it is shocking that more people in perimenopause don’t simply walk into the woods

Watching ‘The Last Starfighter’ for the first time in…oh, at least a decade.

If you believe that car can fly I have a GREAT DEAL on some lovely lunar real estate but you must lock in now because allotments are selling FAST FAST FAST

We enter Shabbat this week in contemplation on how to be in continued solidarity with all people. As we watched the Trump regime’s outrageous attacks on Ilhan Omar, we recognized that kind of abuse of government power and targeting of political opponents is exactly how fascists operate.

This guy needs to go. Immediately upon winning back the senate, we need to pressure the hell out of all D senators and senator-elects to pick a DIFFERENT leader.

Truthout@truthout.org · yesterday

Chuck Schumer — one of the most powerful Democrats in the country — has not issued statements to the press or through his social media channels about the administration’s attack on Ilhan Omar, which critics have described as a five alarm fire for the state of democracy in the U.S.

(RNS) — ‘Black, Jewish, and Beautiful,’ which published Oct. 15 by Syracuse University Press, includes essays by and interviews with 14 Black Jews from across the United States, Ethiopia, Cameroon and Uganda.

New anthology explores the myriad ways of being Black and Jewish 

(RNS) — ‘Black, Jewish, and Beautiful,’ which published Oct. 15 by Syracuse University Press, includes essays by and interviews with 14 Black Jews from across the United States, Ethiopia, Cameroon and Uganda.

religionnews.com

The federal government tried to turn our public servants into deportation agents and force New York City to carry out ICE’s cruel agenda. Today, a federal court rejected that effort and upheld our laws. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

US judge tosses Trump administration lawsuit over New York City 'sanctuary' laws

A federal judge on Thursday threw out a Trump administration lawsuit that ​sought to block New York City laws ‌limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, finding the government did not...

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Elephant bottoms are rather sweet – and this one doubly so, because it belongs to Kipekee, one of our beloved Nursery babies. Every big girl goes out of her way to keep her safe from the boisterous boys.

Excited to share my latest piece with @gravesitemedia.bsky.social, where I talk about the fact that you cannot register a domain for longer than 10 years. Which is kind of a problem when you die. gravesite.media/p/your-websi...

Your Website Should Outlive You: The Case for Forever Domains

Your online legacy is one failed credit card payment from disappearing. Why your website should outlive you, and how forever domains can protect your life's work.

gravesite.media

Defend immigrants and trans people. Voting rights. Oppose data centers. Tax billionaires. Get money out of politics. Medicare for all. It’s not complicated.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d ago

Crazy idea: Democrats should defend immigration and immigrants, run on the idea that immigrants make America great, and stop Homer Simpsoning themselves into the shrubbery every time Republicans try to demagogue it.

I think frats should be banned from campuses for the same reason I want ICE abolished: I think impunity factories are bad, actually.

Oh yeah, Mark? How about the fricking bookmark I bought for $159? Is that coming soon?

Joe Rogan has to pretend he’s not a political actor for his particular politics to appeal to the audience he’s using to accomplish his political goals.

Ooh, how bad? Don't threaten me with a good time!

Yahoo Finance@yahoofinance.com · 4d ago

On the Cheeky Pints podcast, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and chief AI officer Alexandr Wang revealed that Susan Li pulled Wang aside “many times” at a Hawaii offsite to warn him that if Meta’s new AI model flopped, it would be “really, really bad” financially. 😬 Read more: https://yhoo.it/4zQLL59

el-sayed is so light and nimble on his feet. what a perfect answer.

Jesi🃏♠️🔥@luciferjesit.bsky.social · 4d ago

This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.

And now for something completely different: Let us speak of licensed tie-in fiction, you and I.

I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.

I think it would be nice if journalists could more clearly inform the public that there will be no useful AI regulation coming because Congress is too corrupt to function We're still waiting for even basic internet privacy laws 30 years down the road

The Leftist Split Over AI Doom

The left wants AI regulation. They just can't agree on what it should look like or how concerned they should be.

wired.com

Inside you are two wolves: one wishes to write a quick snarky headline and the other chimes in with "actually, it's much more nuanced than that" and begins to write a 2000-word blog post.

NEW: The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new rules on mail-in voting before the November midterm elections. That means nothing has changed for voters — and mail-in voting can proceed as planned.

What to Know About Mail-In Voting for the 2026 Midterms

The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new rules on mail-in voting before the November midterm elections. That means nothing has changed for voters — and mail-in voting can p...

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My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Kyle Clark is a national treasure

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · last mo.

NEW: In a new audio recording, GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx suggests that his campaign filed someone else's large contribution under Marx's name to avoid campaign finance limits.

🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court REJECTS Department of Justice effort to restore U.S. Postal Service mail-in voting rule. A huge victory for voting rights and free and fair elections. A defeat for Trump and his scheme to rig the elections. www.democracydocket.com/cases/trump-...

🚨 State of California et al v. United States Postal Service et al

Learn more here.

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I would be shocked to discover ed sheeran has any beliefs, if I’m being honest I’d be shocked to discover that he has any internality whatsoever. There certainly isn any on display in his music, just a bland absence.

It's Monday, so a deeply compromised Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to enable Trump fraud www.politico.com/live-updates...

Gillibrand privately urges Dems to advance crypto bill

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's posture on the legislation puts her at odds with progressives in her party.

politico.com

Ed Sheeran has millions of dollars and a huge fan base and he is using it to be the most basic dude on earth. Other than, annoyingly, being very good at live looping.

When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story.

I take that back, I have a second response. Some of you are allowing the fact that Mitch McConnell is a fascist motherfucker to justify, in your minds, being vilely ableist. And you can all stop that shit right now. Immediately. There are no passes for violent oppressive bigotry. NONE.

Amadi Lovelace@amaditalks.bsky.social · last mo.

My only response to this is nearly 3 months out of work, still getting paid because there are no formal leave rules in the US Senate, and this fascist motherfucker had a brand new $90,000 wheelchair van while I crowd funded thousands of dollars to buy a used one and still can't get one. 

Imagine making an invention so bad that the only way you can think of saving it when the industry for it crashes is telling everyone the invention is going to murder them