See McKinsey & Company. At my prior institution, the University of Utah, our president and provost gave them over $6 million so they could help the university with “efficiency”. This meant job losses of course and not even the academic senate was allowed to see the full report.

Alexandra Gallant-Lee@alexandragallant.com · 2d ago

There are so many ways in which it is a scam being run on universities that are more subtle, but it is an overt scam, too: some of them have even been caught sending multiple universities the exact same PDF and being like "We made this report telling you to gut humanities all special, just for you!"

have you ever been to, uh, a restaurant??? because, if so, wow do I have a brand new multimedia bonanza exactly for you fresh up today @pudding.cool — the story of the American restaurant *plus* a database of 5000 explorable historic menus pudding.cool/2026/06/menu...

A History of Menus is a Menu of History

What do America’s earliest restaurant menus teach us about America?

pudding.cool

Let us allow ourselves, just for a second, to imagine what it might look like if this support were, shall say, redirected

Kevin J. Kircher@kevinjkircher.com · 3d ago

I think energy modelers sometimes underestimate the extent to which the US government will intervene internationally to protect US fossil fuel businesses that might otherwise lose market share. This is, uh, not the first example. To put it mildly.

This is how it's done, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social There MUST be consequences. There weren't under Biden, and we ended up right back where Trump left off, with MAGA 2 inflicting massive damage to people, our institutions, and democracy. Crimes MUST be investigated, and perps held accountable.

Hillary Rodham Clinton@hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 5d ago

Last night, Americans made a clear call for accountability and affordability. A body politic cannot recover until its harms have been treated and its wounds have been healed. Crimes against our people and our Constitution must be answered for.

timeline cleanse

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 4d ago

There's a YouTube channel called 'Ferrovia de Jardim' ("backyard railroad") owned by two model train enthusiasts, Daniel & Chico, in Barbacena, Brazil. They also have a cat named Titinho ("little uncle"?) who shares the space with occasionally hilarious results.😺🚂 (www.youtube.com/@ferroviadej...)

Actual Defund (the Movement) called for divesting $$ from policing AND investing $$ in other things like health, housing, education, libraries etc... To me, the second part is what folks really refuse to contend with. Abolitionists aren't interested in "saving money" - We want to fund LIFE.

Matt Ford@mford.bsky.social · 14h ago

Ron DeSantis’s Florida effectively voted to defund the police.

There was a food bank distribution across the street this morning - people were lined up 3 hours ahead of time. 6 am on a Saturday morning. People are hurting and this is absolutely the time for Democratic leadership to FIX THIS and be as loud as possible while doing it.

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · yesterday

I suspect the real place for Democrats to solidify this win will be at the state and local level. That's where Ds have the chance of IMMEDIATELY making change and helping people in their everyday lives. Push your local pols to Mamdanify the shit out of the entire country, y'all. And BRAG about it.

Gonna say this one more fucking time. You can't have "Reconstruction 2" or whatever if you don't understand why "Reconstruction" failed and the ways that those systems persist into modernity. No, I'm not just talking about the explicit racism of it all, though that's part.

I really see no downside for calling for trump to resign. it's easy, it's right, it's simple, it will make trump lose his mind, it puts other republicans in a shit position.

Let's organize a nationwide protest demanding Congress remove Schumer and Jeffries from leadership. We need to be in the streets to make this happen.

Schumer and Jeffries represent a Congress that puts the stock market before the needs of working class people, profits above wages, and prisons above human dignity. They have had their chances, and now it's time for leaders that represent the will of the people.

My #1 criteria for Senate Majority Leader is someone who will keep Senate Dems from confirming any SCOTUS justices who happen to die during this term. And I mean it. If five of them die in 2027, oh well, next president gets eight picks in 2029.

Voters understood this & made their opinions known at the ballot box We built the infrastructure to counter their anti-voter moves b/c of Trump’s track record We are glad most of it didn’t come to pass on Election Day but it is disinformation for WSJ Ed Board to call these “fantasies”

How Trump Could Interfere With the Midterms on Election Day, and the Days After

Here’s how the Trump Administration could potentially interfere in each step of the election process—and how states are preparing to fight back.

time.com

To be absolutely clear: This was another Y2K situation. Lots and lots of people worked diligently for months and years, at great cost, taking hours away from their friends & family, to make our elections a bit more free and fair. Voting was still threatened! It still took record-breaking turnout!

