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This was my classmate. He was a student in my ethics class, and we used to sit next to each other. Most dedicated person in the class to legitimate justice for all people. He legitimately cared. I am so horribly heartbroken

The fact that the government is using charges of antisemitism to justify sending people to concentration camps is the most enraging manipulation of discourse that the current fascists have engaged in thus far. They’ll live out their Nazi fantasies all while claiming they are doing it for the Jews.

new @wired.com guide, especially as crossing into the US gets more dangerous for your digital privacy. steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.

Not enough people realize how devastating it is for scientists to suddenly lose their funding. NIH and federal grants are highly competitive and are a huge boost to a scientific career. When funding is revoked, not only does the research halt, but salaries disappear, and livelihoods are upended.

An American flag built on the backs of Black people... Black music protesting white political terror in registers they never hear; reminiscent of ancestral spirituals embedded with instructions for runaways All this in New Orleans... What a moment

When you see a conservative influencer calling the Kendrick performance a DEI thing it’s worth keeping in mind just how many conservative influencers are failed screenwriters/stand ups/filmmakers who only understand any form of art through a lens of spite

Serena Williams was on the field longer today than Harrison Butker.

This is what convinced me they’re going to intentionally crash the economy. They said it out loud several times.

Oh, and if you've never watched Anita Bryant taking a pie, tonight's the night. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tHG...

Elon Musk and JD Vance publicly supporting the neo-Nazis of Germany's AfD, just as an AfD supporter/Elon Musk fan kills 5 and injures 100+ in a terrorist attack at a Christmas market in Germany. Vance's pro-AfD statement came *after* the attack. It's bad. Not sure what else to say. Dark times ahead.

have you guys ever noticed that most things are super annoying except when i do them, and then they’re winsome and adorable? like what are the odds

@ifbookspod.bsky.social @michaelhobbes.bsky.social @notalawyer.bsky.social We have a last minute contender for Worst Take of 2024

There are way too many people sharing fake screenshots and a (likely) fake manifesto right now. This is why we stick to horny jokes, people

i had no idea that a guy informed by joe rogan and peter theil and lindyman would have completely incoherent politics and willing to kill over them