BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
Genuinely terrifying
I cannot get this image out of my head. It is full of violent hate for people who are caring for their community.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
'“Another adult living in the home was outside and begged the agents to let him take care of the small child, and was refused,” Stenvik said.'
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We are open for submissions! Send us your original horror fiction up to 3000 words, reprints up to 5000 words, and chilling cover art until February 14th. thephantompulse.com
The haunt begins today.
Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
1. This is really cool, great idea
2. Who came up with these reaction choices, my sophomore organic text?
#chemchat
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The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
[a short thread]
Many years ago, a general goal in higher ed was helping out struggling student populations.
Seems like something everyone can agree on – helping out students who aren't doing well.
1/n
Canvas, the course management platform used by my university (and many others), has been down all day due to the AWS outage. It has prompted some good discussions about how much critical infrastructure is now outsourced to a few companies.
We went from the customer is always right to the customer is always ripe for the picking.
fortune.com/2025/07/16/d...
NEW: With deep job cuts at the FDA, inspectors say the ongoing strain could compromise policing an industry spread across more than 90 countries.
“Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
A screenshot of an email notifying Spotsylvania parents that funding for a program for youth with disabilities has been canceled
the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Sadly cancelled, but me and my kid liked Dead End: Paranormal Park
I dunno, my dad had polio and apart from never being able to run or walk really fast for his entire adolescence and adult life and also general muscle stiffness and aches for the last 60 years of his life, he recovered just fine.
It made me physically ill following updates from the Supreme Court today. Sending love to trans people, trans kids especially, and their families because… whew. Enduring this kind of hostility is an experience us cisgender will never fully understand.
Right, it seems like AI is being added onto almost everything now and it’s often unclear how it’s adding value.
Interesting replies. It seems we need better data about the impacts of various kinds of AI use
I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well.
Neither do you.
Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.
A screenshot of a U.S. map shaded by state to illustrate crude prevalence of "2023 Weight classification by Body Mass Index (BMI) (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions) (Crude Prevalence) View by: Overall Response: Obese (BMI 30.0 - 99.8)"
In 28 states, more than 1 in 10 adults say they are skipping needed medical care over cost
Texas remains state with worst rate of residents skipping doctor's visits at 18.3%
Per new CDC BRFSS figures uploaded overnight for 2023
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Post a Calvin & Hobbes that lives rent-free in your head.
Read the article. Read it twice. Absorb the psychological journey of the protagonist, and recognize it, deep in your own psyche. We need to change the way we teach the subject.
www.propublica.org/article/3m-f...
Thank you. Feedback that cultivates excellence over adequacy makes sense.
Dominos is trying pretty hard to convince us they are recycling.dominos.com
One way we know that Republicans will come for your birth control is that... Republicans are already coming for your birth control.
www.fox23.com/news/new-abo...
Now leading at the www.erlywrm.com
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
