Anyone playing at Ironic-But-Not-Ironic Literary Snobbery in a world of book bans and right-wing censorship of history is a dabbler at best, and at worst destined to become part of the problem. They’ve already got one foot in the misogyny bucket, and will surely trip on it.
Even though I'm an economist, I wish there was more focus on the human suffering from this war and less focus on the economic consequences. Hundreds of little girls are dead, and we're worried about oil prices.
If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.
Never any money for healthcare, housing, infrastructure maintenance, school lunches, libraries, science research, or fucking *air controllers*.
Never any shortage of cash for militarized police and imperial wars.
If you took $1 billion and gave it to the endowment of a different small college each day, they could each provide a free college education to several hundred students per year in perpetuity. Instead we are using that money to bomb schools and kill students in Iran, for no clearly stated purpose.
On top of being some seriously dystopian bullshit.
“We bombed a school and killed all 100+ students inside because an AI chatbot said it was a military facility” is yet another true thing you can’t say to offline normies without sounding like a crazy person
Script if you need it:
I’m calling to tell Representative ____ to oppose H.R. 7661. This bill would pressure schools to remove titles that discuss lived experiences that some politicians find controversial. I don’t think trans people are controversial. (contin)
A shortage of large passenger charter planes due to DHS paying 10x the usual rates to ferry kidnapped migrants is threatening NCAA Tournament travel plans
The Mariana’s Trench is a sidewalk crack compared to this depth.
I am going to link to organizations that I know for sure are helping trans Kansans. This thread will develop slowly as I either know people or will vet them.
At this point we have not heard from anyone being helped via relocation resources. These exist, but I assume they are overwhelmed.
Disability Day of Mourning, Disability Day of Rage, Disability Day of Hoping for a Better World ♥️
It’s not a distraction. They’re just fucking evil.
"The attack came despite US intelligence assessments that Iran was unlikely to pose an immediate threat to the US mainland within the next decade."
So why do it?
"A weeks-long lobbying effort by Israel and Saudi Arabia..."
Ah. Not just weak, but cheap, too.
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So basically, we’re extra fucked.
People live in these places that are being bombed. Whole people are being murdered.
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Israel said it launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran, pushing the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation and further dimming hopes for a diplomatic solution to Tehran's long-running nuclear dispute with the West reut.rs/3N9KHGD
Following the lies and hatred targeting trans folks during the State of the Union Address, numerous republican House representatives introduced a bill that would create A NATIONWIDE BOOK BAN.
Here's what it is and what to do: bookriot.com/hr7661-book-...
One of the most painful things in recent months has been speaking with friends who rolled their eyes at these warnings and are now fully terrified for themselves and their kids. No-one wanted those warnings to be true, I get it. But ignoring them altogether, for years?…
We could have stopped this.
if people want diversity in romance they've got to stop reading the BIPOC books on netgalley and actually spend money on them, instead of buying yet another special edition of the same book by a white author they already have ten copies of
New Navigator Research poll:
A majority (52%) of respondents said "authoritarian" is a term that well describes the U.S. Government.
47 percent also said "dictatorship" well describes this administration.
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And yes, the Brewers logo will be stenciled on top of (up to 75) filled potholes.
UK: Prince Andrew arrested.
South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.
Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.
USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.
Musk advocates white monoculturalism
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
29 years ago, I went on a date with a guy I met through a friend. Haven’t gone on a first date since. So I guess I kinda like him.
For those of you keeping score at home, the actual cut to the Post newsroom was 45%, not the widely reported one third. Remaining journalists are a bit over 400, down from around 1100 four years ago and 580 when Bezos bought the place.
Every time I tried to explain a type of bigotry. “But why do they care?” I have no fucking clue.
I'm sure this will end well.
My kids assumed gay was as widespread as straight. So I never had to explain it. I had to explain homophobia instead. That was so much harder.
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