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designer, creative coder, public land advocate, believer that we the people have the power
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Now that it’s over, can we talk about how awful Cuomo’s campaign branding was? Zohran’s was alive and full of personality, Cuomo’s looks like a hospital sandwich shop.

HUGE: Senate Parliamentarian says that Mike Lee's public land sell-off violates the Byrd rule, requires 60 votes in the Senate. A bunch of other terrible anti-environment provisions do too. This isn't over, but this is a huge win. www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

A friend just asked me what I do to stay hopeful and I told him one of my favorite strategies…I stay hopeful by remembering that no one has any idea what the fuck is going to happen, so as long as we don’t know, we gotta do what we can.

The ads in my Reddit feed have become like 90% AI slop. I hate it, but I fear this is our new reality. Before these would have just been stock images, but these just leave a poor taste in my mouth. Like what is even going on in this image? I don’t get it.

ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.

absolutely horrifying: "Minnesota state senator John Hoffman in Champlin and Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park were reportedly shot in their homes by a gunman impersonating a police officer."

Trump underwater in literally every single issue. 38% approval overall. 27% approval on his spending bill. 40% approval on deportations. Musk also at 30% approval. 38% approval for RFK Jr. 35% approval for JD Vance. Nobody fucking wants any of this. poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

Find your closest rally on Saturday and go. You can tell your kids where you were on the other side of this. Outnumber him everywhere. www.nokings.org#map

They've been trying to numb us for a long time. Fascism. Oppression. Genocide. All on display. They want us desensitized, to think it's just the way the world works when deep down we know it is unnatural. Don't let them take away the feeling from you. It's uncomfortable because you're human.

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

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Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data @epi.org from me & Adam Reich of Columbia Labor Lab. In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before. www.epi.org/blog/america...

This is the announcement from Figma Config that's got me excited. True vector brushes, with even more range and expression than Adobe Fresco. Also stuff like text on path and variable width strokes, that I never thought I'd see, in a what's been ostensibly, a product design tool.

if these tools work as well as they look Adobe is done for. #Config25

"I am saying it clear and loud to President Trump and his Cabinet: I am not afraid of you," Mohsen Mahdawi says after his release. A judge ordered his release from federal immigration custody, weeks after armed DHS agents detained him in Vermont during his naturalization interview.

they are so out of touch they think people *want* factory jobs, when in reality they just want a well-paying job that treats them fairly

📢 Heads up for Boundary Waters visitors: You’ll no longer be able to pick up permits in person at the Kawishiwi and Gunflint ranger stations. Starting this season, all permits must be picked up at a local cooperator. Learn more: www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

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Legit the best thing any Dem has done to date in response to Trump and it happened because he cared more about serving his constituents than public polling about immigration.

Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create

Today is the 50th anniversary of Voyageurs National Park, MN's only national park! Established in 1975, the park spans nearly 220,000 acres of forests and lakes along the Canadian border. Gov. Walz has proclaimed April 8 as "Voyageurs National Park Day." Learn more! www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

This is fascinating: On the pod, @kedseconomist.com cites the example of a US manufacturer of board games to explain what's wrong with Trump's tariffs and why unleashing so much pain and turmoil to restore manufacturing is an incoherent goal. Transcript here: newrepublic.com/article/1937...

yes, the world right now is... you know... not great. but something that feels really good? buying art directly from artists. if you can afford even a little, i highly recommend it. #art

With the White House using OpenAi to make racist propaganda in studio ghibli art style there has never been apt scene in anime history:

They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.

"Every single member of congress needs to be pressured because of what they are doing to Social Security." @samseder.bsky.social @majorityreport.bsky.social @socialsecurityworks.org is setting up people to rally at their local #SocialSecurity offices. Go to HandsOffSocialSecurity.org

Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

And that’s on that 😌

MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant. This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech. @nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social

In Minnesota, we value the people who care for our veterans, even if DOGE doesn’t. If Trump fired you, come work for the State of Minnesota and help take care of our vets.

"We're going to have to suffer through some bad news." To them, it's just bad news. A bummer headline. To actual real people, it means losing a job. Losing benefits. Losing their house, their car, their savings. This isn't a game.

Donald Trump is not fit to be President of the United States of America. His presence in the Oval Office is a stain on the legacy of this country.

🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “The numbers don’t add up. $880 BILLION is a devastating cut to Medicaid, and an attack on Medicare. Anyone who votes for this budget is voting to cut Medicaid and gut health care for Medicare recipients in 🇺🇸.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...

The Republican budget plan: -Cut SNAP by $230 billion -Cut Medicaid by $880 billion -Give $1.1 trillion to the top 1%