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Half-blind carrier of the woke mind virus. Also: climate comrade, mental health worker, aspiring essayist, Sondheim devotee, coffee fiend. Black lives still matter. She/her šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦ šŸ‰
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Page One must have been crowded. So NYT puts it on Page 13. 🤔 @schooley.bsky.social

The lit world is having another one of its extinction level events with the loss of funding for so many lit mags and orgs but that's exactly why it's the right time to become a writer! Start screaming with us!

One of the things I learned writing a book about global trade is that thing you got delivered next day started its journey *months* ago in China or SE Asia. A few months from now you will see an explosion of stories about empty shelves. It’s going to blow people’s minds.

[spins wheel] MOVIES! [spins wheel again] Made OVERSEAS! [spins wheel yet a third time] Are a NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT

www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/p...

Pretty much: Our University Is Replacing DEI with Vibes and Vaguely Diverse Stock Photos www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our...

Speaking to NPR in his first media interview since his detention, lawful permanent U.S. resident Mohsen Mahdawi finds peace in meditation and hopes "America will fulfill its promise."

All seven managers at DOJ’s voting rights section removed. All cases dropped. No explanations. No meetings. No pretense. This isn’t governance. It’s strategic dismantling.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I see the already historically unpopular president is exploring how to get the military invovled in ā€œassistingā€ local law enforcement just a few weeks before the real shortages caused by his inept economic policy start hitting. Probably nothing to worry about.

NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.

Add your name to the petition to say NO to Tony Hinchcliffe's offensive comedy special with Netflix! sign.moveon.org/petitions/no...

TODAY: @zachrabiroff.com on the plight of Kilmar Ɓbrego GarcĆ­a. "This is the defining feature of the American brand of neo-totalitarianism: not merely the removal of ā€œundesirables,ā€ but the sudden and total erasure of individual lives from the collective memory." flaminghydra.com/the-name-of-...

New in PN: Arresting judges is a 5-alarm escalation "It’s not just that Dugan was arrested, but how she was arrested. The whole point was to cause a scene. There’s no allegation she was attempting to evade arrest, but the FBI still forced a sitting judge to do a perp walk at her place of work."

I've encountered a few people arguing that tariffs are good, actually, because they will force us to consume less and while I think our consumer culture is problematic in many ways, I don't think things such as 'food' and 'medical supplies' fall under the category of unnecessary purchases.

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National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is on April 30. To bring awareness to the day, the Up First newsletter is sharing some stories from readers about how their pet has impacted their lives.

People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means. It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.

Which is exactly what the new regime wants. Feature, not a bug.

University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards. It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

Please follow independent news outlets that won't horserace report us into an endless night of authoritarian fascism. Follow outlets like the one I work for, @mississippifreepress.org.

I'm an amateur shipping nerd working at a trade publication but there are definitely going to be shortages based on significantly lower sea freight volumes and fewer orders for imported items from China to the US for both back-to-school and the holiday season

Chicago: Join us on 5/22. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1334831780...

6 weeks ago today, planes flew a few hundred people to El Salvador, where they’re being held at CECOT — a place from which Salvadoran officials brag no one is ever released — at US expense. Their continued detention there is our continued shame.

You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

šŸ–‹ļø ā€œFully fund vital NOAA and GFDL climate forecastingā€ hit 2,000 signers! šŸ’¬ Text SIGN PVFMOK to 50409

NYC, please fill out this letter to Mayoral candidates demanding an increase in public library funding. It takes 1 minute: actionnetwork.org/letters/dema... - then please share the letter with others so they sign it too.

An antidote to facism is more community.

Youth turnout in 2024 was only down 3% from 2020. What killed us is that young voters shifted right by double digits, caused by far-right youth groups outspending us nearly 10:1. If we want to avoid that in 2026, left-leaning youth organizations need to be better funded.

If I was a person involved in exiling a two year old child with cancer to another country I would simply walk into the ocean and never return

Need an excuse to buy more books? Now you have one! Saturday is Indie Bookstore Day! Show your favorite indie some love.

ā€œThe wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was forced to move to a safe house with her children after the government **posted their home address** to social media.ā€ 4/23/25 newrepublic.com/post/194289/...

my plan to get people to start having more kids? make climate change worse. abolish the department of education. also milk is poison

PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.

Multiple street trees were hacked down in #DTLA over the weekend. Someone out there knows who did it too. CALL your city COUNCILMEMBER and @mayorofla and make sure there is a full investigation so we can catch this a$$hole and prosecute them to the full extent of the law. #losangeles #ecocide #lorax

Guess what! America is now a country where you have to carry papers if you're not white!

We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.

Wouldn't it be nice if every news outlet that covered the Bukele Oval Office meeting noted: District court wrote: Abrego Garcia "has never been charged with or convicted of any crime."ā¤µļø Fourth Circuit: The government presented "NO EVIDENCE" of MS-13 affiliation. Abandoned argument before court. ā¤µļø