Fleurs de Mal
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As the trump admin has slashed funding for the arts and humanities.
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
As the trump admin has slashed funding for the arts and humanities.
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Federal judge in Rhode Island is ordering the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November, saying the USDA lost the discretion to pay partial benefits when it failed to get those funds to recipients fast enough.
"USDA arbitrarily and capriciously created this problem." Story TK
"USDA arbitrarily and capriciously created this problem." Story TK
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Federal judge in Rhode Island is ordering the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November, saying the USDA lost the discretion to pay partial benefits when it failed to get those funds to recipients fast enough.
"USDA arbitrarily and capriciously created this problem." Story TK
"USDA arbitrarily and capriciously created this problem." Story TK
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For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Trump spent the weekend partying with billionaires at Mar-a-Lago. Today he's proudly announcing he won't follow a court order to provide 42 million Americans food assistance.
He doesn't care about you. You deserve better.
If you need food resources visit: www.oregon.gov/odhs/food/pa...
He doesn't care about you. You deserve better.
If you need food resources visit: www.oregon.gov/odhs/food/pa...
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Trump spent the weekend partying with billionaires at Mar-a-Lago. Today he's proudly announcing he won't follow a court order to provide 42 million Americans food assistance.
He doesn't care about you. You deserve better.
If you need food resources visit: www.oregon.gov/odhs/food/pa...
He doesn't care about you. You deserve better.
If you need food resources visit: www.oregon.gov/odhs/food/pa...
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Defying a court order so he can starve Americans
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Defying a court order so he can starve Americans
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This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
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I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
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Who is this ICE agent who pulled his gun out on an unarmed citizen?
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Who is this ICE agent who pulled his gun out on an unarmed citizen?
This is the battle behind the battle.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is the battle behind the battle.
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The decline isn’t subtle anymore.
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The decline isn’t subtle anymore.
It’s shameful that in the richest country in the history of the world, we have to crowdsource feeding those in need twice—once through taxes Trump stole from us, and then by asking the plebs to cough up more for foundations to stay afloat. Fuck trump. Fuck the GOP.
I’ve been regularly volunteering at a food bank for about a year and please, if you want to help, consider donating cash.
For $3, they can provide 15 meals and what they can do with the money you might spend on a few cans can be converted to vastly more in fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, or meat.
For $3, they can provide 15 meals and what they can do with the money you might spend on a few cans can be converted to vastly more in fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, or meat.
October 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It’s shameful that in the richest country in the history of the world, we have to crowdsource feeding those in need twice—once through taxes Trump stole from us, and then by asking the plebs to cough up more for foundations to stay afloat. Fuck trump. Fuck the GOP.
If state and local authorities don’t start interceding in these fascist abductions, the people will.
This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
October 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If state and local authorities don’t start interceding in these fascist abductions, the people will.
Maybe @bsky.app needs a “No shit” feed.
Good to see an acknowledgment in @thetimes.com that the right wing culture war on ‘woke’ is a far bigger problem for our democracy than leftist censoriousness
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
War on woke leaves a free-speech Wild West
The end of non-crime hate incidents is welcome but unmoderated social media means online rage is intensifying
www.thetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Maybe @bsky.app needs a “No shit” feed.
Republicans are foolish tools wielded by the real enemy of the people: the oligarchs.
October 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Republicans are foolish tools wielded by the real enemy of the people: the oligarchs.
This moment deserves better memes. Or maybe these memes reflect how uninformed most Americans are—because the courts specifically said this can’t happen. Next time, try to rock harder, Petra.
October 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This moment deserves better memes. Or maybe these memes reflect how uninformed most Americans are—because the courts specifically said this can’t happen. Next time, try to rock harder, Petra.
I think we might need a revolution.
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I think we might need a revolution.
Proud to have @wyden.senate.gov representing me.
So a few weeks ago I continued my follow the money investigation by demanding answers from Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase. More info on that inquiry is available here:
Continuing Epstein Investigation, Wyden Probes Major JPMorgan Chase Compliance Failures | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Continuing Epstein Investigation, Wyden Probes Major JPMorgan Chase Compliance Failures
www.finance.senate.gov
October 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Proud to have @wyden.senate.gov representing me.
October 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
October 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Well, @nytimes.com? Don’t you think this warrants a response?
Hey @nytimes.com, did you change your headline, and change "Islamophobic attacks" on Mamdani to just "attacks," because Elise Stefanik and the GOP bullied you into it? Really? Why are they no longer Islamophobic attacks, as your headline originally and correctly stated?
October 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Well, @nytimes.com? Don’t you think this warrants a response?
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