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just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out

I don't think (and I don't think Dr H-L is saying) that they *won't* do this, *if enough Democrats are elected to accomplish shit*. We need to elect Democrats/I's who caucus with Democrats, because otherwise their intentions don't matter

really cannot emphasize enough how plainly all this proves that the first priority of the next Democratic administration needs to be democracy reform --filibuster --electoral college --court reform --dc and pr statehood --new voting rights act --gerrymandering

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saying this is NOT the same thing as saying that the situation is no big deal and everything will be fine - but the truth is, when things look really bad, ceding defeat before you've actually been *defeated* is a completely useless strategy.

I really have lost my former tolerance for "we're doomed/fucked/it's all over/they've won" takes at this point, in that they're the most dangerous attitudes one could possibly have when confronted with a truly existential political threat (which we still DO have levers to address).

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-My last thought- these are not the actions of someone who has already won. Let me tell you what evil men in the fullness of their power do. They do nothing. They do nothing because they need to do nothing, because the world they built around them does their cruelty for them.

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a thing to remember, in all of this horror, is that these are not the actions of a political party that is confident it represents the will of the people, and who is currently out of power and enslaved to a deeply flawed avatar. the struggle is not over and they have not won

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there's nothing wrong with having feelings of despair and futility, but i think it's most responsible to avoid airing all that out in public to the greatest extent possible right now. we need to cultivate a vengeance-driven, enraged espirit de corps right now, because we need people to fight

Not to be too Pollyanna about this, but I feel like at least the first and last of those it really wouldn't matter what the ruling was

Are we doing this? We need to not do this

If this is in line with the culture, not just the demands of payment processors etc., it's the worst sign for Biden I've seen yet

Etsy to ban sale of most sex toys, explicit content, and more

Etsy to ban sale of most sex toys, explicit content, and moremashable.com Policy changes go into effect next month.

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Why can the people in charge of designing power strips/surge protectors not talk to the people in charge of designing plugs?

Wow, Sulzburger is *really* mad about him not giving the NYT an interview

NY Times editorial board calls on the President to drop out of the race: www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/o...

Opinion | To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Racewww.nytimes.com The president’s inadequate performance in the debate made it clear he is not the man he was four years ago.

PSA said "know the difference between hot and dangerous" and man, tell me about it

What can a Senator do? Even one from the state? Like, that's not about Schumer per se, I just don't see how it's within the purview of his title

I called Senator Schumer and told him exactly this, in nearly these words. The fight is not just about congestion pricing. It's about the importance of democracy itself, and whether Democrats value democratic rule of law. ☎️ (202) 224-6542 ☎️ (212) 486-4430 @thewaroncars.bsky.social

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The media isn't interested in the biggest technology story of the 2020s, the rapid transition to clean energy, because 1) it will destroy a bunch of oil based wealth and is a boring, competirive low margin business 2) it makes Democrats look good for helping it and they want Republicans to win

THERE’S A QUIET NEW DEAL GOING ON The antidote to Project 2025 is happening now and will die if Trump seizes power. So let’s make some noise.

Why is The Quiet New Deal so quiet? | the earlyworm societywww.patreon.com Get more from the earlyworm society on Patreon

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I know we're all tired, but please CALL YOUR REPS. The Kids Online Safety Act is still a super dangerous bill that would censor social media and endanger your privacy online. The GOP supports it because they can use it to drive LGBTQIA+ people off the internet. Please keep calling!

The House has just announced that they will move forward with a Congressional markup of the dangerous Kids Online Safety Act, which will lead to privacy-invasive online age verification for social media.

Chair Rodgers Announces Full Committee Markup of 11 Billsenergycommerce.house.gov The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing com...

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CALLING ALL JEWISH SOFTWARE ENGINEERS: Would you like to learn how to run a labeler service that will help stem the tide of antisemitism on bluesky? I am here to provide a technical, advisory role—maybe even get the project started and pass it off. Ideally we have multiple people. DM ME!!!

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2002: "Careful, kids, the Internet is forever!" 2024: "Oh, hey, all the work you did for a decade of your life was just deleted from the Internet for Business Reasons." latenighter.com/news/paramou...

