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Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog
RFK Jr. promised to change vaccine policy. This new website shows he has.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog
I’m pleased to share that my catalogue essay,
“Matthew Henson and the Contaminated Sublime: Race, Sexuality, and Resistance in Isaac Julien’s True North,”
is included in the new museum publication Isaac Julien: I Dream a World for the major retrospective at the DeYoung Museum of San Francisco.
“Matthew Henson and the Contaminated Sublime: Race, Sexuality, and Resistance in Isaac Julien’s True North,”
is included in the new museum publication Isaac Julien: I Dream a World for the major retrospective at the DeYoung Museum of San Francisco.
Isaac Julien: I Dream a World
Sir Isaac Julien (b 1960) is one of the UK’s leading artists working in film and video, celebrated for his poetic yet astutely political films and video installations that reflect on the intersection ...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I’m pleased to share that my catalogue essay,
“Matthew Henson and the Contaminated Sublime: Race, Sexuality, and Resistance in Isaac Julien’s True North,”
is included in the new museum publication Isaac Julien: I Dream a World for the major retrospective at the DeYoung Museum of San Francisco.
“Matthew Henson and the Contaminated Sublime: Race, Sexuality, and Resistance in Isaac Julien’s True North,”
is included in the new museum publication Isaac Julien: I Dream a World for the major retrospective at the DeYoung Museum of San Francisco.
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Honor International Workers’ Day, Join UC Workers on the Strike Line May 1st” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
Honor International Workers’ Day, Join UC Workers on the Strike Line May 1st · May Day Strong
Workers are the backbone of our families, communities, and the FUTURE. For the past four years, UC has failed to address its staffing crisis. UC’s recent announcement of a hiring freeze is yet another...
www.mobilize.us
April 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Honor International Workers’ Day, Join UC Workers on the Strike Line May 1st” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
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of all the things the administration is doing, i am a little mystified by this effort to completely destroy the science, technology and medical research sector in the united states
Exclusive: Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered NIH to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to Columbia University, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice. scim.ag/4if5Rg1
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University
Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million
scim.ag
April 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
of all the things the administration is doing, i am a little mystified by this effort to completely destroy the science, technology and medical research sector in the united states
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“”Iwas handcuffed and hit with hangers,” she wrote. “Early in the marriage, he had a whip he hit me
He forced me to have sex with him and caused injury,”
“He has threatened if I don’t perform sexual activities, he will perform sexual activities on minors and he mentions them by name.””
He forced me to have sex with him and caused injury,”
“He has threatened if I don’t perform sexual activities, he will perform sexual activities on minors and he mentions them by name.””
OR GOP chair Jerry Cummings’ ex-wife said the couple met in the Portland area when she was 16 and he was 26, and serving as an associate pastor. “On occasion, he would visit [her] when her parents were out of town and take her to hotels."
www.wweek.com/news/2025/04...
www.wweek.com/news/2025/04...
The Oregon GOP’s New Chairman Brings Some Baggage to His Role
Court records provide details from a long-running divorce and custody case that raise questions about Gerald “Jerry” Cummings.
www.wweek.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“”Iwas handcuffed and hit with hangers,” she wrote. “Early in the marriage, he had a whip he hit me
He forced me to have sex with him and caused injury,”
“He has threatened if I don’t perform sexual activities, he will perform sexual activities on minors and he mentions them by name.””
He forced me to have sex with him and caused injury,”
“He has threatened if I don’t perform sexual activities, he will perform sexual activities on minors and he mentions them by name.””
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I joined @maddow.msnbc.com to discuss how Trump/DOGE are impacting Social Security recipients in AZ. I refuse to let an authoritarian administration override the rule of law and destroy critical services. Report Social Security disruptions at www.azag.gov/socialsecurity.
youtu.be/4RFBjhPIn0U?...
youtu.be/4RFBjhPIn0U?...
