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Universities can't even have a Gay Sex Command Center anymore, because of woke.

That is exactly true.

the details here are quite technical. there's finding money and there's finding money. but agreeing to spend USG money that is not appropriated is actually a statutory crime on the part of the individual who makes the obligation. So not Trump, but the appointee/employee who does it.

Welp folks, death to America I s’pose

literally every time I talk to friends

I think he truly hates America because we didn’t let him win in 2020 and we had the audacity to call him on his bad behavior in the first and second impeachment trials. And then his civil and criminal trials.This presidency is his temper tantrum. His hissy-fit. His revenge.

💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders. Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.

Murdoch’s New York Post today. #ukraine🇺🇦

Haven't mentioned it in a minute, but @billcorbett.bsky.social and I are still delving greedily & deep on Ringheads. We've just started working our way through the beloved BBC radio adaptation of LOTR from 1981. It's quite British, and quite cool. Now's a good time to hang out in Middle-earth, imo.

Pretty damn good framing for Dems

When he described “shithole countries” I didn’t realize it was aspirational.

They suck equally hard.

Any "celebrity" (and I use the term very, very loosely) like "Dr. Phil" who go along on rides to deport people, is a POS. It's that simple. If your idea of entertainment is to ride along on a spectacle of human rights violations, dig a hole and crawl in. Stay there.

“When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.” Apparently this is his mantra for every situation. I thought the Antichrist would at least be stylish and interesting.

Having to fight Elon Musk at DOGE before we’ve even battled Trump feels like having to defeat the forces of Saruman first at Helm’s Deep.

Guy who runs a farmers market booth I’ve shopped at for years had much less produce than usual, he said people are afraid to work thanks to ICE and the new administration. Grimness everywhere.

There is still beauty in this world

There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too. Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more. Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

Just donated to Trans Lifeline to help our friends and family being persecuted by this new regime. IF you have some $ to spare, please consider doing likewise? Even a few bucks helps. But if not, some real LOUD support from the cis community would also be great. ❤️ link: translifeline.org/donate/

particularly maddening coming from the DC political press. "we didn't remotely communicate the stakes of this election, but Trump has a mandate to do the things we didn't tell you about, hands tied"

Fox News is reporting this and irony may never recover.

They gave up on this faster than I quit the 5th grade basketball team after my parents made me join.

The campaign against trans rights is also about stripping away everyone’s protections against discrimination, reviving, as Douglass put it “the moral blindness” of those who “persuade themselves that they are safe, though the rights of others may be struck down.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Boy, these last eight days feel like a good reminder why democracies generally avoid letting people who attempt a coup come back to power….

This is the right kind of messaging.

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

DEI exists to help right the historic wrong of unqualified white dudes always getting the gig.

Here's my weekly list of must-read articles, some resources for justice-minded folks, and some thoughts on how we can sustain ourselves and each other in these times.

Well, at least Pete Hegseth is cured of his alcoholism.

I watched so many Marvel hero TV movies from the 70s and 80s to pull the juiciest clips for this special. So much hero juice. The special has host segments with the guys, and oh yeah, a healthy splash of the unreleased Roger Corman Fantastic Four!

What are the mediocrities going to do when they find out that “DEI” isn’t their problem? I’m curious.

Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole theonion.com/trump-c...