Paramount Axes Comedy Central Site, 25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gonelatenighter.com One of the richest repositories of late-night videos—including 25 years of clips from 'The Daily Show' and the entire run of 'The Colbert Report'—is no longer.

How well does liking Discworld predict liking Iron Druid? Is there a strong correlation there?

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the erasure of 20+ years of news stories here is yet another sign that future generations will have much richer knowledge of the 1930s than they will the GW Bush and Obama years. The wayback machine is carrying a lot of weight these days. If that goes, adios: variety.com/2024/digital...

MTV News Website Goes Dark, Archives Pulled Offlinevariety.com The website of the already-defunct MTV News has been fully pulled offline.

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Gay marriage, PrEP access, HIV medication, employment protections, bias crimes, and a panoply of other rights, protections, and safeguards for LGBT people are on the ballot this fall and we ought not make the gamble we made with reproductive rights in 2016 again

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*should* be national news but somehow the national news is that one cop in Sag Harbor who keeps giving rich guys tickets for making illegal u-turns

Should be national news: - Cop accused of grooming & raping 15 year old - Two other cops had sex with her in cop cars - She gets pregnant, found dead - Cop was last one to see her alive, in apt where she was found - Ruled suicide with no tests on DNA evidence - No criminal charges against anyone

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Want to see the spreadsheet on kids killed by cars vs kids killed by scrolling

New York bans ‘addictive feeds’ for teens - https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/20/24182396/new-york-governor-social-media-law-parental-consent-algorithms

New York bans “addictive feeds” for teenswww.theverge.com States have been taking the lead on kids online safety.

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I know there are more of us normal people that just want our local politicians to fix roads and pay teachers and deliver clean water than there are the insane freaks that thrive on tormenting trans kids, but I go to a lot of public meetings and unfortunately the freaks are overrepresented

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The way the worst people in the country are opening their wallets right now is so telling

@Forbes: Cryptocurrency billionaires the Winklevoss twins on Thursday announced they are donating $1 million worth of bitcoin each to support Donald Trump. https://t.co/tY1CiIkegX

We as a … species, I think, have trouble with the concept of mental illness, and "'mentally ill' people are doing it voluntarily and should be punished" and "there's nothing wrong with being in a minority of one, they should be left alone" are just different manifestations of that

That person needs a place where they can be held, against their will, until they can be put on the right mixture of antipsychotics that will allow them to distinguish between objective reality and their own thoughts again, and it is inhumane to deny them this.

Wild how Justin Timberlake, stopped by a cop who'd never heard of him, had a much different outcome than Alexander Morris, in an ER with healthcare personnel who'd never heard of him

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This report is an excellent look at the practical, legal, and logistical challenges to the current system: cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/cybe... These problems need to be solved for the system to be effective, and Sen Wyden's bill addresses a number of them.

How to Fix the Online Child Exploitation Reporting Systemcyber.fsi.stanford.edu A new Stanford Internet Observatory report examines how to improve the CyberTipline pipeline from dozens of interviews with tech companies, law enforcement and the nonprofit that runs the U.S. online ...

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the settlement stops linda from being able to name the police officer who's attack is killing her so as far as i'm concerned, every cop killed linda tirado her blood is all their hands

Jesus, this is terrible. Just crushing. A journalist shot in the eye by Minneapolis police during the George Floyd protests is dying from her injury, and is now in hospice care. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/please-hel...

Please Help Journalist Linda Tiradowww.everythingishorrible.net Linda has a traumatic brain injury and needs support for her family and for end of life.

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Biden moves to help Dreamers, families with mixed immigration status www.amnestyusa.org/press-releas...

Amnesty International USA Reaction to Executive Action on Dreamers and Mixed-Status Familieswww.amnestyusa.org No one should have to live with the fear that their lives and the lives of their family and community could be upended at any time.

I hate the fuckin' Eagles!

Eleven Commandments. Louisiana's law mandates a specific text. Not from Exodus, or Deuteronomy, but from the Fraternal Order of Eagles. They used a KJV-sounding pastiche adapted from the Bible and paraphrased by a Minnesota juvenile court judge in the 1950s. It's not the Bible. It's the Eagles.