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kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes

submitted 1 day ago • 103 comments

The AP built a database of 1036 reported deaths (as well as many times that number of serious injuries) from 'less-than-lethal' police tactics, 2012-2021. Prone restraint, bean-bags, chemical weapons, rubber bullets, taser or stun-guns: all can be deadly, but are deployed as though they can't.

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

I'm actually super fucking mad that the Elon Musk era is gonna end because of narcissist infighting with a former reality TV show host, and not because even a single institution in American life made a serious effort to hold him responsible for a decade plus long crime spree

submitted 3 days ago • 70 comments

This is a powerful and important piece, and if you do science journalism of any sort you should listen to this man. galileospendulum.org/2025/06/05/o...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment