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Get your pumpkin carving kit *now* before it's later tonight and you convince yourself a steak knife will work just fine, but it won't and you'll be posting on Bluesky saying, "I just lacerated myself carving a pumpkin. CPSC is going to be so disappointed in me :( "

As an antidote to all the horrible AI parenting stuff, I offer you all a lovingly hand drawn and hand cut freezer paper stencil for Daughter’s Halloween costume.

As a former teacher, I never scrubbed in for a gender reassignment surgery, but I did instruct the kids on how to get the window screens off in case of an active shooter…

It’s peak Trumpism when Republicans blow up a school full of Iranian Muslim girls and then call an American politician a terrorist because he’s Muslim.

There was a thread the other day on here about all the things that have gotten better in our lifetimes, and it seemed half of them were about environmental quality. (No more smog, no more flaming rivers, etc.) All that is being aggressively undone.

A potential new data center in West Virginia is “almost certain to kill” 1.2 acres of American Chestnuts that have thus far managed to survive the chestnut blight and produce chestnuts, according to the American Chestnut Foundation. wvpublic.org/story/energy...

And more recently, the Atlantic writes: Rubio’s parents migrated to Miami from Cuba in 1956, before Castro seized power. From the beginning of his political career, he described himself as the son of exiles ... www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

If it is possible to know which specific companies are now going to be selling Russian fuel in the US, someone please let us all know because that’s something many of us want to know.

The whole Covid is airborne thing really didn’t penetrate the general consciousness, did it? 😬😵‍💫 Anyway, fun masks make masking with kids less of a pain. Mine like PoshMasks, which are KN94 & come in cool tie-dye patterns. We get compliments on them pretty regularly!

This is probably a better way to read social media.

The State Board of Elections’ last-minute changes to voting by mail are leading to thousands more absentee ballots being rejected this election - at a rejection rate twice as high as in 2022. It’s infuriating. North Carolinians, please make a plan to vote this year, in person if possible.

This 👇

THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)

Mr. President, our state is not yours to rename. Our history is not yours to erase. Our culture and identity run deep, shaped by generations of New Mexicans long before you or the U.S. were here at all. We are proud of who we are and where we come from. Because we are New Mexicans.

140 days of protests triggered by a corrupt kushner/trump family luxury island deal… yet 🇺🇸 media is essentially crickets 🦗 🦗

Stand with Zelensky and against Putin. Stand with Pope Leo XIV and against ICE. Stand with No Kings and against Meta. Stand with the people and against the oligarchs. Stand with liberal democracy and against Trump.

The right is spending the day complaining that Abdul El-Sayed was "rude" and "a bully" to Tommy the Republican Operative at his town hall, which is hilarious given how they had nothing to say about a woman getting beaten up at a Trump rally as the president cheered on.

As others have written this golf course is also a large public park w/roads, parking, and bike lanes. It is a top destination for the region's cyclists. My son used to train there. All that will be gone, and the public will lose access unless golfing. No city would ever propose a plan like this.

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

no kings includes billionaires who think they’re kings

So LIndsay Graham's sanctions bill on Russia passed 86 to 11 in the Senate. A veto proof majority. So Trump, who loves America and Democracy so much, wrote an "Executive Order" to get around that pesky Constitution. Yet I'm watching as we struggle to retake the House and Senate from a traitor. 🙄

In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence. In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home. (Published Dec. 2025)

Insane. Such a puppet.

the reuters voice is *perfect*

it's pretty f'd up that the Trump administration is trying to deport my duly-elected member of Congress

If you see ICE or have any other trouble when you vote, call 866-OUR VOTE. For help in other languages, go to 866ourvote.org . * A real person will help you and get it on record. * Document everything on video, safely. * Use the Hands Off Our Vote toolkit. We have a plan! linktr.ee/wewillvote

Congress and a federal agency are threatening to weaken the country's historic preservation law, fueling a backlash that critics say is as fiery as the one that led to the law's creation 60 years ago. n.pr/3WsNyP3

This is about Ilhan Omar. But it's also about control, intimidation, & authoritarianism. The message is: we can do this to a member of Congress; no foreign-born American is safe. The administration is using fear as a tactic to discourage people from voicing opposition.

CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Tristar Products 6-Quart Power Quick Pot Pressure Cookers Due to Risk of Serious Injury from Burn Hazard The pressure cooker’s lid can open while pressurized, causing hot contents to be expelled unexpectedly. www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...

Lise Meitner was the 2nd woman to earn a physics PhD at the Univ of Vienna and Germany’s first female physics professor. She fled Nazi Germany, helped explain nuclear fission, and has an element named for her. 49 Nobel nominations, she never won. Her male colleague did. #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance

What the actual f***??

This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.

I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings: Vote Early - Sebastopol, CA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

BUT US egg sizes were re-graded in 1974, and what is called “large” now is smaller than what was called “large” in the 50s if you’re using an OLD recipe for stolen or pate a choux you will probably need to add an extra egg

The "Party of Reagan" has the United States siding with Russian aggression against NATO allies and a brutal war on a European democratic US partner. Yes, the whole party. If they didn't, they would impeach and remove the president who is blatantly breaking US law to help fund Russia's war effort.

ALERT: Stay away from Vote Safe . Org, which pretends to be a voter resource, but is funded by Elon Musk's PAC, and appears to be harvesting voter information.

Nailed it. 🔨

The United States is now importing fuel from Russia, per President Trump.

A barbaric idea, beneath our dignity as a country. Push back on this.

The CA Dept of Fish & Wildlife is accepting comments about the proposal to allow bobcat trapping until November 1st. Email them at wildlifemgt@wildlife.ca.gov and include “bobcat” in the subject line. Please comment and help protect our bobcats! They’re such cool critters.

The Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering teams at Wizards of the Coast have just announced they're unionizing. In a letter of demands, the union has urged Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast leaders to stop pushing generative AI. https://bit.ly/4hMhPzG

And I keep losing money, thank you AAA Home insurance.

4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.

So much corruption!

Republicans in Congress are letting Trump steal money designated by Congress for one thing, and use it for another. That's unconstitutional. It's stealing. Do your job, Republican Congress!

Post them on social media. Tag Drexel in those posts. Send to President Merlo president@drexel.edu And Trish Wellenbach tw958@drexel.edu The pressure is working and we need to push it over the edge. It’s not enough, but it’s getting better. Please please take action this weekend, academics.