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Calling autistic people useless is how you justify shipping them off to concentration camps. Zero tolerance for dehumanizing children. Zero tolerance for anti-science drivel.

Much has been said about Fare Free Transit and why we are retaining Functionally Free fare for riders who need it. Our success is in the numbers. A 🧵below…

The rainbow over Boston last night. ❤️ 📹: @sydneyymedeiros @noraxstudios @lre_frnds

Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing: - Complaints about car-honking are down 70% - The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48% - 6 million fewer cars - Half as many traffic-related injuries - 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year

It's notable that rfk describes autistic children as a destroyed "resource" when he complains about autism stopping people from working. Here you see how eugenic ideology functions as a bridge between capital and fascism.

Tried something different with this embroidery. Usually I like larger lettering...

With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free. (Published 2019)

My partner got weirded out by how much my new calathea plant wiggles during the day, so of course I had to capture an 11 hour timelapse of it wiggling.

4Chan was hacked, its source code was leaked, admin emails were leaked, AND a lot of registered users used their real names and .edu email addresses. Lotta CHUDs getting exposed to sunlight today.

I regret to inform you that this form was made in great haste and does not verify whether you entered valid contact information.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime. The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Happy "A french bookstore fights Bree & then everyone else in publishing on the internet while Notre Dame burns" day to all who celebrate it.

Sent a “roll 1D20 to save against psychic damage” to our team responsible for patching our systems before sending them this. They were not pleased

Filed my taxes at 11:59 pm lol #Adulting

Behold this poor starving kitty who definitely didn't eat 20 minutes ago.

It’s not an addiction. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

For your mental health I present: Plum’s paws

EBay auction ends tomorrow, Sunday, April 13, 6 p.m. ET: Union Pins and T-shirts On Sale to Benefit Labor Notes! labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...

Appropriate reading on the first night of Passover. We must rise up and act to defend everyone.

Fellow #Massachusetts residents, please contact your State Senator and tell them to strip this ban from the budget bill! And then contact your State Representative and tell them what you think of them for letting this pass without a vote. Look them up here: malegislature.gov/Search/FindM...

Fellow #Massachusetts residents, please contact your State Senator and tell them to strip this ban from the budget bill! And then contact your State Representative and tell them what you think of them for letting this pass without a vote. Look them up here: malegislature.gov/Search/FindM...

"Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum tax of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by ships...effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions." apnews.com/article/ship...

public comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit & strip care from DACA recipients ends at 23:59pm EDT tonite if you haven't commented, it won't take long & is worth doing. context & guidance in-thread ⬇️ if you have commented, thank you💜🏳️‍⚧️

Always fight back. They’re cowards. Cowards back down.

Really want everyone in a position of power and influence to internalize that these people are goons. Their work is illegal, they are implementing it haphazardly and they don’t have the state capacity to do fascism on their own. They are paper tigers. Just Say No.

Lilu Weisberger, 14, speaks to board of education in support of transgender classmate Deerfield, IL coverage: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/10/d...