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Are you feeding the hungry? Are you sheltering the homeless? Are you stopping wars?
Good riddance!
December 31, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Good riddance!
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The world may seem full of pain and anguish, but there is good and hope as well. These things must be fought for. Do not despair, for even the smallest acts of honor are a light in the darkness. Join me as we bring these flames together, and watch as even the deepest shadows are pushed back.
December 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The world may seem full of pain and anguish, but there is good and hope as well. These things must be fought for. Do not despair, for even the smallest acts of honor are a light in the darkness. Join me as we bring these flames together, and watch as even the deepest shadows are pushed back.
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A short text explaining what is going on with ICE as a resource for kids (like … teens?) to read or for parents to read and had to talk to kids.
Hi Doug, Thanks for the feedback. Here a revised version:
theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/under...
theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/under...
Understanding Deportation for Children
By Ernesto Castañeda, PhD
theimmigrationlab.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A short text explaining what is going on with ICE as a resource for kids (like … teens?) to read or for parents to read and had to talk to kids.
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[15/n] I choose to believe that people have the right to self determination and pursuit of happiness, however that looks for them.
I choose to believe in experts.
I choose to trust that professionals know more than elected officials about complex situations...
I choose to believe in experts.
I choose to trust that professionals know more than elected officials about complex situations...
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
[15/n] I choose to believe that people have the right to self determination and pursuit of happiness, however that looks for them.
I choose to believe in experts.
I choose to trust that professionals know more than elected officials about complex situations...
I choose to believe in experts.
I choose to trust that professionals know more than elected officials about complex situations...
This is so beautiful. I ❤️ NY!!!!
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This is so beautiful. I ❤️ NY!!!!
Healing can happen anywhere. There is hope for the human species.
"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
December 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Healing can happen anywhere. There is hope for the human species.
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Thread. This is a crucial thing for non-Christian Americans to understand. Most Christian Nationalists think it’s an act of kindness on their part to tell you that you will be going to hell if you don’t convert. It’s incomprehensible to most of them that they’re being bigots.
I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it.
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
December 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thread. This is a crucial thing for non-Christian Americans to understand. Most Christian Nationalists think it’s an act of kindness on their part to tell you that you will be going to hell if you don’t convert. It’s incomprehensible to most of them that they’re being bigots.
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Pope at Christmas Urbi et Orbi: “If all of us would stop accusing others and instead acknowledge our own faults, asking God for forgiveness, and if we would truly enter into the suffering of others and stand in solidarity with the weak and the oppressed, then the world would change.”
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Pope at Christmas Urbi et Orbi: “If all of us would stop accusing others and instead acknowledge our own faults, asking God for forgiveness, and if we would truly enter into the suffering of others and stand in solidarity with the weak and the oppressed, then the world would change.”
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This Christmas, remember the true meaning of family, love, and compassion. No one should face detention or deportation during the holidays. We all deserve safety, dignity, and the right to be with those we love. Let’s make this holiday season one of hope, justice, and humanity for all.
December 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This Christmas, remember the true meaning of family, love, and compassion. No one should face detention or deportation during the holidays. We all deserve safety, dignity, and the right to be with those we love. Let’s make this holiday season one of hope, justice, and humanity for all.
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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All people means ALL people.
(Anybody who says different and wants to make exceptions to that ALL people is invited to take that up with the angel of the Lord, but just be warned the response you'll get won't start with "Fear not.")
(Anybody who says different and wants to make exceptions to that ALL people is invited to take that up with the angel of the Lord, but just be warned the response you'll get won't start with "Fear not.")
December 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
All people means ALL people.
(Anybody who says different and wants to make exceptions to that ALL people is invited to take that up with the angel of the Lord, but just be warned the response you'll get won't start with "Fear not.")
(Anybody who says different and wants to make exceptions to that ALL people is invited to take that up with the angel of the Lord, but just be warned the response you'll get won't start with "Fear not.")
Happy Christmas, everyone.
I wrote a little thing about "Fairytale of New York" and about hope for a better year, but mostly I wanted to share the rendition of the song played at Shane MacGowan's funeral in 2023 because it's so beautiful. Happy Christmas, I love ya baby. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Happy Christmas, everyone.
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
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Pope Leo on Christmas Eve: “On earth, there is no room for God if there is no room for the human person. To refuse one is to refuse the other.”
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Pope Leo on Christmas Eve: “On earth, there is no room for God if there is no room for the human person. To refuse one is to refuse the other.”
excellent thread.
Friendly neighborhood biologist here again. I’ve been seeing lots of post on how simple biological sex is. Since sex in society is such a hot-button issue these days, we should be able to find the basis of biological sex in law, right? Let’s do it! Let’s find the basis of sex, round 2! 🧵
Friendly neighborhood biologist here. I see a lot of people are talking about biological sexes right now. Lots of folks make biological sex seem really simple. Well, since it’s so simple, let’s find the biological roots, shall we? Let’s talk about sex...[a thread]
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December 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
excellent thread.
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"a.i." is a tool to circumvent the cognitive process. Our job as teachers is to teach cognitive processes. How can the two possibly compatible,
December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"a.i." is a tool to circumvent the cognitive process. Our job as teachers is to teach cognitive processes. How can the two possibly compatible,
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In case you're being hit with a bunch of things on the old timeline these days, I do highly recommend watching this. Just over a minute long. h/t @janeespenson.bsky.social
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
In case you're being hit with a bunch of things on the old timeline these days, I do highly recommend watching this. Just over a minute long. h/t @janeespenson.bsky.social
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This needed better alt-text (it had adequate alt, but it’s art, and art needs a description, not just attribution)
It’s such a powerful piece of commentary.
It’s such a powerful piece of commentary.
December 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This needed better alt-text (it had adequate alt, but it’s art, and art needs a description, not just attribution)
It’s such a powerful piece of commentary.
It’s such a powerful piece of commentary.
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IF YOU POST ANYTHING, POST A LINK TO THE URL!
AND PROVIDE ALT-TEXT!
AND PROVIDE ALT-TEXT!
I really don't get why people don't do this. It's basic 'information hygeine', but I don't think many people even understand why they should do this. It's going to be a week of this, and it's going to be very annoying.
If you are going to post documents from the Epstein files, please provide a link to the url (assuming DOJ hasn't removed it). Salacious screenshots simply aren't enough.
December 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
IF YOU POST ANYTHING, POST A LINK TO THE URL!
AND PROVIDE ALT-TEXT!
AND PROVIDE ALT-TEXT!
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I've always loved this illustration depicting Joseph and Mary looking for a room. I am finding it especially powerful this year
December 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I've always loved this illustration depicting Joseph and Mary looking for a room. I am finding it especially powerful this year
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IN VALEN'S NAME, USE ALT TEXT FOR YOUR IMAGES.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
IN VALEN'S NAME, USE ALT TEXT FOR YOUR IMAGES.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
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If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
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