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Relatedly: This case involved about $750,000 in uncompensated work, tens of thousands of dollars in unreimbursed expenses, and some four years of exhaustive litigation. Being a civil rights lawyer is hard (and frequently unprofitable). So support your local civil rights organizations.
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Relatedly: This case involved about $750,000 in uncompensated work, tens of thousands of dollars in unreimbursed expenses, and some four years of exhaustive litigation. Being a civil rights lawyer is hard (and frequently unprofitable). So support your local civil rights organizations.
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It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
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A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody's stopping the company and others like it. n.pr/4awb0jo
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December 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody's stopping the company and others like it. n.pr/4awb0jo
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This is fantastic. Ford says no new bike lanes that remove traffic lanes, so the City says, OK, fine, we won't remove lanes, we'll just narrow them. So brilliant. I hope they find more ways to maliciously comply. We love a workaround!
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
Toronto proposes over 20 km of new bike lanes, bypassing provincial veto
The city plans to skirt the Ford government’s bike lane ban by narrowing the width of roads to squeeze in bike lanes, rather than removing car lanes
www.torontotoday.ca
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
This is fantastic. Ford says no new bike lanes that remove traffic lanes, so the City says, OK, fine, we won't remove lanes, we'll just narrow them. So brilliant. I hope they find more ways to maliciously comply. We love a workaround!
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
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Do not blame institutions, which are many things to many people.
Do not blame the people who work there, who have little real say and are universally staunchly opposed. (Very often students too.)
Instead:
Blame leadership.
Blame alumni with fingers on scales.
Blame the media for normalizing.
Do not blame the people who work there, who have little real say and are universally staunchly opposed. (Very often students too.)
Instead:
Blame leadership.
Blame alumni with fingers on scales.
Blame the media for normalizing.
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Do not blame institutions, which are many things to many people.
Do not blame the people who work there, who have little real say and are universally staunchly opposed. (Very often students too.)
Instead:
Blame leadership.
Blame alumni with fingers on scales.
Blame the media for normalizing.
Do not blame the people who work there, who have little real say and are universally staunchly opposed. (Very often students too.)
Instead:
Blame leadership.
Blame alumni with fingers on scales.
Blame the media for normalizing.
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Look, I love crescent rolls too, but I wouldn’t post them on social media as proof of my culinary prowess.
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Look, I love crescent rolls too, but I wouldn’t post them on social media as proof of my culinary prowess.
I think about this all the time. Quire right.
It’s also insulting to people with addictions. It’s like making fun of someone’s appearance.
Hegseth is rotten enough without making his serious mental health issues. I dislike the guy but hope he finds help and health
We can oppose our political enemies without becoming as monstrous as them
Hegseth is rotten enough without making his serious mental health issues. I dislike the guy but hope he finds help and health
We can oppose our political enemies without becoming as monstrous as them
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I think about this all the time. Quire right.
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West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
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America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
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I am a citizen and so are majority of Somalis in America. Good luck celebrating a policy change that really doesn’t have much impact on the Somalis you love to hate. We are here to stay 💁🏽♀️
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I am a citizen and so are majority of Somalis in America. Good luck celebrating a policy change that really doesn’t have much impact on the Somalis you love to hate. We are here to stay 💁🏽♀️
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I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
I went to Penn and come from a family rife with Bowdoin alumni. This pleases me.
Not only has he never looked at Don Jr. or Eric like this, he’s never been so happy to bask in JD Vance’s presence either.
He looks giddy. JOYFUL even.
Is Zohran a witch
He looks giddy. JOYFUL even.
Is Zohran a witch
the son he always wanted
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I went to Penn and come from a family rife with Bowdoin alumni. This pleases me.
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To date, @nkjemisin.bsky.social is the youngest person named Grand Master by SFWA, having earned this honour at the age of 53.
The second-youngest is @nalohop.bsky.social, who was named a Grand Master in 2021 at the age of 61.
The second-youngest is @nalohop.bsky.social, who was named a Grand Master in 2021 at the age of 61.
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
To date, @nkjemisin.bsky.social is the youngest person named Grand Master by SFWA, having earned this honour at the age of 53.
The second-youngest is @nalohop.bsky.social, who was named a Grand Master in 2021 at the age of 61.
The second-youngest is @nalohop.bsky.social, who was named a Grand Master in 2021 at the age of 61.
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US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of 3 white men in 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery
apnews.com/article/ahma...
apnews.com/article/ahma...
US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of 3 white men in 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery
A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago. The 11th U.S.
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of 3 white men in 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery
apnews.com/article/ahma...
apnews.com/article/ahma...
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Great, tell them we said welcome to 2015.
69% of Americans support raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hr, according to YouGov.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Great, tell them we said welcome to 2015.
Senate dems could talk about ... this?
The CFPB was created. The Trump administration is seeking to eliminate it, despite the fact that Congress has passed no law enabling it to do so.
US consumer watchdog says it is legally blocked from accessing funds reut.rs/4p5bX6x
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Senate dems could talk about ... this?
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sharing this incredible resource created by a poster in r/boston: a map of local restaurants offering free or discounted meals to SNAP recipients
link: mysnapmap.com
link: mysnapmap.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
sharing this incredible resource created by a poster in r/boston: a map of local restaurants offering free or discounted meals to SNAP recipients
link: mysnapmap.com
link: mysnapmap.com
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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There — I fixed the analysis so it is actually accurate to what happened when 8 Senate Dems caved instead of keeping up the righteous fight to deliver lower health care costs for Americans.
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
There — I fixed the analysis so it is actually accurate to what happened when 8 Senate Dems caved instead of keeping up the righteous fight to deliver lower health care costs for Americans.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Friendly reminder: If your flight gets canceled or massively delayed in the coming weeks and you booked directly with the airline, you are entitled to a refund, not just a voucher. But you have to decline any rebooked flight, credit, miles, or voucher they offer.
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Friendly reminder: If your flight gets canceled or massively delayed in the coming weeks and you booked directly with the airline, you are entitled to a refund, not just a voucher. But you have to decline any rebooked flight, credit, miles, or voucher they offer.
Love, love, love
In the New Jersey township of Montclair, a group bicycle ride to school has become a weekly community ritual.
From a few to more than 350, children and parents ride together to school as a 'bike bus'
In the New Jersey township of Montclair, a group bicycle ride to school has become a weekly community ritual.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Love, love, love
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1. On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special Congressional election in Arizona, collecting 69% of the vote.
43 days later, Speaker Johnson has not sworn her in.
The delay, 8 days longer than the previous record, has prevented Grijalva from forcing a vote to release the Epstein files.
43 days later, Speaker Johnson has not sworn her in.
The delay, 8 days longer than the previous record, has prevented Grijalva from forcing a vote to release the Epstein files.
Speaker Johnson’s unprecedented, democracy-thwarting effort to keep the Epstein files secret
On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special election to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in a landslide, collecting 69% of the vote. Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
1. On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special Congressional election in Arizona, collecting 69% of the vote.
43 days later, Speaker Johnson has not sworn her in.
The delay, 8 days longer than the previous record, has prevented Grijalva from forcing a vote to release the Epstein files.
43 days later, Speaker Johnson has not sworn her in.
The delay, 8 days longer than the previous record, has prevented Grijalva from forcing a vote to release the Epstein files.
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The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!