More of this, please!! Rational thinking coupled with sensitivity, empathy, and self awareness. What paradise we could live in if as many of us as possible could practice that recipe!

Hayley Stevens 🏳️‍🌈@theghostgeek.com · last mo.

'Skepticism that never makes the skeptic uncomfortable is just suspicion aimed at other people.' www.theghostgeek.com/p/critical-t...

Found this posted by historian @drdragases.bsky.social lacking alt text - so I stole to repost accessibly, hoping to disappear a tiny bit less.

The tragedy of an individualistic rich society is that people think they can insure themselves from anything, but when collective crises happen, people will be desperately looking for public help that will have depleted because of the past hyperindividualism

“It was never about immigration enforcement. It was about exerting power over a Muslim and Black community that has become too visible economically and politically.”

Dissent Magazine@dissentmag.bsky.social · 3w ago

87 percent of foreign-born Somalis in Minnesota are naturalized U.S. citizens, while most of the remaining 13 percent are permanent residents who entered through refugee resettlement or family reunification programs. What, then, was the point of Operation Metro Surge?

this is solid thinking and I’m for it

DodgeeDoo@dodgeedoo.bsky.social · 4w ago

Congress needs a way to overturn or partially revoke presidential pardons. Like 3/4 of Congress should be able to say “not so fast you fucking creep.”

another day, another super troubling headline news story about the alarming behavior of Cabinet officials that most Americans won’t notice at all, nor have any curiosity about www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin refuses to commit to following court orders

Mullin faced the Senate Appropriations Committee amid scrutiny over the agency's budget and immigration enforcement ahead of the World Cup.

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The Discover feed officially sucks, as I have seen zero posts discussing this issue: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The backlash to revelations of sexual torture of Palestinian prisoners aims to raise the cost of speaking out

The backlash to revelations of sexual torture of Palestinian prisoners aims to raise the cost of speaking out | Yuli Novak

Israel’s response to recent New York Times reporting detailing the horrific sexual violence inflicted on detainees seeks to silence those who assert the basic fact of Palestinian humanity

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alt txt: black & white photo taken from ground level looking upward, a tabby striped and white cat is in the foreground staring dubiously into the camera lens, a bit behind him and to the left stands an older gentleman in a hat, light colored shirt dark trousers with a cane or walking stick, 1/2

The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat@lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Tehran, Iran. Photo by Akbar Mehrinezhad.

One side is like “can we disenfranchise all the Black voters by this weekend” and the other is like gotta follow the rules that govern the rules that control the rulebook

This NEEDS to happen. Include the “Freedom” Foundation

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Strip Heritage and other right-wing fake charities of their tax exempt status. Destroy the GOP infrastructure.

Just waded through another thread of comments fixated on “Trump’s diaper” and how bad he must smell, etc etc. I guarantee that the U.S. president’s incontinence, if it exists, is 100% the *very least* abhorrent thing about him.

Given the argument that ended the VRA, I think it’s time liberals did some self reflection about the now decades long obsession with partisan polarization as the problem, as opposed to authoritarianism, extremism, oligarchy, and racism

Extremely disappointed not to see my Congressperson Rick Larsen on the list of supporters. That needs to change. @repricklarsen.bsky.social

IMEU Policy Project@imeupolicy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Thank you @RepKamlagerDove for becoming the 66th cosponsor of the Block The Bombs Act! 60% of Americans, including 75% of Democrats, support ending weapons for Israel. It’s time for congress to reflect that. Tell your representative to sign on today: blockthebombs.org

I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses

This looks like a good thread to boost amongst us non-scientists. People who study stuff tend to know more about it than the rest of us.

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · last yr.

Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming. Could these be the real culprits? The evidence is in--and the answer is NO. This thread explains! 🧵

Absolutely egregious, Israel is a pariah state

Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Israeli strikes kill 1,953 in Lebanon, health ministry says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-1953-lebanon-health-ministry-says

400 dead so far, over 1000 injured, dozens and dozens missing. This is one hour into the massacre. I have no idea what the death toll will be in the end. Also, they have announced “another wave” of attacks coming

Lina Mounzer@warghetti.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Massacre upon massacre in Beirut in the last hour. AUBMC announced a “code disaster.” Over 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes across the country. One hit right behind my house. Sirens ambulances & the smell of sulphur. The city is in total chaos the people in complete panic

Pakistan: Lebanon is part of the ceasefire Iran: Lebanon is part of the ceaefire US: Lebanon is part of the ceasefire Lebanon: Lebanon is part of the ceasefire Israel: We bombed Lebanon 100 times in 10 minutes

While Trump and Hegseth suck all the air out of public discourse in the US, Israel proceeds to annihilate its neighbor. I hate how self absorbed my country is.

elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

There is no ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel has been bombing Lebanon non-stop since last night. If anything Israel is expanding its war on Lebanon. You are being lied to

The media needs to quit breaking down the content and just focus on the fact that he's deranged. When someone is inebriated and spouting nonsense, you don't break don't the merits of their argument. You just say "that dude is drunk." Same applies here - everything stems from his derangement.

It's fucking bullshit that we were subjected to weeks of panic about Joe Biden's debate performance, and yet nothing will come from this. Just fucking bullshit, all the way down. 😪😡

this is the take

Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We don’t need help from Kent, Fuentes, Carlson, or Owens to condemn genocide, wars of aggression, and those lobby on behalf of others. They are *not* saying the “same thing.” Their project is to protect white supremacist fascism, not Palestinians or Jews or any living thing.

wtf?!?! where are all national media on this?!?! Is Fortune mag really the only news organization on this story??

Randi Mayem Singer@rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Why isn't this a WAY bigger story? Planning to be retired in 2040? Or still alive and on Medicare any time after that? Good luck with your healthcare.

endorsed

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 5mo ago

i’m tired of hearing about the founding fathers. i just feel like, that’s enough of that

Fascinating topic, heretofore completely unknown to me, about my home city’s defunct port.

Mission Local@missionlocal.org · 5mo ago

How 900 feet of sinking, leaning, rusting steel overcame Millennium Tower as the biggest metaphor for San Francisco. From @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2026/02/port...

Youthcrush John Taylor (bass, Duran Duran)

inthefade@ihavethatonvinyl.com · 5mo ago

drop a crush from your youth andy gibb was so fucking hot

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

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I’ve been disappointed lately that many I follow, whose posts are of high interest to me, limit commenting (to mutuals?) - there are comment threads but I can’t participate at all. So much commenting is toxic bullshit so I understand in a way, but the practice really dampens engagement.

Members pf Congress: IMPEACH NOEM AND BONDI, NOW. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court

String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

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