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Professor. Neuropsychologist. Activist. Parent. Post-Mormon, current Texas Handmaid. Constitutional Law fan. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
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Never stop saying this.

submitted 11 hours ago • 16 comments

Lots of talk today about the demise of BlueSky. For whatever it's worth, it's been a boon to indie publishers like us. Twitter and Facebook have pretty much silenced us, so the engagement here has, and continues to be, wonderful.

submitted 1 day ago • 426 comments

In the last 20 or so minutes I’ve seen LAPD officers shove women to the ground without provocation, rip a sign out of a man’s hand and then swing a baton into his leg and raise a less-lethal launcher to aim directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)

submitted 1 day ago • 537 comments

We need an investigation into whether Attorney General Bondi engaged in insider trading. A culture of corruption has infected the Republican Party. Americans deserve answers.

submitted 25 days ago • 26 comments

Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.

submitted 46 days ago • 2559 comments

Once again, I was left to wonder: was Pete Hegseth signal chatting military attack plans to everyone but me?? Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?

submitted 50 days ago • 169 comments

"If you can purchase US citizenship for $5 million, the “illegals” are only guilty of being poor." -Feminist News

submitted 54 days ago • 397 comments

If Texas was a cyberpunk corporatocracy in contention between Buc-ees and HEB we would honestly be governed much better than we are now

submitted 765 days ago • 6 comments

Y’all gotta let them go.

submitted 55 days ago • 8 comments

Shout out to Berine, to AOC, to Corey Booker, to Jamie Raskin, to Chris Van Hollen, to Jasmie Crockett, to Chris Murphy and a few others... When you show you are willing to fight for us, we will rally behind you! Keep it up! This moment calls for fighters, not career "politicians" #FORTHEPEOPLE

submitted 55 days ago • 316 comments

PLEASE RSVP, SHARE, & invite your friends — we want to make this even BIGGER than last time! events.pol-rev.com/events/ed133...

submitted 55 days ago • 2 comments

This is more terrifying than the stock market on.ft.com/4jlaXJb

submitted 61 days ago • 62 comments

every day I worry about not being productive enough while my brain is juggling like 20 genuine concerns and one of these days I need to give myself a break about it

submitted 62 days ago • 9 comments

Boston has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever

submitted 62 days ago • 46 comments

So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes. Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵

submitted 64 days ago • 73 comments

Who did this?

submitted 66 days ago • 1440 comments