According to documents reviewed by TPM, the Trump administration is planning to exclude noncitizens from the 2030 Census, and to eliminate the collection of race and ethnicity data for the first time since 1790.

READ: A New Draft Rule for the Census Seeks Sweeping Changes to How Political Power Is Allocated

The Trump administration is planning to dramatically reshape the data the Census...

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but also this probably already exists on wikipedia and you wouldn't need to drain a lake multiple times to access it.

Mina Kimes@minakimes.bsky.social · 4h ago

Hello I reinvented Cliff’s Notes so adults can revert to being lazy 8th graders who didn’t do their homework. Give me a billion dollars now.

AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN: throw this corrupt piece of shit in jail.

Ian Carrillo@iansociologo.bsky.social · 2h ago

Reactionaries are also nakedly corrupt. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

MN AG Keith Ellison said in a statement that “out of an abundance of caution” his office will be monitoring the federal monitors. [...] we do not expect any violations of the law,” Ellison said. www.startribune.com/minnesota-of...

Minnesota officials advise voters as Justice Department sends seven teams to monitor primary

The Minnesota Attorney General will send observers to watch the federal observers.

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ok dammit I'm going to the gym

I wish people would be specific about what they think "woke" means and which parts they thought were silly.

Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · 2h ago

when you say "woke was silly" or whatever, I hear you not taking community organizers from marginalized populations — whether that's the criminalized, people of color, trans people, etc. — seriously that's what a lot of yall do anyway but at least you're saying it out loud

when you say "woke was silly" or whatever, I hear you not taking community organizers from marginalized populations — whether that's the criminalized, people of color, trans people, etc. — seriously that's what a lot of yall do anyway but at least you're saying it out loud

If you think you were a token in academia, just wait until you figure out why you are on the anti-woke beat at The Atlantic.

The @nytimes hasn't written a single article asking if "voters will think Tom Tiffany is too radical" because he is an election-denying, pro-ICE, authoritarian extremist. Somehow, his position on the political spectrum has disappeared completely from the National and State Conversations™️

Will Wisconsin Voters Think Francesca Hong Is Too Radical? Here’s Where She Stands.

The democratic socialist is the front-runner to win the Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin on Tuesday.

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🤯

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@kendrawrites.com · 17h ago

This is why you can't talk about the need to keep women skinny without talking about the need to keep women docile. It's also why cults use restrictive diets.

This is why you can't talk about the need to keep women skinny without talking about the need to keep women docile. It's also why cults use restrictive diets.

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 17h ago

"We became more introverted/concerned about our own problems," says Bob Willoughby, another participant. "We were no longer concerned about the problems of the world. We weren't as concerned about helping others. Our thoughts were dominated by food" americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/wwi...

"We became more introverted/concerned about our own problems," says Bob Willoughby, another participant. "We were no longer concerned about the problems of the world. We weren't as concerned about helping others. Our thoughts were dominated by food" americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/wwi...

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@kendrawrites.com · 18h ago

I think not enough people understand how much of our understanding of what starvation does to the mind comes from the Minnesota Starvation experiment and they put those boys on ~1,500 calorie a day diets

I think not enough people understand how much of our understanding of what starvation does to the mind comes from the Minnesota Starvation experiment and they put those boys on ~1,500 calorie a day diets

ICE detention of Asian people is 6x higher under the Trump regime, our research confirms. As DHS builds more facilities without guardrails or repercussions, that number will continue to grow along with the death count. We can't allow ICE to continue terrorizing our communities & getting away with it

Asian and Pacific Islander ICE Data - Stop AAPI Hate Action

These fact sheets analyze ICE data to better understand the impact on our communities by examining trends in arrests, detentions, and deportations.

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BREAKING: The plaintiffs in two of the challenges to Trump's Jan 20, 2025 effort to end birthright citizenship (CASA and Barbara) went back to court today over Trump's new August executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship.

HEY ANGIE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE MILLIONAIRES ARE SAYING

Angie Craig@angiecraigmn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Proud to earn the endorsement of Patriotic Millionaires. When even millionaires are saying the system is rigged, it’s clear we need a complete overhaul to rebuild an economy that rewards hard work and creates opportunity for all Americans.

This was posted 4 days after Alex Pretti was murdered, by the woman who voted to thank ICE. Priorities!

Angie Craig@angiecraigmn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Proud to earn the endorsement of Patriotic Millionaires. When even millionaires are saying the system is rigged, it’s clear we need a complete overhaul to rebuild an economy that rewards hard work and creates opportunity for all Americans.

😬

Manuelita Beck@litabeck.bsky.social · 2h ago

It's official: Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has selected former Mesa Mayor John Giles, a longtime Republican who is now registered to vote as an independent, as her running mate. Arizona voters will elect a lieutenant governor for the first time this year. www.abc15.com/news/state/d...

I lose my place in books all the time, I just skim back to refresh my memory. Sometimes if I've left a big gap I have to start a book over but I can usually re-read the parts I've read before very quickly. But after I'm done with a book I generally forget everything quite quickly.

So we just got my dog's dna test back and my husband put the breeds in copilot or something and came out with an abomination, while my dog is cute and adorable. More evidence that AI is for monsters.

A mastodon thread yesterday described chatbot users as being engaged in an eternal game of guessing the password that will allow them to progress to the next level, and I am still reeling from how true this rings to my experience of interacting with said users

people don’t want to hear it, but the logic of policing leads to jailing people who haven’t done anything wrong. Policing without any serious conception of how to make the wrong things right can only lead to an abuse of power. Violence doesn’t solve social problems

SCOOP: A hedge fund billionaire has quietly poured $15 million into a political machine working to reshape the Democratic Party — and steer it away from the left. Today, that machine faces its biggest test in Connecticut. We investigated what Stephen Mandel actually wants. ⬇️

Facebook is such a terrible product lmao.

Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention

My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.

thenation.com

LOL he's doing great.

OSINTRadar@osintradar.bsky.social · 10h ago

Trump was guarded by an Avenger air defense system while playing golf.

My universal field theory of academia is that it’s no different than any other job but it presents itself as different and that discontinuity causes so so many problems.

Merle Eisenberg@merleeisenberg.bsky.social · 21h ago

My second (and last!) foray into the Atlantic/Harper debate for today is that this essay gets it quite right. Maybe I'm just a sucker for some structure and agency to describe outcomes. Simply put: Academia is not different from the rest of society with marketing and branding playing a key role.

Texas Republicans are forcing the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom. Three moms are now fighting back using the state’s own religious freedom and parental rights laws. You love to see it. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/three-texa...

Three Texas moms cite "religious freedom" to strike down state's Ten Commandments law

The Houston parents say mandatory Christian displays violate the very protections Texas Republicans claim to champion

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"I want to feel like I've read important books but I don't want to take the time to do so efficiently"

Matt Pearce@mattdpearce.com · 5h ago

I’m learning that the people who gamified paragraphs are having trouble reading books. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...

Justice Gregory Carro this morning said there would be an overflow room for Luigi Mangione’s murder trial and criticized his lawyers for suggesting the DA was secretly involved in determining media access, calling it a “reckless mischaracterization of the ethics undertaken by this court”