Mr. Fahrenheit
@mrfahrenheit.bsky.social
Sacramento, CA Just raging against he dying of the light over here. she/her
Trump administration targets children amid push to ‘deport at all costs’ Federal lawsuit alleges kids are being repatriated despite many of them qualifying to remain in the US legally
Trump administration targets children amid push to ‘deport at all costs’
Federal lawsuit alleges kids are being repatriated despite many of them qualifying to remain in the US legally
theguardian.com
Americans face the same digital sovereignty risk. The same tech giants who sold out to Trump for tax breaks and protection from antitrust enforcement will happily disconnect any member of the American public, any American company, any American official who displeases Trump.
Post-American compute for a post-American Internet
Building cooperative human rights computing infrastructure in Puerto Rico, the EU, Canada and Mexico
doctorow.medium.com
SpaceX rocket hours away from crashing into the moon in unintentional collision Piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket weighing four tonnes will hit the lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400 miles per hour
SpaceX rocket hours away from crashing into the moon in unintentional collision
Piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket weighing four tonnes will hit the lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400 miles per hour
theguardian.com
‘When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortality Turritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over again
‘When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortality
Turritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over again
theguardian.com
Republican officials were set to vote on a plan Tuesday to cut almost half of Election Day voting locations in a major Texas battleground county that has shifted blue in recent years. They also planned to cut eight early voting locations, some on college campuses.
GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrage
The plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters
democracydocket.com
The New Politics: Behind the Democratic Civil War and the Rise of Fascism Change is coming. It's time to decide where you'll stand on the battlefield
The New Politics: Behind the Democratic Civil War and the Rise of Fascism
Change is coming. It's time to decide where you'll stand on the battlefield
open.substack.com
ICE Is Trading Warehouses for Old Prisons Adapting to public pushback, the Trump administration is pivoting to expand immigration detention bedspace nationwide.
ICE Is Trading Warehouses for Old Prisons
Adapting to public pushback, the Trump administration is pivoting to expand immigration detention bedspace nationwide.
themarshallproject.org
Hong for Wisconsin!
Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · yesterday"My own mental health journey has given me a much deeper sense of empathy,” @francescahongwi.bsky.social told me. I wrote about the ridiculous attacks by right-wing media on Francesca Hong's mental health history for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’ Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall
Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’
Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall
theguardian.com
Florida AG threatens to defund Catholic schools unless they loosen vaccination rules James Uthmeier is leveraging taxpayer money to force his anti-vaccine beliefs on Catholic schools, which refuse to offer religious exemptions for required shots
Florida AG threatens to defund Catholic schools unless they loosen vaccination rules
James Uthmeier is leveraging taxpayer money to force his anti-vaccine beliefs on Catholic schools, which refuse to offer religious exemptions for required shots
open.substack.com
Steven Pruitt, who is widely regarded as the most prolific Wikipedia editor, has made more than six million edits to the site, and, by extension, has quietly shaped the raw material that every major A.I. chatbot was trained on.
The Accidental Architect of the Internet’s Brain
Steven Pruitt has made more than six million edits to Wikipedia. Here’s what his life looks like beyond the screen.
newyorker.com
The SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide The SEC bought access to worldwide airline ticketing records. Airlines including Delta, United, and American sold the data.
The SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide
The SEC bought access to worldwide airline ticketing records. Airlines including Delta, United, and American sold the data.
404media.co
The right can’t shut up about COVID because it needs your outrage against experts
Why we’re still fighting over COVID-19 | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, can Kamala Harris pull a Nixon-style comeback?
inquirer.com
maga will accept as leaders rapists, pedophiles, white supremasicsts, wife beaters, con artists, conspiracy theorists, absolute morons, paid foreign agents, & people who are *all* of those things but you can't be even slightly pro-immigration, that's the line newrepublic.com/article/2138...
MAGA Erupts at Trump DHS Chief—and Accidentally Exposes Big MAGA Scam
Markwayne Mullin just said the unsayable: that immigration can sometimes help the economy and the country. Now MAGA wants his head.
newrepublic.com
Almost two dozen Democratic-led states asked the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to uphold a block on President Donald Trump’s sweeping attack on mail voting, saying it poses “extraordinary threats to our democracy.”
Blue states urge Supreme Court to uphold block on Trump’s anti-mail voting order
The states and D.C. said Trump's order poses “extraordinary threats to our democracy.”
democracydocket.com
"We have to say to folks, 'Here's where your money's being stolen, here's who's doing it, here's who's suffering from violations of the rule of law.' Show real people who are being harmed. Things that make Americans mad." Yes. Elevate the victims. #ElevateTheVictims
Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 23h agoOut of the Jaws #8: Brad Lander tells us who should be prosecuted after Trump's term ends. And also how it's important to be a better neighbor. www.liberalcurrents.com/mr-rogers-wi...
"Montezuma County Sheriff Steven Nowlin announced Monday that his office will not participate in a new Colorado gun law" www.denver7.com/news/politic...
Montezuma County sheriff opts out of administering new Colorado gun law
Montezuma County Sheriff Steven Nowlin announced Monday that his office will not participate in a new Colorado gun law, citing funding, staffing and constitutional concerns.
denver7.com
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’
The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.
nytimes.com
I watched a video about cat and dog DNA changes to be domesticated. Wolve's DNA changes in a bunch of different ways. Cat's DNA had ONE change. The fear response to humans was turned down. That's it. Otherwise their DNA matches wild cats. Cats are basically wild animals that tolerate you.
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
this is totally Stuart Schrader's Blue Power (the split between rank and file and upper management) www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stuar...
Blue Power
A history of police unions that reveals how American law enforcement built a political movement that made cops untouchable. “A tour de force ... Read it no...
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Thinking a lot this morning about why high-ranking cops may be feeling like they don't have enough protection.
CPD leaders knew cop proposed hiring hitman to kill fellow detective, new federal lawsuit alleges
The lawsuit alleges an officer faced years of violent abuse and threats at the hands of another detective while top brass and city officials have refused to investigate or discipline him.
unraveledpress.com
WBEZ@wbez.org · yesterdayA group of high-ranking Chicago police officials are pushing to form their own union, setting up a possible fight with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration.
"social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music" (so, female-coded professions. guess who this will hit the most?)
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
Trump Is Trying to Force Americans to Unlearn What We Know
Opinion | Trump's Smithsonian Attacks Are Attacks on America’s Future
This is how we decide who we are and who we want to be.
nytimes.com
What would you do if a stranger asked your teenage daughter when her last period was? ... Chances are, you’d call the cops, smack the guy, or both. Out on the street, it’s sexual deviance; in the statehouse, it’s just another Republican policy.
The GOP's Upskirt Politics
They don't just want to control women’s bodies—they’re getting off on it.
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Nara Smith, Lindsay Clancy, Max Miller—and Our National Reckoning on Motherhood We've reached a tipping point
Nara Smith, Lindsay Clancy, Max Miller—and Our National Reckoning on Motherhood
We've reached a tipping point
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