Phillips (she/her) 🪓

The system works as the system is designed.

Marco Rubio greets Chuck Schumer in January 2026 at the Capitol Visitor Center

A close-up of his foot shows his shoes are too big

hmm

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

Hegseth drove himself this morning, I see

Um, how am I supposed to cite which state is comparable in geographic size to a given small country now??

(For real this sucks though.)

Charlotte bought Norfolk Southern right-of-way, passed a funding referendum, *and* approved the design of a regional rail in two years.

Atlanta, never let Andre Dickens and marta tell you that better rail transit is impossible.

Trump pick for State Department drops out after drawing heat for comments about ‘white culture’ Jeremy Carl faced tough questions from lawmakers during a Senate confirmation hearing last month.

just putting this in the 'bring back shame' files

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

I love good news.

Ohio EPA weighs allowing data centers to dump wastewater into rivers COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency released a draft for a new permit that would allow data centers across the state to release untreated wastewater and stormwater dire…

AI is better than humans because AI doesn’t get cancer. So let’s build data centers that we know will cause humans to get cancer. It’s a win all around.
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...

So you're telling me that for two consecutive weekends, an elite long distance runner competing in the United States lost a race because the motorcade made a wrong turn? How are these amateurs allowed to run these competitions?

www.foxla.com/news/wrong-t...

again maybe I'm focused on the wrong thing here but they call themselves YNs??????

Missile in Deadly Iranian School Strike Appears to Be U.S.-Made, Photos Taken by Iran Show Iranian state media posted mangled remnants it claims were from the Feb. 28 attack in Minab. An analysis shows they have the markings of a missile made by American manufacturers

Mangled missile fragments purporting to be from the deadly strikes that hit a naval base and elementary school in southern Iran on Feb. 28 bear the markings of an American cruise missile, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

The US media refuses to recognize that other countries face/have faced the same issues and have found ways to resolve or mitigate those issues. It's like a big ol' mystery that nobody has faced ever in the history of the world. It's really annoying and not informative.

When Trump said this strike was "done by Iran," he was lying, just as he lied about keeping America out of wars.

He & Sec. Hegseth are responsible for the killing of these 175 people, most of them children. They must be held accountable.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...

“ChatGPT had convinced him that all of this was so obviously true... I felt like I was talking to a cult member.” With more and more people relying on chatbots, @samleecole.bsky.social asks experts how we can help someone experiencing "AI psychosis."

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Mayor Mamdani with NYSNA members

A woman throwing a bowing ball

A woman cheering in a bowling alley

Mayor Mamdani throwing a bowling ball down the lane

For over a month, NYC nurses stood firm and refused to accept half-measures.

It was a privilege to join them on the picket line then, and an honor to join them at the bowling lanes to celebrate their victory with a few mores strikes.

Scary times.

Anti-war protests 🌎

(From paddystinian)

I couldn’t read the entire thing. Ban this shit.

Interesting that among the few advance plans we made are those that benefit Russia. See my longer essay on Oligarchic Corridors.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-oligar...

Now comes the ritual humiliation of NFL players. Just a few people speaking out in defense of their own dignity would make a big difference here.

Voting rights, Supreme Court lead concerns amid Bloody Sunday commemoration | Alabama Reflector The march across Edmund Pettus Bridge marks the end of a weekend of celebrations in honor of the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

Via @andreadotweb.bsky.social: “I step into the feet of people who did not say ‘I’m too tired’ and did not say ‘I can’t do it’ but who walked against the odds," said Cindy Acker, a playwright, "and because of that my life is completely different than it would have been.”

someone at the pentagon frantically typing “Claude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.”

Blessed to live in the greatest city.

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ICYMI — Trump lied.

(From @bluegeorgia.bsky.social )

Lying eyes be like 👀🙄👀

With Trump’s constant grift though… I have to believe these guys were heavily investing in oil futures beforehand

Iranian journalist reports in front of the flames of a burning Oil depot.