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Quick reminder that the majority of Americans live in cities, "real America" is urban, and when people scream obscenities about cities they are screaming obscenities about America.

submitted 10 hours ago • 12 comments

can’t believe this still needs to be said, but: stop following altNPS. none of them work for the NPS and they exist to do Qanon numbers station crap and sell merch. it’s annoying for a lot of us that are actually NPS. thanks

submitted 16 hours ago • 46 comments

Many doctors are under the mistaken impression that COVID is over. One by one, we must learn and understand the science - it's our duty of care to do so. whn.global/why-i-still-...

submitted 48 days ago • 8 comments

Alright everyone, one last push. If you or anyone you know is: - LGBTQ+ - 13-24 years old - In the US Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health. It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :) trvr.org/survey2025

submitted 11 hours ago • 14 comments

John Hoffman and Yvette Hoffman were hit by a combined 17 bullets from the Minnesota assassin, and both survived and are now recovering. Yvette shielded their daughter. www.startribune.com/john-hoffman...

submitted 12 hours ago • 136 comments

Holy shit. Do not use AI because it is unethically trained. Do not use AI because it is damaging to the environment. But really especially DO NOT USE AI if you are looking up information on MENTAL ILLNESS. It absolutely is lying to you. It is telling you things it has found online that are false,

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

update on this that apparently Enterprise is renting vehicles to ICE

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

Michigan Democrats describe Smit’s crusade, which has included a parade of election deniers testifying before the committee — as a conspiracy-fueled partisan effort to discredit Benson, who is running for governor, and plant the seeds to sow discord ahead of the 2026 election.

submitted 13 hours ago • 32 comments

attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"

submitted 130 days ago • 146 comments

BEEP BOOP THIS IS NORA'S AUTOMATED STRETCH CHECK. today is Sunday. everyone do your stretchies. 💪🤖

submitted 15 hours ago • 3 comments

i think about this a lot goodnight

submitted 1 day ago • 37 comments

Way too many people don't get that christian dominionism is apocalyptic accelerationism VERY LITERALLY SEEKING to hasten their vision of the Biblical end of the world. That is not hyperbole or misinterpretation or a joke. And they have VERY CAREFULLY worked their way into the halls of U.S. power.

submitted 602 days ago • 44 comments

New study finds that using ChatGPT to write essays led to reduced brain activity & memory compared to writing without tools or using a search engine. While ChatGPT made writing easier, it also caused cognitive offloading, weakening learning and engagement over time. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872

submitted 22 hours ago • 22 comments

The Nazis targeted disabled people first. They knew no one would speak up for us They tested the gas chambers on us Ableism & eugenics feed right into fascism and white supremacy Now more than ever we need folks to engage with disabled activists. Learn about disability justice

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

It is useful to be precise in our language about the Democratic party. There is an institutional Democratic party establishment that is lost and failing us right now. But when we use "Democrats" as a catch-all, there are whole swaths of activated everyday folks we alienate.

submitted 22 hours ago • 23 comments

I just learned something remarkable about @politico.com's parent media company nytimes.com/2021/08/29/b...

submitted 23 hours ago • 4 comments

An important thing to know about Donald Trump is that very few people actually like him! The structure of his support at this point is a relatively small number of psychotic groypers and a much larger swathe of the public who have been convinced by right-wing propaganda that Democrats are worse.

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

This would be a summer blockbuster on par with Barbie

submitted 1 day ago • 50 comments

Why the living fuck is video mute/unmute a) a persistent global setting, which is b) changed via video interaction??? Like, if i want to unmute One Video, it does not follow that i want Every Other Video I Encounter to then default to unmuted. What the hell, y'all

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

From a medic member: Today I treated TBI w head laceration finger hanging by the skin Broken leg Broken hand 1/2 dozen more people in need of stitches. Same # blinded by tear gas. Another dozen w bleeding goose eggs welts. Ran out of bandages. Clothes are covered in ppls blood Oldest was in his 70s”

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Basically any time protests “turn violent” it’s because the cops decided to start shooting at people. I learned this during Bloomberg here in NYC and in Boston during Trump I. Delighted to see other people learning this too but sorry it’s being learned through experience.

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

It doesn’t solve anything and it definitely doesn’t change anything but it is kind of nice to know that he knows that his big macho honk honk birthday parade sucked

submitted 1 day ago • 98 comments

Not to get too hopeful on main but fascism hinges on the projection of strongman invincibility and every ding and crack in that image is a win for resistance. And boy howdy was there some good dinging and cracking delivered today

submitted 1 day ago • 42 comments

This is so humiliating that Stephen Miller is in a chair in a corner somewhere watching

submitted 1 day ago • 72 comments

Please keep posting about how no one came to Trump’s loser parade I’m going to like all of them

submitted 1 day ago • 103 comments

QUEER JOY IS RESISTANCE NO KINGS, MOTHERFUCKERS

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

There is a massive opportunity here but only if we can maintain and build momentum; we cannot let off the gas on this, not even a little

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

We laugh, but I teach my students a NY case in which State Trooper A killed State Trooper B when shooting at a guy fleeing a drug bust, and they successfully charge the guy running (who just ran, didn’t shoot) w murder. Not saying they’ll charge protesters for this. But also saying they could.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

Begging my comrades to understand that you can and should be asking for more than Medicare for All.

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

Please keep your eyes on Portland Oregon right now There's a riot declared near the ice facility in Portland and DHS agents have pulled lethal guns on protesters with live ammo at least four times the last half hour

submitted 1 day ago • 71 comments

I assume the service members out there today realize that the tradeoff for the cost of the parade was probably a million things that could make their professional lives better and safer. What a shitty way to treat the people under your command

submitted 1 day ago • 141 comments

Protesters from No Kings Day are jumping fences to avoid being kettled and arrested by police in downtown L.A. One older woman in a wheelchair has been surrounded by police. ~ @shoton35mm.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 182 comments

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submitted 1 day ago • 106 comments

Cops on horseback advancing on a perfectly peaceful crowd--as MSN's Jacob Soboroff was reporting--and then firing #AlsoLethals at people unarmed and unprepared for violence. #ACAB, every fucking last one.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Martin: There is no doubt that that has been fomented by the far right in this country and extremism and violent rhetoric that exists in the far reaches of the internet that we have allowed to seep into into this country.. Well, it's bullshit

submitted 1 day ago • 155 comments

I am still searching for the right term for this but I like "reaction scam.""if you react vigorously to something, most observers assume that something important must have happened. If you shoot tear gas, people assume there was a riot.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

One good thing about today in Los Angeles is that the mainstream media was onsite before the police started rioting. So many news crews saying "the crowd here in LA is totally peaceful" right before LAPD and LA Sheriff started shooting and trampling people

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments