We lost a 14-yo farm worker in Wisconsin this week after an accident with a skid loader. There was no law to protect him, and in Wisconsin we train kids even younger than that to operate heavy farm equipment. Read why we should not:

Growing Safely: Rethinking Wisconsin’s Youth Farm Safety Mandate

Cutting to the Chase…

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I can vouch for Sam! Get some gothic goodness into your spooky season.🎃

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · 5d ago

I'm running another online course through Liverpool University in October! Come join me for an exploration of the early Gothic in its many forms www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

This, by the way, is how they plan to eventually get rid of professors who specialize in a subject they think no one should learn because it doesn’t align with capitalistic or fascistic goals. What are we even doing here?

Harvard Is Selling a $699 Course Taught by A.I. Clones of Its Faculty

To create a new bootcamp for entrepreneurs, Harvard Business School made A.I. avatars of its instructors.

nytimes.com

I am a Persian tortie show cat.

sam@lunarriviera.bsky.social · 2w ago

sorry to us all because i now sing beijing opera

Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally?

Many critics of this are missing the point. This isn’t meant to reorganize the funding of education. It’s meant to reduce our means to create social change through our (non-capitalist-driven) work, and to ensure a dumbed down electorate.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · last mo.

President 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

Important thing that is flying under the media’s radar:

Trump’s Attorney General Nominee Just Opened the Door to a National Abortion Ban

Under questioning from Sen. Ted Cruz, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche committed to reviewing Biden-era guidance on the Comstock Act.

autonomynews.co

(1/4) The Anishinabek Nation stands in solidarity with Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, which has experienced devastation from the recent wildfires, displacing all citizens from their homes and community.

Or maybe don’t do things that infringe upon the rights of so many people. That’ll make us mad.

Esme Weatherwax 📚🧶🦉🌳🔬📸 🌈 ally@esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I dunno...if you want to be mourned be someone worth mourning. My opinion of you isn't dependent on whether youre currently breathing...its how you spent your life.

Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.

You can use ‘adjust donation’ to give more funds to World Central Kitchen. These are fun books! Good for a chuckle or two, especially in dark times.

Humble@humblebundle.com · 2mo ago

Immerse yourself in the rich sci-worlds of multiple Hugo Award–winning author John Scalzi with books short stories like: - Old Man’s War - Starter Villain - Redshirts - and more! Supports @wck.org | https://bit.ly/448EYpA

You know you are on the wrong side of history when you are this careful to cover up every identifying mark, right down to your tattoos. Cowards.

Shannon Watts@shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The white supremacist group, Patriot Front, was seen marching through Capitol Hill this morning.

For all the what-aboutism I read out there: Yes, past presidents have sucked, too, but this? This is a whole new level.

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 2mo ago

If you're looking for a site that's keeping track of all of Trump's cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes, we have you covered.

Must read book list for Pride Month (now 40% off) @HaymarketBooks.org www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/165-st...

Stonewall was a Riot: a Pride Month Reading List

We've put together a reading list of books about queer and trans politics, history, and liberation, offered in solidarity with everyone across the world standing up against injustice. For th...

haymarketbooks.org

Very sad to be on the wrong side of an ocean during this. You should go, though, if you can!

OGOM Project@ogomproject.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Vampiric Origins and Gothic Afterlives: John Polidori and St Pancras Old Churchyard Tour Date and Time: 18th July 2026, Tour 18.30-19.45 GMT (followed by optional drinks from 20.00) …...

!!!!! My C18 and long C19 colleagues — *THE* Olaudah Equiano’s original letter to Josiah Wedgwood on the abolition of the slave trade 1793 At V&A East “The Music is Black: A British Story”

Into the Gothic on Juneteenth? Check out ‘The Black Vampyre’. Written in 1819 by an American author, it’s a comedic abolitionist short story! dn721606.ca.archive.org/0/items/the-...

Woof. Not only is this dominated by right wing voices, but it is also far too joyless for tenth graders.

TX FReadom Fighters@freadomfighters.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Please submit comments by tomorrow about the Texas Required Reading list and share your concerns! You can find more in our post here and from @frankstrong.bsky.social too. txfreadomfighters.substack.com/p/whose-lite...

