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Reading books in the Midwest. Attempting to figure out how avoid the consequences of other people's stupidity.
In their Big Ugly Bill, Republicans traded away SNAP benefits for hungry families for tax breaks for their billionaire friends. Now, tens of thousands of Wisconsinites are going hungry.
Thousands of Wisconsinites have lost food aid in largest cut in US history
The One Big Beautiful Bill passed last year by President Donald Trump and Republicans is the largest cut to healthcare and food aid in the nation’s history, advocates say. Food pantries are seeing a n...
wpr.org
I'm on the road, but my heart is at home in Madison. Corey Ruiz is dead, his family—and the city—is grieving, and a neighborhood that has carried this kind of shock, pain, and loss before is again in mourning. If you're able, join me in supporting Corey's family: gofund.me/81bea73c2
Global sea-surface temperatures just reached their 50th consecutive record hot day and are expected to continue to rise for another month. This is so far beyond 'bonkers' (technical climate science term) that the Climate 8-ball has decided to start drinking early today.
Rep. Aisha Gomez: “To look at people standing up against ICE and see ‘paid protesters’ says nothing about us and everything about you.” “That you cannot conceive of us loving our neighbors so much that we would actually do something for them.”
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo should be with his family today. Instead, he was killed by ICE — and his family learned of his murder by hearing his cries on social media, like Silverio Villegas González in Chicago. His family must hear the truth with a full, transparent investigation.
US sees earliest start to West Nile virus season and most cases by late June since 2004. The CDC is encouraging people to take steps to prevent infection over the holiday weekend. Read more: ow.ly/gkvX50ZjOjR 📷: CDC/Amy Lockwood
Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS
Half of all businesses fail in the first 5 years, so flip a coin to see if we're still a nation by the end of this.
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 2mo agogonna suggest we try not running the country like a business for a bit
Derrick Van Orden doesn’t work for his constituents. Case in point—he prides himself as a representative of a rural district and having a seat on the Agricultural Committee, but he's skipped nearly half of the committee and subcommittee hearings since 2024. 📰 https://tinyurl.com/3zxj3492
In a Capitol Hill briefing, a high-ranking officer on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff stated that some of the people killed by the U.S. military may have been the victims of human trafficking. interc.pt/4xgem3f
"The funniest possible outcome of the AI mandate era is about to be HR departments discovering that 'sincerely held religious belief' under Title VII has a much lower bar than they assumed, and Pope Leo handed every Catholic employee a written excuse" www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-r...
She won an exemption from using AI at her tech job. The Pope's remarks could fuel similar appeals.
Legal experts say employers must take AI-related religious objections seriously, as a 2023 ruling raised the bar for denying such accommodations.
businessinsider.com
There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
After a Wisconsin town did this, the mayor said: “The fact that they didn’t take the cameras down shows that we are the product. They were never really selling to us in the first place. They're selling to much bigger agencies the ability to spy on a ton of people.” (via boltsmag.org/verona-wisco...)
Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew: Regretful cities are literally covering their Flock cameras with black trash bags because they cannot figure out how to immediately exit their surveillance contracts or get the cameras taken down: www.404media.co/cities-are-c...
Wait a minute before reacting if it's not life or death. Toddlers or teens, an immediate strong reaction is likely to make everything after harder.
Frankie Huang 黄碧赤@ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 2mo agoI’m so sick of former bird app takes, I want to hear everyone’s parenting hot takes
Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
motherjones.com
Multiple times a week someone on an e-bike passes me when I'm on my road bike and most of them say some version of sorry for cheating. I'm like, look around, there are a million people driving 4,000 lb SUVs alone to pick up a cup of coffee, you are not cheating my friend.
new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...
Everlee Has Disappeared
Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.
webworm.co
Not enough people are talking about this. The Trump Administration is moving to cut benefits for up to 400,000 disabled Americans — people with Down syndrome, severe autism, dementia — for no other reason than that they live at home with their families instead of in an institution.
DHS agents assault journalist in Los Angeles while snatching protestors (seemingly at random) during May Day protests
EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life.
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
rollingstone.com
Minot Public Library director comes out swinging on library ebook costs with the best metaphor we've seen yet. www.minotdailynews.com/opinion/loca...
Pope Leo has stirred awake a progressive Christianity. It can rise again | Bill McKibben
Pope Leo has stirred awake a progressive Christianity. It can rise again | Bill McKibben
With his stand against Trump, the pope has shown the far right doesn’t have a monopoly on Christianity. If people of good faith push hard, the future could be redefined
theguardian.com
A University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa study shows that Waikīkī faces increasing sewage flood risks from sea-level rise through storm-drain backflow and groundwater emergence. The findings call for updated flood strategies focused on contamination, not just surface damage and economic loss.
Waikīkī faces escalating threat of sewage-contaminated flooding as sea level rises
A new study by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa researchers revealed that Waikīkī is facing a fundamental shift in flood hazards as sea levels rise–transitioning from a flooding that is driven primarily...
soest.hawaii.edu
"Benches are where optimistic visions of civic life meet reality. To remove them, or to curate who gets to sit, is to abandon the work of defining a civic ideal and determining, together, how to live up to it." NEW: Why benches are slowly disappearing from public spaces — and why we need them back:
The Disappearance of the Public Bench
Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest.
placesjournal.org
A reminder while Republicans bitch about Dems finishing the redistricting fight they started: they have full control of gov’t— they can pass a law banning gerrymandering any time they want. They won’t. Republicans aren’t mad gerrymandering exists; they’re mad that they’re not the only ones using it.
