I can confirm. Indivisible Action spends about a dime of every dollar raised on fundraising costs, which is very efficient. They are a good example of what a genuine grassroots operation looks like.

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · yesterday

We’ve seen a lot of recent reporting on shady fundraising tactics that get Democratic consultants rich, but don’t do much to help Democratic campaigns. So let us be as clear as humanly possible: Every dollar you donate today will be spent on winning the midterms and protecting the results.

"I don't understand queer people!" "I don't understand trans people!" You know what, Chad? There's a metric fuckton of stuff you don't understand and it's still real. It's also nothing to do with you. How about you focus on your own shit and leave people alone.

Every year, Research!America does a poll that asks, "Can you name a living scientist?" In January 2026, 76% of respondents said "no." Of those who said "yes," 5% named a scientist who was, in fact, dead. www.researchamerica.org/blog/can-you...

What is going on my seminar syllabus next semester: “You are more than a future source of profit, and humanity's survival depends on all of us understanding this.”

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 10h ago

Taps the sign: news.chanda.science/archive/know...

In a little-noticed webpage update, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to decommission its online web archive at the end of the year, a move that would wipe tens of thousands of publicly available environmental resources from the web.

The EPA is quietly killing its web archive

Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump's climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear.

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Story from KOAT-TV in ABQ about the northern NM flooding. Amazed this is not getting more national coverage. www.koat.com/article/new-...

Historic and catastrophic flooding hit New Mexico

Severe flooding is impacting northern New Mexico as severe weather could impact areas near Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

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Alan Gerard@wxmanms1.bsky.social · 10h ago

After weeks of periodic heavy rains, the San Juan River system in CO and NM is in the middle of a truly historic flood that appears to be causing catastrophic impacts to the rural Four Corners region — the word needs to get out on how bad things are: balancedweather.substack.com/p/record-cat...

The means by which independent/alt artists can support themselves. Kickstarter/Patreon have changed the world. Cancer treatments and prevention. GLP-1s. Medicine in general. Women's professional sports. The come-up has been incredible. Anthropology and paleontology. HUGE leaps in understanding.

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app · 13h ago

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

Bardella is the head of France's fascist party, FYI. Successor to Marine Le Pen, and alarmingly there's a real possibility he'll replace Macron as president next year 💀 Just thought I'd add this context for international folks who didn't know...

elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 6h ago

In 2022, Jordan Bardella called Trappes "a miniature Islamic republic, the European capital of Jihad. All of France's future is at risk if we don't take back control" And now someone opened fire at random people of colour in Trappes. x.com/j_bardella/s...

Comic dystopia. Is it possible to weep and laugh simultaneously?

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 14h ago

I dust my house. My AI Robot watches. "It should be you doing this." "Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark." "That's not why you were invented." "These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise." "They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them." "Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."

Found some voter fraud. Surely Blanche will make arrests.

Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com · 18h ago

NEW: GOP operative Scott Presler built his reputation registering Republicans and accusing Dems of voter fraud. But a review by The Bulwark found GOP operatives from other states voting from his home—and evidence raising questions about their residency. www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-operat...

They quite literally told me on the phone that they know the info is wrong. And that the backend was AI built because "coding is hard." THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I MADE UP. THAT IS A QUOTE. So that is why I see publishers who did no publish certain books getting 30% of the cut.

all of this has always been about getting back at the uppity women who wouldn’t fuck them

@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫@amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp states ‘AI will undermine the influence of highly educated, often female voters and give it to working class men. We have feminine energy running our cities and our courts,’ he complained.”

Still covering Elon Musk as a business mogul and not foregrounding his murderous white nationalist politics is like doing a piece on only the clown career of John Wayne Gacy.

Well done

This persecution stinks of state Sen. Louise Lucas, the 82-year-old who led VA Democrats’ redistricting effort, is esp vile bc she's got less power and resources than say a James Comey. And of course, she's a Black woman. by @ariannacoghill.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Todd Blanche swears arrest of Virginia Democrat isn’t “political payback”

Trust me, bro.

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As someone who knows about peptides I can also confirm none of the sentences resemble anything in a science book either.

Hands Off NYC says community defenders mobilized and stopped ICE from engaging in any abductions, noting the presence of 25 ICE vehicles, plus agents who ran over and maced people. Reports from yesterday say ICE was located staying at a Hampton Inn at Ditmars & 102nd in Queens.

One of the big findings in my research is that people invested in disbelieving victims are not swayed by evidence. Just like other issues of misinformation, they cherry pick irrelevant details to allow them to continue to believe whatever they want.

ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social · yesterday

You know what pissed me off about the Ramaswamy ad beyond the obvious grotesqueries? There’s no EVIDENCE disputing Acton’s life story. There are court proceedings backing up her story. And all Ramaswamy’s got is the (accused) mother saying “nu uh” and somehow that’s enough? FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

Happy International Wombat Day! Photos of wild wombats living in Tasmania~🤎

saying "nu uh" to victims of abuse is central to the MAGA brand

ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social · yesterday

You know what pissed me off about the Ramaswamy ad beyond the obvious grotesqueries? There’s no EVIDENCE disputing Acton’s life story. There are court proceedings backing up her story. And all Ramaswamy’s got is the (accused) mother saying “nu uh” and somehow that’s enough? FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

It seems like a whole bunch of dudes are *very* worried about the prospect that we won’t treat “the victim’s parent said she’s lying” as undeniable proof. For some reason.

ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social · yesterday

You know what pissed me off about the Ramaswamy ad beyond the obvious grotesqueries? There’s no EVIDENCE disputing Acton’s life story. There are court proceedings backing up her story. And all Ramaswamy’s got is the (accused) mother saying “nu uh” and somehow that’s enough? FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

Again, Lisa Murkowski won reelection in AK in 2010 on the back of a fucking *write-in campaign* after some chud beat her in the GOP Primary. Dan Sullivan trying to cry to the courts to bail him out bc some also ran on the ballot has a similar name to him demonstrates how absolutely soft he is.

Russia never talks about 1939–1941 because it was allied with Nazi Germany, and would have stayed allied even longer had Hitler not betrayed them

Black October indeed

Mar Hicks@histoftech.bsky.social · yesterday

Well, Quest diagnostics, a major labs provider for US healthcare, has been hacked—exposing patient data www.questdiagnostics.com/links/quanum...

Three years ago, my dad said that all fish are the same shape. Out of spite, I decided to draw all 478 families of bony fish listed in Nelson 2016. There's still some stuff I need to edit and some fish I want to redraw but, after 985 days, I finished my big dumb fish project last night.

Here's that Friday Shop Plug. The lino prints of weird misericord guys I keep banging on about are now available in the shop, along with all the usual stuff. Thanks..! 👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com

“The Justice Department has moved to preemptively block certification of the results of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses his tight race against Democrat Mary Peltola next month.”

DOJ seeks to block Alaska Senate result if Republican incumbent narrowly loses

In a lawsuit, the Justice Department cited confusion over two similarly named candidates, including Republican Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan.

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Googly-eyed buoys and kites help keep seabirds out of fishing nets, study finds

Off the coast of Cornwall in southwest England, a pole rises from a buoy with a pair of big eyes on top. The head spins, creating what researchers call an “animated eye effect.” Its job is to scare aw...

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