Abbsinthe

Over the past… decade really, I’ve dealt with a lot of illness, disability, and death in my family, with more on the near horizon. It has been a humbling experience in many ways. It has taught me a lot. The first of which, is we should take care of each other. Lift each other up. Love your neighbor.

AI shouldn't be able to fire you, fire a weapon, or deny you healthcare.

Shocking. Or would be, if it wasn’t totally foreseeable.

NEW: An FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina’s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, the investigation went dark.

AI shouldn't be able to fire you, fire a weapon, or deny you healthcare.

Despite Illinois’ sanctuary laws, local police in and around Chicago helped ICE investigative agents track activists engaged in First Amendment–protected activities.

I love this photo of Gloria Richardson. That look that says how DARE you wave that weapon in my face. Disdain. Disgust. No fear. We should all have such disdain for injustice and violence. Especially when it comes from the state.

that’s right

I studied science, not history. I remember way more about American history from 1930-50 than I do from 1890-1920. Problem is, my lifetime has looked a lot more like the last turn of the century than I ever would have guessed. History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes.

President Donald Trump must cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars in taxpayer money to promote his political message, a federal judge ordered Sunday night, even as the administration said the ad campaign was coming to an end. https://to.pbs.org/4jjlAis

He makes a good point.

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

Tax billionaire wealth. I frankly don't care if a billionaire can make a second billion. I'd rather have the average person be able to make their first $100k.

An ICE agent on the scene of a shooting in upper Manhattan on Thursday has repeatedly been accused in federal court of unlawful arrests and using force during arrests in New York and Minneapolis, a WIRED investigation finds.

Collectively, the cases we’ve documented show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, it has run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens, too, and on a scale not seen in generations. Read our full story:

The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.

In 2025, I lost my dad to dementia. I helped caretaker for him intermittently for ~18 months before he passed (he was on hospice at home). I have seen it up close. I am frightened and slightly sick from what I’m reading here. But I’m not shocked, because we have been witnessing the signs for years.

NEW: In the immediate weeks before Muse’s launch, Meta engineers found several security vulnerabilities, at least one of which could have allowed malicious users to break outside of Muse’s intended environment and access Meta’s own sensitive databases and services, 404 Media has learned.

BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned

Hard to argue with the man. youtube.com/shorts/QlIwy...

Photo from Reddit of today’s Critical Mass. There are hundreds of cyclists in this photo and only about 40 people in cars. Yet both groups are taking up roughly the same amount of road space.

Meta says Muse is just for adults, though its cuddly, Labubu-like mascot—and upcoming Tamagotchi-style AI device—may be disarming for users of all ages. www.wired.com/story/meta-m...

“Welcome to the land of beautiful shop windows. Behind them, we are all on a special diet, learning patience… The walls have Instagram but no voice. Please tell the world we are still here, still human, still dreaming of ordinary things.” youtube.com/shorts/oHpl0...

Kaine on Fox: "The president can act to defend US against imminent attack without congressional approval. But if you're going to initiate war, you need Congress. The president not only did not come to Congress, he acted without even notification to the vast majority of us. This is an illegal war."

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims. By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

“If you don’t allow affordable housing in your backyard, you will have homelessness in your front yard” - love this quote from @housingnarrative.bsky.social

Wealthy cis-gender (older) adults in the US have access to all the gender-affirming care they want. Hormone replacement therapy, hair transplants, cosmetic surgery, etc. Should we outlaw those too? www.erininthemorning.com/p/you-outlaw...

Rest in power Ruben Ray Martinez. Another young life stolen by this rogue agency. Another US citizen murdered by his own government. This has to stop.

The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.

America is a melting pot, it’s what makes us special and vibrant and innovative. Thank God for immigrants 🩷 www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

“Since I got to this center all you will feel is sadness and mostly depression.” These are the words of a 14-year-old held in an immigration detention center. Trump is spending your tax dollars keeping kids like Ariana in detention, not lowering costs.

No secret police. ICE agents should be held to the same standards as local law enforcement – no masks and basic identification visible.

Warner: "There is a very real threat without reforms at ICE that you could have ICE patrols around polling stations. And people say, 'Why would that matter if they're all American citizens?' We've seen ICE discriminate against Latinos ... you don't need to do a lot to discourage people from voting"

This bar-bathroom graffiti pretty much sums up the mood in Minneapolis right now.

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Castañeda Mondragón told the press that he was beaten repeatedly by ICE agents. When he pleaded with them to stop but they just "laughed at me and hit me again." abc7.com/post/alberto...

The surveillance state of it all should be terrifying to everyone who lives, works, or visits in the United States. I desperately hope these audits are conducted by or in partnership with third-parties. Data can be faked or manipulated, but a trained eye can spot tells. Devil’s in the details.

Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

BREAKING: About 500 National Guard troops have been trained to accompany agents on immigration raids, and some have temporarily detained protesters in LA, commander says.

MRW I'm a millennial and I'm about to live through my fourth "once in a lifetime" economic recession