Social Security Disruptions | AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes on MSNBC
YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office
youtu.be
April 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I joined @maddow.msnbc.com to discuss how Trump/DOGE are impacting Social Security recipients in AZ. I refuse to let an authoritarian administration override the rule of law and destroy critical services. Report Social Security disruptions at www.azag.gov/socialsecurity.
youtu.be/4RFBjhPIn0U?...
youtu.be/4RFBjhPIn0U?...
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the basic problem facing american democracy is that one party has decided it wants a king and will hand over as much authority as is necessary to make that happen
All but three House Republicans just voted for Trump's tariffs. The procedural measure, which preemptively surrenders congressional power to stop Trump's tariffs, passed with all Democrats voting no. This was the vote count:
April 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
the basic problem facing american democracy is that one party has decided it wants a king and will hand over as much authority as is necessary to make that happen
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The crowd was a rainbow coalition of Blacks, whites, youth, seniors - even Republicans - all united for a few hours on a blustery April morning by one thing: A disgust with Trump.
Trump (and Musk) resistance shows up and shows out in Harrisburg
Capitol Police estimated 800 to 1,000 demonstrators gathered at the State Capitol to rep the midstate in a day of nationwide protests against Trump Administration policies.
www.pennlive.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The crowd was a rainbow coalition of Blacks, whites, youth, seniors - even Republicans - all united for a few hours on a blustery April morning by one thing: A disgust with Trump.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...
Don't cut NPR and PBS funding!
Millions of Americans rely on public media for their news and educational programming. In many rural areas in our country, public broadcasting is their main avenue for receiving news, emergency ...
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March 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...
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This isn’t how people talk in democracies. It’s how they talk in countries where the moods and whims of the Dear Leader dictate policy. And that, alas, is where we now live.
Trump Brings a Day of Historic Shame for the United States
Over the course of a single contentious meeting, the president departs the world stage and cedes the century to Russia and China.
newrepublic.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This isn’t how people talk in democracies. It’s how they talk in countries where the moods and whims of the Dear Leader dictate policy. And that, alas, is where we now live.
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In Texas, at least 90 cases of measles have been reported in recent weeks. Among those are five people who say they’ve been vaccinated,
Here's what to know about booster shots for measles and other infectious diseases: nbcnews.to/3XgbYsJ
Here's what to know about booster shots for measles and other infectious diseases: nbcnews.to/3XgbYsJ
February 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In Texas, at least 90 cases of measles have been reported in recent weeks. Among those are five people who say they’ve been vaccinated,
Here's what to know about booster shots for measles and other infectious diseases: nbcnews.to/3XgbYsJ
Here's what to know about booster shots for measles and other infectious diseases: nbcnews.to/3XgbYsJ
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Germany's conservatives led by Merz win election, far-right AfD follows in second
Germany's conservatives led by Merz win election, far-right AfD follows in second
The conservative CDU/CSU alliance led by Friedrich Merz won Sunday's elections with between 28.5 and 29 percent of the vote, according to first TV exit polls. The far-right AfD followed in second place with 19.5 to 20 percent.
www.lemonde.fr
February 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Germany's conservatives led by Merz win election, far-right AfD follows in second
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To me, a Nazi salute means, "I want to murder your family." There can be no irony about it: It puts deep anger and hatred in my heart to see it done and I will never forgive anyone who justifies or minimizes it.
February 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
To me, a Nazi salute means, "I want to murder your family." There can be no irony about it: It puts deep anger and hatred in my heart to see it done and I will never forgive anyone who justifies or minimizes it.
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I watched a good documentary on Hitler's rise to power & 1 of the things the experts discussed was the adversarial nature of the 3rd Reich & how Hitler was quite vague, giving only the most basic vision he had for national policy, which left his cronies competing w/ each other to the absolute bottom
February 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I watched a good documentary on Hitler's rise to power & 1 of the things the experts discussed was the adversarial nature of the 3rd Reich & how Hitler was quite vague, giving only the most basic vision he had for national policy, which left his cronies competing w/ each other to the absolute bottom
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‘The experience of “Indian Removal” demonstrates that you cannot extinguish a people through their dispossession. Native people survived and rebuilt their lives and nations.’
