@leaderofthecats.bsky.social
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Ursula le Guin remains undefeated
November 25, 2023 at 9:24 PM
Ursula le Guin remains undefeated
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From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement.
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
March 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement.
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
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Trump claims they were "defrauding" the United States. This includes Habitat for Humanity, where Jimmy Carter built homes for the poor with his own hands.
March 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Trump claims they were "defrauding" the United States. This includes Habitat for Humanity, where Jimmy Carter built homes for the poor with his own hands.
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Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc
March 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc
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"We're doing just whatever we feel like with no foresight, illustrating one of the Willy-Nilly System’s central tenets: There are no wrong answers because we should not assess any of our decisions before implementing them."
Introducing the Willy-Nilly System of Governance
The Willy-Nilly System of Governance is a hybrid model that brings together both definitions of the term willy-nilly: “in a careless way without pl...
www.mcsweeneys.net
March 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"We're doing just whatever we feel like with no foresight, illustrating one of the Willy-Nilly System’s central tenets: There are no wrong answers because we should not assess any of our decisions before implementing them."
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Every teacher’s union in the country should go on strike immediately
The Department of Education will begin sweeping layoffs tonight with about half of its 4,400 employees expected to be let go, sources tell CNN.
Read more: cnn.it/41IhB4h
Read more: cnn.it/41IhB4h
March 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Every teacher’s union in the country should go on strike immediately
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@markwarner.bsky.social Why are you colluding with the Rs to gut the functionality of our government? You have no reason to vote for these candidates
The 17 Dems who voted yes for Trump's labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer:
Bennet (CO)
Cortez Maso (NV)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Kaine (VA)
Kelly (AZ)
Klobuchar (MN)
Ossoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Rosen (NV)
Schiff (CA)
Shaheen (DH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warner (VA)
Warnock (GA)
Whitehouse (RI)
Bennet (CO)
Cortez Maso (NV)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Kaine (VA)
Kelly (AZ)
Klobuchar (MN)
Ossoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Rosen (NV)
Schiff (CA)
Shaheen (DH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warner (VA)
Warnock (GA)
Whitehouse (RI)
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
March 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
@markwarner.bsky.social Why are you colluding with the Rs to gut the functionality of our government? You have no reason to vote for these candidates
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NEW WHITEBOARD
How a bill in the House (the “SAVE” Act) Kneecaps Democracy
A 🧵
“How bad can it be?” you ask.
Truly terrible.
Please share this 🧵 so people know. Then take action. ☎️
1/
NEW WHITEBOARD
How a bill in the House (the “SAVE” Act) Kneecaps Democracy
A 🧵
“How bad can it be?” you ask.
Truly terrible.
Please share this 🧵 so people know. Then take action. ☎️
1/
February 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🚨 🚨
NEW WHITEBOARD
How a bill in the House (the “SAVE” Act) Kneecaps Democracy
A 🧵
“How bad can it be?” you ask.
Truly terrible.
Please share this 🧵 so people know. Then take action. ☎️
1/
NEW WHITEBOARD
How a bill in the House (the “SAVE” Act) Kneecaps Democracy
A 🧵
“How bad can it be?” you ask.
Truly terrible.
Please share this 🧵 so people know. Then take action. ☎️
1/
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This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
February 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
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“He visited Dachau and offered a few canned remarks about how inspired he was by the stories of the ‘unspeakable evil’ he witnessed… Then, when his trip to Europe concludes next week, he’ll return to the United States to continue overseeing the construction of internment camps to house migrants.”
I wrote about JD Vance's visit to Dachau today, and how Christians appropriate sites of Jewish murder into Christian penitential narratives: religiondispatches.org/jd-vance-is-...
JD Vance is Merely the Latest Conservative Christian to Use Nazi Camps to Cleanse His Antisemitism Sins
On Thursday of this past week, Vice President JD Vance visited the site of the Dachau concentration camp in Germany, making him the latest in a string of American public officials to visit a former Na...
religiondispatches.org
February 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“He visited Dachau and offered a few canned remarks about how inspired he was by the stories of the ‘unspeakable evil’ he witnessed… Then, when his trip to Europe concludes next week, he’ll return to the United States to continue overseeing the construction of internment camps to house migrants.”
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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
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Do you remember that time Pence tried to see Hamilton and the cast called him out.
Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal.
Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home.
That.
Do that.
Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal.
Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home.
That.
Do that.
February 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Do you remember that time Pence tried to see Hamilton and the cast called him out.
Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal.
Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home.
That.
Do that.
Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal.
Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home.
That.
Do that.
People will be like: come join us in building political power in the local community with these outstanding local leaders! And you look and, oh, it’s just some bosses who are known by ex-employees as sexual predators and/or authoritarians who drive people who challenge them out of their jobs.
