The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"

Critical conversations about the rewards and challenges of #carceral image making
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To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the DCist shutdown, @ericfalquero.bsky.social reflects on that day and how far we’ve come in building The 51st.

Right now, we need 142 paid members to keep our fundraising on track. You can be one of them!
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sharing a moment from the last @workingfamilies.org mass call i got to participate in. keep creating and learning loves.

Most people don’t realize the value of the services they rely on until they’re gone.

As a result, she said, just three full-time employees remain in both the Yellowstone and Bozeman ranger districts to manage 19 rental cabins, 60 bathrooms, 21 campgrounds and other infrastructure spread across 1 million acres.

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98% of NIH grants that should have gone out this month, didn't. Despite court orders 'unfreezing' the funds, they are frozen. Biomedical research will grind to a halt. Clinical trials will end. All for no reason: the total impact on the US budget is miniscule

For those asking where the Dems are, I might suggest: the right didn’t wait on the Republicans. They plotted the course & the Republicans followed, at first in small packs, but eventually all falling in line. The left may have to do something similar. Don’t wait on “the Democrats”. Show them the way

Coastal cities can drive meaningful climate action, even without federal support. In her new piece for @rollingstone.com, our co-founder @ayanaeliza.bsky.social highlighted a number of ways in which local governments are leading the way 🧵:

Those of us who experienced or studied Erdogan in Turkey seem to have a better understanding of Trump in US. People are still asking what is he trying to do. The answer is he is trying to make money and centralize his power. This is all he wants. 1/2

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...

"Things might be tough but it's great for artists! They'll create more!" You might not believe me but going through a lifetime's worth of stress Every Single Week for years and years- is actually not the optimal set of circumstances that inspires artists to create

Don't spread rumors. Stick to substantiated data. Here's a rumor that spread a panic that this excellent news source found no basis for. missionlocal.org/2025/01/sfpd...