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Chaotic scene as protesters swarm Trump border czar Tom Homan in Albany. Assembly Member and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani shouts at him "Do you believe in the first amendment?" in regards to the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil

submitted 14 hours ago • 36 comments

from where I’m standing, this is an odd take. The corruption and destruction are the main things people I encounter are talking about. There are protests every single day. Even people who I’ve never known to be political are calling their reps.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

On Monday morning, Slate was suddenly informed that six of its employees—including three editors, two of whom were members of the union—were being laid off, just months after four other staffers were also let go. The Slate Union's official statement reads as follows:

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McDonald's is testing facial recognition and AI at drive-thrus. The AI is reportedly being used for tailored promotions. It analyzes prior purchases and even weather trends, so you could see a deal on the app for a cold treat on a hot day. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

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Huh

submitted 2 days ago • 88 comments

I cannot overemphasize how important it is for you to contact your local papers and offer to give an interview about the protest you participated in. We got three articles and counting in local papers this week because of cold calls and unsolicited letters to the editor.

submitted 4 days ago • 14 comments

New Yorkers of Bluesky: Next Saturday 3/15 there will be a big march in Manhattan protesting tax cuts for billionaires paid for by working people. Join the Writer’s Guild of America East contingent marching—whether you’re a member or not ⬇️ actionnetwork.org/events/march...

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

What the Trump administration is doing to unions right now is worse than what Reagan did to PATCO, and if TSA workers allow their union contract to be tossed out without striking, public sector union power in America will soon be decimated. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/strike-or-...

submitted 5 days ago • 26 comments

Feels a bit like Korea is on the edge of a knife. Hopefully this behavior stays limited to a few extremists but Yoon supporters are promising riots if he is impeached. Be careful @ifangbremer.bsky.social !!

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Strike.

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BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight. This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.

submitted 6 days ago • 510 comments

When I covered the 2008 market crash at my old job, executives and industry attorneys would routinely joke about how crashes are inevitable and that we’d see another one before long.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.

submitted 12 days ago • 66 comments

Medicaid isn’t a handout—it’s a lifeline for millions. It covers 4 in 10 children, 1 in 4 adults with disabilities and 5 in 8 nursing home residents. Cutting it means putting lives at risk. We fight to protect it because healthcare is a right. seiu.co/4hQey0V

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

if you’re a journalist, the very act of reporting is going to prompt critics to call you an activist whether you view yourself that way or not, so just go on and stand up for things you believe in. if someone criticizes you for it, ask them whether there is an error in your copy.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

If journalists can’t also be activists, then what do we do with historical figures like Ida B. Wells? She was heavily criticized by her contemporaries, but she was both a journalist and an activist and blended the two together brilliantly.

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:

submitted 13 days ago • 87 comments

Media suppression, voter suppression, and military control are the dials that the Trump administration will begin turning up as their popularity declines. Expect all to get much, much worse before the midterms. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/three-meth...

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

Little known, recently discovered fact: Measles wipes out immune protections OTHER diseases: many who recover actually face big future risk. Earlier measles may be implicated in HALF OF ALL LATER CHILDHOOD DEATHS from ALL infectious diseases before vaccines. Gift🔗👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

submitted 12 days ago • 16 comments

ACTION NEEDED ⬇️ Call Speaker Mike Johnson now and tell him HELL NO to dismantling the Postal Service. #FightLikeHell

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The Ferret has been investigating how the 'culture war' is influencing Scotland and the UK. We have mapped some of the connections between organisations across the world. 🌏 theferret.scot/mappe...

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it. Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on. Making this my pinned post.

submitted 36 days ago • 95 comments

Support disabled and chronically ill people around you, and contribute to our support networks. Not only do we need you, but there's now a much higher chance you'll become one of us.

submitted 27 days ago • 5 comments

solidarity with co-workers brings me joy www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Very much appreciated this hopeful & empowering essay from Annie Howard within Luke's post.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

My mom died his week because of healthcare policy failure. Her cancer had a hopeful prognosis two weeks ago, when the oncologist said it could be managed with an oral tablet taken daily.

submitted 34 days ago • 4 comments

My employee handbook has a section about absences that includes: "If you are detained or arrested for protesting fascism, that is also an excused absence (if you anticipate this happening, please let your manager know the day before so a backup can be planned for your shift)."

submitted 37 days ago • 10 comments

Among the secondary awful parts of managing someone’s end-of-life care is dealing with doctors’ outsized egos. One of my mom’s docs just accused me of having “angry eyes” towards him. Sir they are red from crying

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

The New Republic has kindly published what the LA Times and its RFK Jr-supporting billionaire owner Pat Soon-Shiong tried to suppress: newrepublic.com/article/1910...

submitted 39 days ago • 86 comments

Well, you can only outrun the media layoff machine for so long. After 17 years at Financial Times Specialist, the company restructured my publication and laid me off. I'm proud of the work I did there, and I'm even prouder of leading a union drive with @wgaeast.bsky.social!

submitted 100 days ago • 2 comments