ICE has raided Ilhan Omar's home. She was twelve years old when she came to America as a refugee. The claim is that her father might have made a mistake on his paperwork. Elon Musk came illegally as an adult, according to his own brother.
Graham C Lester
@grahamclester.bsky.social
From Furzedown, Southwest London. Living in the US since 1983. Currently in Kansas. Interests: culture, arts, science, humor. Been against Trump since the 1980s!
Yes, Reach Out to MAGA! All the good people were morally outraged ten years ago. There's no point reaching out to MAGA based on morality. We should accept that they are immoral & reach out to them based on Trump's incompetence. Trump is hurting them. That's the line: self interest. We need votes!
Why Trump's new diesel deal with Putin will not significantly lower diesel prices: youtu.be/47HRDgf4zGk?...
Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal Has a BIG Problem
YouTube video by Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦
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Evangelical Christian professor exposes severe persecution of Christians by Trump's closest ally, Vladimir Putin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYf...
Putin Says He Protects Christians—Then His Troops Target Evangelicals
YouTube video by Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦
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"We have to have sharia law in order to protect America from sharia law."
This is very bad: “The language of ‘rewards’ instead of wages shifts risk entirely on to workers, who invest their time and expertise without any guarantee of fair compensation. . .” www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
‘Someone else will do it for less’: Refugees in Kenya are powering tech for dwindling pay
Refugee gig workers for tech companies don’t know how much they’ll be paid – if AI hasn’t already taken their jobs
theguardian.com
Trump admin's new rule adding prohibitively expensive new fees for "OPT"—temporary work authorization program for international students and new grads in the United States—is out. Would require colleges to pay $70,000 for year one. $30,000 for years two and three combined for STEM fields.
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Muslim Accused of Gang-Raping American Let Go would be a more typical headline for the Mail but when it's Trump that lets the accused go they downplay it. . .
The Daily Mail is reporting that the Trump administration has allowed one of the accused Cornell students to return home to Dubai.
Put a Bumper Sticker On Your Car! The conventional wisdom that bumper stickers don't work is based on no credible studies that I can find. At minimum, bumper stickers increase name recognition, but I think they also say, "Hey, here is an ordinary, respectable American who is voting Democratic."
On a positive note, it's worth pausing to consider that now, more than ever, we have all the tools necessary in order to create a happy, flourishing society. Our only problem is bad management. The future could still be wonderful!
I'm so old that I can remember when AI used to stand for artificial insemination and trumps were worth having and musk was a turn on.
RAPE GANG OR ICE? BOTH? No ID. No badges. No uniform. Masks. An unmarked van. How are you supposed to know? PAXIS.app explains your rights during ICE encounters. Free: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS This is the shit we grew up hearing about in dictatorships. Now it’s here. Record EVERYTHING.
If Dems win back the Congress Trump will probably spend the next two years completely destroying the USA and the world and then blame the Democrats, and the media will go along with it again.
The World: "Stop re-naming shit." Trump: "Shit will now be known as super shit."
An argument against "Great English race" types is that the vast majority of the things people associate with Englishness have existed for well under three hundred years; a few, like pantomimes & Guy Fawkes Day go back a little further, but you are hard-pressed to find anything over 500 years old.
An app that makes kids practice simple reading and/or math for twenty minutes before they can turn their phone on. . . Even better: same thing for adults.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you lemonade, make shandy. When life gives you shandy, drink twice as much.
The five Gloucestershire "terrorists" have been *released* on bail after no bombs were actually found!
I am very happy to see that University of the People, which charges only administrative fees and nothing for tuition, is now accredited. If you know anyone who wants to go to university but genuinely can't afford to, this is likely their best answer: www.uopeople.edu/tuition-free/
World’s first tuition‑free, 100% online university: UoPeople
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I see the Moonies are boasting that JD Vance brought up their imprisoned cult leader's case directly with the Korean president. It would be interesting to know how much JD Vance was paid for this or if there was some other kind of trade of favors involved. #JDVance
"The DoH said that 890 measles cases had been confirmed across 39 counties in the state so far for the year. The outbreak had resulted in 173 hospitalizations in the state and four measles-associated deaths, the statement added." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Pennsylvania measles outbreak spreads, with 55 new cases reported since Wednesday
Less than 1% of infected have been vaccinated, with 173 people hospitalized and four deaths so far
theguardian.com
The Gmail thingie that uses AI to write your response for you without being asked is the most condescending thing in the long and annoying history of haughtiness and disdain.
Four Big Questions 1) How do we end suffering? 2) Is life *without* suffering even worthwhile? 3) Is it possible to have a worthwhile life if we create a safety net that artificially constrains suffering/hardship/struggle within a certain limit? 4) Does intelligent life eventually give up?
Before he was @johnlegend.bsky.social, he was a kid from Springfield, Ohio. John Legend reflects on the Haitian families who became his neighbors and remembers 20-year-old Pierre Damas Bel. "I send you love to my hometown."
