I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
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I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
I love to be told that feminism has failed women by women whose careers and ability to flourish in public life, let alone have a credit card, only exist because of feminism
The hashtag #accessibility allows you to find lots of accessibility-related resources. To find accessibility resources in Spanish, use the hashtag #accesibilidad. The hashtag #accessibilité helps you find resources in French.
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
A purple flower stretches upward, growing from a crack in the sidewalk concrete
Like a stubborn bloom
Living in cracks of concrete
You cannot kill hope.
#poetry #Haiku
Photo by Stockcake
Totoro in Paris Street: Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte.
famous artwork but with a twist: thread
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
AWS being down is a great reminder that letting Amazon own half the internet is a really bad thing we've allowed to happen
Not sure why this image is so shocking, given everything he’s done but: it’s shocking!
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings
20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US.
The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.
Live your life in such a way that if the escalator stops, you don’t assume it’s because people hate you.
Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
This is Finny. He doesn’t go chasing waterfalls. He carefully studies their timing and arrives in advance. 14/10 very impressive (TT: jordancain70)
‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms.
‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.
But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.
Accessible Social got a facelift! I created a better top nav bar, reorganized the footer, made the primary background color less harsh on the eyes, and updated the site's primary font to Inclusive Sans so it's easier to read. Still more to do, but I'm happy with the updates I've managed so far!
Forget doodles. I think what we need is designer dog breeds that cross with hounds. You can call them -hunds to be fancy and German. The Goldenhund. The Labrahund. The Sheephund.
It sleeps for ten hours, runs for five minutes, then takes a nap to gear up for the next ten hours of serious sleep.
📻Worth a read/listen: This 99% Invisible episode shares Ed Roberts’ story and the disability rights movement that led to curb cuts—small ramps that changed city streets for wheelchair users.
It’s about activism, independence, and the ongoing fight for inclusion. ✊💚