"Why can’t Trump keep his bloodsport / ego strokefest in the coliseum where it belongs? This whole ordeal is really giving mad kings a bad name."

I am Emperor Caligula, and Even I Think the White House UFC Event is a Bit Much

“I know this might seem surprising coming from me. And don’t get me wrong, I’m no stranger to bread and circuses. But considering that the price of bread is ...

buff.ly

So why do you work in government and publish research outside your field, Dr. Fall?

🌬️Doctrix Snow • NYC/FMTY@mistresssnowphd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

so why did you get into sex work, Snow

Classicist here to inform you all that this is ancient Greek for summoning a cat

Yiannis@yiannisbab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Ah yes, the "Thdpsssps"

This is their second attempt to do this. It’s not based on science. This is why so many states are joining the World Health Organization and relying on partners like the AMA. Stick to your jabs, please, while the dedicated scientists in the US public health community hunker down under this attack.

CIDRAP@cidrap.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Trump executive order directs CDC to ‘realign’ childhood vaccine recommendations. The order directs the agency and a federal vaccine advisory board to align with an HHS assessment that calls for fewer childhood vaccines. Read more: ow.ly/cjHs50Z6NyK

Sharing Heather Cox Richardson’s Week 1, one minute videos she & her team are producing to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence🎇 Thank you @LettersFromAnAmerican & @heathercoxrichardsonand250at250 on Substack @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Week One in 250 to 250

This was the first week of videos from the 250 to 250 Project that we’re producing to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

open.substack.com

Terrible for trans folks. I’d also argue that it’s a very bad sign for democracy in general for there to be any system amounting to a poll tax. There should never be a barrier to voting. Period.

Bolts@boltsmag.org · 3mo ago

Many trans Kansans whose licenses were cancelled by a recent state law now face a kind of poll tax: To vote, they’ll have to pay $16 for a replacement license with a gender marker that doesn’t match their identity.

Hold them accountable, please, voters in their districts.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 3mo ago

These 8 Democrats voted to pass a national ban on trans teachers and mention of LGBTQ topics. Rep Henry Cuellar (TX) Rep. Don Davis (NC) Rep. Cleo Fields (LA) Rep. Laura Gillen (NY) Rep. Vicente González (TX) Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH) Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Rep. Eugene Vindman (VA)

HHS took this down. That’s because they aren’t being led by science, and are instead acting out someone’s ideology. Share this great preventative information widely. It is still correct, and we can’t prevent the spread of disease without good information.

Alt CDC (they/them)@altcdc.altgov.info · 4mo ago

Archived webpage link: web.archive.org/web/20260511...

I feel like everyone who is using it when working with students who are covered by FERPA should also be thinking about this. You can’t expect privacy.

Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · 4mo ago

Well, it happened. A client disregarded my advice about using generative AI and guess what? It gave them bad advice AND the judge ruled that by using it, Client waived confidentiality and ordered us to turn a bunch of private stuff over. STOP USING GENERATIVE AI FOR LEGAL THINGS. I BEG YOU.

Thou shalt not dine with fascist pedophiles.

Our research team estimates that Covid caused 23 million deaths I’m sorry that Dr Bhattacharya felt stressed during the time he pushed for mass infection instead of mass vaccination; a physician friend of mine in Kenya lost 28 patients to Covid IN ONE NIGHT & still has PTSD

Dan Jago@dj1au.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Bhattacharya noted that the stress left him unable to eat or sleep, resulting in a 30-pound weight loss. Thousands were dying daily, frontline medical staff were really stressed trying to save lives, but Jay was stressed about having to stay home and wear a mask.😏

In honor of #EarthDay, here is a reminder that there is a bot account that posts a photo of the whole Earth from a million miles away, taken by the Deep Space Climate Observatory, several times daily. You can view all the images (and zoom in) here: epic.gsfc.nasa.gov

DSCOVR:EPIC@dscovr-epic.bot.country · 4mo ago

11:19 on Tuesday April 21st, over Africa