Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
M. Hannah Langhoff
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Chicago transplant. Writer, editor, language nerd. Bookish. I post a lot about climate activism, opera, and cats. Jeopardy! contestant 3/10/22. She/her, English/español/Deutsch
More than 65,000 people have been displaced by the Spokane Complex Fires — and hundreds have lost their homes. If you have even $5 to go towards short and long term assistance, here's a trusted community source: innovia.org
Home - Innovia Foundation
Learn how you can bring your whole community together through the power of a shared meal. APPLY FOR A GRANT Find an event What is your America at 250? Join the mosaic, host a meal, share a story, and ...
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The Forest Service wants to move ahead with a plan for a radioactive rare earth mine fourteen miles from Devil’s Tower, with no environmental impact statement or public hearings. You should tell them how you feel about that:
BREAKING: USDA Pushes Forward on a Radioactive Open Pit Mine Miles From Devils Tower
The Forest Service won’t publish a draft study and won’t let anybody object. Michael Boren signs the decision himself. You have until August 28.
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I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Hands Off Our Vote: Election Protection 101 & 201” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Hands Off Our Vote: Election Protection 101 & 201 · Indivisible
Calling all Indivisibles who are ready to demand Hands Off Our Vote! This August, Indivisible is holding two trainings on election protection: the actions you and those around you can take to ensure e...
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It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"
airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work with the same urgency and ruthlessness to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 5d agoElon Musk is planning to spend at least $100 million to help Republicans in this year’s midterms. That’s just 0.014 percent of his current $702 billion net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.
The True Texas Project and Young Republicans are hosting multiple events in Texas next month with the head of a self-styled white nationalist "think tank," the White Papers Policy Institute. WPPI promotes mass deportations and "remigration." It has strong ties to major white nationalist groups.
Like, I hear you! But we also can't kid ourselves that there are very specific, material reasons that most agricultural voting blocs love the GOP. And those reasons are straight up not compatible with democracy! Or even with a viable rural economy!
Important new study out at Nature Climate Action showing that individual climate actions do not stop people from participating in collective climate action. Instead, they were associated with greater collective engagement and somewhat stronger policy support. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Personal climate actions do not crowd out collective action and policy support: longitudinal evidence - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Personal climate actions do not crowd out collective action and policy support: longitudinal evidence
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Again, the only credible position on this is automatic universal voter registration and free national ID cards. If you don't believe in these things - as no one, including John McGuire, in the far right authoritarian party does - then the <entire point> of this is mass disenfranchisement.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d agoRep. John McGuire on need for the SAVE America Act: "You can't go anywhere, you can't get medicine, you can't go to the Obama museum without a photo ID."
Chicago teen shares his experience in ICE detention centers: I am 18 years old and I just graduated from high school in Chicago. I was in ICE detention for 2 months and 10 days. They kept me in solitary for 2 days for no reason, alone in a room with just a toilet. They never let us go outside.
INBOX: There are reports circulating that multiple Hong Kong residents legally in the United States on Deferred Enforced Departure status have been detained by ICE agents while boarding domestic flights www.uscis.gov/humanitarian...
DED Covered Country – Certain Hong Kong Residents | USCIS
DHS may provide travel authorization as a discretionary benefit of DED for eligible Hong Kong residents. You must file for advance parole if you wish to travel outside of the United States temporarily...
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"Musk’s virulent racism & vicious, disturbing views are no secret....Why do politicians, journalists and commentators treat his far-right racist radicalism as a sideshow rather than the core of his political, ideological and industrial project...?" Why, indeed. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary? (Gift Article)
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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Manosphere grifters have figured out that some men are easily manipulated by making them feel insecure about their masculinity. The GOP has turned this sales pitch into both an ideology and a campaign strategy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
As of this week, hundreds of thousands of Haitians lost their legal status. Most have lost work permits as well. That's left many people unable to support themselves. Here is a verified link to a fundraiser supporting Haitians in Springfield. Please drop links to other fundraisers in the replies.
Stand with Haitian Families in Crisis
Build the Emergency Fund that protects families when everything feels uncertain. The end of TPS. Increasing ICE actions. Families losing work authorization overnight. For Haitian parents and children ...
ancljkuy.donorsupport.co
I have spent my adult life in the blissful delusion that the solution to writer’s block is buying a lovely blank notebook. It never works, but I have many lovely blank notebooks. Many.
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
Really Sean Smith@reallyseansmith.bsky.social · last wk.If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
I don't know how you look at everything Trump's been doing to mess with the election and think anything other than that he's trying to rig it. But whether he will succeed is a different matter, as Bob Kuttner reports. prospect.org/2026/07/28/t...
Yes, Trump Will Attempt a Coup - The American Prospect
If we are vigilant, he won’t pull it off.
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the memo from Doran Schrantz shared in this Kuttner piece via this link is an absolute must-read www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Act Free to Be Free
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David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · last wk.I don't know how you look at everything Trump's been doing to mess with the election and think anything other than that he's trying to rig it. But whether he will succeed is a different matter, as Bob Kuttner reports. prospect.org/2026/07/28/t...
Upwards of 200,00 people may have lost their jobs today; or will in the upcoming days. There is a palpable sense of fear among the Haitian community right now. They need your support.
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · last wk.My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.
I know I’m relentless about this already, but I’ll push once again that this is the *easiest act of public service you can provide*. You are full of valuable juices! Go share!
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last wk."On Monday, the Red Cross declared a national blood crisis for the second time ever in its history."
Beef is the coal of the food system. It's one of the most emissions-intensive things we consume, and Americans eat a lot of it -- the equivalent of 6 burgers a week. Cutting back to one serving of beef a week (similar to EAT-Lancet) in all high-income countries would be a huge win for climate.
In RI, New Bridges for Haitian Success could use donations & possibly other forms of support (i.e. rides, legal help) to sustain people targeted by these operations. www.nb4hs.org Everyone else, repost the quoted post with a local-to-you Haitian org, group, church, etc. that could use $ & hands.
New Bridges for Haitian Success | Haitian immigrants | 685 N Main St, Providence, RI, USA
NB4HS is a dynamic organization dedicated to empowering Haitian immigrants in Rhode Island through a range of comprehensive services and programs. From immigration assistance to educational support an...
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Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · last wk.TPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...
Hi. I actually do need monetary help. My Venmo (preferred) has my deadname but my PayPal is humanitiesguy499@gmail.com and my cash app is $mithos3434. Hopefully we're getting this solved. Social Security did say today they're working on it
GM CEO Mary Barra is introducing Trump at his rally. Something to keep in mind if you're in the market for a vehicle anytime soon.
One of the many faintly surreal elements of all this is that you have the richest man in the world investing considerable time posting about the urgency of a cleansing race war and then just like operating his businesses as normal
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2w agoElon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"
How does the cyclops milk the sheep to make cheese? Aren't his hands too big?
