How come no one's calling for a complete and total shutdown of all college fraternities... 'until we can figure out what's going on'.. ?

We passed the freeway exit to “Concerning” more than 1,000 miles ago

Trump fires Election Assistance Commission members ahead of midterms

The terminations follow the recent Supreme Court decision that granted the president more power.

reuters.com

As a graphic designer, I wholeheartedly endorse this diagnosis by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ChatGPT posters and flyers are polluting real life and driving me insane. Please respond to this with the worst ones you've seen irl. I'll post some in the thread www.404media.co/we-are-livin...

#BankingOnClimateChaos 🌎🔥

Wall Street just won't stop financing the fossil fuel industry's expansion

Major lenders are all in as Big Oil pivots toward plastics, pesticides, and other petrochemicals.

motherjones.com

🌎🔥 We are living in a 5-alarm climate emergency, but let’s set the night sky on fire while we fiddle in Rome..

Extreme heat, severe storms and wildfires highlight July Fourth weather hazards

Extreme heat in the East, severe thunderstorms in the Midwest and Northeast, and elevated wildfire danger in the West will create a wide range of weather hazards across parts of the U.S. on Independen...

yahoo.com

I defy you to show me true, revolutionary love does not exist 🖤♥️

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Wow -- one of the climbers atop the Empire State Building appears to have gotten down on one knee and proposed to the other

"We're going to drain the swamp!"

Congratulations, the Reflecting Pool is now a swamp

"A national treasure has now become the world's dullest aquarium."

sfgate.com

~NEW EPISODE~ Rainforest Radicals: The History of @ran.org In our latest, we talk with historian Prof. David Benac about his new book on RAN, its roots in Earth First!, international forest campaigns and Indigenous solidarity. 🎙️: bit.ly/49Og9SY

BREAKING: Star Wars cantina band pulls out of Freedom 250 event, saying they weren't told the hive of scum and villainy would be *this* wretched

Trump’s $1.7 billion J6 insurrectionist restitution fund: “Why go to college when you can attack the capital and get $1 million for your troubles?”

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock@warnock.senate.gov · 5mo ago

Instead of changing his policies, Donald Trump is trying to change the shape of the electorate. That's what wannabe dictators do when they feel their grip on power slipping.

I often say that the fight for democracy is the fight of our generation. But let me be clear, if you aren’t fighting for Black voting rights right now then you aren’t really fighting for democracy.

Oh look, its Dystopian Grifter Vacation with Transportation Secretary Clark W. Griswold.. 🤡

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

oh my god -- Sean Duffy on Fox & Friends this morning announced that he spent parts of *7 MONTHS* (more than half a year!) on a roadtrip with his family to celebrate America's 250th anniversary

We need less glorification of billionaires and more protection for the Amazon that all life on Earth depends..

Wall Street Must Stop Financing the Destruction of the Amazon | Opinion

"We depend on the river and the land to live. When they are destroyed, we are destroyed with them."

newsweek.com

Palestinian photographer Saher Alghorra was awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography for documenting Israel’s genocide in Gaza. His photos are worth seeing, so here’s a gift link:

Our Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer’s Work From Gaza

nytimes.com

Happy Birthday to Sir David Attenborough who turns 100 years old this week. He is someone whose words we should all stop and think about.

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ https://theonion.com/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong-1819573211/

As an appreciator / aficionado of apt metaphors that help us see the world more clearly, I found this piece stunningly accurate

Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My latest. America is giving dying mall vibes. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

How about GTFO Again instead?! 🦉🌲

Trump administration wants to Make Oregon Logged Again, revving up decades‑old battles over big timber

The proposal to quadruple logging on federal lands in 18 Oregon counties would raise timber harvests to levels not seen since before spotted owl protections.

oregonlive.com

They’re pretexting the War on Gravity.. 🙃

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 6mo ago

BREAKING: Trump has apparently fired the National Science Board (NSB).

Resilient are the seeds of Revolution..

Rainforests Can Bounce Back Much Faster Than Thought, Researchers Say

nytimes.com

Introducing two new terms for the political lexicon: -Vanceplaining - Pope Derangement Syndrome

I just had my coffee and I have to take a vance.

Ph*ck Private Equity, Ph*ck Philz www.sfgate.com/food/article...

Good 👏

Democrats draw up impeachment articles against Trump and Hegseth over Iran war

White House calls the efforts ‘pathetic’ as Democrats push JD Vance and Trump’s cabinet to declare the president unfit to serve

independent.co.uk

The President is openly threatening genocide. A crime against humanity. He must be removed from office. The 25th Amendment must be invoked. If not, Congress has to do our damn job. Speaker Johnson, call us into session. War powers & impeachment. Remove this man from office.

STOP SANE-WASHING THE RACIST, WAR-MONGERING PSYCOPATH!

It's near the end of Trans Day of Visibility, but visibility doesn't end at midnight. If you showed up on 3/28, show up for trans people tomorrow and every day. This regime wants to divide and conquer us, but their fight is our fight. And we win when we treat an attack on one as an attack on all.

Man with his dog flees from bombs in Tehran. (Photo by Pooria Hatami)