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World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns

submitted 1 day ago • 391 comments

"During the darkest nights, violent and contemptuous, I still dreamed of a peaceful, shining day for us, married and tenured, when he would remember how I’d been there for him when he needed me the most. So, our equality was eroded, along with my self-confidence."

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

submitted 4 days ago • 261 comments

Listening to an interview of a woman whose husband was taken by ICE. It’s very like the family stories I heard about Kristallnacht, but without the broken glass, and spread out rather than on one day. People desperate to get family members back but no idea how, and opposition at every point.

submitted 7 days ago • 28 comments

I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.

submitted 8 days ago • 54 comments

ICE shot a reporter... "Nick Stern, a British news photographer based in Los Angeles, is set to undergo emergency surgery for a wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters in Los Angeles on Saturday."

submitted 14 days ago • 139 comments

Buffoonery aside, I think a lot of Americans can't process that multiple generations of Germans renounce and revile past actions rather than treat them as an aspect of of their culture that must be maintained.

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Nature ran a piece finding that 25 million people could die as a result of ending USAID. This puts Trump and Musk in the category of the most brutal leaders of the 20th century in terms of unnecessary lives lost. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 23 days ago • 54 comments

International students represent about 15% of all higher ed students. They subsidize US students, so expect domestic student costs to increase *Trump complains about tariffs but he is destroying an industry where the US is a huge net exporter www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...

submitted 26 days ago • 57 comments

Check out CBS News' Scott Pelley's speech at Wake Forest. "Why attack universities? Why attack journalism? Because ignorance works for power." www.readtpa.com/p/watch-cbs-...

submitted 26 days ago • 9 comments

Outstanding. Required reading by anyone interested in what's going on in the world

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

bc i'm tired of hearing about this and elon musk's hair plugs, let's get this out of the way: every single ban on trans healthcare includes carveouts for the exact same medications but for cisgender people

submitted 31 days ago • 16 comments

Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy. This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.

submitted 32 days ago • 1173 comments

I just left a comment briefly explaining the importance of herd immunity to protect those too sick or vulnerable to get vaccines.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Good God, vaccine hesitancy has gone from 12% to 26% among Republican parents in the last four years. www.kff.org/health-infor...

submitted 33 days ago • 124 comments

At Central Library, Brooklyn A Trump exec order bans almost 300 words from being used by federal agencies, the military and any org that receives federal funds. These kinds of "editorial" decisions were popular in Germany in the early 30s. A running list can be found here: pen.org/banned-words...

submitted 36 days ago • 25 comments

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 63 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

submitted 37 days ago • 197 comments

Appalling. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

Reminder that earlier naturalization leads to better integration of immigrants. Extending the period necessary for settlement in the UK will have exactly the opposite effect of what Starmer and the Labour leadership claim. "Migrants first have to prove themselves" is a nativist trope and bad policy.

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

What an extraordinary headline.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

More than a hundred libraries on federally recognized tribal lands across the country were notified that their congressionally appropriated grant had been terminated midcycle. Those communities are at risk of losing their local libraries and the history they hold.

submitted 42 days ago • 26 comments

One of Labour’s last remaining trans councillors, Dylan Tippetts, has quit the Labour Party this morning over the party’s transphobia. Dylan made headlines in 2022 when he was elected as Plymouth’s first openly trans councillor.

submitted 44 days ago • 12 comments

We've seen many Farage false dawns before. After these results, this time it really could be different. To stop it, both Labour and the Tories will have to do something important but which they're not doing- disagree with him. New writing from me. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

submitted 50 days ago • 95 comments

Good piece this (£). After all the chaos Trump has unleashed, he still has remarkably high approval ratings. Suspect the same will be true for Farage, who doesn’t appear to be paying a price for Brexit on.ft.com/4jINIIZ

submitted 45 days ago • 5 comments

This is so misguided. Academics have robust "viewpoint diversity" on many issues. But we cannot entertain ideas that undermine the pursuit of knowledge. Let me give some examples of the differences -- points where we have (and should have) diverse views vs not. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/a...

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

BREAKING: Israeli ministers agree on plan to capture all of Gaza and remain there for an unspecified amount of time, two officials say.

submitted 48 days ago • 81 comments

If you don't know about Texas SB37, it is a sweeping bill that will destroy every university in Texas. This bill has already passed the state Senate and is being considered by the state House this week.

submitted 50 days ago • 52 comments

If deporting US citizen children with cancer isn’t your redline, it’s time to reassess your priorities.

submitted 57 days ago • 522 comments

Providence City Councilor Justin Roias: “Yesterday, ICE tased & detained a Providence resident with a pregnant U.S. citizen wife & a green card interview that same day.”

submitted 57 days ago • 77 comments

Happy Saturday!

submitted 57 days ago • 87 comments

Trump denies disaster aid, tells states to do more. FEMA has denied federal assistance for tornadoes in Arkansas, flooding in WV, and a windstorm in Washington state. It also has refused NC’s request for extended relief funding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. stateline.org/2025/04/25/t...

submitted 58 days ago • 95 comments