Tribes decry governor’s veto of two bills expanding tribal consultation, religious protections Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills that would’ve given tribal governments a greater voice in water projects and in preventing the destruction of sacred Indigenous religious sites on state land.

Tribes decry governor’s veto of two bills expanding tribal consultation, religious protections

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills that would’ve given tribal governments a greater voice in water projects and in preventing the destruction of sacred Indigenous religious sites on state land.

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What Derek Chauvin did to George Floyd was a public extrajudicial execution. Keep that in mind when you say we haven't had a public execution since 1936. We have, actually. Many times. They're called police murders.

And if you say that these are not by "the state" - well what are police? They are the gatekeepers of the state.

Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · 6h ago

What Derek Chauvin did to George Floyd was a public extrajudicial execution. Keep that in mind when you say we haven't had a public execution since 1936. We have, actually. Many times. They're called police murders.

In the past three days, advocates say at least 100 people have been detained. cal.news/47b0ZWi 📸 Larry Valenzuela

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Tom Ackerman on Instagram: "Isaias! Part Deux 👀 #Isaias #hurricane #tropicalstorm #reels"

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Your favorite critic is in cream for the NYFF closing night screening of Ava DuVernay's "14th."

LAist reporter Jill Replogle was out at the Long Beach Peninsula watching high tides hit the boardwalk and the streets. There's also storms and rain coming for SoCal this weekend. 💪 Be part of keeping local news strong: LAist.com/Donate 🎥 Jill Replogle, Joshua Letona

The CEO of California’s $126 billion high-speed rail project is on the hot seat after inspectors found $600,000 in spending on improper travel perks. cal.news/4ATFtD7 📸 Fred Greaves

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Some of you were asking for a tomatillo update. Here is the update: he is very handsome

It's just been announced at NYCC so I guess I can tell you that I'm writing The Regulators for Marvel. My five issue comic series will be out in 2027. Mutants, magic and monsters woven into the very fabric of Jim Crow America.

I'm interested in why some people believe that "abolishing ICE" is possible but defunding policing is not.

“What matters is that there’s real support for the Palestinian people, not just talk & slogans.” Three years into the genocide, some Palestinians in Gaza say that pro-Palestine rhetoric from politicians only goes so far if realities don’t shift on the ground, Mohammed Abo Matar reports.

Three years into Gaza's genocide, U.S. political rhetoric hasn't translated into action

While some political candidates rose to prominence through their support for Palestine, the U.S. has not stopped backing Israel

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I love that these things are having their lives, too.

One of the things I love love love about getting older is that so many of my things got older with me. I love that I’ve had my dishes and flatware for over a decade. I love that my living room rug has been with me for 20 years. I love that my winter coat has seen so many winters.

The Economist has come down in the world.

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Is tongue-scraping truly a useful part of dental hygiene, or is brushing and flossing enough? Register for free to learn what the science says bit.ly/4xZaFxY Illustration: Cristina Spanò

This is so sleazy Of course Thatcher’s (or any politician’s) estate shouldn’t be able to control scripted depictions. But using AI to graft her actual face into an actor? No. This is exploitative regardless of what you think of the actual (now dead) person variety.com/2026/film/gl...

The case is a bitter reminder of the ways LGBTQ people have had their identities weaponized by the courts in the past, most notoriously through a legal defense tactic known as gay or trans “panic.”

TN Court Rules Killing of Woman May Have Been Justifiable Because She Was Trans

The ruling, the first of its kind in Tennessee history, revives elements of the infamous “trans panic” defense.

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Challenge accepted! 😁 Mike Johnson Suggests He’ll Quit Congress If Voters Reject GOP in Midterms | Truthout truthout.org/articles/mik...

Mike Johnson Suggests He’ll Quit Congress If Voters Reject GOP in Midterms

The latest polls show Democrats outperforming Republicans in the midterms by around eight points.

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New Mexico pipeline explodes, launches 100-foot flames and starts a wildfire - Boing Boing boingboing.net/2026/10/09/n...

New Mexico pipeline explodes, launches 100-foot flames and starts a wildfire

Residents near La Boca described the pipeline explosion as sounding like an F-16 taking off in their neighbor's yard.

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Woman Forges Friendship With a Blue Jay She Fed as a Hungry Chick laughingsquid.com/baby-blue-ja...

Woman Forges Lasting Friendship With a Blue Jay She Fed as a Hungry Chick

A hungry baby blue jay flew onto Desiree’s deck looking for food. She fed him cat food with chopsticks, beginning a lasting friendship with "Birdie".

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Fair. I don’t “know” if it can become conscious. I’m not convinced by the arguments and none of the speculations strike me as interesting or plausible. It’s a fine math and ethics problem…if we didn’t have an authoritarian government with unprecedented technical capacity for state violence

John Benoit@johnbenoit.bsky.social · 10h ago

I’m writing this in genuine curiosity: why are so many people confident that artificial consciousness is impossible, when science has failed to explain biological consciousness? We don’t know why the human brain produces the sensation of consciousness. How can we rule out that it can be recreated?

"In Olmstead v. L.C., which stands for Lois Curtis, the majority held that the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act guarantees that people with disabilities have a right to live outside the walls of asylums, state hospitals and nursing homes. More than two decades later, that right is under threat."

The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise

Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won a victory that gave people with disabilities the freedom to choose where they live. That legacy is now under threat.

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TV’s So White Again: Diversity Now Seen as “Optional” www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur... a lot of folks have been screaming into the void about this, particularly since, say, january 2025.

TV’s So White Again: Diversity Now Seen as “Optional”

After a couple years of major progress, diversity is now seen as ‘optional.’ BIPOC creators hope the pendulum will swing back soon.

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Ticketmaster has done more the create new socialists than any organization in the history of earth

Fuck you, ICE loving losers.

I also whispered "fuck you" as I filled out some of the initiatives. Fuck you, trans hating assholes. Fuck you, "right to natural gas" jerks. Fuck you, people who hate progressive taxation.

I GOT TO VOTE FOR TRAINS! Fuck yeah Front Range Passenger Rail!

“When I got out, I felt so happy because I had my son in my belly & I thank God that I am out of that detention center. I never wish this on anyone.” The experiences of pregnant women in ICE detention show that eugenics remains an integral part of the system, Edith Romero reports.

Pregnant women in ICE detention face policies shaped by eugenics

The experiences of detained women show that the American eugenics movement remains an integral part of the system

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