I've said it before, and I'll repeat it: The expulsion of expertise from government and academia during Mao's Cultural Revolution devastated China for decades, particularly in science and technology. That profound harm led the country to take education as seriously as it does today. wapo.st/3YTivKW

If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.

Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia alive? Because the amount of resistance to addressing his being trafficked gives the distinct impression that either he is dead or what they have done to him is so unspeakable that they cannot afford for him to be freed, seen, or spoken with.

These GenZ Trump supporting men were lonely and adrift. Working in a sweatshop has helped them find meaning and direction.

NEW: A North Carolina appeals court effectively disenfranchised over 60k voters in ruling against Justice Allison Riggs' (D) victory in the state Supreme Court race.

Riggs, who plans to appeal, calls the battle “a fight for the very soul of democracy.”

From: @jaknutson.bsky.social

15 Native American Women Artists to Know www.artnews.com/list/art-new... by Petala Ironcloud for Artnews

Have a community member, friend or family member that has gone missing after being hunted by ICE?

If it has been more that 48 hours you can locate them using this tool. Children not included. locator.ice.gov/odls/

If n*zis are excited about you you’re doing it all wrong.

I read 60 books in 2024 & plan to read at least 75 this year. Off to a good start—have almost finished book #1!

Some of my faves from 2024:
-Demon Copperhead by Kingsolver
-Lessons in Chemistry by Garmus
-The Thursday Murder Club by Osman
-Girl with a Dragon Tattoo Trilogy by Larsson

2025 recs?

I keep reading that this is a place for kinder people, but gentle souls have always been among us. We just couldn’t hear them anymore. Perhaps our gathering here is proof that we missed those voices. What a wonderful thing to believe about ourselves. It can be a bold move to choose kindness.

“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say