These assholes back down when we push back. We should push back more often. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...

Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring

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Trump's DOJ released a dubious legal memo this morning that signals the Trump admin wants to force more people into psychiatric institutions via bad faith and incorrect interpretations of ADA, Section 504, and Olmstead. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump DOJ outlines dubious path to force people into psychiatric institutions

"This administration is trying to take away one of the most fundamental rights that people with disabilities have fought for."

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this is a catastrophe and he will do harm, and only harm, to those living with disabilities

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In bad news, with disability education oversight being moved to the Department of Health and Human Services from the Department of Education, that means Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have power over disability policy positions. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is an incredible victory for the local communities, researchers, litigators, and longstanding anti-detention organizers in these states that have been working tirelessly to stop these sites from going online. But warehouse expansion continues in AZ, TX, and elsewhere. The fight is far from over

Hamed Aleaziz@haleaziz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

SCOOP: ICE is planning to offload seven warehouses purchased for more than $700 million by either giving them to other federal agencies or selling them outright, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

For years I've tracked billionaire excess. Each year I show students a chart that blows their minds. This year I had to redraw it for a trillionaire: Elon Musk, $1.32T. Depressing that we're here. Silver lining: couldn't have happened to a less deserving person, proof that wealth ≠ merit.

Elon Musk's $1.32 Trillion, to Scale

The first trillionaire's fortune, one pixel per $1,000 — scroll past every dollar, and see what a fraction of it could do instead.

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www.berkeleyside.org/2026/04/22/m... "Even a poster of Martin Luther King Jr. has been yanked. Cal has also banned student organizations from hosting events at the center after complaints about pro-Palestinian signs."

UC Berkeley strips all political art from trailblazing multicultural center

Even a poster of Martin Luther King was yanked from Cal's Multicultural Community Center. Student organizations are banned from hosting events.

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The administration is hand picking US citizens to strip of said citizenship. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...

Justice Dept. Targets Hundreds of Citizens in New Push for Denaturalization

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my edgy Covid take is that I while I did socially isolate until vaccines came online for the good of society, I absolutely loathed being unable to see people in person, throw a party, or travel for over a year, and I enjoyed absolutely nothing whatsoever about any of it

Did you know every state has an unclaimed property page that you can search your name on (or friends/family) and find unclaimed funds aka money you are OWED that was never given to you. My partner just found ours. So go search your states' page (and states you used to live) and claim your free money

re last RT: wish more people knew that a lot of libraries have seed libraries in them where you can go and get FREE seeds. We went last week and got a ton of seeds (vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers) for our garden this year. They are donated by folks who live in the area and they are FREEEEEEEE

I would love it if those of you who do not have library cards will apply for one at your local branch during #NationalLibraryWeek. Then let me know about it. 😇

1. This weekend, a federal judge permanently blocked funding threats to providers and hospitals that provide trans youth care. The judge also blocked "any similar policy." Hospitals have NO excuse and must return to providing care under many blue state laws. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats

The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.

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Research on COVID is being hampered by a lack of interest by publishers and funding, imo. Considering we are only about 7 years into a brand-new disease, we lost interest pretty quickly.

The Trump admin has targeted students, faculty, universities, law firms, journalists, newsrooms, protesters -- anyone speaking in even tentatively oppositional ways to those in power. But there's been particular attack on immigrants & Palestinian rights speech. Horrible: apnews.com/article/mahm...

Immigration board denies Mahmoud Khalil's appeal, bringing activist one step closer to deportation

The Board of Immigration Appeals has denied Mahmoud Khalil's latest attempt to dismiss his deportation case.

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During the peak of COVID, a number of parents learned or re-learned that teaching is difficult. But this has had no lasting impact. Hasn't translated to calls to increase teacher pay, for example.

With the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) last week demanding 2024 election records from Wayne County, Michigan, the Trump administration is now aggressively targeting the voting process in perhaps the country’s three most pivotal voting jurisdictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Ahead of midterms, Trump’s DOJ is targeting voting in three of the most pivotal swing-state counties

"They're basically acknowledging they got nothing," one elections expert said. "It's going to be used for propaganda and PR. And DOJ's law enforcement powers aren't supposed to be used for propaganda ...

