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When I started taking science classes, had NO background. Was afraid to ask questions bc mine were like “Whats DNA?” “is a neuron a cell?” & ppl laughed Prof who helped me catch up said “Always ask naive questions. Sometimes naive questions win Nobel Prizes.” I started asking without fear, still do

American Home Economists Convention at the Minneapolis Auditorium (1968) Source: Hennepin County Library

At yesterday's protests in Atlanta, police arrested the respected journalist Mario Guevara—clearly ID'd as press and, crucially, known for tirelessly documenting ICE abuses—for livestreaming their crackdown. He was booked on charges of "obstruction" and "pedestrian walking on or along" a roadway.

Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday. This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.

Posted up at a local bar for a sammy and a beer while I file my story about today's protests. but here's a story y'all might appreciate. While I was there I saw and older gentleman with this sign.

I thought this might be a good time bring some more attention to work by @bennjordan.bsky.social on the dangers of LRADs and other sonic weapons. Here I tried to boil down his most important points 3 to minutes, but you should definitely watch all of his original video.

incredible things are happening in China

Moreover,

Protester: I’m going into fourth grade and I’m 9 years old

Just watched LAPD launch tear gas at peaceful protesters live

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Remarkable. MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful." Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd. Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup

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There's that projection

#nokings #savannah And here’s a lady getting arrested for wearing a medical mask

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20. (Via Christopher Hale)

From an Oregon State Police email recruiting members for its SWAT unit: “Are you jonesing to fire 40mm less lethal rounds and gas munitions through windows, gables, cameras, and at fleeing suspects?” "Anyone want to shoot some pepperball into vehicles...?" @maxbernstein.bsky.social @oregonian.com

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Uh theres a new nut milk brand called JOI and I’m not sure who needs to be fired

I am Democrat Shawn Harris. I am a husband, father, retired General and farmer. I have announced my candidacy to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene and I know we will together. Her hate and conspiracies do not belong in Congress. Let’s end the chaos together. Share and join me in this fight:

The court has ruled in our favor. The Trump Admin is BLOCKED from deploying the federalized National Guard to patrol Los Angeles streets as our case continues. This is a win for the rule of law. What makes America great is our U.S. Constitution. We will never stop fighting to defend it.

ICE Vows To Restore Order Using Whatever Force Unnecessary

#SabrinaCarpenter talks to Rolling Stone about people who say her shows are inappropriate. "They’re like, ‘All she does is sing about this.’ But those are the songs that you’ve made popular. Clearly you love sex. You’re obsessed with it." More: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

this image of the FBI at the orders of the state to arrest an elected politician for just asking the DHS secretary a question needs to be spread for the next 4 years when talking about the fascism of this administration

Pathetic: ABC’s GMA, World News Tonight, This Week, CBS’ Mornings, Evening News, Face the Nation, NBC’s Today, Nightly News, Meet the Press, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal all failed to cover Trump's new office for ethnic cleansing.

Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city." Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!

Another video of Senator Padilla’s violent arrest at DHS Sec Noem’s press conference in LA. You can see him thrown to the ground by FBI agents and handcuffed. (video shared by Padilla’s staff with Elex Michaelson of Fox LA and posted on X)

You can dunk on this and all but this looks like foreshadowing of work camps coming up

Humans Have Now Seen the Dawn of Time from Earth After Breakthrough 🔗 www.404media.co/humans-have-...

Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me. His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard. This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.

i think this would change me permanently

I'm not saying there is anything that could fix me, but there are things that are close

A data broker owned by the major airlines, including Delta, American, and United, collected travelers’ flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection, and in the contract told CBP not to reveal where the data came from. From @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/airlin...

Those poor Waymos, those only do that in severe stress

Trump has wanted a police state with himself sitting at the top as its undisputed boss since his first administration. The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Amazing scoop by my colleagues at fellow Hearst paper @sfchronicle.com: www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...

So this past weekend, I interviewed the Splitgate 2 director, during which he said he stood by the decision to wear the hat and declined to apologize. Then, ten minutes after I submitted the story to my editor, he apologized. So uh! Here's this! www.ign.com/articles/spl...