Workers from the VA's Crisis Lines have been fired. Check on your friends, they may have lost their lifeline.

Some of us don't have the luxury of ignoring politics for a weekend or any length of time.

There are 2 frogs in this picture 😅

Check out the American Medical Association's (AMA) youtube for updates on bird flu and the TB outbreak. They're posting updates since the CDC can't. youtu.be/LDOFjwst0rE?...

Some people never took DoD Cybersecurity training and it shows 😒

Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜

The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.

Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

5 ways to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth (cause the fed govt doesn’t run your house)

1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card

Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.

Someone at Facebook is trying to silence me.

SpaceX+Tesla+Boring+Neuralink have 1406 patents collectively. Elon’s name is only on 14, less than 1%.

I fully stand by my FB post.

A lovely post from @jfallows.bsky.social walking us through the audio of air-traffic controllers working in Philly tonight, in a salute to their daily diligence and competence

Thank you, Senator! Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden demanded answers from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after reports surfaced that personnel affiliated with Elon Musk have sought access to a highly sensitive Treasury Department payment system.

This is what we all should remember.

It's been a week. The shock part is over; the awe part never happened. Time to be throwing sand into the fascist gears, y'all.

I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...

Just change the plot a bit to something more enjoyable 😅