I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals

Two men in fatigues with their hands ziptied being arrested by Capitol Police

Dozens of people in fatigues lined up in the Capitol Rotunda with signage demanding an end to the Iran War

Dozens of US military veterans were arrested at the Capitol today during a protest against the Iran War.

Photos via @frankthorp.bsky.social

Maryland has, for now, stopped ICE from converting a warehouse designed to hold commercial products into a warehouse used to hold people.

Similar lawsuits have been filed against ICE's warehouse detention camp plans in New Jersey and Michigan.

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

On top of reasons of role deconstruction and bodily autonomy, this is one reason why it's so important to many people in power to eradicate trans folk.

If you're secure with yourself, feeling good BEING yourself, they can't tell you you're broken and then sell you a "fix"

Medical students in Gaza restore one of the oldest libraries after it was bombed by the Israeli occupation.

I'm drawing these live, by the way. It's all I can think of doing.

Come get your arthritic drawings, and help a teenager survive a bullet wound to the head. chuffed.org/project/1232...

A black and gray ink sketch of a little grebe, which looks like a tiny duck, swimming in profile, its shadow black in the water. It looks like it’s smiling.

Birds all day for dear Seraj, a student with the world on his shoulders. I hope this little grebe reminds you that every little ounce of care we share with others is world-making.

We’re trying to meet the listed goal by Monday for an emergency. Hit “weekly/monthly” ! chuffed.org/project/1232...

ICE terrorized children at the Whittier public library last year then peed all over the building when librarians wouldn’t let them in. Mayor Joe Viniateri loves ICE so now he’s out of a job.

We love to see it!

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit

Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here

Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse

Media and universities: AI is here to stay

As the present Fascist International teeters and wobbles and starts breaking apart I'm very curious to find out how many more core components of the American conservative project are plain-old foreign-influence operations

Whenever Democrats are faced with a choice between a popular morally correct position & sucking up to big money, they pick the latter

I have frequently read that it is 'controversial' (or stronger words) to say racism is systemic

I have yet to read a good alternative account of why racism persists. This is both about engaging with the evidence and offering an alternative explanation for its persistence across decades

‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again

This has nothing to do with Hezbollah.

They are just another excuse for yet another Israeli ethnic cleansing campaign.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I.

I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee

Save the date for the Zine Librarian’s unConference 2026 ONLINE Saturday, November 7th & Sunday, November 8th….more details to follow.

Pete Hegseth’s holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on Iran The bible-thumping US defense secretary is overseeing another strategic disaster in the Middle East. Is this a war or a crusade?

Pete Hegseth believes that Jesus guides Tomahawk missiles, even when they hit elementary schools.

I wrote about the roots of his militant faith - from the Crusades to the confederacy - and what they mean for the US and Iran today.

Thyme Travellers An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

This sequel to the award winning anthology of Palestinian fantasy, science fiction and horror is now 57% funded! #projectwelove

www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

A painting of a wood pigeon against a magenta background. A golden halo surrounds its head with rays radiating out from it. The painting is on a round piece of wood, and it is lying on a work surface.

A painting of a shrimp against a blue background. A golden halo surrounds its head with rays radiating out from it. The painting is on a round piece of wood held in a paint-streaked hand. You can see a desk with paints in the background.

My new hobby may be painting animals as icon-style saints. Introducing St Pidgit, and Our Lady of the Shrimptine Chapel

The article also includes this link to a gofundme for Nilufar Easmin's daughters, organized by the Bangladesh Association of Southwest Florida www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

The idea that reading “should be an escape” is profoundly disrespectful to actual teenagers. Reading can be about escape. Or not. Teenagers are no different from adults in this regard. For every young readers who craves escapism, there’s another who craves relevance.

Fuck this. As an industry, we are in an existential crisis of book banning because of homophobia and transphobia weaponized by racist authoritarians. “Dirty books” are not the problem. Censorship is.

Make whatever books you like, but don’t you dare call other books dirty in your shitty marketing.

Centrists on college students: "Why aren't they out in the streets protesting every day??!"

Centrists on Democratic members of Congress: "They're in the minority -- what could you expect them to do??!"

If you want something concrete to do while so much is terrifyingly out of our control, here's one option: donate to a mutual aid effort supporting people displaced by Israel's genocidal war on Lebanon.

Thank you for posting. I loved A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings.

Excited to Love More: Moments from My Trans Pregnancy by Will Betke-Brunswick

@crucialcomix.bsky.social #GraphicMedicine

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the saint of bright doors by vajra chandrasekera

chain gang all stars by nana kwame adjei-brenyah

a strange and stubborn endurance by foz meadows

the woods all black by lee mandelo

the thing is there's a ton of excellent fantasy by and about men right now but they're apparently not the type of men ""mantasy"" is referring to! hm!

a “ceasefire” that lasted 17 hours and killed 254 people in lebanon is not a ceasefire and referring to it as one is inaccurate

There is no ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel has been bombing Lebanon non-stop since last night. If anything Israel is expanding its war on Lebanon.

You are being lied to

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