February 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
People will be like: come join us in building political power in the local community with these outstanding local leaders! And you look and, oh, it’s just some bosses who are known by ex-employees as sexual predators and/or authoritarians who drive people who challenge them out of their jobs.
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Hurricane Helene devastated western NC - we are still recovering, and will be for years to come. Because we knew it was coming, schools and many businesses were closed, leaving roads clear so rescuers could do their jobs. Imagine how many more lives would have been lost without prior warning.
Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).
I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26
February 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Hurricane Helene devastated western NC - we are still recovering, and will be for years to come. Because we knew it was coming, schools and many businesses were closed, leaving roads clear so rescuers could do their jobs. Imagine how many more lives would have been lost without prior warning.
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“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.”
-Mike Davis
-Mike Davis
January 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.”
-Mike Davis
-Mike Davis
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the fascists are looking to rigidly define gender not just to punish trans people like they claim but to lay the groundwork for the oppression of all women. when gender is legally mutable, it is harder to use it to restrict people’s rights.
they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones
they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones
January 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
the fascists are looking to rigidly define gender not just to punish trans people like they claim but to lay the groundwork for the oppression of all women. when gender is legally mutable, it is harder to use it to restrict people’s rights.
they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones
they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones
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"Nonsensical": As Trump Blames Crash on DEI, Aviation Expert Says It's Understaffing, Lax Regulation
Trump Blames Crash on DEI, Expert Says It’s Understaffing, Lax Regulation
Donald Trump is blaming DEI for the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster in more than two decades, when a regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided over a Washington, D.C. airport, killing 67 people....
www.democracynow.org
January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Nonsensical": As Trump Blames Crash on DEI, Aviation Expert Says It's Understaffing, Lax Regulation
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Remember this is going to be a LONG fight the initially bombardment seven been getting is to make you feel weak and tired. Your goal is to keep going and prepare for the much larger fight ahead. We are tired, BEEN tired, tired means we're not dead, so we MUST keep moving.
#unitedwestand
#unitedwestand
I remind myself several times a day that the people who are out to destroy me *want* me to be in perpetual reactive mode.
As urgent as everything is, it is incumbent on me not to live reactively. I will not let them run me, even if they are currently in charge of my planet.
As urgent as everything is, it is incumbent on me not to live reactively. I will not let them run me, even if they are currently in charge of my planet.
January 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Remember this is going to be a LONG fight the initially bombardment seven been getting is to make you feel weak and tired. Your goal is to keep going and prepare for the much larger fight ahead. We are tired, BEEN tired, tired means we're not dead, so we MUST keep moving.
#unitedwestand
#unitedwestand
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They track all of your data and searches. Their algorithms will predict your behavior, even if it is just an intention or idea.
If you haven’t already, try to extract yourself from their clutches.
If you haven’t already, try to extract yourself from their clutches.
January 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
They track all of your data and searches. Their algorithms will predict your behavior, even if it is just an intention or idea.
If you haven’t already, try to extract yourself from their clutches.
If you haven’t already, try to extract yourself from their clutches.
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A reminder to try to buy your items elsewhere instead of doing searches for those items and purchasing them through sites like Amazon, Google, Meta, and other companies that are explicitly endorsing this administration.
January 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A reminder to try to buy your items elsewhere instead of doing searches for those items and purchasing them through sites like Amazon, Google, Meta, and other companies that are explicitly endorsing this administration.
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This is Orwellian (first time for me to ever invoke that term).
Trump administration is calling people in the country "unlawful" who are: immigrants who signed all the paperwork, entered the country legally, and have remained here documented and lawfully.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
Trump administration is calling people in the country "unlawful" who are: immigrants who signed all the paperwork, entered the country legally, and have remained here documented and lawfully.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
January 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is Orwellian (first time for me to ever invoke that term).
Trump administration is calling people in the country "unlawful" who are: immigrants who signed all the paperwork, entered the country legally, and have remained here documented and lawfully.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
Trump administration is calling people in the country "unlawful" who are: immigrants who signed all the paperwork, entered the country legally, and have remained here documented and lawfully.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
I, too, can see all obstacles in my way. And they have names.
a woman is smiling while holding a knife in front of a green background that says pantaya on it
ALT: a woman is smiling while holding a knife in front of a green background that says pantaya on it
media.tenor.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I, too, can see all obstacles in my way. And they have names.
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Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better…
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
January 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better…
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
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We have been defanged by the idle politeness this society demands, to the point where if you call someone out for doing something bad or selfish, the argument then becomes about you calling them bad or selfish, not the harm they did. Do we see now how that is just abuser culture & leads to fascism?
January 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We have been defanged by the idle politeness this society demands, to the point where if you call someone out for doing something bad or selfish, the argument then becomes about you calling them bad or selfish, not the harm they did. Do we see now how that is just abuser culture & leads to fascism?