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On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated—just days after the Civil War ended. His death was a political act of vengeance for the fall of the Confederacy and a violent response to the abolition of slavery. 128 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD

submitted 26 days ago • 83 comments

AOC: I was watching earlier today on TV, someone was saying, “Why are AOC and Bernie going to Idaho?” I’ll give you one simple answer: It’s because you matter

submitted 26 days ago • 424 comments

This feels like a major inflection point. If ICE can apparently unlawfully arrest & disappear a permanent resident and it is not immediately met with strong opposition from the public, officials, and courts, there is no going back.

submitted 62 days ago • 39 comments

@danny-elfman.bsky.social we need a 2025 version of Insanity.

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

I need these haikus. Here's my favorite so far: Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Protect your peace.

submitted 67 days ago • 1304 comments

don’t know who needs to hear this but empathy doesn’t require eagerness. you don’t have to be excited about helping other people, you do it because it’s right and because the alternatives are worse

submitted 76 days ago • 18 comments

Congratulations to Super Bowl LIX champion Kendrick Lamar

submitted 90 days ago • 39 comments

in 1933, the German Communist Party had a slogan: "after Hitler, us." they figured he'd fuck up so badly that voters would vote for them in the next election. Hitler abolished elections and had all the commies murdered. do you see where I'm going with this

submitted 96 days ago • 202 comments

I think I want to make a few more of these before summer hits. So satisfying. <3~ #crochet

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

By miles it is @aoc.bsky.social who has consistently held the line, alone. This is the type of leadership that’s needed, if your representative isn’t showing this kind of bravery then that isn’t your representative.

submitted 98 days ago • 120 comments

@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point

submitted 99 days ago • 1932 comments

With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of #vaccines. THREAD🧵 Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7

submitted 98 days ago • 180 comments

umami: mushrooms udaddi: older guy w disposable income uchild: things are gonna get easier

submitted 99 days ago • 87 comments

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

submitted 99 days ago • 3563 comments

In this horrible month, if you are feeling as low as I am, I'm going to recommend 4 books that feel generous, hopeful, and immersive. 1. Molly Gloss's Hearts of Horses. 2. Jedediah Berry's The Naming Song. 3. Megan Giddings's The Women Could Fly 4. Minsoo Kang's The Melancholy of Untold History.

submitted 103 days ago • 36 comments

I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...

submitted 105 days ago • 891 comments

You guys need to see this and take it in… Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.

submitted 107 days ago • 944 comments