@dreamwidth.org Hi, I can no longer access the site either on my desktop, laptop, or my tablet. Everything is timing out. Is this possibly a site wide problem or more local?

Watching the Bridgerton drama play out feels extremely familiar to me. When I came back into organized media fandom around the time that Highlander hit the air in the 90s, I was a full adult. Zines were still a thing and mailing lists were big.

404 Media's @josephcox.bsky.social has spent hours reporting on the DOGE depositions. Plaintiffs argued that taking the videos down is a massive First Amendment issue. Still, the judge ordered the videos be removed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtMn...

This is real! I love Illinois. We ain't gonna have good sense but we are going to laugh while we fight

Someone brought back MTV totally free and with no ads - just the original commercials It has tens of thousands of music videos 🥲 wantmymtv.vercel.app/player.html

Thread 🧵: Food Assistance By State/Territory The document below lists previously established food assistance programs, searchable by state. Each state and territory is also listed alphabetically in the thread comments. Help will come and go, so pls use this thread to update info for your state:

Without SNAP: Finding Assistance in Uncertain Times

Without SNAP: Finding Assistance in Uncertain Times Due to the completely preventable shutdown, the USDA says “the well has run dry” in regards to SNAP benefits. Beginning November 1st, SNAP benefits...

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No one can save white women from white women except white women. And I know how that sounds, but the way the polls looked? White women voted to destroy their own human rights in the interest of sabotaging everyone else. You can't fix that from the outside.

Pagan Queen@paganqueen.bsky.social · last yr.

White women are iffy maybe 49-52%. Black women over 92% Latina’s over 85%. I haven’t seen Asian women stats.

@schiff.senate.gov and @alexpadilla4ca.bsky.social , I swear, if we get another shot at kicking you both out of your seats, I'll be at the front of the line. You both are huge disappointments on every goddamned front.

Watching Sweet Magnolias on Netflix and I spotted a copy of @rdotspoon.bsky.social 's Meegan in a scene. Romance within romance.

For anyone waking up to news about the Proud Boys losing their name, then you should know about Beulah Mae Donald, who sued the United Klans of America and bankrupted them after they lynched her son: www.history.com/news/kkk-lyn...

The 1981 Lynching that Bankrupted an Alabama KKK | HISTORY

After Michael Donald’s brutal murder, his mother, Beulah Mae, fought for justice beyond the conviction of his killers.

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Per the pot pie convo from this morning. We're having these for dinner

Rewatching Sterling K. Brown in "Paradise". Good stuff.

Man, we white people would rather burn down the goddamn country than than admit that racism is real.

Shawarma achieved and currently waiting on BART. Slight flaws in today's plan; I downsized purses for maximum rain convenience but neglected to bring an extra bag. The bag with my food is paper.

I braved the rain to go to the downtown post office. The question before me: get back on BART now and go home or walk to the shawarma joint and pick up lunch first.

Sometimes, the day calls for the long version of "Love's Theme" by the Love Unlimited Orchestra.

A part of me is leaning into memories of my father and his deep loathing of the GOP until the day he died. Why so deep? He was a Republican (like a lot of Black folks of a certain age) until the California party decided that him being Blackity black was a problem. That was the tip of the iceberg.

My parents were very average rude and cranky Black folks but they made it through a lot of shit to get me and my brother here. I am the only one left. If you think I'm a little rude and cranky they're the reason why.

The California Secretary of State keeps lists of upcoming elections. Here's what's coming up in 2025: County Administered Elections: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/up...

The movement to hijack the SCOTUS started about 40 years ago. Those same folks are trying to replicate that on the state level. None of us can go back in time and stop the federalist society and the rest of those ghoulish groups from being founded but we can stop their dark money now.

Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter)@deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 2y ago

True North Research dropped a report detailing how the same forces who took the SCOTUS, are going to go after state courts next. Educate yourself; it's not a long report. They even tell you what YOU can do to fight back. truenorthresearch.org/2024/04/repo...

And this is why I keep telling Californian's to watch all local elections and the statehouses. The Dems still have a majority. If you want to keep these fuckers on their heels, cut them off at the knees now.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

REPORTER: Will you insist on voter ID as a condition for disaster aid for California? MIKE JOHNSON: We have been lamenting the lack of voter security there for some time. We were deeply concerned in this last election cycle and we saw 3 of our seats frankly slip away from us in California.

Trump has denied or downplayed links to Project 2025. These documents show that implementation is well underway, with designated personnel quietly drafting policies that are being publicly attributed to heads of federal agencies. www.mollywhite.net/micro/entry/...

Trump’s Project 2025 ghostwriters

Entry in Molly White's microblog

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James Sherk was announced as Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy on January 18.7 A White House official during Trump’s first term, Sherk was a key figure in Trump’s endeavors to purge civil servants and replace them with loyalists through an effort known as “Schedule F”.

James Sherk authored the joint OMB/OPM memo on return to office implementation plans and the joint memo authorizing the federal civilian hiring freeze.

As far as I can tell, Peters’ role in the administration has not been officially announced. However, as far back as 2023, The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 was recommending him for a position in Trump’s second administration.

Noah Peters is the true author of the OPM’s January 27 memo providing guidance on the Schedule F executive order. Peters also authored the memo exploiting loopholes to bypass limits on political appointments.

The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.

@ckgill.bsky.social Hey, friend!

What's to stop people from actively naming/shaming anyone who got off for 1/6? Asking for a friend.

In short: does this administration have a long history of getting in their own way bc they’re incompetent venal fucksticks? Yep. Does remembering that make you feel better? Great! Should that be your response to someone telling you they’re worried as a potential target? Absolutely fucking not.

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