Mike Rabin

He exposed myth of the South’s ‘Lost Cause.’ His death shook Richmond. William “Bill” Martin, 71, died Sunday, Dec. 28, a day after being struck by a car near the Valentine local history museum where he had served as director more than 30 years.

what a terrible loss to the commonwealth www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

It’s unconstitutional per our Preamble: constitution.congress.gov/constitution...

People who work for Richmond should be able to afford living well in Richmond.

And when people can live well in Richmond, they circulate value that ultimately raises revenues and lowers social burdens for Richmond.

Yeah — so we need a better media model that is in service to democracy.

The NYT is a leading perpetuator of the myth that people are divided between left and right — when it’s systems of power such as themselves that make it so.

What’s their reasoning?

Are there resources that begin to comprehensively outline restorative justice and reparation measures?

@danaelkurd.bsky.social

Appreciate it!

Hi Nathan - did you end up generating resources that we can apply here? Things are really ramping up here in Virginia for our statehouse elections.

If left vs. right politics is creating more problems than it solves, let's stop reducing ourselves and others' entire worldviews to signposts. ⬅️ ➡️

Let's not be signposts. Let's be human.

“Social media is a cancer on our society & I would encourage people to log off, touch grass, hug a family member, go out & do good in your community.” - Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox

We Must Stop This Civil War Before It’s Unstoppable Once we accept deadly violence as a normal part of American life, we’re done for.

I hesitate to even post this on the kind of platform fueling the crisis we're in.

It's almost certainly futile, as the algorithms don't want anyone to hear this kind of sentiment - which is a big part of the problem.

www.levernews.com/we-must-stop...

This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC

Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault

JD Vance says he doesn't "give a shit" about being accused of a war crime

This is real, somehow

Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday

There won’t be a free election next year based on the rise in police intimidation and the January 6th precedent.

Folks need to wake up.

This is the winning position because it meets at the principles of the Constitution and its balance of powers — which are practical rather than political.

It’s higher ground that speaks to all people.

I am an American. In my country, law enforcement would show their faces, respect private property, not threaten people’s families, and follow the law. @hcrichardson.bsky.social

PragerU Is Moving Into Sesame Street Amid PBS funding cuts, right-wing agitprop Prager University aims for the head of the class.

👀 NEWS: IRS documents show conservative propaganda machine PragerU spent $650,000 on a gala at Mar-A-Lago - and soon after Trump targeted PBS for elimination, setting up PragerU to fill the educational void in schools across the country America.

www.levernews.com/prageru-is-m...

This is the seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

‘Help me, please!’

Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community.

Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.

It’s a meaningful article, but the focus on Republicans around courage conveys a profound blind spot.

The call for solidarity being needed is correct. But there should be no need for catastrophic losses if elitists open the Overton Window to systems change.

Each of these cases are canaries in the coal mine. This is not about politics, it's about protecting our foundational rights under the U.S. and Virginia Constitutions as the federal government's violations grow crueler and closer.

Appreciate @senatorhashmi.bsky.social for this statement.

Crypto group says it orchestrated sex toy tosses A self-described cryptocurrency enthusiast told ESPN that the recent sex toy stunts that have disrupted WNBA games were orchestrated by a group he is involved in.

A currency is also a social contract.

If all we’re doing is “disrupting” the old game with technology, the direction we are all going socially is backwards.

www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

Smart! Raven loves winning Tic Tac Toe.

At-Home Ketamine “Completely Irresponsible”, Says UK Expert

“In the psychedelic world, we are very aware that context is important,” Professor Celia Morgan said, referring to set and setting, as well as the social matrix surrounding the drug user.

psychedelicalpha.com/news/therapy...

Not good.

Brightline death toll surpasses 180, but safeguards are still lacking Brightline trains have killed 182 people, significantly more than publicly known, an investigation by the Miami Herald and WLRN has found.

Florida's privately owned Brightline train has killed 182 people since 2017 www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.