I’ve been thinking about the America I’m proud of and that I want to celebrate tomorrow, and it’s things like hip-hop and blue jeans and sending a man to the moon and this.

Dara Lind@daralind.bsky.social · last mo.

I was trying to make this case to folks the other night. What a gift to see every team with a diasporic rooting section.

I do not think there is sufficient appreciation for how catastrophic yesterday’s decision in Slaughter is for this country. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent and she intoned from the bench yesterday, “today the majority reshapes our Govt.”

Justice Jackson: "Justice Thomas's telling elides the entire point of the Second Founding: The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery."

The Supreme Court today addressed one of the most pressing threats to the nation today: banning this high school sophomore from playing school sports with her friends 🫡🫠🙃

If you're wondering what's going on, since we just posted an opening for a new Communications Lead at the @sovereign.tech, I'm not going anywhere. When we fill this position, I'll be moving into a new role as Chief of Staff, applying the experience, context, & insight I've been honing in comms… 1/

Sovereign Tech Agency@sovereign.tech · 2mo ago

We are looking for an experienced, strategic thinker to lead and develop our communications work. ➡️ Apply now: www.sovereign.tech/jobs/communi...

If you're wondering what's going on, since we just posted an opening for a new Communications Lead at the @sovereign.tech, I'm not going anywhere. When we fill this position, I'll be moving into a new role as Chief of Staff, applying the experience, context, & insight I've been honing in comms… 1/

Sovereign Tech Agency@sovereign.tech · 2mo ago

We are looking for an experienced, strategic thinker to lead and develop our communications work. ➡️ Apply now: www.sovereign.tech/jobs/communi...

Hope to see lots of folks tomorrow! #americansabroad #berlin #kreuzberg

Powen Shiah@powen.net · 2mo ago

I forgot to keep announcements in this thread. We've had one @demsabroad.bsky.social #Kreuzberg Kiez meetup in 2026; now announcing the next one on 10 June 2026 at Golgatha biergarten in Viktoriapark. See you there, RSVPs appreciated! www.democratsabroad.org/stacyhyer/kr... #americansabroad #berlin

And it says *100% AI written* with "high confidence." It is 100% wrong. I say... AI detector tools are about as reliable as AI writing tools.

It's one of those times of year where I fax my ballot back to California to vote! Choosing from 60+ candidates for governor in the primary is hard (plus all the political offices that get way less news coverage) but as they say, #democracy is not a spectator sport.

What can I say? I'm *not* at #republica this year. It feels pretty weird, as it was one of the first big events I attended in Berlin when I moved here in 2014. I've been there in person every year since then (except 2020) and even got to give a talk last year.

i know the situation in kansas right now is dangerous and terrifying. that said, i'm hoping to speak to someone who's had their license invalidated. i will do absolutely everything to protect your anonymity and maintain your safety. i can be reached securely via signal at marisakabas.04

I feel so lucky to be able to spend some time in Taipei with my family. If you’d told me in 2023 that I’d get to celebrate the next 3 Lunar New Years in Taiwan with my parents, I wouldn’t have believed it. Growing up, we never came - didn’t work w/U.S. school breaks and expensive of course).

In which @alexanderchee.bsky.social writes beautifully (as always) about the way Heated Rivalry has become a fragment shored against the ruin of almost everyone's mental health, and the artistic and narrative joys of both its universality and its specificity. open.substack.com/pub/querent/...

I Would Start A War In Your Arms

A Heated Rivalry Notebook

open.substack.com

9/ In exchange for a norm for severely limiting what it does do with its military, the US gets to live on a planet where most countries operate on the assumption that the US military isn't a direct threat to them. That has a myraid of benefits far outweighing potential plunder or territorial gain.

10/ No amount of frozen islands in the Atlantic or bombing runs on Mexican border cities are worth turning the world into a place where everyone is paranoid about imminent US aggression and behaving accordingly. /end

preview says 3, as of now the headline is updated to 6

Jake Schwitzer@jakeschwitzer.bsky.social · 7mo ago

holy shit. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

Still tracks.

This means the VA won't cover abortions EVEN in the case of rape, incest, or serious threat to the health of the patient. The DOJ memo was authored by Josh Craddock, one of the chief legal advocates for fetal personhood, i.e. imposing a nationwide abortion ban through the courts.

Julianne McShane@juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week. This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025. Read/share 👇

They know we were stripped of our citizenship, had our towns burned down, had our businesses destroyed, our houses of worship desecrated and attacked. And they know who did it 100 years ago & who’s doing it now.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition

Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.

popsci.com

There is actual racial discrimination occurring and people are suffering but sure, let’s focus on the musings of a bunch of elite white men posting from their elite positions about how they are the primary victims of racial discrimination in this country. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump

Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...

propublica.org

Just for shits and giggles, the top five reasons this story is as fake as the executions recorded in Dr. Wolf's dissertation: Number 1: What the fuck is "a dean in the department"? How many deans were in this department? Follow up question: How many of them did it take to screw in a lightbulb?

“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...

Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move

Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.

huffpost.com

It’s not necessary to keep highlighting the qualities of exceptional immigrants as a reason for them to be treated well by their governments. We don’t have to be on our best behaviour to receive a basic level of human decency: that‘s why they’re called “human rights”, and not “human privileges”.

It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US This view is wrong A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵

honestly, if i were trying to design a place for the political opposition to take a stand against trump, i couldn't have done better than abrego garcia. by trying to destroy basic constitutional protections, it was *trump* who made this a dispute over due process and the Constitution.

If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud. Just unspeakable assholery.

Mina Kimes@minakimes.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

There are a few spots left for the event I'm hosting tmrw in Berlin for #SovereignTechFellowship. If you're interested in the work of folks like @hugovk.dev @icing.bsky.social @mklu.bsky.social, Sarah, Jan and others that maintains our digital infrastructure -> 🎟️ events.sovereign.tech/fellowship/

Sovereign Tech Fellowship

Wed, Dec. 3, 2025

events.sovereign.tech

We got over 60 signups from all parts of German government. Thanks for letting us making this exchange happen, @nextnetz.bsky.social!

Martin Jordan@martinjordan.com · 9mo ago

In German, for public servants: We’ll discuss the digital cross-gov’t umbrella brand in all its detail – on Friday, 28 November, at 1 pm, as part of our @nextnetz.bsky.social community. The digital umbrella brand has been in its public pilot phase for 11 months now. ⬇️ next-netz.de/veranstaltun...

The key to bureaucracy hacking is to reduce friction while STILL addressing the risk the regulations were attempting to address.

Chris McLaren@chrismclaren.com · 9mo ago

As I always say when some right-winger starts going on about "red tape that slows innovation", every regulation on the books represents a lesson we as a society learned the hard way, and then encoded so we wouldn't forget. It's someone's blood & pain.