A.S. Dillingham on Indigenous and Palestinian dispossession: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...
A.S. Dillingham on Indigenous and Palestinian dispossession: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...
A.S. Dillingham | Trails of Tears
The proposal to remove Native Americans from lands east of the Mississippi came after decades of war and illegal...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
‘The experience of “Indian Removal” demonstrates that you cannot extinguish a people through their dispossession. Native people survived and rebuilt their lives and nations.’
A.S. Dillingham on Indigenous and Palestinian dispossession: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...
A.S. Dillingham on Indigenous and Palestinian dispossession: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...
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"American Graffiti" is an animation and a series of prints that were derived from it produced at El Nopal Press in Los Angeles. The series is a tribute to David Alfaro Siqueiros's 82-foot fresco mural, "América Tropical: Oppressed and Destroyed by Imperialism".
February 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"American Graffiti" is an animation and a series of prints that were derived from it produced at El Nopal Press in Los Angeles. The series is a tribute to David Alfaro Siqueiros's 82-foot fresco mural, "América Tropical: Oppressed and Destroyed by Imperialism".
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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
February 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
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Thanks to forests covering 70% of the country, Bhutan captures three times more carbon dioxide than it emits, making the Himalayan kingdom the world’s first “carbon negative” country. From @aljazeera.com’s 101 East…
Bhutan’s climate crisis
101 East visits Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom struggling with the climate crisis.
www.aljazeera.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thanks to forests covering 70% of the country, Bhutan captures three times more carbon dioxide than it emits, making the Himalayan kingdom the world’s first “carbon negative” country. From @aljazeera.com’s 101 East…
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This form of community theatre is used all over the world for social and political activism, conflict resolution, and community building.
Legislative theatre: how this interactive artform empowers communities to create social change
This form of community theatre is used all over the world for social and political activism, conflict resolution, and community building.
tcnv.link
February 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This form of community theatre is used all over the world for social and political activism, conflict resolution, and community building.
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i think the democratic party's paralysis at this moment is at least partially attributable to so many fucking lawyers thinking the rules are self-enforcing
February 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
i think the democratic party's paralysis at this moment is at least partially attributable to so many fucking lawyers thinking the rules are self-enforcing
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An intelligence agency worker says that unidentified outside staffers arrived to sweep the office of anything they felt was related to DEI. That included a plaque, confiscated from a supervisor’s desk, that read, “Be kind to everyone.” via @annamerlan.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk's midnight takeover
The world's richest man and his allies are “avoiding office hours at all costs” as they take a wrecking ball to the US government.
www.motherjones.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
An intelligence agency worker says that unidentified outside staffers arrived to sweep the office of anything they felt was related to DEI. That included a plaque, confiscated from a supervisor’s desk, that read, “Be kind to everyone.” via @annamerlan.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"Two-thirds of the staff of the President’s Malaria Initiative, an organization founded by former President George W. Bush, have been fired, including some of the most senior and respected scientists working on malaria control in the world..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Two-thirds of the staff of the President’s Malaria Initiative, an organization founded by former President George W. Bush, have been fired, including some of the most senior and respected scientists working on malaria control in the world..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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It’s class warfare, top-down. Feel free to call it fascism.
With this war raging, where are the Democrats?
With this war raging, where are the Democrats?
It’s a war. Do Democrats get that?
Trump and Musk have have initiated an all-out battle against the US government, the rule of law, and decency. Where's the opposition?
www.motherjones.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It’s class warfare, top-down. Feel free to call it fascism.
With this war raging, where are the Democrats?
With this war raging, where are the Democrats?