Spillman resigning is a direct result of posting on social media rather than using the power of the office she held to enact the changes she wanted to see. It is a lesson I hope all good elected people learn and quickly. Posts don't do shit and policy does.

I see my esteemed employer is bringing yet another SC justice to grounds and I just want to scream this fact over and over again to their stupid faces. Try to restrain yourself from giving them a fucking medal this time.

Jessica Valenti@jessicavalenti.bsky.social · yesterday

Something telling: Blanche said the DOJ is working so the "Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state"—making clear they never saw Dobbs as giving abortion 'back to the states', but a tool to ban abortion nationwide

Sweet Jane for my dear sweet Jane. youtu.be/nFwsqRrBcns?...

Sweet Jane

YouTube video by Cowboy Junkies - Topic

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You know, as a person who works in Admin at UVA I can tell you right now that tech - AI or not - does absolutely nothing but shift work from the top to the bottom. It does not improve effeciency, it just moves more labor onto people like me so VPs and CTOs can justify their jobs.

Farewell to Nova Scotia

Digby Neck and Freeport, NS, Canada

Halifax, NS

Stuck in LGA waiting on a delayed flight but really enjoying myself. The bathrooms are pretty incredible, there is food, soccer on tv, latin music, people watching. No complaints.

@peculiarityshop.bsky.social Just got this in the mail today and love, love, love,love! Thank you!

Aren't there any dudes out there interested in politics who haven't ever sexually assaulted anyone? (I mean as a Democrat. Clearly the Rs don't care.)

That Cape Verde goal in extra time is maybe the greatest goal I've ever seen. Just beautiful.

🔥 Marc Maron eviscerates Joe Rogan and his unfunny Trump-supporting crew to @karaswisher: “They were sucking up to fascists and promoting the end of liberal democracy and beginning of authoritarianism… bootlickers, pawns, suckers, grifters… it was never about free speech.”

Hey Dems - it's because you couldn't protect us from this shit that no one cares about you now. It's because if you're willing to throw trans people under the bus, then you're willing to throw all of us under.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club@lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · last mo.

Republicans promised abortion bans would never punish women. It is happening anyway. At least 412 women were charged with pregnancy related crimes in the two years after Roe fell, up from about 85 a year. Now miscarriages and abortion pills are treated as crimes. #ReproductiveFreedom #Dobbs

I imagine this will be the preffered ICE MO going forward - less large cities where opposition is also large and concentrated and more rural enforcement with fewer eyes and a nice, friendly sherriff.

Charlottesville Tomorrow@cvilletomorrow.bsky.social · last mo.

Strewn along roadways throughout Ruckersville, dozens of abandoned vehicles sat empty Tuesday as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Greene County Sheriff’s deputies stopped motorists and made arrests across the community. Here's what we know:

it goes to show the folly of trying to appease "legitimate concerns" about immigration people like robinson & musk don't have legitimate concerns. they want ethnic cleansing & will never stop pushing whatever grievance they can to get there

Ya'll, I was watering the garden and right next to where I stood a teacup-sized rabbit crawled out from under the straw mulch...and the another...and another one...6 in total!

Yes, and also adults need to stop complaining and policing kids about being outside. Maybe it is ok for kids to run and bike and play in your neighborhood. Even if they...gasp...cut through your yard.

Skylar works in UVA Recycling. She recently had a stroke at 26 years old. Help if you a can! gofund.me/b7eaf0301

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I learned a lot from editing this important piece by Lee Hurley (@hleehurley.com) and I hope you do the same by reading it.

Elon Musk alone isn’t responsible for Belfast's racist pogrom

The violent response to an attempted murder would have happened regardless of Musk, Lee Hurley writes.

thehandbasket.co

I just want the presidency to not matter. I want a strong Congress that actually checks executive and judicial power and then who cares who is president.

Chef's kiss.

Doug Mack@douglasmack.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The jerseys also say "Ceci n'est pas un maillot" ("This is not a jersey") on the back. Perfect detail.

I did not know Laura and Mike, but this was a beautiful and moving tribute. There is a link to donate to One People's Project in the show notes.

molly conger@socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 2mo ago

laura & mike live on in the work they did & the work that continues to be done at one people’s project. idavox.com/index.php/20...

section 2 of the VRA? nullified? the 15th amendment? only applies to intentional discrimination. intentional discrimination? impossible to prove given an unbreakable assumption of good faith for a state legislature. 14th amendment? equal protection clause means the constitution can't even see race.

I saw the mediocre minds of my generation destroyed by MAHAness.

100 years ago news@100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 2mo ago

June 3, 1926: Allen Ginsberg, a poet in the forefront of the Beat movement, the sexual revolution and 1960s counterculture, is born in Newark, N.J. His epic poem “Howl” (“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness”) withstood obscenity-law challenges and became a modern classic.

The only reason I don't want to abolish prisons is that I want one to throw Elon into and never let him out for the rest of his miserable, pathetic life.

WIRED@wired.com · 2mo ago

A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation.

Important news!

there are a ton of new people out there fighting this administration and it's important that everyone remember this: you not only have the right to remain silent, it's kind of essential

Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness@tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Important news!

So it looks like I am going to have to retain a lawyer to fight off this ridiculous $50million lawsuit from Armed Forces Brewing Company. If you can support this fight in anyway it would be incredibly appreciated. This is an attack on the 1st Amendment and against journalism. gofund.me/d7d265b3a

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Goodness, people are obsessed with 'private property'. My entire childhood was spent cutting through neighbors' yards to go play in the woods and creek all of which was 'private' and no one cared.

Michael Crenshaw@crenshaw-dev.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Amanda Young, Cory Farms resident: The site doesn't function as a cohesive unit, the townhomes at the north are disconnected from the "more standard" (???) single family homes on the south side. Is also concerned about pedestrians wandering through yards.

I went shopping yesterday and although I did buy a bit more than usual for the long-weekend, my bill was straight up $100 more than I have ever spent on a cart of groceries before. I kept looking at the receipt to see if there was a mistake but no.