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Blue states push to ban ICE at the polls amid federal voter intimidation fears stateline.org/2026/03/05/b...

The cure for ignorance is not information. It's humility and curiosity. Facts can be easily dismissed. What motivates people to gain insight is recognizing gaps in their understanding and wanting to find out more. The root of lifelong learning is knowing how little we know.

Our highest loyalty doesn't belong to people or parties. It belongs to principles. If you wouldn't accept it from your opponents, you shouldn't accept it from your allies. Integrity is standing by your values even when your own group violates them.

Also: you CANNOT fucking pull a gun on someone while filming on your fucking cell phone. If as a LEO your judgment is the situation has reached the point where deadly force may be warranted & you need your gun out, not having your full attention on it is at BEST depraved indifference to human life

Just got a reasonably convincing scam call from someone purporting to be with the Durham County Sheriff's Office, alleging I missed federal jury duty and a bench warrant had been issued for my arrest Guy had me almost worried for a solid 2-3 minutes They even did up a fake warrant to text me!

People are more drawn to arrogant leaders in an uncertain world. They mistake swagger for strength & skill. Narcissists are unfit to lead. They see power as an opportunity to seize, not a responsibility to serve. Great leaders blend confidence with humility and put their missions above their egos.

The true leader in a group is rarely the person who talks the most. It's usually the person who listens best. Listening is more than hearing what’s said. It’s noticing and surfacing what isn’t said. Inviting dissenting views and amplifying quiet voices are acts of leadership.

The whole MIT / @doublepulsar.com malware study saga is so funny, because aside from the paper absolutely being crazy AI marketing FUD, there's a crack of accidental admission about the fact that what the industry been hyping this whole time as 📣✨AI✨📣 is just sparkling ML and polymorphism.

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If you reach a goal by compromising your values, you haven’t succeeded. If you fall short of a goal by upholding your values, you haven’t failed. The highest form of accomplishment is standing by your principles when they’re tested.

When you follow a leader, consider what would lead you to withdraw your support. If the answer is nothing, your integrity is in jeopardy. Our highest loyalty belongs to principles, not people. No leader deserves unconditional love. Commitment is earned through character.

How to Start Your Own Rapid Response Group to Protect Immigrants In Your Neighborhood The only proven defense against armed masked agents in your neighborhoods is an organized community. After all, no one knows your neighborhood more than you. @eltragon.bsky.social

Ultracrepidarian, n. A person who offers opinions, critiques, and advice on issues beyond their expertise. See also: every internet comment section ever

#democracy is something we DO. Not something we have. This week we are sharing stories of people practicing democracy in beautiful, joyful, connected ways. If you want stories of this creativity and not just destruction join me and @thecitizensguy.bsky.social stories.howtocitizen.com

#democracy #nonviolence #civics Gandhi said that constructive action and obstructive action (resisting) go hand in hand. In other words, “Citizen is a verb.” Inspiring videos start today, please share! And sign up at this link: stories.howtocitizen.com

Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️ Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...

People keep asking where I'm going to "go" if TikTok gets banned. But guys, I'm already on YouTube! In fact, YouTube told me that today is apparently my channel's two-year anniversary 🎉 So, I don't need to "go" anywhere! But I'd love it if you'd go there and subscribe www.youtube.com/@josemonkey

shoutout to @jaz.bsky.social & more backend folks @dholms.xyz @divy.zone @why.bsky.team @bnewbold.net @bolson.org @hailey.at @pfrazee.com for keeping the backend mostly alive this week and urgently pushing the scaling plans forward, what a week it’s been

With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size. At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.

The hypothetical malevolent person looking to hand out razor blades or their personal drug stash to our sweet innocent children is classic Halloween — a cinematic stylized mythical danger, far less horrifying and intractable than the actual dangers they face.