Trump is so amazing, he can fit a two week ceasefire into 2 hours
Also Briggs: "But absolutely no decisions need to be made about supporting businesses who support extrajudicial murder. If you don't support those who support ICE, you're the problem."
James Briggs@jamesebriggs.bsky.social · 10mo agoWe have some decisions to make as a society about whether we want to grant masked agents full discretion to render the death penalty whenever it suits them.
Looking for vetted direct and mutual aid orgs in #Minnesota I can help support. Any recs?
Living in the anti-civil rights movement is not where 1990’s me had hoped I’d be.
Turn them into street parties. Think how demoralizing it would be to let the world watch armed thugs guarding against joy.
unraveled@unraveledpress.com · last yr.A man here is passing around Italian beefs to people protesting Border Patrol.
Individuals with brain damage due to fetal alcohol syndrome should be exempt from execution indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/15/i...
What’s also useful with this study is that they provide the actual prompts used to initiate the requests, although you have to dig pretty far to find them
Jodi Picoult@jodipicoult.bsky.social · 2y agoIt’s almost like we should use human writers, huh www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Working from the Statehouse today, waiting to testify against yet another anti-education bill, SB518
It’s telling that no one in the caucus is willing to say what they’re accusing Brown of lying about. Truth is they just don’t like him because he isn’t interested in typical democratic machine interests (notably including charter schools). It’s kind of pathetic.
Wildstyle@mrwildstyle.bsky.social · 2y agoI wish our elected officials wouldn't pretend they're playing 3D chess ♟️ When we're looking right at them accidentally dropping checkers pieces off the board 😕 mirrorindy.org/jesse-brown-...
I don't think Trump fully understands the number of sternly worded statements Democrats will be sending his way.
Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov · 2y agoThey say this is only temporary, but no one should believe that. Donald Trump must direct his administration to reverse course immediately and the taxpayers’ money should be distributed to the people. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Indy Star: This has no way of happening. Also, Indy Star: great, lets devote a column to it and give the veneer of credibility Indy Star has long lost its way& there is no saving it www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
‘Indiana would lose out on the deal’: How the Indiana-Illinois secession bill would work
Increased costs – from higher Medicaid, K-12 education and pension costs – could negate potential positives from adding population, experts say.
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📣 ATTN: City Nerds! Join us on Feb. 19 at Indy Reads to discuss Shrink the City by Natalie Whittle. We’ll dive into the 15-minute city concept—walkable neighborhoods, bike lanes, housing, and how these changes affect communities. #UrbanPlanning lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/b526u...
To my Indy folks, the @themindtrust.bsky.social needs welcomed to bs. Please join me in welcoming them by asking why they haven’t bothered to comment on any pending legislation that will dismantle Indianapolis Public Schools
Tesla owners: in case you were wondering, I’m going to 100% think you are driving a Nazi mobile
This is utterly ridiculous: Briggs pines for the suburbs in a column about road maintenance while admitting he has no answers and never once mentions how the state’s funding formula penalizes Indy. www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
Indianapolis' snowy, icy streets are why people move to suburbs | Opinion
I can't believe I have to say this, but: Indianapolis should plow streets when it snows.
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Yeah, me neither www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
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Indiana House Bill 1136 will eliminate the public school corporation in five communities, including the states largest school system, Indianapolis Public Schools, and will turn every public school into a charter.
IPS parents aren't waiting for anyone else to organize tho 1st meeting is February 2nd
What’s an under-researched/investigated/reported issue or phenomenon in Indy?
I remember listening to this album 30 years ago and thinking the mixing was horrendous. Most of it sounds like a wall of guitars with some faint drums and nasally vocals in the background. Still sounds that way 30 years later. Validation. 1001albumsgenerator.com/albums/3F7qb...
Album Of The Day
Definitely Maybe by Oasis
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Once again, Mirror Indy shows Indy the purpose of journalism. mirrorindy.org/acadia-healt...
Widespread sex abuse reported at Indy mental health facility
After nine reported rapes, Options Behavioral Health is facing scrutiny from police and prosecutors.
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While I’d love to believe it was our collective and compelling grasp of geography and geographic terms, I think it’s more likely that AAG is willing to extend grace and take risks with community scholars. And I’m grateful 🙏
Mark Latta@marklatta.bsky.social · 2y agoExcited to be invited to present at the upcoming The American Association of Geographers annual conference. This feels notable because 1) I am not a geographer and, 2) no one else on our team is either.
Excited to be invited to present at the upcoming The American Association of Geographers annual conference. This feels notable because 1) I am not a geographer and, 2) no one else on our team is either.
This is the first bit of good climate news I remember seeing in a hot minute. Bonus: it also seems legit.
🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 (is looking at lichen in the cemetery)@humanbyweight.bsky.social · 2y agoPer-capita CO2 emissions in the US have dropped by nearly 30% since the year 2000. We are trending rapidly in the right direction, though we still have a long way to go. Roll up your sleeves if you're able - we can really do this! 🧪 Source: ourworldindata.org/co2/country/...
