once again...

'say her name' is for Black women

stop 👏🏽

fucking 👏🏽

stealing 👏🏽

shit 👏🏽

During the peak of COVID, a number of parents learned or re-learned that teaching is difficult. But this has had no lasting impact. Hasn't translated to calls to increase teacher pay, for example.

i still need to eat bc i decided to wait & get food after errands.

this is what met me when i got off the train headed to the food court

Y'ALL GOTTA PAY ATTENTION TO HOW THEY'RE INCREMENTALLY ESCALATING THINGS USING THE NG. EVERYTHING DONE TO DC IS HEADING TO YOU.

checkpoints soon come.

Y'all also let people ridicule you for your individual efforts.

"You not using [said product] won't change anything."

It's better than the nothing they're doing. Personal integrity still matters

RIGHT TO READ DAY. April 20, 2026. Everywhere. FOR YOUR FREEDOM TO READ. FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION. FOR UNDERSTANDING OUR PAST. FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. FOR OUR LIBRARIES. Logos for Unite Against Book Bans and ALA150 American Library Association

From Jan. 2025 - March 2026, 100+ pro-censorship bills were introduced in state legislatures. At least 40 bills would penalize libraries and library workers with lawsuits, fines, or even jail time for protecting people’s the right to read.

This #RightToReadDay, take action: https://bit.ly/43D9Dtw

Twenty-seven years ago today, two students armed with assault rifles and high-capacity magazines opened fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. They shot and killed 12 students and a teacher and wounded 21 others. It is the deadliest school shooting in Colorado’s history.

We are spending billions to keep our entire navy in the Strait to fecklessly fail to open a waterway that wasn’t closed until Trump’s pointless war of choice closed it.

He’s just burning your tax money.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating In the 39 cases in which the Maryland Attorney General’s Office has completed an investigation of police-involved fatalities, the office’s Independent Investigations Division has brought charges in…

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating
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Still thinking heavily about how disposable Black women are in the minds of so many.

The Power of Public Libraries: Toni Morrison Reflects on the New York Public Library's Impact YouTube video by Life Stories

In honor of National Library Week, an extensive video interview with Toni Morrison about the New York Public Library.

And Morrison's 2018 statement "Tell City Leaders to Invest in Libraries."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxr5...

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We won.

Tesla Chicago is closed.

Their new location is in a ghost town. They sacrificed visibility to thousands/day--& proximity to the other luxury car dealerships--to get away from us, because we'd turned their brand ambassador location into a liability.

Organizing works.
@teslatakedown.com

Black women & black children need waaay more support & protection. It’s truly a war out here.

DOJ demands Detroit-area 2024 ballots, escalating election scrutiny DOJ official Harmeet K. Dhillon wrote that she is seeking ballots to investigate election law compliance. Democratic state officials call the request baseless.

Breaking WaPo:

The Trump Justice Department is now demanding all ballots from the 2024 election in the Detroit area — a highly unusual move that comes shortly after prosecutors seized 2020 ballots in Georgia and obtained 2020 election records in Arizona.

BREAKING: New data shows ZERO oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz today, signaling what appears to be a complete shutdown of the Strait for the first time in history.

The Strait normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.

Text Reads: Mayor Mamdani KEEP YOUR PROMISE! Fund NYC public libraries at 0.5% of the city budget. For more information visit NYCPLAN.ORG

It’s National Library Week, so support your fucking libraries people. Use them, fight for their funding, fight for your librarians. Don’t let your most reliable third space go to waste.

Is there some reason why 'The tomato is actually fruit, not a vegetable!' has been a go-to revelation for decades, while the fact that the exact same applies to the cucumber, its unshakable comrade-in-salad, is never brought up?

The NFL barely cares about violence against women. They definitely don’t care about extramarital activity.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Just War Doctrine.

Americans' insurance premiums went up by hundreds and even thousands of dollars because Republicans refused to extend the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits.

Republicans in Congress knew that families would lose their health care as a consequence of inaction, and they still did nothing to help.

@mb_ghalibaf • Translated from Persian by Grok 1- The President of the United States made seven claims in one hour, all seven of which were false. 2- They did not win the war with these lies, and they will certainly not get anywhere in negotiations either. 3- With the continuation of the blockade, the Strait of Hormuz will not remain open. Rate this translation: 5:14 PM • 4/17/26 • 340K Views

@mb_ghalibaf • Translated from Persian by Grok 4- Passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be conducted based on the "designated route" and with "Iranian authorization." 5- Whether the Strait is open or closed and the regulations governing it will be determined by the field, not by social media. Rate this translation: 5:14 PM • 4/17/26 • 107K Views

@mb_ghalibaf • Translated from Persian by Grok 6- Media warfare and engineering public opinion are an important part of war, and the Iranian nation is not affected by these tricks. Read the real and accurate news of the negotiations in the recent interview of the Foreign Ministry spokesman. t.me/ghalibaf/23778 Rate this translation: 5:14 PM • 4/17/26 • 174K Views

⚠️ Iran Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf:

“The President of the United States made seven claims in one hour, all seven of which were false.”

He says the Strait of Hormuz will NOT remain open IF the US military blockade remains in effect.

More:

"accountability" is not a magic word. It means different things to different people.

Trump: "Millions of American small businesses, including corner stores. What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is but I've never heard it described-- a corner store. Who the hell wrote that?"

Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

This probably the most horrifying thing I have read in a while. An online platform where men posted tips on how to drug and rape their female partners. The site recorded 62 million visits a month!
The epidemic of sexual violence against women in very real and scary.
www.cnn.com/interactive/...

Just how fragile is Brett Kavanaugh?

We found out several things during the wait. 1) target uses AI for theft prevention which often falsely targets people. 2) they purposly don't notify you if you don't scan all items in a self checkout lane. 3) if u hit the ok button on the self checkout and you miss an item they say thats stealing

Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health.

'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

Also, the rise of AI coinciding with the spread of COVID is a lot worse than people realize, I think.

I have a friend whose 16 year old got COVID five times. You can't tell me that these kids aren't being cognitively affected and that they're using AI instead of their own brains because of it

I told my teenagers last night that NYC has the largest police force in the world and they were shocked. One for sure thought LA was much bigger. It is absurd that NYC has 35k cops many of whom stand / sit around staring at their phones…

Exhibit 14,362 that the notion “both parties are the same” is a lazy prevarication

Democrat Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress and withdrew his bid for California governor within days

Republicans Tony Gonzalez and Donald Trump remain in office despite overwhelming evidence of their indiscretions