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Nearly half of 140 senior SSA administrators have been forced out or left the agency. A decimation of hundreds of years of administrative expertise at the insitence of the ignorant. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

submitted 6 days ago • 14 comments

"To everyone who pulls me aside to whisper with the best intentions 'You have already won', I am sorry, but the days of moral victories are over. And as my father told me years ago, 'When the Right wins power, the Left writes a great book.' Those days are over too." -Zohran Mamdani

submitted 7 days ago • 18 comments

The Times saying last year they'd no longer endorse candidates in local elections, then immediately being like "oh but not THAT guy" 10 months later because the candidate wants free buses gives away the whole game. "Objectivity" means you break your own rules to punch left as much as you want.

submitted 6 days ago • 211 comments

1) The fact that Trump can't get rid of Vance makes this all the more delicious - and dangerous. 2) More proof that we live in a simulation because this simply can't be real.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to Medicaid.

submitted 40 days ago • 115 comments

BREAKING: Rümeysa, our union sister who was snatched by ICE, is free today. We stood up for our union family and demanded justice! When you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. #4the1st ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

submitted 43 days ago • 67 comments

man this is grim. and reflective of how strapped for cash lefty media is, you could probably get this quite successful guy above water with like 2k a month youtu.be/vlf8c8SV39o?...

submitted 43 days ago • 9 comments

They’re lashing out against Habeas and arresting Mayors because they know their position is weak and getting weaker, and they’re panicking. It’s scary to live through, but it’s less scary when you remember this isn’t coming from a position of strength, it’s sweaty desperation.

submitted 44 days ago • 20 comments

For folks wondering how to name what is happening, it's a fascist power grab. What does "fascism" actually mean and why is it imperative that we use the f-word? (Full video and explanation: bit.ly/on-the-f-word)

submitted 44 days ago • 7 comments

MASSACHUSETTS FOLKS:

submitted 43 days ago • 4 comments

I am so happy to see this picture and to read this news. “Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was released from ICE detention on Friday, offering brief words of thanks to supporters gathered outside the Louisiana facility. "Thank you so much for all the support and love," she said”

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

"We're on a quiet residential street on a peaceful spring day, the sun beating down serenely, a light breeze. The sort of day you wait all year for. For this mother and her daughter and the little baby it was that sort of day before federal agents showed up..."

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

GenAI's hallucinations expose the rot at the heart of the system: much of the information economy is useless and wouldn't be missed.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Based on a quick read here, it's pretty clear to me that TWO gorillas could definitely take on 100 men. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

A new NYT opinion piece by @robflaherty.bsky.social nails how anti-democratic influences have managed to capture the "opt-out" voter. "They present right-wing cultural narratives on every issue set — and push messages into nonpolitical subcultures."

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

"270,000 of you have self verified" but we only give check marks to important people. @bsky.app @support.bsky.team

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Turns out you can shape the agenda with dramatic action and maybe even shift public opinion. Crazy.

submitted 63 days ago • 460 comments

My name is Randy Villegas. I’m a son of the Central Valley, a school board trustee, and a college professor. And I’m proud to announce that I’m running for Congress in CA-22 – to fight for working people, not billionaires.

submitted 69 days ago • 2 comments

Current law allows cumulative rent hikes of 90-100% over 10yrs, pushing families into homelessness. The Affordable Rent Act #AB1157 lowers CA's rent cap from 10% to 5% - bringing relief to millions of Californians. Urge legislators to vote YES on #AB1157! www.acceaction.org/l...

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

There we go. Support this man.

submitted 69 days ago • 1020 comments

PLANET OF THE APES was released 57 years ago today. Regarded as one of the great science fiction films and a movie with one of the great plot twists, the behind the scenes story is like talking a walk through The Forbidden Zone… 1/50

submitted 80 days ago • 4 comments

RIP Val Kilmer

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Target foot traffic falls for the eighth consecutive week after the retailer ended its DEI programs. Meanwhile at Costco, which kept its DEI programs, foot traffic has been up for 13th straight weeks.

submitted 82 days ago • 170 comments

So say we all.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.

submitted 93 days ago • 75 comments

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

submitted 92 days ago • 120 comments

Me and countless other authors today…😂

submitted 92 days ago • 262 comments

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).

submitted 92 days ago • 3448 comments

My favorite bird is the Brown Pelican.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites. Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.

submitted 112 days ago • 19 comments

I think an American flag created entirely by black men at the Superbowl is one of the best pieces of art I've seen in my lifetime. I hope it actually killed some folks. And I hope it finally closes the fucking book on the argument that we shouldn't use the flag to fight the God damned fascists.

submitted 132 days ago • 82 comments

"Authoritarianism is not a grassroots movement. It’s not an uprising of the people. It’s a top-down, elite-driven power grab designed to strip us of our rights, concentrate wealth, and silence dissent." open.substack.com/pub/antiauth...

submitted 132 days ago • 7 comments

Egg shortages, oh my.

submitted 132 days ago • 0 comments

Costco, which has come out saying it supports DEI, will make no changes to its existing programs, AND pays workers a minimum of $30/hour, is up 15% YTD. Target, which announced it is ending all DEI programs and has a minimum wage of $15-$24/hour, is down over 4%. Keep voting with your wallet.

submitted 134 days ago • 259 comments