If you aren't keeping up with the Iditarod this year, here is a good reason to: Four mushers are Alaskan Native: Kevin Hansen, Inupiaq; Ryan Redington, Inupiaq; Kaiser, Yup’ik; and Jody Potts-Joseph. Another, Jesse Terry, Anishinabe, is Indigenous from Canada. #Uglydogs
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NEW: Grammarly got hit with a class-action lawsuit this afternoon over its AI "expert review" feature that uses real experts' likenesses without their consent. @juliaangwin.com is the only named plaintiff. @milesklee.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/gramma...
"17th ICE-related death."
"Fifty-nine-year-old Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi was pronounced deceased on March 1."
"He first arrived in the United States as a lawful permanent resident in 1991."
#Mississippi #Louisiana #USA #Iran #Healthcare #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Exclusive 1m ago The Trump administration will receive a $10 billion fee for brokering the deal that kept TikTok alive in the U.S.
JFC.
Impeach and remove this lawless man, you fools.
The #TransRightsReadathon starts next week!
The readathon encourages readers to seek out books by and about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender noncomforming authors and characters.
While I decide which books I'll be reading, here's a list with recommendations! #TRR26
Plot of modeling new NIH grants after a switch to 100% MYF. There is a large drop in grants in the first year with a gradual recovery over 5 years.
There is a lot of talk lately about multi-year funding (MYF) at NIH. This is mostly a paperwork issue, but it can have a dramatic impact on the number of grants that get funded. I was curious how this would impact grant numbers over time, so I did some simple modeling. 1/n
Just so we're all clear, this is a war crime and would be punishable by life or death under U.S. law.
When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
I feel like it should be more widely unpopular that in the past year we’ve witnessed the creation of an American Stasi required to meet arrest quotas who utilize an AI technology created by a company run by a sweaty raisin of a billionaire who thinks Greta Thunberg is the antichrist.
Over 6,000 US strikes in Iran over the last 13 days, averaging a strike every 3 minutes.
But apparently we cannot afford to build more schools and hospitals in Maine. Only to bomb them overseas.
Musk paid $300 million for a spot in Trump's administration and hired bigots to wreck people's livelihoods under the guise of lowering the deficit.
Meanwhile:
Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week.
Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool.
But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.
Trump will depart to Palm Beach for the weekend to spend time at his private club and participate in a fundraiser.
This is the second weekend in a row Trump has gone golfing as he risks the lives of American service members.
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This is crucially important point.
1) "No quarter" is indeed specifically war-crime term
2) Under Geneva Conventions, after sinking an enemy ship, the attackers must "take all positive measures" to find and rescue any survivors. Text in next post
No evidence US sub did so after attack, AFAIK
A fish extends to the center canvas from the right, while a missing library card sinks in the water in the background
#2026MMM #LibraryDivision #TeamMesopotamianHimri Art by Mary C. Freisner @maryfreisner.bsky.social
A closeup illustration of a library card, with a lion's paw reaching towards it from the right, observed by a second lion's muzzle and eye in the middle ground. Books can be glimpsed on shelves in the far background
#2026MMM #LibraryDivision #TeamLions Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social
a wooden table features an upright green book with the title "Panthera leo". Winding library shelves in a curving corridor can be seen behind the book, with 2 lions facing away from the foreground
#2026MMM #LibraryDivision #TeamLions Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social
#2026 LIBRARY LEGENDS ROUND 1 WINNERS:
Nile Crocodile, Mouse, Gray Fox, Eurasian Eagle Owl, Domestic Cat, Domestic Dog, White Stork, Lions
Please join us Monday 3/16 at 8PM EST for Round 1 of Extinction is Forever!
I would not put it past the MODs to have the mold show up in a later battle to give the lion an assist. #2026MMM
Mold gets in the tear in the ear, we get a new team liold? #2026MMM
I am rooting for #TeamLions mold has done enough damage to my sinuses that I really want it to go down hard. #2026MMM
Question I will ponder until the next battle, does the void left behind by the sudden removal of the scorpion, louse, and surrounding fluids do any damage to the pups stomach? #2026MMM
Is the MMM magic about to deny the pup their snack? #2026MMM
Carnage and snackage in a single battle, we must have been extra good this year! #2026MMM
A longhaired black cat with light green eyes sits on a wooden table, paws beside a library card. Shelves of books can be seen in the background
#2026MMM #LibraryDivision #TeamDomesticCat Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social
Really need this to be a puny puppy for my later round decisions to have a decent chance. #2026MMM
