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“Major never abandoned the struggle against fascism, which is to say, the fight to free us all… the way to honor Major is to keep hammering holes in the walls that confine us, and to expand the trans and queer spaces she built.”
- Toshio Meronek & Eric A Stanley
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- Toshio Meronek & Eric A Stanley
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To Honor Miss Major, We Fight for the Trans and Queer Spaces She Built
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy embraced the messiness of revolt with magnetic optimism.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“Major never abandoned the struggle against fascism, which is to say, the fight to free us all… the way to honor Major is to keep hammering holes in the walls that confine us, and to expand the trans and queer spaces she built.”
- Toshio Meronek & Eric A Stanley
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- Toshio Meronek & Eric A Stanley
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George Retes, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen and Army veteran, was driving to work when he encountered an ICE checkpoint, where agents broke his car window, pepper-sprayed him and dragged him out of his vehicle for arrest. He was detained for three days and three nights without explanation.
US Citizen Detained by ICE During Raid on CA Farm Is Suing Trump Administration
“They didn’t need an excuse for anything they did. They just did it,” George Retes says of ICE agents who arrested him.
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August 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
George Retes, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen and Army veteran, was driving to work when he encountered an ICE checkpoint, where agents broke his car window, pepper-sprayed him and dragged him out of his vehicle for arrest. He was detained for three days and three nights without explanation.
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The White House has called for a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions in order to ensure they align with President Trump’s interpretation of U.S. history. “The idea that the Smithsonian should reflect any administration’s vision of history, […] is more than problematic.”
Historian Rebukes Trump Imposing His Own Views of US History on the Smithsonian
“People support the idea of a capacious and a truthful, unvarnished picture of [US] history,” says Annette Gordon-Reed.
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August 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The White House has called for a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions in order to ensure they align with President Trump’s interpretation of U.S. history. “The idea that the Smithsonian should reflect any administration’s vision of history, […] is more than problematic.”
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Everything is bad but through all the distracting chaos I somehow finished the first draft of a new novel. Please clap.
August 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Everything is bad but through all the distracting chaos I somehow finished the first draft of a new novel. Please clap.
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ICE’s war on workers is a renewed effort by capital and the state to keep Latinx workers in a state of abject terror and powerlessness. The outcome of this struggle will most likely decide the fate of the labor movement as well as the future of the anti-MAGA resistance in the United States.
Latinx Workers Are Organizing Fierce Resistance to Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda
Media narratives about a Latinx shift to the right obfuscate ongoing anti-Trump insurgencies led by Latinx communities.
buff.ly
August 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
ICE’s war on workers is a renewed effort by capital and the state to keep Latinx workers in a state of abject terror and powerlessness. The outcome of this struggle will most likely decide the fate of the labor movement as well as the future of the anti-MAGA resistance in the United States.
Is freelance book publicity viable? As a critic, I know that very few books get the publicity they need to earn out their advances, let alone make royalties, and I want to do something about that. But publicity takes budgets that publishers often won’t give. Thoughts?
April 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Is freelance book publicity viable? As a critic, I know that very few books get the publicity they need to earn out their advances, let alone make royalties, and I want to do something about that. But publicity takes budgets that publishers often won’t give. Thoughts?
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I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.
April 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.
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‘...instead of continually admitting new creatures into the category of intelligence, the new findings are evidence that there is something catastrophically wrong with the way we understand intelligence itself.’ @noemamag.com
A Radical New Proposal For How Mind Emerges From Matter | NOEMA
If we could stop bickering about which creatures do or don’t deserve to be called smart, an emerging movement of scientists and philosophers argue that we might discover fundamental elements of intell...
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February 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
‘...instead of continually admitting new creatures into the category of intelligence, the new findings are evidence that there is something catastrophically wrong with the way we understand intelligence itself.’ @noemamag.com
I feel that a great moment of reckoning amongst the American people will have to come as we get closer to the tax filing deadline, especially if refunds aren’t issued uniformly. Americans can ignore a lot of things, but historically, taxes are a sticking point…
February 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I feel that a great moment of reckoning amongst the American people will have to come as we get closer to the tax filing deadline, especially if refunds aren’t issued uniformly. Americans can ignore a lot of things, but historically, taxes are a sticking point…
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Groups have been unable to access their money despite court orders requiring that the federal government release it. Because grant payments are made through reimbursements, recipients are expected to front the money for any expenses, then submit receipts electronically for reimbursement.
