@happygoodthing.bsky.social
If this a common phenomenon may we call disruptions due to orange cats “The Garfield Effect?” ;)
via shauna: @goldengateblond.bsky.social during a video call with an obviously distracted coworker, she eventually said "i'm sorry, can you give me a minute? i have an orange cat." and since i've had them for many years, i completely understood.
@happygoodthing.bsky.social · 3d agoIf this a common phenomenon may we call disruptions due to orange cats “The Garfield Effect?” ;)
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
muellershewrote.com
Media also reported last year that a Texas cop searched a national license plate database to try to locate a woman who had an abortion, leading to fears that conservative states that criminalize abortion are accessing California’s plate data to hunt down patients or providers.
California police love license plate readers. Privacy advocates and lawmakers want limits
They’re all over our roads and really good at helping police solve crimes, but do California’s automated license plate readers need limits?
calmatters.org
during a video call with an obviously distracted coworker, she eventually said “i’m sorry, can you give me a minute? i have an orange cat.” and since i’ve had them for many years, i completely understood.
Sarah Andersen@sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 3w ago
I am so lazy that I was trying to get a robot to be bigoted for me. Instead it just reminded me that I am bigoted. How dare it!
Alan Driscoll@alandriscoll.com · last yr.Whereas to save time screenshotting your tweet I simply asked it to encapsulate the current state of UK journalism in a single image.
Yes. This. I saw Hedwig and the Angry Inch in the early 2000s and realized I needed to be an ally. I’m straight AF. I’m not compromising my morals for political purposes.
Fatima Ameaka followed all the rules and she still got scooped on a domestic flight, caged, shipped to another cage, and then released with a promise of trial. The labyrinthine paperwork system is already cruel, now it's punctuated with random kidnappings.
Johns Hopkins researcher Fatima Ameaka released from ICE custody
A public health researcher at Johns Hopkins University who was arrested by immigration officials while boarding a domestic flight has been released after spending multiple days in federal custody acro...
thebanner.com
www.newsweek.com/hitler-incom...
Hitler Was Incompetent and Lazy—and His Government an Absolute Clown Show
Why did the elites of Germany so consistently underestimate Hitler? Possibly because they weren't actually wrong in their assessment of his competency—they just failed to realise that this wasn't enou...
newsweek.com
If y’all don’t watch Krapopolis you’re missing out
Books and Tunes@booksandtunes.bsky.social · 4d ago"Standing 6 feet 2 inches in heels, Waddingham, 52, is used to turning heads: Cynthia Erivo, a friend for more than a decade, described her as 'Amazonian in stature and in spirit and proud of it,' adding, 'It’s a thrill to watch her in action.'”
They subpoenaed an 85-year-old man who has testified before Congress 250 times. They published his private diary first. Then screamed profanity at him for not talking. Six years of investigation. Zero charges. This is what having nothing looks like. www.JackHopkinsNow.com
BREAKING: Capital One bank closed Trump’s accounts in 2021 over money laundering, per a new court filing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Capital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related Suit
Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an inter...
bloomberg.com
documentedny.com/2018/11/12/a...
This Russian Blacksmith Was Declared a Public Charge in 1913
In 1913, a 30-year old Russian blacksmith named Moische Fischmann arrived at Ellis Island where he hoped to gain entry to the United States. His main challenge? He was deaf. A panel of immigration off...
documentedny.com
Everyone should read this, especially for the bits in the article that give us some insight into what these detention prisons used by ICE are like. And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
theguardian.com
The major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the charts - The Verge
