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Every day on the internet makes it abundantly clear that some people have never had a single person turn around and say to them, ‘Cite your sources’ because, and I say this with every ounce of love I can muster as a teacher: while you are entitled to your opinion, that does not make it fact.

submitted 7 hours ago • 117 comments

At least six of my books and publications were used illegally by Meta to train their AI. I already knew this by searching libgen, but Atlantic has put out a quick search tool. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks… “The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government. 🧵

submitted 16 hours ago • 986 comments

I realise that to cis people, when trans people lose access to gender-affirming care, it seems like we're bitching about not getting our little treats. I have more than one friend whose body is currently falling apart because it no longer makes its own hormones and the government banned their HRT.

submitted 14 hours ago • 35 comments

debating on cutting my hair into a deathhawk (possibly with v bangs) - have not decided yet

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Former U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber, 43, who resigned in January, found dead this morning by police in Alexandria, Virginia.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

Sanders/AOC rally in Denver yesterday

submitted 19 hours ago • 112 comments

VERY IMPORTANT to label this as what it is, The Police State Executive Order. it's not an exaggeration. This is the inner wiring of a police state.

submitted 16 hours ago • 119 comments

Not compliance. This administration doesn't believe it should face legal or constitutional constraints. Again and again and again it refuses to recognize the legitimacy of the branches.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

This is the most dangerous and stupid moves of them all to date.

submitted 15 hours ago • 392 comments

Warnock: They are busy attacking ordinary people. They don’t understand what it’s like to ration your prescription drugs or what it’s like to try to figure out how to afford groceries. In the words of that prophet who just spoke at The Super Bowl: They not like us

submitted 13 hours ago • 290 comments

Americans are going hungry under Trump. Food banks across the country — already strained by deep cuts to locally grown food programs — the U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 million in expected food deliveries, further disrupting aid as demand continues to grow.

submitted 14 hours ago • 159 comments

Couture: 700 billion in fraud that only he could find, yet hasn't produced the receipts… this is all about undermining your confidence in the program’s legitimacy so they can raid that trust fund

submitted 17 hours ago • 285 comments

It's dangerous to go alone! Take this bird. (photo by me, the other day)

submitted 13 hours ago • 14 comments

We’re not even slightly exaggerating. In his own words, Sen. Lee: youtu.be/aK_poqtwrZA?...

submitted 15 hours ago • 11 comments

In Nov 2023, the WAPO ran a chilling piece on Trump's plans for a 2nd term. It was one of the early mentions of Project 2025. I wrote about it at the time. Looking back, it's remarkable how much has come true, except for Trump invoking the insurrection act. joycevance.substack.com/p/frogs-boil...

submitted 1 day ago • 253 comments

Re mask bans: sunglasses conceal people's identity more effectively than masks do, but everyone would object to a sunglasses ban. The difference is that sunglasses are completely normalized accessibility devices, while masks have been pathologized as part of the total erasure of the pandemic.

submitted 15 hours ago • 9 comments

👇👇

submitted 17 hours ago • 360 comments

The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.

submitted 16 hours ago • 326 comments

Can't imagine why they'd do that

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I've started to realize that Anne Frank and her family wouldn't have been safe around a lot of people I know and loved and once respected. That's not something you get over.

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If you ask me, these anti-vax parents are guilty of child abuse and neglect.

submitted 1 day ago • 2119 comments

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

submitted 1 day ago • 1672 comments

You're not overreacting

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Great scoop from ⁦@peter.andringa⁩.me The Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador and dumped in prison thought they were going to Venezuela. They had signed paperwork to go home. via @FT www.ft.com/content/dbfa...

submitted 1 day ago • 25 comments

NONE of this is normal

submitted 16 hours ago • 1681 comments

When they can’t justify #DisabilityBenefits cuts, they deflect: 1. David Lammy’s relative who ‘shouldn’t be claiming’ 2. Keir Starmer’s mum and brother who now speak for all disabled people. One imagined fraud. One family anecdote. Neither justify punishing a million.

submitted 19 hours ago • 6 comments

Welp, there goes the US defense industry.

submitted 18 hours ago • 2412 comments

The Trump administration has announced a flurry of changes at the agency that oversees Social Security. Advocates warn these moves could lead to people having a harder time getting help with benefits.

submitted 16 hours ago • 91 comments

It’s not a case of benefits vs defence spending. It’s a question of whether the cost is paid by the poorest and most vulnerable—or shared a bit more fairly amongst all of us.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

oh brother this guy SUCKS

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It’s a long “memorandum,” but it’s essentially telling Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem to go after lawyers who challenge the federal government — which is many lawyer’s jobs. It’s basically a catch-all “let’s Paul Weiss whoever pisses us off” memo.

submitted 1 day ago • 257 comments

LMAO I love whoever made this

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Judge Hollander is taking ZERO bs from Dudek’s threats 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Pritzker: The question I ask is: if you’re willing to hand the keys to Europe over to Putin, what’s next? How does the US retain its leadership in the world when he’s essentially retreating to our own borders? He’s even made enemies of the Canadians—I can’t imagine anything more telling than that.

submitted 1 day ago • 692 comments

There needs to be a full academic boycott of Columbia. It's an institution not worth saving. No one should speak there, go there, or collaborate with academics there. Let it crumble into irrelevance.

submitted 1 day ago • 43 comments

Things COVID has proven: 1) The job you were told couldn’t be done remotely, can be done remotely. 2) Many disabled workers could have been working from home, but corporations just didn’t want them to. 3) Internet is a utility and not a luxury. 4) Universal healthcare is a necessity.

submitted 1 day ago • 36 comments

I hope these guys fucking rot

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Trump just confirmed he will send US citizens to concentration camps, and he'll do it without a trial. No one is safe. They are claiming they don't need a warrant to enter your home & kidnap you, or a trial to convict you of a crime. PLEASE flood the streets!!! www.yahoo.com/news/trump-t...

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He is likely to start first by stripping citizenship from the people he is sending, which the administration is planning to do www.axios.com/2025/03/19/t...

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History will remember who bent the knee. And yet so many do.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

They held a press briefing JUST to announce a contract award????????

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I am just realizing I’ve only ever watched like small sections of press briefings at a time… does this guy EVER actually make sense????? He changes focus like 2,000 times in one sentence.

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Something we should pay attention to: "a powerful rival to long-ruling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...arrested along with staff members" as Erdogan seeks support for a "constitutional amendment that would remove the presidential term limit that otherwise prevents him from running again"

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments