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Daily updates to this thread. Ugh.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

We need to trust our eyes. Nazi salutes, racist purges, an ambush on the Ukrainian president by a far-right regime. If what we see aligns with what we know and is also in line with an established track record, our default assumption should be that what is happening is actually what it looks like.

submitted 2 days ago • 56 comments

🧵 I need to get signed up to phone bank for WisDems soon. This is an "all hands on deck" situation for our democracy - do what you can to help fight Musk's attempt to buy a MAGA state judge in WI.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 DELETED FROM WH.GOV The administration just deleted information & resources from its website on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women & violence against Indigenous women. To the families of missing or murdered women: you will never be erased. Linking resources below, please share:

submitted 7 days ago • 33 comments

Dunning-Kruger, skier edition: Learned to ski in my 30's, w/ my kids. I thought catwalks were easy skiing. Now that I'm an experienced skier, I know catwalks = tons of erratic, unpredictable skiers - & the challenge of maintaining speed w/o being cut off. summitskier.com/what-is-a-ca...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

For the young adults who grew up in anti-vaxx or low-vaxx families: Now is a good time to update your vaccinations. You can check your status by calling your childhood doctor's office or the county health office where you grew up. #Measles #Vaccinations www.msn.com/en-us/public...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Find those town halls and attend them if they are in your area. My guess is that they're going to do their best to cancel them or restrict access.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.

submitted 19 days ago • 232 comments

Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

submitted 18 days ago • 504 comments

Did you know that there are two universities operated via the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Education? One of those is #Haskell Indian Nations University, located in Lawrence, KS. Today, "OPM" (aka Doge) laid off 24% of the school's staff. theindianleader.com/2025/02/14/h... (1/3)

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Forty-seven. That's how many Anti-Trans stickers I pulled down from my neighborhood before whoever was slapping them up gave up. Being a bastard WORKS.

submitted 21 days ago • 5 comments

This, entirely. Read and share.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Dr. Rothkopf has a powerful post, here. Read and share.

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

Having a normal 2025 night. Messaging with friends who've been illegally "fired" by Musk & his rats, & messaging another friend about the SAVE Act & whether she should change her legal last name back to her birth name, despite having decades of professional history under the married name....

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

SkiKid1 was fortunate to receive a highly competitive '24 NSF REU (Research Experience for Undergrads). It was a big learning experience, & helped refine graduate school goals. Will this year's cohort of applicants get an REU? Will they be stranded somewhere when Musk decides to rescind the $$?

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Here’s someone I want asked about the administration pledging to cut research grants, and also whether she or her husband ever received federal grants: Dr Lakshmi Chilukuri—microbiologist, provost at U of California-San Diego, wife of an aerospace engineer, & mother-in-law of JD Vance

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

It's important to emphasize that Direct File is still very much alive. If you are in one of these 25 states, you can check if you are eligible to use the tool. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ directfile.irs.gov

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in

submitted 24 days ago • 102 comments

Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.

submitted 25 days ago • 762 comments

If you're looking for an insight into how things are going at NASA since Trump's regime started attacking it, here's astronomer & NASA employee Rose Ferreira on Threads. (Her now-removed interview is archived here at the Wayback Machine and it's well worth a read: web.archive.org/web/20231206... )

submitted 26 days ago • 13 comments

Done. Don't know whether it will work, necessarily, but every bit of pushback they experience slows them or gives them reason to pause and rethink.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

1. Do not obey in advance. I wish she'd stayed. 2. I wonder if the People's CDC is working on this. 3. Y'all - if you haven't resumed consistent masking/vigilance like the early COVID, it's probably a good idea. We won't know when H5N1 goes human-human & we won't have tracking/warning either.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons

submitted 27 days ago • 1766 comments

House Oversight Republicans spent two years subpoenaing and deposing every person who ever had a cup of coffee with Hunter Biden over the last 20 years, but now oppose a subpoena to hear from the person really running the government who hasn’t even had a confirmation hearing.

submitted 27 days ago • 296 comments

Great to hear @jenlada.bsky.social on #AroundTheHorn today comment on suicide, & the importance of respecting the seriousness of suicide & not making flippant remarks, out of respect for those who have lost someone to suicide (re: Coach Pitino's ill-advised comment about missing freethrows).

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

I sincerely hope that these lackeys are being shamed, scorned, & vilified by their social network. I'm sure they have Trump apologists in their circles but they've got to also have folks who are appalled & angry at them. (This is the least that should happen to them, I hope for actual justice.)

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

A message to Elon Musk’s staffers: Your names are known, and America will ensure you never get another job again.

submitted 28 days ago • 447 comments

Alllll of this excellent thread - your history lesson(s) of the day.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

The same people wailing about DEI literally can’t spell their own job title.

submitted 35 days ago • 4855 comments

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

submitted 34 days ago • 1272 comments

Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.

submitted 35 days ago • 42 comments

Extra hilarious, when with one hand, they complain about federal spending & want to reduce spending while reducing taxes - but on the other hand, I've frequently seen those state politicians talk about not needing to appropriate state funds "because surely the feds will send money for it."

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

For those unaware: I'm told some federal employees don't know there is a federal employee union & don't know they qualify as members. So, here's the info. (Tagging @afgelocal17.bsky.social @afgelocal556.bsky.social @704afge.bsky.social) SOLIDARITY. Join a union. #UnionStrong www.afge.org

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

If a hostile foreign government wanted to sow chaos and create the conditions for easily avoidable harm to befall large numbers of Americans, they probably couldn't do it any more effectively than the Trump administration has over the past eight days.

submitted 36 days ago • 25 comments