I’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs.

In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 15h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Philosophy teaches logic, critical thinking, ethics… We have never needed these teachings more. Where are our priorities?

Chaucer Doth Tweet@levostregc.bsky.social · 13h ago

"Wyoming will become the first state in the US where you cannot receive a B.A. in Philosophy. The University of Wyoming will be the only R1 institution, the only state flagship university, and one of two land-grant universities that do not offer a B.A. in Philosophy." dailynous.com/2026/07/23/u...

will the historian who puts the last fact in order please turn out the lights

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · yesterday

"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.

So grateful for this fantastic Booklist review for An Inconvenient Woman! “Historian Merritt’s insightful, engaging narrative effortlessly folds in family anecdotes and excerpts…This well-documented and perceptive tribute aptly humanizes a visionary and fearless woman.”😍😍😍

It took him two months to defend his daughter, btw. He was quite content to remain silent.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Moreno on Max Miller: "My daughter lives in constant fear of this man ... you can't fathom what that makes me feel like when the dad's number one job is to protect your kids... if there's any minimum standard for being an elected official, he feels to meet it. I don't care about the politics at all"

A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks

“The Lower Pecos Canyonlands contains thousands of archaeological sites dating back more than 10,000 years, including hundreds of sacred murals painted by the ancestors of the Indigenous communities that continue to occupy the region. The oldest surviving paintings are about 6,000 years old”

IFLScience@iflscience.com · yesterday

US Government waives laws protecting Native American graves to build border wall. www.iflscience.com/us-governmen...

"only ever in theory" is the hard truth & the hard facts remain. it's an appalling ruse, calling it an "employee benefit"

And this is before the insurer decides to send your case to any one of its multiple contractors who hire doctors willing to lie for cash that you don’t need a covered procedure. All completely legal here.

Too Big to Fail@toobigtofail.bsky.social · 2d ago

I realize the Europeans have largely gone to bed, but: I got bitten by a dog yesterday and had a bad reaction to it and ended up throwing up all night last night. My wife made me go to the emergency room; I've gotten IV fluids and an abdominal ultrasound. This is what I had to pay. I have insurance.

I realize the Europeans have largely gone to bed, but: I got bitten by a dog yesterday and had a bad reaction to it and ended up throwing up all night last night. My wife made me go to the emergency room; I've gotten IV fluids and an abdominal ultrasound. This is what I had to pay. I have insurance.

As a Religious Studies professor, this directly targets my livelihood in a way that makes a mockery of any supposed profession of concern the administration has ever expressed for me as a Jewish person on campus.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

Whew boy The grift

Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...

@doctorow.pluralistic.net is as good as ever on AI and tech, but it’s his union call that is so very important and empowering. Mother Jones would be proud: ‘Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.’ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/o...

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President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees

Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.

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"I'm entitled to whatever I want whenever I want it for any reason and I don't care what satisfying these urges does to me or the world" well okay dude, seems like there's something deeper going on here, but that's just my take

We’re also funding death squads but what’s really offensive is that somewhere out there a poor person might be able to eat

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

1/ We're back with our New York public health update for the week. First up, Covid is starting to increase again in New York. Hospitalizations remain low, but wastewater, ER visits, and hospital admissions are all beginning to trend upward, suggesting a summer wave is underway.

New JAMA paper describes an RCT with portable air filters in nursing homes in the UK. Filters were undersized and not always on. Guess what...there was no difference in wintertime respiratory infections. It's like testing a new drug at 20% of the recommended dose. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/can...

Can air purifiers prevent flu and COVID-19 in nursing homes? Only if they’re used properly

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This is it right here. This is the shit people ignore. Trump is back in office and every single J6er got let out of jail. Why on earth would they NOT try it again. There were absolutely no consequences for doing J6. They won. They're back in power and the thugs are free.

Caræsten 🇵🇸@cara.city · 2d ago

Jan 6th worked out fine for them so it's pretty obvious they'll do it again

Surprising absolutely no one who has been paying attention. Traitors.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d ago

John Cornyn & Thom Tillis issue a joint statement announcing they will support Todd Blanche for AG. He's now in good position to clear the Judiciary Committee tomorrow and head to the full Senate.

If you didn't grow up in this very bizarre subculture, reading this will probably explain a lot of what's going on with white Christian nationalism's recent ability to dominate politics by manipulating people who call Jesus their savior.

huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 4d ago

In the 90s and 00s, churches invested millions in youth group, creating a parallel universe for christian teenagers to grow up in and, eventually, change the world. That was the plan anyway. What happened? My first cover story for @sojo.net.

Yep. I suspect that the current version of this mediocrity-to-hatemonger pipeline has roots in the 90s/00s Christian entertainment scene. Lots of musicians & filmmakers tried to make it, failed b/c they were bad artists, then cried persecution & made a killing off of evangelicals. Same game.

Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 2d ago

After a middling WNBA career, blonde haired, blue eyed Sophie Cunningham has positioned herself for post-basketball success and riches as a conservative mouthpiece. This is the pattern that always works because conservatives are very very dumb and will latch onto anyone who promotes hate.

This is the play in every single industry at the moment. A massive bailout for mediocre white underachievers .

Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 2d ago

After a middling WNBA career, blonde haired, blue eyed Sophie Cunningham has positioned herself for post-basketball success and riches as a conservative mouthpiece. This is the pattern that always works because conservatives are very very dumb and will latch onto anyone who promotes hate.

Also the Republicans were screaming that Fauci helped authorize vaccines for children, which is something every goddamn parent I know was praying for every day for more than a year and have been thankful for ever since. These people are all self-centered idiotic sociopaths, nothing more.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 3d ago

if you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid

i once sat in my ambulance with a patient for 10 hours because there were no ER beds because there were no beds available anywhere in the hospital we ran through every O2 tank we had and the hospital was so low on O2 tanks that they couldn’t give us a new one

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

Hating life at the moment for putting me in the unfortunate position of needing help. It's a really crappy feeling to be in this position, but here I am. Over the last 6 years, my body has been kicking my ass in every conceivable way and it has taken a toll on our lives. ko-fi.com/johnniejae#s...

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the wnba alienating their core audience for the sake of people who wouldn’t watch a wnba game to save their child’s life is a bold gambit, to be sure