Ukraine intercepted only one ballistic missile last night because the country has run out of missiles for its Patriot systems. In Kyiv, nine people were killed and 30 injured. Every delayed decision eventually arrives in Ukraine in the form of death and destruction.

Yet another flood of videos from Russians weeping over the "shock" and "unfairness" of strikes on a Wildberries warehouse. ​It doesn't cross their minds how unfair it felt when we were just living our lives, bothering no one, in our own country and our own homes,

In the decades-long history of the ICC, only 73 people have been publicly indicted. Imagine the scale of inhumanity underway if you are concerned you are going to be number 74.

Quinta Jurecic@qjurecic.bsky.social · 3w ago

No, this seems fine www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...

Shocking moment of today's Russian strike on Sumy, which killed 5 people‼️ Please do not look away! No mother should be forced to cover her children's bodies with her own like this. No child should have to live through such horrors!

One of the only tactics that works to build public support for democracy during a period of backsliding is to directly link the regime's corruption to citizens' quality of life Schiff wildly misses the mark by placing the blame externally rather than internally, doing Trump's work for him

Sen. Adam Schiff@schiff.senate.gov · 4w ago

Canada's boycott of California wine is causing devastating harm to winegrowers. I'm urging the Canadian government to recognize that California doesn’t agree with these tariff wars, to lift these restrictions, and increase consumer options to strengthen both our economies.

Last night at bar trivia, there were TWO teams called Rigor Tortoise, so the emcee had to call them up and have them agree to be Rigor Tortoise 1 and Rigor Tortoise 2.

Deb Amlen@debamlen.bsky.social · 4w ago

I have no idea what's going on with Mitch McConnell, but the phrase "rigor tortoise" just popped into my brain and I had to get it out. Thank you for your patience and my sincere apologies.

Are you incandescent with rage that SCOTUS decided a teenage girl who just wants to throw discus with her friends is the real threat to gender equality in the USA? Me too!

Mikhail Gorbaechev@mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · last mo.

I have already maxed out. I need all of you—ghouls and goblins, freaks and weirdos—to donate. Let's get a fucking trans socialist to Congress. secure.actblue.com/donate/bab-s...

Venezuela quake: The most useful thing to give after a major catastrophe is cash. But it can be tricky figuring out where to send the cash where it’ll have the biggest impact. Local charities with known track records & connections work best, but… they’re the ones also struggling in the aftermath.

If you’re a manager, teacher, or other leader, consider if you have Venezuelan employees, students, or volunteers. A USGS red pager event means we’re anticipating thousands of deaths. Silence is going to be echoing terrifying for people far away from their loved ones. Just… Be gentle.

Do folks remember the 2014 Sochi Olympics and the near-constant construction fails due to massive graft and no-bid contracts to Putin associates? The Sochi Games let the Russian opposition clearly link corruption/state capture to national humiliation, a lesson I'm begging Democrats to learn.

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here at the Reflecting Pool where a big chunk ofTrump's blue paint-apoxie has peeled off the bottom of the pool and is bobbling in the water.

Unlike my friend Kathleen, I'm not a public health expert, but in my layman's experience, I feel like I've lived through two medical miracles in my life - the HPV vaccine, and antiretrovirals/PrEP. I'm sure there are more!

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Yet another wonderful study about the HPV vaccine preventing cervical cancer: “In women aged 20–24 years between 2020 and 2024, in whom vaccination coverage was around 88–90% at age 12–13 years, NO DEATHS OCCURRED, compared with 23.1 expected deaths based on historical rates” (all caps mine)

everyone on my timeline skeeting my thoughts for me. ❤️‍🔥

And the 8 Dems are: Henry Cuellar (TX), Don Davis (NC), Cleo Fields (LA), Laura Gillen (NY), Vicente Gonzalez (TX), Marcy Kaptur (OH), Marie Glusenkamp Perez (WA), & Eugene Vindman (VA).

Fascist Dem Tracker@fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 3mo ago

8 Democrats vote yea to further erode the basic rights of trans youths. Waiting on the roll call to update to find out who these anti-trans Dems are.

I can't get over how much Vira in particular looks like she could be just one of my teen's stage crew friends, hanging out around the fire pit after wrapping a show. Vira and Lyubava had their whole lives ahead of them, and died for Russia's imperial goals. My heart breaks for their mother.

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 3mo ago

​This is Lyubava and Vira. They were sisters, just 12 and 17 years old. ​On May 14, a russian missile strike killed them. They died together in the wreckage, leaving behind their mother, who is now fighting for her life in the hospital.

One of my turning points was when a unit of IDF soldiers photographed themselves wearing t-shirts with a pregnant woman in the crosshairs, and a joke about having gotten two. The article has even more examples, maybe even more horrifying. www.cbsnews.com/news/israeli...

This is absolutely worth celebrating. Reproductive freedom absolutely extends to giving birth in a safe, culturally component, environment.

