Every report about rising medical debt feels like déjà vu. We keep treating illness like a personal failure instead of a structural one.

Rest isn’t just sleep.

Sometimes rest is letting yourself stop performing strength for a minute. Sometimes it’s admitting you’re tired.

That honesty hits different. #blackstandardcollective

There’s something deeply disrespectful about alarms. I set them. I know they’re coming but wake up offended like someone slapped me with responsibility. #blackstandardcollective

The snowpack numbers came in lower again. People forget how much the West lives and dies by water. You can’t negotiate with a watershed. It tells you the truth whether you’re ready or not.

Thank you Sassy 😊
We are stronger together 💪 💙
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When a sentence starts with “Trump says” or ”Trump said” I assume that it’s a lie. Why do so many reporters continue to think they are sharing useful information when they begin like this?

Man (30s) arrested over alleged assault on women canvassing with Mary Lou McDonald The man assaulted two women amongst a group of canvassers, including Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald

Man (30s) arrested over alleged assault on women canvassing with Mary Lou McDonald The man assaulted two women amongst a group of canvassers, including Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald

Man (30s) arrested over alleged assault on women canvassing with Mary Lou McDonald The man assaulted two women amongst a group of canvassers, including Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae has denounced "outrageous" and "hurtful" online abuse and called for action against 介 Home Most Read Latest Sections.

Man convicted of abusing refugees tells Leo his 'days are numbered' Debbie McCann 05/10/2025 A convicted criminal and far-right agitator sinisterly told former Taoiseach Leo

Harassment, personal abuse, & threats have become an endemic part of Irish political life. & it’s by & large driven by social media, which has played a major part in all of these incidents.

All of these incidents have been shocking but pale into insignificance compared to what happened this week.

The #epsteinweb tag is a case study in how digital networks amplify suspicion faster than evidence. Sociology 101: fear spreads quicker than facts.

Today's cartoon by Michael Ramirez for the Washington Post:

Caitlin Jenner ❤️'s Trump & ponders who forcing her to be a male. 🇷🇺 freed to sell oil as Strait opens & then closes. Other countries ⬆️ trade deals w/o the 🇺🇸 Over 80% of immigrants rounded up have no criminal record. Congress supports Trump! 🇷🇺 & 🇺🇸 both double tap. Welcome to Russia.
#proudblue #pinks

Schiff: What more will happen? You know, really, the sky’s the limit. We have to anticipate they could create some provocation at a polling place to create a pretext to call on the military or to seize ballot boxes. And we’re going to be prepared for whatever they throw our way…

Call your Senators and Representatives and tell them in no uncertain terms, that it's time to remove Trump.

I started Democracy Docket with a simple idea: Be fiercely independent and unapologetically pro-democracy, period. No corporate investors, no compromises, no both sides. You can support by subscribing today. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

The conversation around AI safety keeps circling the same drain: fear of replacement instead of responsibility. The real tension: whether institutions can evolve fast enough to handle tools they barely understand. The public is already ahead of the policymakers. #TechEthics

Viktor Orbán has been ousted—and efforts by Washington and Moscow to prop the autocratic leader up give his defeat implications that extend far beyond Hungary, Isaac Stanley-Becker reports from Budapest.

Read more: theatln.tc/lkSi38Qn

This would be somewhat adjacent to meditation?

Looks like Vance pulled the Pope treatment on Viktor Orban.

CNN’s Harry Enten: “Vance's unsuccessful efforts to help Orban in Hungary are part of a larger problem. Vance's net approval has tumbled by over 20 points since early 2025. He's the least popular VP at this point in a vice presidency. And most say the Trump admin is too focused on foreign matters.”

The new privacy bill is full of language about “empowering consumers,” which usually means “good luck navigating this labyrinth of opt‑outs.”

WHO WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT REVERSE MERGERS?

Just one of thousands of ways markets are manipulated? Perception of reality is manipulated?

Should I show you just the littlest bit?

There’s a whole generation of Black girls stepping into brilliance with no blueprint, no safety net, just raw talent and stubborn hope.

Imagine what they could do if the world stopped treating their potential like an afterthought? Well?
#BlackStandardCollective

If the goal of Melania’s speech was to make people stop talking about her, Epstein, and Maxwell—and definitely stop reposting all those photos of them—not so sure that was an effective strategy

Message to Americans:

the world is waiting for you to do the right thing. Remove your President. Then revise your Constitution to protect yourselves. And us.

It will take years to recover from the catastrophe of Trump.

Hi all

Just signed up. Gonna find friends. Gonna look around. Into friends, family, community, keeping an open mind, having a good time. If anyone has any suggestions of accounts to follow, I would appreciate it. Hoping pals will find me because--off Twitter, Facebook and Insta.

And I follow all these from Bill Tayloe!

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💣Take Back Twitter Plan💣

Stay here BUT we shout beliefs at Twitter users!

1. Make same account on X
2. Use Fedica to post your message on X
3. You do not support X with engagment
4. Only we share OUR message there
5. Now you engage on Bluesky

Now they hear us. We do not see them.

#Resist

Gentrification still swallowing Black neighborhoods whole, to make way for coffee shops and condos.

People deserve to stay rooted in the places they built with sweat, music, and memory. And tears, man.
#Gentrification
#blackstandardcollective

Trump’s chances of being removed by 25th Amendment climb The 25th Amendment allows the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare a president unable to perform the duties of office.

Prediction markets tracking the likelihood that Donald Trump could be removed from office under the 25th Amendment saw a steady climb this weekend, reflecting heightened public speculation as the Iran war intensifies and the president's recent statements draw widespread scrutiny.

If they really want to take a stand then they should clap slightly more softly than normal when he talks