Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
@ceaman.bsky.social
Who else didn’t blink when RFK Jr.’s speech on autism was interrupted by his quack ringtone? Almost too perfect.
Because Unitarian Universalists are so dangerous, lol. Better be careful - they might sing Blue Boat Home at you and feed you soup. (I mean, they definitely will.) A real criminal enterprise. www.uuworld.org/articles/min...
At Least One Minnesota UU Church Secretly Surveilled by Federal Government, Court Records Reveal
First Universalist Church was among the community groups targeted in a U.S. Department of Homeland Security undercover operation.
uuworld.org
“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
stlpr.org
On another dark day, our ICE-impacted Minneapolis neighbors could use a hand with their very-much ongoing recovery. We've received a large donation toward Aug rents, but the need is great and we'd really like to be able to meet a greater percentage of each ask from our school families.
Donate to Support Families at a South Minneapolis Public School, organized by Anne Kosseff
We are a Title 1 neighborhood community school in south Minneapolis… Anne Kosseff needs your support for Support Families at a South Minneapolis Public School
gofundme.com
Curious about how we can all play our part here in minimising our water usage during the hot dry spell. Don’t water garden ✅ Take shower not bath ✅ Close the drive thru car wash ❌ Throttle back the data centre ❌ seems a little one-sided….
The price of Forever never stops going up.
Vote Forward@votefwd.bsky.social · 3mo ago📣 Starting Sunday, July 12th, the price of First-Class Mail Forever Stamps is increasing from 78 cents to 82 cents. Now is the perfect time to stock up at the current price if you plan to write letters to voters this year. Stock up at store.usps.gov
Okay. This is a big deal for me Three years ago, writer Henry Bean told me he had a short story he'd finished in 2020, which he felt needed to be published He'd been turned down everywhere I read it I was stunned I took it to @jewishcurrents.bsky.social It's up now, and it will change you:
The Event
“Something has taken place that we cannot speak of or know or even fully perceive, yet the fact of which sits before us.”
jewishcurrents.org
This is maybe my most BlueSky take but… Sewage treatment plants are why most places have potable water. Sewage treatment = clean water. This is blue collar prejudice for an essential service underpinning daily life in much of the developed world. Signed, Son of a Septic Tank Pumper
Dave Keon's Cousin 🏒 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱@davekeonscousin.bsky.social · 3mo agoDemocrats should name things like sewage plants after him when they win the mid-terms.
Years ago, in a match between Naples and Verona, Verona had a banner saying “Let’s go, Vesuvius” and Naples had a banner saying “Juliet, you are a slut”
No, Laura. It’s not “Antifa.” It was Patriot Front, a white nationalist organization. They covered their faces because they’re cowards who don’t want to be identified. We’ve been saying for over a year that ICE officers shouldn’t be allowed to wear masks either. They are cowards also.
A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.
"I... I guess I'll just go back to Galilee then :(" --Joseph
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoJD Vance says his faith makes him averse to “low wage foreigners”
The DOGE rats are still in the regime, still criming. Did you know passports.gov is now run by the White House, not the State Department, running illegal tracking technology? #doge
‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites
theguardian.com
Eight months after the ceasefire, Israel is still blocking the importation of cement, steel and glass to Gaza. So, residents are building homes out of clay and mud, while scavenging reinforcing bars and concrete from the debris that is everywhere. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Gazans turn to clay and rubble to build new homes
Palestinians construct makeshift mud huts to escape life in flimsy tents amid Israel’s ban on concrete and steel imports
giftarticle.ft.com
On Mercy Otis Warren, @kathleenduval.bsky.social is so good on how even powerful & privileged women fade into obscurity. My fav is @jcblibrary.bsky.social copy of MOW's 1775 scathingly satirical play The Group abt sycopahntic politicians annotated with all characters ID-ed. Beau Trumps, anyone?
Karin Wulf@kawulf.bsky.social · 4mo agoLove these pieces by @kathleenduval.bsky.social on Mercy Otis Warren and @marthasjones.bsky.social on Elizabeth Freeman. 🎁https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/22/magazine/american-revolution-the-adulateur-mercy-otis-warren.html?unlocked_article_code=1.slA.W9TX.qWqimXlx3rxg&smid=url-share
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
SCOTUS piece filed. Now to watch every available video on the Knicks.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agoMamdani's speech at the Knicks parade was easily the best I've ever heard at an event of that sort. I posted the whole thing on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. Highly recommended.
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People have been asking me if I know of a resource like StandWithMinnesota for New Jersey, and I haven't found something comprehensive. So, for the moment, I have put together all the links to NJ orgs, crowdfunding links, events, and stuck them on a page of SWM. standwithminnesota.org/jersey
New Jersey — Stand With Minnesota
standwithminnesota.org
One of the many sources cited in the new papal encyclical is... Gandalf
I’m relieved to hear this news. Thank you @mollyrains.bsky.social for your reporting. newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/resea...
Research forest at Hubbard Brook will stay open; closure of Bartlett facilities under review • New Hampshire Bulletin
Fifty-seven or more forest research stations across the nation are set to shutter as part of a nationwide "restructuring" of the U.S. Forest Service. But Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, in the Whit...
newhampshirebulletin.com
It’s been a long time coming… so thrilled to share the cover (and Oxford UP website last in 🧵) for my book, _Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_, pub date 7.2.25 (but will ship, so they say very enticingly, mid-June. 1/ #VastEarlyAmerica 🗃️
Tesla’s supposedly clean lithium processing plant is 16 miles from Corpus Christi, which is facing a water crisis. www.autonocion.com/us/tesla-lit...
A Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didn't Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Tesla's $1 Billion Lithium Refinery
The pipe belonged to Tesla. The dark liquid was wastewater from the company's nearly $1 billion lithium refinery, which began operations in December 2024 and
autonocion.com
Why do faculty and students have so little say in the governance of American universities? This terrific new paper by Daniel Hemel and David Pozen asks why American universities are liberal autocracies rather than stakeholder democracies. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
hey do you want to watch a financial expert that is paid a ton of money for that expertise argue that 3.3 is a smaller number than 3.0?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo agoJoe Kernen comes close to having a coronary on air as Pete Buttigieg dogwalks him all over the Squawk Box studio about Trump's economic mismanagement and inflation