Trump’s Climate Funding Freeze Leaves Tribes and Community Groups in Limbo
Groups have been unable to access their money despite court orders requiring that the federal government release it.
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February 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Groups have been unable to access their money despite court orders requiring that the federal government release it. Because grant payments are made through reimbursements, recipients are expected to front the money for any expenses, then submit receipts electronically for reimbursement.
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Everything we love must be cherished and fought for.
February 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Everything we love must be cherished and fought for.
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not a new observation but Elon Musk genuinely isn't very bright, genuinely has no idea how most things work, and his entire supergenius engineer persona is a tech press-enabled mythology (they've never been held accountable for)
February 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
not a new observation but Elon Musk genuinely isn't very bright, genuinely has no idea how most things work, and his entire supergenius engineer persona is a tech press-enabled mythology (they've never been held accountable for)
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The Trump administration revoked Associated Press reporters’ access to a White House event this week after officials demanded that the publication change an editorial standard in compliance with Trump’s Gulf if America order — a chilling instance of censorship.
White House Revoked Access to AP for Refusing to Comply With Censorship
The move “plainly violates the First Amendment,” AP’s executive editor said.
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February 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Trump administration revoked Associated Press reporters’ access to a White House event this week after officials demanded that the publication change an editorial standard in compliance with Trump’s Gulf if America order — a chilling instance of censorship.
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This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages
February 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages
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Trump fired the director of the Office of Government Ethics as his administration abandons even the pretense of opposing corruption and lawlessness, a course underscored by the Justice Department’s push to drop bribery charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Trump Fires Government Ethics Director as DOJ Orders Feds to End Eric Adams Case
Since taking office, the president has purged the government of officials tasked with legal and ethical oversight.
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February 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Trump fired the director of the Office of Government Ethics as his administration abandons even the pretense of opposing corruption and lawlessness, a course underscored by the Justice Department’s push to drop bribery charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
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The proposal comes at a time of booming growth for the plastics industry -- and for the pollution that it inevitably creates, via @gristnews.bsky.social
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Exxon Is Quietly Planning New $8.6 Billion Plastics Plant for Texas’s Gulf Coast
Already dealing with pollution, residents of Point Comfort find the news alarming.
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February 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The proposal comes at a time of booming growth for the plastics industry -- and for the pollution that it inevitably creates, via @gristnews.bsky.social
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“I’m sorry I didn’t respond to your email sooner; the autocoup of our government is (slowly draining the life out of me) getting to me.”
February 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“I’m sorry I didn’t respond to your email sooner; the autocoup of our government is (slowly draining the life out of me) getting to me.”
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To navigate these terrible times, we need Audre’s Lorde’s audacity: Protect the public sphere. Refuse to be silenced.
Remember What Audre Lorde Told Us: The Oppressor Doesn’t Determine What’s True
To navigate these terrible times, we need Audre’s Lorde’s audacity: Protect the public sphere. Refuse to be silenced.
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February 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
To navigate these terrible times, we need Audre’s Lorde’s audacity: Protect the public sphere. Refuse to be silenced.
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I realized today that Trump, Musk, DOGE, Vance, Miller, Vought and their many collaborators have broken so many laws already that they know they have to destroy our government and entire way of life to stay out of jail. This is all or nothing. We should respond accordingly.
February 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I realized today that Trump, Musk, DOGE, Vance, Miller, Vought and their many collaborators have broken so many laws already that they know they have to destroy our government and entire way of life to stay out of jail. This is all or nothing. We should respond accordingly.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.
November 22, 2024 at 10:10 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.
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Most Texas school board candidates who support book bans lost their elections
Most Texas school board candidates who support book bans lost their elections
A majority of pro-book ban school board candidates lost in Texas, but education advocates are worried about other election results.
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November 13, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Most Texas school board candidates who support book bans lost their elections
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Cicero was a very wise man
November 14, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Cicero was a very wise man