Alina➡️GenCon 1217@alinapete.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Ya'll don't even know how big a deal this is So many Indig people still MASSIVELY distrust giving birth in hospitals. Forced sterilization, nurses pressuring new moms to give up their kids for adoption "so they'd have a good life" all reasons why having sovereignty over birth MATTERS

🧵with a little bit of comparative politics and a little bit of how you can take action to safeguard our little-d democratic institutions. We know how autocrats behave, and protecting the watchdogs is one of the most important things we can do right now.

My Civic Workout @mycivicworkout.bsky.social · 3mo ago

TL;DR There is a playbook for how autocrats consolidate power. Aspiring #autocrats seek to dismantle the institutions that could hold him accountable, like #media and #watchdog organizations.

Today I learned....

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 3mo ago

it's a latin prefix meant to note "on the same side" or the opposite of the prefix "trans". the Romans invented it thousands of years ago, before the English language developed Example "Cisalpline Gauls" vs "Transalpine Gauls". Cis meant the Gauls who were on the same side of the alps as the Romans

For those who need some historical touch points, the last time the Hagia Sophia was a Christian church, William Shakespeare was a century from being born. The War of the roses had not yet started. Christopher Columbus had not yet begun his campaign of genocide in the Caribbean.

𝔎𝔯𝔦𝔰🌹🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️@freydalpishti.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I......but.......why......America is not real.

Oh wow. This is much better than expected, particularly given how deeply embedded the anti-gender movement was into Orban's version of right-wing populism.

Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Péter Magyar victory speech: "We want to make a country where no one is persecuted because they think differently or because someone loves in a different way to others." He may not have campaigned as a liberal. But this is a huge change of direction and rhetoric from Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ+ crusade.

This thread is the opposite of doom scrolling Joy scrolling? Hope scrolling? Whatever it is, I enjoy this feeling and would like more of it

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 4mo ago

walking from my election party to the Tisza rally and we heard crowds cheering in the distance as Orban officially conceded 🥰

Yes yes yes. The "anti gender" movement has been the tip of the right wing populist spear for decades As a result, the lgbtq+ community has the strongest skills and tools to fight fascism That's why throwing any member of that group under the bus is not just immortal -- it's terrible tactics

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️@mady.cat · 4mo ago

Orban's inability to prevent last year's Pride protests—attended by 300k despite being banned—was a turning point in his authoritarian grip of the country. Queer people are always leading the fight against authoritarianism, as we are often its first targets. Never cower to fear.

Jokes aside, this is an incredibly important day for freedom and democracy and, most importantly, for basic common sense and human dignity, in the spirit of 1989.

Polls close at 7 pm CEST, which is 1 pm EST for those who don't want to do math. However, there are reportedly a lot of folks still in line and the vote count won't start until everyone in line at 7 has voted, so it will be a long (but hopefully joyous) night in Hungary.

Gabriela Greilinger@gabrielagreilinger.com · 4mo ago

Historic turnout in 🇭🇺 – 66% as of 3pm. We will likely have surpassed 2022's turnout (70.2%) by 5pm. I don't dare to draw any conclusions or make predictions based on turnout data alone, but let's just say: Hungarians know how consequential this election is, and they are mobilising in huge numbers.

A thread of alternatives to random spammy attention-money appeals to charity for Gazans and Palestinians.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

You can and should donate to PCRF if you want to help Gazans, instead of shady spam accounts on social media: www.pcrf.net

I'm not sure that any rhetorical approach makes me angrier than people who weaponize parenting, and particularly parenting girl children, to make life worse for other kids Almost any dude who opens his sentence with "As a father to girls..." is about to say something either tone deaf or harmful

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist)@merovingians.bsky.social · 4mo ago

this dumb motherfucker

I can't get over the parallels to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, right down to murdering the very people you claim to be liberating.

Jeff Liszt@liszt.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Destroying the oldest synagogue in Tehran encapsulates Bibi pretty well.

ICYMI, this week Evan Urquhart wrote about the central place of trans and queer activists in the movement against ICE. Activists told Assigned the solidarity we see today is the result of years of coalition building rooted in the movement for Black lives. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

When ICE Came to Maine, Trans Mainers Fought Back — Assigned

Crystal Cron leads an immigrant mutual aid organization. Crystal is nonbinary and Latine. Jesse Holleran does coms for Equality Maine by day, and volunteers to fight ICE after work. They’re far from a...

assignedmedia.org

Great question. I did not die in a freak pickleball injury, but I absolutely tore my ACL and meniscus the very first time I played The thing is, my surgeon and PTs were not at all surprised. Apparently this is common among the Gen X crew. We get cocky and then boom - our knees or ankles fail us

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

How does one die in a freak pickleball accident?

I think folks in lefty bubbles have been done with Fox News for so long that it feels fruitless to try to make folks pay attention to their disinformation machine But misleading Fox viewers on the topic of a dignified transfer of troops killed in a war of choice could actually break through

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Fox ran older footage but labeled it as happening Saturday.