Norm Eisen@normeisen.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is so wrong The reason “Trump didn’t steal the elections” is because we & the pro-voter coalition stopped him EIGHT times over the past 21 months Here’s how: a thread (1/x)

Here is a non-paywalled version:

Abolition Is Still the Only Way Out of This — Interrupting Criminalization

The Nation

interruptingcriminalization.com

Good. Now help us abolish ICE and destroy Elon Musk, James.

Day 4 of calling my house rep and senators to demand Jeffries & Schumer not be elected Majority Leaders (voicemail). Today I will be writing a letter to each of them as well. I will also be sending them a direct message. If you have not yet signed the petition, I've attached it below.

House Democrats "inundated" with calls telling them not to elect Jeffries speaker

One senior House Democrat told Axios they got "over 500" calls in two days.

axios.com

Jesse de Rivera@jessederivera.bsky.social · 4d ago

For those who don't know, you can contact the Democratic party directly (no phones) through democrats.org/contact-us/ Every day if necessary. I won't be letting up. Call elected offices and make sure the party at large knows how fed up we all are!

You can’t really separate corruption and “real issues” when the point of the corruption is to move money from working people to rich people more quickly and effectively

HOLY FUUUUUCK I HAD NO IDEA SABRINA CARPENTER INADVERTENTLY GAVE US ZOHRAN MAMDANI

This is a neutral, objective headline. The American cowardliness in naming things by their names draws us away not toward the simple truths around us.

Le Monde in English@english.lemonde.fr · 2d ago

Stephen Miller, reactionary ideologue and white supremacist, promoted head of Trump administration

Schumer is very good at getting the old guard media to write puff pieces about him, but this ain't a done deal. Congress comes back on Monday. The vote ain't til December. Most of the new senators oppose a coronation - make your calls Monday to back them up.

Tim Dickinson@timdickinson.bsky.social · yesterday

Once?

The first renovation of 2028 will be removing starlink and investigating what Musk has gained access to.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2d ago

Last year, when Starlink appeared at the White House, officials said the company had donated the service. But contracting records reveal that the Trump administration has been spending taxpayers’ dollars to install Starlink equipment at the White House.

A reminder that HUD's homeless count deliberately excludes vast numbers of people experiencing homelessness: families living doubled up with others or in extended-stay hotels and motels. There's an entire world of homelessness hidden from view, an entire population rendered statistically invisible.

U.S. Homeless Population Had Record Drop in 2025

The Department of Housing and Urban Development credited President Trump, while homeless advocacy groups said that so-called Housing First policies of his predecessors played a part.

nytimes.com

Call their state office that’s closest to you too, not just the D.C. one!

Have you set a reminder in your phone to call Monday? 9 out of 10 dentists recommend Bullying Your Reps as part of your daily diet. Search “call script”+schumer or Jeffries to find verbiage. Call, fax, or email - if you can post here, there’s no excuse for not contacting your reps.

Keira Havens@highcountryrose.bsky.social · 2d ago

Amazing job everybody, keep going

Amazing job everybody, keep going

Keira Havens@highcountryrose.bsky.social · 2d ago

It is **crucial** to do this now because once a majority of Dems selects a speaker in their caucus meeting on Nov 18 and 19, EVERY SINGLE DEM is bound by that decision on the floor Jan 3 per Dem Caucus Rule 34.

Big: Kris Kobach, the Kansas attorney general, one of the country’s most notorious far-right figures who charted the way for Trump’s election denialism well before Trump got to it, has lost his reelection bid. Democrat Chris Mann will be the new Kansas attorney general, APcalls.

The people don’t want the machines.

Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam as Europe’s backlash spreads

Protesters have broken into a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam. Some climbed a crane and set off flares while others clashed with police.

apnews.com

Update: the election workers in Mississippi need people to STOP CALLING THEM so they can count the votes 💀 If you're a voter trying to find out if your ballot needs curing, DO NOT call your local election office! Call the voter hotline at 800-300-4350!

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d ago

Will be offline for much of the day because it's not cool to post while doing official election monitoring.

Important update: after previously signaling that it would cave to Trump's pressure, Michigan has announced that it will be restoring Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care for trans youth. Pressure works, y'all. Don't let up on Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Virginia.

Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com · 4w ago

Colorado & Michigan have become the latest blue states to end Medicaid coverage for trans youth. Solidly blue Colorado will also be IMMEDIATELY shutting off care for all trans kids receiving puberty blockers—despite Trump's rule allowing a 6 month ‘tapering’ period. This is a complete betrayal.