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I think a lot abt how marginalized people are expected to be perfect just to be treated w/ basic dignity, just to access legal protection. But democracy can’t mean rights for the respectable few. It has to mean fair and just treatment even for those seen as least deserving. That’s the real test.

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Really crucial analysis of the Trump-Bukele prison deal. Seems like there’s a lot of dangerous corruption lurking just under the surface.

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Yeah this sucks. Fun fact about the state of Michigan is that CBP considers all of it to be within 100 miles of an international border

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Chris Van Hollen flying down to El Salvador and refusing to leave until he got in a room with Kilmar Abrego Garcia blows up every other “well what do you expect them to do?” defense for elected Democrats

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The best headline I’ve seen for what just happened in Texas—and what’s about to happen in Congress to states like mine that have kept vouchers out. As I say here to @texasobserver.org these schemes are taxpayer giveaways to folks already in private school. www.texasobserver.org/abbott-trump...

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1906/05/13: Through the season, we have been working under the assumption that the 🧭 #NavegadoresNAG, despite their status as reigning champions, were actually trying to win ballgames, and the Baseball Gods had chosen to screw with their heads—and ours. That illusion has been thoroughly dispelled.

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They did, and you can read the letters written by Roman aristocrats living in Gaul who had basically given up on trying to fix anything and retreated to a comfortable self-exile on their vast estates

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🚨 Israel is building a highway to connect a massive illegal settlement to Jerusalem—using Palestinian money to pay for it. The road will cut the occupied West Bank in half. It’s de facto annexation. Read this @mondoweiss deep dive buff.ly/RAYMSU7

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remember, stranger danger as a concept was introduced shortly after some 70s studies came out and determined nearly all child abuse was from adults close to the family. it was literally a nationwide "fuck no that can't be right"

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Mohsen Mahdawi at a Nov 2023 rally: "The first to stop an act of antisemitism was 5 of us—to go and tell the guy, ‘You don’t represent us because we have Jewish brothers & sisters who stand with us," arguing neither admin nor pro-Israel crowd moved to intervene Mahmoud Khalil standing right behind

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Sharing this again in case any of y’all are able to help support Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s family while he’s held hostage by two corrupt regimes

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This description describes my son, who has a very rare genetic disorder. He is also a very happy human being who deserves a full and stimulating life. Not institutionalized and hidden away from society. Or declared a burden on society and disposed of.

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"Not a single trans person was allowed to speak before the Court."

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I don't care about 'who's next?' as much as I care about trans people right now and if more people cared about trans people right now they wouldn't have to worry about 'who's next?'

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On April 11, Vera received an email from DOGE staff, requesting a meeting to discuss “having a DOGE team assigned to the organization.” Via @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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I don’t really think “the left” is the STEM-at-all-costs part of the political spectrum. That seems way more the province of your tech-friendly and corporate Democrats. You know, centrists. If anything, it’s us commies who are usually insisting the overemphasis on STEM ruined things in education.

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I assume MJ went deep off Fried to do me a personal solid, as a Puerto Rican and a fellow Meléndez.

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I can now scratch “watch Salvador Pérez hit a big-boy double in person” off the bucket list.

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Of course the jackass has no comment. The thing about both Mohsen and Mahmoud is that they did everything by the book. Their faces weren’t covered, they repeated again and again their hate for all hate, including antisemitism. They spoke to people who disagreed with them. They took the best of us.

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1906/05/01: If you hated the run the 🧭 #NavegadoresNAG were on—and if so, speculation as to your psychological makeup would frankly be beneath us—then you'll quite enjoy this stretch, where the Enchumbaos were reminded, in no uncertain terms, that their feet are (partly) made of (very wet) clay.

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Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create

submitted 3 days ago • 87 comments

Call him "zojirushi" because Rice is cooking

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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

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In a wild coincidence, I've discovered that something I don't know all that much about is unimportant and learning about it is for loser nerds.

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The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who: –has green card –was Columbia Buddhist club president –saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier –said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

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I keep thinking that scholars of 20th century Latin America are probably among the best for understanding the current political situation in the US because Trump is doing to the US what the US did to Latin America throughout the Cold War.

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Lo que más me encabrona del debate sobre Margo Glantz es que la libertad de expresión que está bajo ataque en el mundo hoy es la de los estudiantes palestinos y aliados

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Good morning, start your day with my feature story on Samaná-American relief pitcher Fernando Rodney Its the first story under the umbrella of my partnership with @blackbaseball.bsky.social for 2025

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Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women who worked for him and created a toxic work environment. He shouldn't even be in consideration for any union endorsement. Just grotesque stuff from these unions.

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I come to the conclusion that it's simply not possible that Roblox can simultaneously safely create products for children AND enable user generated content. No amount of AI moderation can protect kids, using a kids platform, at this kind of scale. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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I love calling space tourism “missions” it’s the equivalent of me getting blackout on a Carnival cruise and calling it a tactical excursion

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University admins are so excited to finally shut-down "annoying" student organizations.

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State House legislators have weaponized procedure to avoid going on the record defending the rights of trans youth. Massachusetts DSA chapters jointly condemn this flagrant abandonment of some of our communities' most vulnerable.

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1906/04/22: If you like Naguabo shutouts / getting nothing but wins / if you're not into losses / if you have half a brain— Well, you're going to love this stretch of 🧭 #NavegadoresNAG baseball, which feels a little like Los Enchumbaos purposefully stank for their own broadcast booth. They're 15-1.

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Houston authorities said they were not doing this, but, as usual, they were lying. Please be careful -- local law enforcement are definitely cooperating with ICE and they are just outright lying about it.

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Warner voted to confirm Trump’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday. So when he says it’s been a crazy week, he’s talking about things he’s still actively voting for.

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The most galling version of the economy-defenders' argument is the faux-populist "it's only the PMCs who lost jobs, and they whine on forums," as if losing 90% of journalists and 50% of everyone in literature, game design, and the arts was a minor inconvenience, personally or culturally.

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The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if other people worked in a factory. www.ft.com/content/8459...

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