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Posting my embroidery so people can find me... 🐯 #embroidery #handembroidery

BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

We just won a court order stopping DOGE and unauthorized, unelected, and unvetted individuals like Elon Musk from accessing people's private data and blocking federal funds. We will keep fighting to protect all Americans from this administration’s destruction.

The City of Boston is leading 40+ mayors, cities, and counties in an amicus brief against the Trump Administration's drastic and illegal cuts to federal research funding—cuts that will lead to immediate job losses nationwide.

KA-ZAR: LORD OF THE SAVAGE LAND An eco-horror revival of Marvel's mighty jungle lord! A lush and gorgeous adventure through the Savage Land featuring a newly resurrected Ka-Zar struggling with a new set of powers. Making this book with German Garcia, Alvaro Lopez, @matlopes.bsky.social was a dream

hey @mattyglesias.bsky.social, the piece that you link to here — my piece — does not say that “all DEI critics want to reimpose segregation” and i would appreciate it if you didn’t lie to your audience about what my work says.

Stg!

And what’s more: I am 32 years old. I am so young. I am just starting to blossom in my life. I have worked so hard. I won’t cede the prime of my life to these motherfuckers. Not when I have been blessed with the resources to not have to.

This young girl has been missing from the Toledo area for a couple of weeks. Praying they can bring her home safely.

I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis. This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston was forced to close due to the “sudden dismissal of federal employees,” the library’s foundation said in a statement to CNN.

I'm 39, and I'm tired, y'all.

This misses the mark. We need goals we can get behind. Bills, initiatives, policy. Nationally, democratic constituents need to be re-won; you need to constantly prove you listening and responding to what you’ve heard. People vote in their best interests, not by allegiance. Woo me, Ken.

Well Harvey Mansfield is still an asshole! “The old Harvard arrogance I rather liked, beginning from my first arrival as a freshman in 1949, would be abolished.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Today, I am low. The bottom of the barrel, low. Scraping for a a bit of hope low. The reserves are spent The lights are dim The check engine light is on And the gas tank is empty. But there is no stopping. No foreseeable break insight. So I do what I do best, And carryon. - me, on the verge

Kendrick’s American flag motif at THIS MOMENT is subversive. Yes, yes, yes.

Me: he really said Drake’s name at the Super Bowl. Cameron: and looked in the camera when he did. 😭😭😭

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

I’m in grad school, and I cannot tell you how fucked every program is. There’s no funding available for anything; and no one has any answers.

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AOTY!!!!! C’mon BEYONCE!!!!

Ikdr, Beyonce!!!

The National Association of Home Builders explains what happens if we make inputs for home construction, such as Canadian lumber, more expensive.

I just realized I made close to 40 covers last year. Personal record for sure.

What the NSF is doing this week is damaging *generations* of scientific researchers and American investments in science. Billions of US tax payer dollars in investment, being thrown away, because of a fucking fishing expedition that is intended to terrorize and set the stage for a real witch hunt.

It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.” University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...

What I love about Keke Palmer is that the drama did not stop her.

DJ Unk, known for his hit track “Walk It Out,” has died, according to a post from his wife.

i went to a Chicago Public Library branch that I had never been to before and happened across these very cool Archival Grab and Go Kits with an invitation to archive your stories

I forgot how stressful it is to feel like everything is terrible and everyone else's takes are somehow all infuriating. like the silver linings takes and the bare facts takes and the cynical takes are all jarring and off putting. there is no palatable tone for this

On my 4th run of Insecure. The final season is my fav. It just feels so real

So who’s got the bsky alternative to IG?

In Newark, ICE agents detained "undocumented residents and U.S. citizens without producing a warrant." Among other indignities, ICE questioned whether a veteran's documents were legit. Mayor Ras Baraka: "Newark will not stand by idly while people are being unlawfully terrorized." alt text added

Since last October my peers have faced nothing short of persecution as we advocated for University accountability. We’ve been arrested, suspended, spit on, called terrorists, and doxxed for telling the truth. Many of us are still facing legal troubles. Please read and aid our call for justice. #MIT

Please read and share. My fellow students and organizers have worked tirelessly to hold MIT accountable, and have risked expulsion and bodily harm to bring this information to light. theintercept.com/2025/01/16/m...

oh wow The Library of Congress has a trove of images “free to use and re-use” that are in the public domain - and they’re fantastic