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In order to exist and thrive in community, we must be open to being changed by the language used by and for that community. We have to be open to the change and growth others can inspire in us. We have to be open to letting our beliefs be shaped and reshaped by the people around us.
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Farm workers are proud to stand in solidarity with Starbucks workers.

Los campesinos se enorgullecen de solidarizarse con los trabajadores de Starbucks.

#NoContractNoCoffee
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Must be nice to have no oligarchs on your supreme court.
August 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Centrist politics has always been about compromise with the racists. Check the comments for a little dose of foundational US history some may have missed:
August 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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July 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Feed the poor? No
Look after the sick? No
Welcome strangers? No

But put the 10 commandments in every classroom (in TX), force 12 year olds to birth their rapists' babies, and kill lgbtq+ folks? Yes.

The right's Christianity: built on power and control, not love and acceptance.
July 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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A society built on empire, greed, and gain was always already authoritarian. Was always already controlled from the top down. There has never been "We the People" in the US--because "the people" have never had a voice.
June 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Yes Trump's discourse has ushered in unabashed racism, xenophobia, bigotry, and a hard shift towards explicit authoritarianism, outright fascism. But focusing our protests on one person misses the point. He wasn't the mastermind behind everything that's happening--there is no one mastermind.
June 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
When AI generates our vonnegutian foma, we'll truly be living out the history of human stupidity.
I wrote recently about how we (as humans generally) basically want to be lied to by AI, or maybe want to believe the lies.

I think we're fundamentally psychologically unprepared for fake human-like conversation machines.
Lie To Me
AI like ChatGPT creates output that we want to hear. It’s like a personalised disinformation machine.
www.webworm.co
May 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If you're rich, drug use gets you more money and more power. If you're poor it gets you stigmatization, ostracization, and incarceration.
On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
They used chatgpt. Hallucinated sources.
May 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Are you self or other oriented?
May 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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"Facts and rational inquiry are inimical to dictatorial power. So this administration is engaged in a ceaseless war on the truth."

On the pod, @katherinestewart.bsky.social is so good on the deeper authoritarian impulses driving Trump's lawless assault on Harvard:
newrepublic.com/article/1958...
Trump’s Rants about Harvard Get Darker as He Loses a Big One in Court
As Trump’s attacks on Harvard grow more unhinged amid a serious legal setback, a shrewd observer of MAGA explains why Trump actively wants you to think we’re sliding into lawlessness and terror.
newrepublic.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Another big FU from Harvard… free online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more.

pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
Government | Harvard University
Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.
pll.harvard.edu
May 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Did you like breathing? Oh, maybe you should have voted.
The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the U.S., according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times.
Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
10/10 recommend
Policing the Crisis w/ Michael Denning
The Dig · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Horrifying.
May 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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It's tough to refer to someone as a criminal if you've given them no due process to determine whether they're a criminal. Like if you get arrested and get a trial and are convicted of 34 felony counts. That's due process. You can call that guy a criminal.
May 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"You’re not here to win arguments.
You’re here to win people — or walk away knowing you kept your soul intact.
The revolution needs empathy and armor. Bring both."
#20 How to Flip a Former MAGA — Without Losing Your Soul - Resistance Kitty
🖤 Resistance Survival Guide #20 🐾🧠 Not all MAGA followers are lost causes. Some are just lost — sucked into rage cults by fear, lies, and Fox News.But flipping one? It takes more than facts. It takes ...
resistancekitty.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
May 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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And there you have it.
May 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Trump's ICE is attacking birthright citizenship.
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported
April 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I can't even cross state lines with my child without her father's consent. But Trump can deport a US citizen with their mother without their father's consent? This is a clear attack against birthright citizenship.
2-year-old U.S. citizen apparently deported 'with no meaningful process,' judge says
The child's mother was being deported and wanted to take the girl, U.S. lawyers said. When the judge asked to speak to her, they were already in the air.
www.nbcnews.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM