One reason we believe Virginia in general and Charlottesville/Albemarle in particular should build a lot more housing is that Virginia is the only southern state with a shade of green in this map. We should be a place where LGBTQ+ people are safe AND have access to quality, affordable housing.

Lesley Carhart@hacks4pancakes.com · 3w ago

Having an in person international or national event in America? Are you weighing factors like lodging and transport? Cool stuff to do? Here's a map to consider if any of your attendees may possibly, even remotely be LGBTQIA. And you care about them.

Same story: legacy media repeatedly fails to tell us what’s actually going on.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 2d ago

Democracy Docket last Tuesday. NYT today. Support independent media. demdock.com/4w6emld

I cannot in good conscience repost the actual post. This framing is insane and is part of the reason we are where we are. The article buries the lead: “It's important to see these indictments and the use of this law for what it is, which is an attempt to scare Americans”

It’s Election Day! Let’s go @tomperriello.bsky.social !

“Housing is preventative medicine”

As I've repeatedly said, for years now, if you use DoorDash you're helping your oppressors. Stop DoorDash, Stop Uber, stop giving money to any "gig" economy company. Stop giving your enemies money with which to oppress you.

Free DC@freedcproject.bsky.social · 2w ago

DoorDash has been silent as its delivery drivers are hunted and killed by federal agents. Now, the company is backing #HR9720, a bill attacking DC Home Rule. We are calling on everyone to #DeleteDoordash. Let us know you've deleted your account and share your reasons why: deletedoordash.com

“This is a rude awakening for the government that the people of India cannot be silenced forever.”…Delhi police prepared for 10,000 – an estimated 100,000 turned up.

‘I will die for this cause’: how India’s cockroach meme became the biggest challenge to Modi’s grip on power

Prime minister’s propaganda machine falters as fiercely secular youth protests reclaim nationalism

theguardian.com

it does actually sound like taylor farms and the white house teamed up to try and blame taco bell for the outbreak. unprecedented corruption

Jessica Nix@jessicanix.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW: As cyclosporiasis cases jumped, the company linked to the outbreak - Taylor Farms - effectively delayed a recall that mounted in consumer confusion. Gift link for @business www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:

Also young children. Never ever will I forgot the woman who came down the aisle to scream in my face and that of my sobbing totally out of control 5 y.o.. Can’t tell you how much that helped the situation.

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · 3w ago

I cannot overstate how much I hate when people are dicks about babies crying in public (especially airplanes). Do you think the parent is having a good time right now?? Do you think they are not aware of the situation??? Are you going to negotiate with a literal infant????

This free documentary is a MUST SEE. Shuffling people around the US, away from their attorneys and family, away from their Habeas Corpus filings, on a merry-go-round of extremely expensive tax-payer funded charter flights, is a key part of the ICE death machine and hardly anyone is talking about it.

Indivisible Colorado@indivisible-co.bsky.social · 3w ago

youtu.be/8BsGVWw8BZQ?...

The ex wife of the killer ICE agent in MAINE says he threatened her with a gun, threw their 13yo daughter threw a glass table, and played NPR a recording of him saying she should have her throat cut. ICE gave him a badge and a gun. Abolish ICE. www.npr.org/2026/07/17/n...

Escorting the nine-year-old to a friend’s birthday pool party, I told him I wasn’t going to swim in part because I’m dressed for work. He told me I could just jump in like Mamdani did. This is what socialism does to our children.

A year into a national guard deployment, DC residents say they live in ‘a city under siege’

A year into a national guard deployment, DC residents say they live in ‘a city under siege’

Since Trump deployed troops last August, Washingtonians have banded together to resist and support one another

theguardian.com

“The rules are: mind your own business and don’t judge people if you don’t know the whole story. The people who win always follow that. The people who lose are jealous and judgmental. But there are definitely rules.” John Waters movies simplified for the uninitiated.

‘The minute I had success, I stopped taking drugs’: John Waters on 60 years of screen carnage

As Hairspray and his ‘angriest movie’ Desperate Living are rereleased, the ‘Pope of Trash’ reflects on dead dogs, dirty rats, ‘that lunatic RFK’ and why there are no novelty dances any more

theguardian.com

Charlottesville invests over $3 million a year to help homeowners remain in their homes via real estate tax relief programs. The city is accepting applications through September 1 for one of those programs: the Charlottesville Homeowner Assistance Program. www.charlottesville.gov/1513/Real-Es...

“We can't possibly know what folks have been through, but right now they're residents of ours on our land and deserve to be treated with dignity and compassion as we do our best, with the resources we have, to make a better situation” - @jenfleisher.bsky.social www.cbs19news.com/news/city-pl...

City plans to clear Rivanna River encampment by September

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The public has been speaking out more frequently about the homeless encampment along the Rivanna River Trail. More recently, Charlottesville Mayor Juandiego Wade a...

cbs19news.com

You've probably heard about the encampment near Free Bridge. As many folks have noted (including @livablecville.bsky.social), part of what is behind the headlines is a growing affordable housing crisis. Let's talk about what we can do. Links in thread. #unhousedneighborsstillourneighobors

How to Help Our Unhoused Neighbors

YouTube video by Indivisible Charlottesville

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Joan Sebastian Guerrero is the latest person to be executed in public by ICE. He was 26, a husband and the father of a 3-year-old. Rest in power. ABOLISH ICE.

Black leaders across the South have expressed a visceral shock in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act. But as the surprise wears off, a sense of isolation has begun to set in among some. 🔗 politi.co/4vSW46T

I want nice things.

Eric@ericstutz.bsky.social · last mo.

My only take on Erling Haaland hype is that he grew up under Democratic socialism in Norway which boosts one of the highest happiest indexes of any country globally & I can’t but feel that come across in his attitude both as a player & human. He seems to be having fun. Like many whose needs are met.

All 3 men inside of the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo “‘reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van…They came in and started shooting from the sides.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers

Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.

washingtonpost.com

What the actual fuck

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · last mo.

Juan Proaño on the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo: The family is demanding the release of Lorenzo’s body. It has been complicated because they removed all of his personal identifying information before they put him in the ambulance. That required the hospital to admit him as a John Doe.

This is an interesting development.

AAUP@aaup.org · last mo.

“Should the university choose to compromise its commitment to academic freedom by seeking to settle w/ the DOJ on the basis of these spurious claims, the Yale AAUP will not hesitate to pursue its rights.” — Attorneys for Yale AAUP in a letter sent this week to Yale president Maurie McInnis

Some of you may remember my “Swalwell Apologist” blocklist. Given the recent uptick in SA apologists yet again, please feel free to tag me or shoot me a DM if you see anyone who belongs on the list! bsky.app/profile/did:...

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. It cannot be reformed. It cannot be retrained. ICE must be abolished.

Happy Independence Day!

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · last mo.

I have such an expertly curated algorithm that I'm seeing posts from Mexican street food restaurants in the US and this is how they're advertising the game tomorrow night. "Good vibes"

As is typical, the Times omitted the voices of trans students affected by these policies and then did a flattering profile of a organizations whose entire existence is predicated on pushing trans people out of society.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2mo ago

I've spent the last two months putting together this exhaustive analysis of the New York Times coverage of trans people. It covers 3,242 articles over 12 years. In 2022, the NYT shifted towards a hostile stance towards trans people in their framing. www.thedissident.news/exclusive-ho...