSky

submitted 5 days ago • 33 comments

these visuals hardly do it justice, but just staggering to contemplate this scale of destruction. An estimated 60 percent of all buildings destroyed; 90 percent of housing gone. 90 percent of the population -- 1,900,000 people -- displaced www.bbc.com/news/world-m...

submitted 12 days ago • 18 comments

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again theonion.com/a-shatt...

submitted 16 days ago • 323 comments

Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.

submitted 16 days ago • 764 comments

Trickle-down in one graph: golden shower. All rot leads to Reagan.

submitted 24 days ago • 14 comments

it would be cool if some members of the mainstream media cared as much about this administration lying about who's running the agency dismantling the federal government as they do about the former president’s age

submitted 23 days ago • 227 comments

In today’s “Wait A Damn Minute” we expose the truth about Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”: Trump is pulling a reverse Robin Hood - he’s taking from the poor to give to the ultra-rich. I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here are the facts. @thepersistnetwork.bsky.social #WADM

submitted 25 days ago • 88 comments

This. All of this. They are trying to remove whole classes of people from public life. They can’t quite say that they object to having women, Black people, LGBTQIA+ folx in public life so they instead label them “woke” or “DEI.” It’s that simple and they will not stop.

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Hahahaha! Of course. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/b...

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The restructuring of the fed govt and consolidation of power in the executive suggests this administration does not intend to yield power to another admin. Ever. If they did, they would be fearful of consolidating so much authority in one place.

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Amen!

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Hahahahahaha! 🤣

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When you look for a mental health provider through your insurance’s in-network directory, you’re bound to find some who can’t — or won’t — see you. Here’s what you can do to find in-network mental health care.👇 By @maxblau.bsky.social

submitted 32 days ago • 21 comments

Their faith in technology to fix everything certainly echoes the Italian Futurists of 100+ years ago, just before death rained down from the sky in the first war involving aircraft and thousands were gassed to death on the battlefield. What could go wrong? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Once again, this is illegal.

submitted 32 days ago • 4 comments

Holy shit. The dog ate Kash Patel’s homework.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Fantastic and eye-opening. Why isn’t it front-page news that Noem is going to run her dept into the red?

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A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...

submitted 34 days ago • 309 comments

This is what authoritarianism looks like.

submitted 37 days ago • 7 comments

“Bad things are happening to language,” y’all. 🤣😵😵‍💫 #academicsky

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The dean search at UF blown up by a group dedicated to “exposing communism in America.” The idea that the 21st century university is a hotbed of communism is laughable on so many levels. And the idea that a dean at an R1 is a communist is even more ludicrous. Check out the salaries. #academicsky

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4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence theonion.com/4-copy-...

submitted 43 days ago • 79 comments

We're now up to 1000 scheduled May Day rallies, marches, protests, action tables, food drives and mutual aid efforts in all 50 states, DC and PR. You're angry. You're scared. You don't know how this can go on. Make sure you get out in the street this week. Find one near you: mobilize.us/mayday.

submitted 44 days ago • 8 comments

Alright, Bluesky, do your thing! I need a part-time, DC-based operations manager to come work with me ASAP. Email [email protected].

submitted 43 days ago • 13 comments

NPR has been receiving tips about detentions at the Ambassador Bridge in Michigan. An inquiry by Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib has revealed more that 200 detentions this year at the bridge, including American citizen children.

submitted 48 days ago • 37 comments

A new analysis from Urban Institute researchers shows that a #Medicaid work requirement program implemented in Arkansas in 2018-2019 reduced the number of adults with #health insurance coverage and had no effect on #employment. Learn more in an Urban Wire post.

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.

submitted 51 days ago • 45 comments

The tracker has been updated. One case that is on it is a US CITIZEN who was detained for 10 days. He has been released. I hope the family is planning a lawsuit. public.tableau.com/views/United...

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

“Minimize” is doing some heavy lifting here. The administration is trying to tightly control and limit gender identities so that rights can easily be circumscribed for at least half the population and so that anyone who doesn’t conform to a binary conception of sex/gender can be punished.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

No meaningful diplomacy anywhere on the planet, which requires building trust through long-term relationships. More importantly: exclude all those “shit hole” countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The MAGAts saying the quiet part out loud again. What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

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