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I think this is simplifying the matter. Many chronically ill people were relieved that there were fun virtual events that they were left out of before, rather than liking not leaving the house that much.

So many of these strong First Amendment cases -- challenging the Trump admin's censorial campaign to chill dissent -- are winning. Here's another win for free speech against surveillance & ICE tracking: www.theverge.com/policy/91461...

Judge rules Trump administration violated the First Amendment in fight against ICE-tracking

ICE Sightings - Chicago Land Facebook Group and Eyes Up developer won a preliminary injunction against the government.

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Happy National Library Week. In less than 10 years, U.S. spending on immigration policing & detention increased by 171% while funding for libraries didn't even keep up with inflation. Some priorities. 🤔

We’ll see similar results in kids. “…growing body of evidence that seasonal COVID vaccination can play a role in reducing disease burden & associated costs, and it highlights the value of increasing vaccination coverage at a time when US public health leaders have downplayed its importance”

Amesh Adalja@ameshaa.bsky.social · 4mo ago

““Beyond direct health benefits, vaccinated working-age individuals incurred fewer COVID-19– and respiratory-related sick leave days, resulting in an estimated EUR 1.3 million [$1.5 million] reduction in indirect costs due to absence from work,” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

The reality of "women and children first". 1/ "Two-thirds of mass shootings in the United States are linked to domestic violence, and 40% of the victims in domestic violence-related mass shootings are children." theconversation.com/intimate-par...

Intimate partner homicide has clear warning signs – and is often preventable, research shows

Women are at highest risk of being hurt or killed after separating from a potentially violent partner, but interventions such as taking away the former partner’s firearms can protect them.

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Public health experts have been begging news outlets to stop using needle shots because a quarter of Americans have needlephobia and will avoid getting vaccinated because of it and these images feed into it... and yet we (as an industry) still keep using them

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4mo ago

Exclusive: The acting director of the CDC has delayed publication of a report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists.

One year after our original Guardian essay, Naomi Klein and I are excited to reveal the North American cover of our forthcoming book END TIMES FASCISM - and the Fight for the Living World. It will be on bookshelves on September 15th and is available for pre-order. More details below. bit.ly/4cbLfEr

Wow!!! 'A new water-based, eco-friendly battery based on tofu brine.' It is important to note that battery breakthroughs like this seem to happen all the time in academia, but not all “make it” to market. interestingengineering.com/energy/china...

China's water battery hits 120,000+ cycles, can beat lithium by decades

This new aqueous battery uses organic electrodes and a neutral electrolyte to combine safety, sustainability, and ultra-long lifespan.

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 4mo ago

No need for deep sea mining China’s water battery breakthrough can last 120,000+ cycles, outlast lithium-ion by decades Chinese scientists unveil a non-toxic, water-based battery that delivers over 120,000 cycles without fire risks of lithium-ion systems interestingengineering.com/energy/china...

No need for deep sea mining China’s water battery breakthrough can last 120,000+ cycles, outlast lithium-ion by decades Chinese scientists unveil a non-toxic, water-based battery that delivers over 120,000 cycles without fire risks of lithium-ion systems interestingengineering.com/energy/china...

China's water battery hits 120,000+ cycles, can beat lithium by decades

This new aqueous battery uses organic electrodes and a neutral electrolyte to combine safety, sustainability, and ultra-long lifespan.

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CBS turned their news operation into propaganda, kicked Colbert off the air for making too much trouble, and all that just to have Charles Barkley go on the air on one of their most-watched telecasts of the year and say this lmao

Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"The way some of these other immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace... I think what’s going on in our country — what we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants, is really unfortunate and it’s really sad." - Charles Barkley on CBS

Happening now: a small protest at O'Hare is marching through terminal 1 this evening outside Chicago. ICE agents have been spotted inside the airport all week. Folks chanting, "ICE out of O'Hare! ICE out of everywhere!"

I looked into if Medicaid-funded providers who oversee disabled people living independently are ready for worsening climate events. The support they need from the federal government isn’t there, and it’s worsened under Trump. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Home care wasn't ready for the climate crisis—even before Trump's Medicaid and FEMA cuts

As extreme weather mounts, disaster relief for millions of people is being systemically gutted.

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For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border

We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting mate...

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